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This Privacy Notice is formulated to comply with the requirements of the Personal Data Protection Act 2010 of Malaysia. For the purpose of this Privacy Notice, the terms "Personal Data" shall have the meaning as defined by the Personal Data Protection Act 2010. Mandarin Court Hotel Sdn. Bhd. hereinafter referred to as "MCH", "Us', "Our" and "We", the term "you" refers to yourself including persons represented by you, customers, visitors and users of MCH Website.
This Privacy Notice (the "Policy") gives effect to our commitment to protect your personal data that you provide MCH either directly or electronically or via our Website.
1. Collection of Your Personal data
The types of personal data that we collect includes without limitation as follows:-
1.1. your personal details either from you or someone else whom you are making a booking for a travelling with ('third party') such as full name, national identification number, passport number, contact information, preferred manner of address when in communication with us ( residential or business ), date of birth, occupation and other required information pursuant to local laws and regulations;
1.2. guest stay information, including date of arrival and departure, billing instructions and any information necessary to fulfil special requests (for example, leisure, travel and guest preferences);
1.3. financial information includes credit card number, credit card expiry date and deposit amount;
1.4. any booking made by you or someone else or party authorized by you either directly or via any communication method including writing, electronically or verbally requesting us to provide services, accommodation or information;
1.5. any messages, comments or feedback you submit either personally to us, email or via the MCH Website, which may include personal data such as name, email address and telephone number.
2. Purpose of Collecting your data:-
MCH collects, may use and process of your personal data for any of the following purposes:-
2.1 process and/or confirm Hotel arrangements and/or restaurant and/or banquet reservation;
2.2 provide and charge for the hotel accommodations and other goods and services purchase;
2.3 fulfilling contractual obligations to you, anyone involved in the process of making your travel arrangements (e.g. travel agents, credit card companies, airline operators and other loyalty programs).
2.4 provide privileges, benefits and services to you;
2.5 perform market analysis, customer satisfaction and quality assurance surveys;
2.6 facilitate direct marketing of products and/or services, promotional and customer management purposes including sending you sales promotional communications or special offers if you have checked the consent box in submitting your reservation on the guest registration card;
2.7 where required by law or to meet legal and regulatory requirements. In the event that sufficient personal data is not supplied, or is not satisfactory to MCH then you application or request for any of the above purposes under clause 2 may not be accepted or acted upon.
3. We shall not disclose your personal data to any third party without your consent except:-
3.1. to our parent company, subsidiaries, related and associated companies;
3.2. to our business partners, affiliates, and third party service providers, MCH's travel and tour agents, any relevant financial institutions, credit reference agencies;
3.3. third party service providers for MCH's operational, administration requirements (including without limitation management of MCH Website);
3.4. auditors, lawyers, professional advisory service providers, debt collectors, bankers, advertising companies, recruitment agencies and researches;
3.5. where required for the purpose of prevention or detection of crime, illegal/unlawful activities or fraud or for the purpose of investigations or for compliance with any other law or an order of a court.
4. Security of Your Personal Data
We have carried out appropriate physical, electronic and managerial measures to safeguard and help to secure your data from any loss, misuse, modification, unauthorized access or disclosure.
All reasonable precautions are taken to secure your personal data but we cannot guaranteed that your information will not be subject to interference, misuse or hacking in a manner inconsistent with this Privacy Notice due to unauthorized or illegal acts of third parties in violation of existing laws.
For children under the age of eighteen, you shall obtain consent from the parent, guardian, or person who has parental responsibility for you to access our Website. We do not knowingly to collect personal information from children except where required by local laws.
5. Storage and Retention of Your Personal Data
We have put in place to ensure that your personal data is stored and handled in such a way to prevent any unauthorized disclosure.
MCH will retain all your personal data as long as necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes for which the information was to be used or is required to satisfy legal regulatory, accounting, audit requirements or to protect the MCH's interests.
6. Your Rights and Obligations Regarding Your Personal Data
You may at any time make a request in writing to access your personal data held by MCH and to request correction of the personal data that is inaccurate, incomplete, misleading or not up-to-date.
You may send your request in writing to the following email address:-
We have the right to charge a fee for the processing of any such access request.
7. Language
This Privacy Notice is issued both in Bahasa Malaysia and in the English language. In the event of any inconsistency, the English language shall prevail.
8. Miscellaneous
MCH reserves the right to amend this Privacy Notice from time to time. Any material changes will notify you at the Hotel website with the updated privacy notice which will include the date of the revision. Such changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised Policy then in effect.
PRIVACY POLICY IN ''Bahasa Malaysia''
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2. Once the screws have been removed from the bottom of your laptop, you can now remove the keyboard and plastic bezels from your Acer 5020 laptop.
3. You will see your Acer 5020 Fan and Heat Skin exposed.
4. Use a screw drivers and remove the screws from you Acer 5020 HeatSin Fan.
5. Before reinstalling the new Acer 5020 Fan onto your laptop, you can clean the Acer 5020 Fan. To clean your Fan and Heatsink, use a can of air and blow out any dirk from your Acer 5020 Fan. You can also use a paint brush to clean out the dirt from the hard to get areas. Somtimes cleaning your Acer 5020 laptop fan will actually repair it. Dirt can cause the Acer 5020 Laptop Fan to make noise and even stop spinning properly.

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When Saints Unite to Sing God's Praise
1. When saints unite to sing God's praise
His spirit will abound.
As with one blended voice we raise
An anthem heaven-bound.
When in our worship we combine
To sing with one accord,
In one grand chorus we define
Our rev'rence for the Lord
2. When words alone cannot convey
Vibrations of the heart,
Sweet strains of sacred music may
Our noblest thoughts impart.
The deepest joys of humankind,
The raptures of the soul,
Expand as joyful voices blend
In one harmonic whole.
3. If in our hearts we consecrate
Our anthems to the Lord,
The love of God shall resonate
In each resounding chord.
When through our music we declare
Devotion to His word,
Our song, ascending like a prayer,
Shall reach the throne of God.
Text: Janice Kapp Perry


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Concealed carry permits in Ohio up 40 percent from 1Q 2010
New law expanding legal carry locations credited by advocates
Gun-rights advocates say the surge this year in concealed-weapons permits in Ohio is likely due to new laws that make it easier to carry them.
The state's sheriffs issued 18,823 permits to carry concealed weapons in the first three months of 2012. That's about a 40 percent increase from the same period two years ago.
The Dayton Daily News reports that advocates are crediting recent law changes with making it more comfortable for people to carry concealed weapons. That includes allowing them in restaurants and bars that serve liquor, as well as in school safety zones.
Several other bills are under consideration that would further ease gun control in the state, including eliminating background checks and gun safety classes, repealing the requirement to alert police to the presence of a weapon at a traffic stop, making renewals easier and increasing Ohio's cooperation in allowing permits to apply in multiple states.
Ohio finished 2011 ranked 11th nationally in estimated total active permits (270,000) and 25th in percentage (3.2) of the population that holds one.
Jim Irvine, chairman of the Buckeye Firearms Association, said Ohio would rank higher nationally in total permits if its law had existed longer. The state made concealed weapons legal in 2004.
"Ohio has only had concealed carry for eight years, whereas lots of states have had it for 15, 20 years plus," Irvine told the newspaper. "The longer you have it in place, the more people are going to get (a permit), so that's part of the reason we don't rank up higher."
Gun control advocates applaud Ohio's low rank in percentage of residents with permits, saying it signals that relatively few are interested in carrying concealed guns.
"We're passing an awful lot of laws for an awful lot of leeway for 3 percent of the population," said Toby Hoover, executive director at the Ohio Coalition Against Gun Violence. "That's my question here: What are we doing trying to give people all these rights when 97 percent of the people don't think they have to walk around with a gun in their pocket all the time?"
There are four states that have reached double digits in concealed-carry permits as a percentage of adult population: Utah (19.3), Georgia (11.5), Iowa (10.9) and South Dakota (10.6).
In all, there were about 8 million active concealed-carry permits nationally in 2011, led by Florida's 887,000.


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An increasing number of organizations are turning to the evolving practice of enterprise architecture (EA) to deal with the rapid pace of change in almost every industry. Individual organizations offer many perspectives on the definition of enterprise architecture and its value to an organization, but the lack of conformity contributes to confusion about the field. The Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations (FEAPO), an association that was conceived by Brian Cameron, executive director of the Center for Enterprise Architecture at Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), has published a deliverable document that aims to provide an international perspective on enterprise architecture.
The FEAPO "Common Perspective on Enterprise Architecture" paper is available in the latest edition of Architecture & Governance Magazine.
"This is the first time that 17 professional organizations from around the globe have come together and ratified something of this nature," Cameron said. "This is a big step forward in the professionalization of the discipline of enterprise architecture. "
"Enterprise architecture" is a phrase that the article uses to describe the range of activities and artifacts for translating business vision and strategy into effective enterprise. Those components include creating, communicating and improving the key requirements, principles and models that describe the enterprise and enable its evolution.
"The EA perspective article is a broad statement of consensus among a very diverse group of organizations composed of EA professionals and a significant achievement toward 'one face' for EA given that diversity," said Richard Martin, delegate to FEAPO from the International Council on Systems Engineering and a member of the FEAPO Board of Directors.
"One of the challenges for enterprise architects and a topic that comes up in many discussions is "What do enterprise architects do?," said Mark Lane, president of the Center for the Advancement of the Enterprise Architecture Profession, a founding FEAPO member and co-chair of the Strategy and Roadmap committee. "This paper presents an unambiguous perspective on the boundaries and differentiating factors, which enable the EA profession to mature and prosper."
Chartered in June 2011, FEAPO has grown to include 17 organizations that have an active interest in the practice and advancement of enterprise architecture. FEAPO is a worldwide association of professional organizations which have come together to provide a forum to collaborate, professionalize, and otherwise advance the discipline of EA.
"It is next to impossible to have 17 people agree on anything on any given day," said Andy Chen, president of Catronic Computer Consultant Services, delegate to FEAPO from the IEEE Computer Society, and a member of the FEAPO Board of Directors. "It is truly amazing that 17 international organizations representing different aspects of enterprise architecture came together and agreed to share a common perspective of this emerging field."
In order for enterprise architecture to evolve into a "true profession" like accounting or engineering, Cameron said, broad agreement on the nature and benefits of the profession must be reached. The definition of enterprise architecture that is outlined in the perspective paper will update the current definition of EA that is listed in Wikipedia. The paper is "groundbreaking," he added, because it integrates the many perspectives and definitions of EA into a coherent, unified document.
"We're trying to get past all the fragmentation and noise and start to form some international consensus and perspective," Cameron said.
The paper was born out of a need to create a notable and trusted description of enterprise architecture for non-architects, said Nick Malik, enterprise architect with Microsoft Consulting Services.
"The goal of FEAPO is to create a single voice for enterprise architecture, and this paper is the first thing that that voice has uttered," he said. "It is more than one person's opinion. This paper has been accepted by over a dozen professional organizations representing thousands of architects, engineers, and analysts of all stripes. This represents a consensus, the first consensus, and one that is sorely needed."
According to Cameron, one of the most common misconceptions about enterprise architecture is that it only addresses the information technology (IT) functions in an organization. One of the goals of the EA perspective paper, he said, is to emphasize that EA needs to be treated as a business issue, not a technology issue. The primary purpose of describing the architecture of an enterprise is to improve the effectiveness or efficiency of the business itself.
"We've taken a holistic approach that enterprise architecture is more than just an IT centric profession," Cameron said.
The FEAPO article is the result of an 18-month effort that included a targeted survey of members and several draft iterations. The preparatory work culminated in a two-day FEAPO summit session sponsored by Troux Technologies and EMC Corporation, where FEAPO members worked through the draft to produce a consensus document that was formally reviewed and approved for release by FEAPO member organizations.
Troux is a software vendor that provides tools and services in the areas of enterprise architecture and strategic planning for large enterprises. EMC is a global leader in enabling businesses and service providers to transform their operations and deliver IT as a service.
"Enterprise architecture is now a strategic component of every forward-thinking organization around the world," said Ben Geller, vice president of marketing at Troux. "We were eager to partner with FEAPO in developing this united perspective that will help shed light on EA and its importance not only to IT, but to the success of the business as a whole."
"EMC is pleased to support this paper and support the work of FEAPO," said Mike Warner, advisory technical education consultant for EMC. "FEAPO will foster a closer working relationship with enterprise architects and help build pathways for feedback from our customers about the products and services EMC provides, ultimately helping develop better customer solutions."
For more information about FEAPO, visit http://feapo.org.
More information on the paper, the process by which it was developed, and FEAPO is contained in the following recent interview by the Canadian IT Manager Connection at: http://blogs.technet.com/b/cdnitmanagers/archive/2013/11/06/chat-new-foundational-ea-paper-ea-career-path-eabok-feapo-brian-cameron-founding-president-feapo-nick-malik-principle-microsoft-ea.aspx.
Since becoming a founding member of the Federation of Enterprise Architecture Professional Organizations (FEAPO) in 2011, CIPS, through its representatives Brenda Byers, I.S.P., ITCP in 2011 and Trekker Armstrong, FCIPS, I.S.P., ITCP in 2012, along with Stephen Ibaraki, FCIPS, I.S.P., ITCP, who serves on the FEAPO Board of Directors, have remained actively involved in the organization.


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This is a blog that every buyer should read. If you are a good buyer broker, you might even print it out to give to your clients. And I gotta say, I think that a lot of buyer borkers are representing, not their clients, but their checkbooks! So read and learn!
Is Your Buyer's Agent Throwing You Under The Bus??
We're primarily listing agents, meaning the bulk of our work is done with Warren County home sellers. Sure we'll work with home buyers, but our focus is on attracting buyers for our sellers' homes. We'll market everywhere we can reasonably expect to find buyers for our homes. Cincinnati and Dayton MLS both of course, our blog, websites, Trulia, Zillow, Craigslist, flyers and mailings, all for the purpose of that one right buyer that matches that home.
Now if you're an area buyer, hopefully you've realized the importance of having your own, dedicated solely to you REALTOR®! An agent whose sole allegiance is to you and your best interests.
A great buyer's agent will work with you to find a mortgage expert to get you approved, help you search for candidate homes, and then take you through those homes until you find THE ONE that you write a contract on! They'll advise you on market trends, the negotiating process, the inspection process, and what it takes to get those keys in your hand.
Wait a sec you say? Your buyer's agent is telling you it's okay to go to the listing agents direct to ask to see all the homes you want to see, and then give them a call when YOU find the right home for THEM to write that offer on? Maybe they're even offering to rebate you some of their commission since they're not showing you homes? Or they're too busy to make it today but they say it's "okay" for the listing agent to show you the home?
Hear that loud BEEP BEEP BEEP sound?? That's the big ol' bus that is about to back up and flatten you! Because when you call to ask us to show you our listings, we're going to ask if you're working with an agent. Now if you aren't truthful and say "No", then of course we're going to show you our listing....and the fact of the matter is if YOUR AGENT calls us to make direct arrangements with us, most likely we'll honor your agent and show you our listing because our primary job is TO SELL THE LISTING!
Now ask yourself "Who do WE (Liz and Bill) work for?". What's the answer? "The SELLERS!". Period. That initial contact forward, our responsibility is to get YOU to pay the most possible, and for our sellers to make the least possible concessions to keep the deal together.
Don't mistake our friendliness for thinking we're working for you. We are not.
If we're friendly, [because we are] you're going to relax a bit. Hopefully, it puts you in a more receptive mindset for that seller's home. And oh yeah, it might also mean you let your guard down. We'll ask a few subtle questions that help us gauge whether you're a legitimate buyer, how much interest you have, maybe find out where you live, how many kids you have, why you're moving, etc. All seem innocent enough on the surface? Maybe, but those elements together may give us all the clues we need to know how hard our sellers can negotiate with you and your buyer's agent (you know that agent you said you DIDN'T have?). It's called LEVERAGE. A "buyer's" agent who advises or approves of THEIR buyer previewing homes with the LISTING agents is giving your leverage away!
For example, we find out you've only got four weeks left to get out of your home and you don't want to do temporary housing? THANK YOU VERY MUCH!! Woo hoo, jackpot for our sellers! They don't have to move too much off price....just enough to get you to sign the papers. Now it's a week later and you ask for inspection items. Take it or leave it....or maybe we'll advise our sellers to stand more firmly and only agree to fix minimal, simple, less expensive things just enough to keep you under contract just because we can!
So let's take the example out a bit further. Assume the list price of the home was $200,000 and your agent offered to give you 1/3 of their commission for not having them show you homes. So your agent is going to rebate you a couple of grand give or take a bit. Now with that information you provided us, how much extra do you think you paid for our listing? We're betting more than a couple of grand more than you "saved". Now add what you lost during the inspection phase. The hole just got deeper didn't it?
And the bad thing? You don't even realize that you and your buyer's agent cost YOU money. You may cuss us and our sellers out for negotiating so hard, but you know what? We're okay with that. WE WORK FOR THE SELLERS. Our seller's opinion is the one that counts to us.
This is another case of being cheap, being expensive. Hire a good buyer's agent. Have your agent take you to ALL homes if you want to make sure your confidential information stays confidential and your interests are the ones being served and PRESERVED.
The FIRST time you meet us as listing agents should be at the closing table!
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A spiritual center founded in Bethlehem pilgrimage site
On Monday, the 23rh of July/5th of August 2013, His Beatitude Theophilos, Our Father and Patriarch of Jerusalem, was visited by the Patriarchal Commissioner in Bethlehem, Archbishop of Jordan, Theophylaktos, accompanied by select members of the Arab-speaking Community of Bethlehem (Rum Orthodox). At the meeting, He was informed about the completion of necessary works and preparations for the foundation of a Spiritual Center near the pilgrimage site of Bethlehem. The center aims to offer religious, Christian, linguistic and technical information mostly intended for the youth of the Bethlehem congregation.
His Beatitude praised and blessed this significant project for the young people of the Patriarchate and suggested ways in which it may operate, also proposing to give blessings at its opening in due time.
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Breaking news
Victoria has recorded seven new coronavirus cases and no deaths in the past 24 hours. Melbourne's 14-day average is 4.6.
British energy giant BP has released a statement saying it is in advanced discussions to settle open criminal and regulatory cases with US authorities over the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill disaster.
The statement comes amid media speculation that the company will pay a record US criminal penalty and plead guilty to criminal misconduct over the Deepwater Horizon disaster through a plea deal that may be announced within the next 24 hours.
"BP confirms that it is in advanced discussions with the US Department of Justice and the Securities & Exchange Commission regarding proposed resolutions of all US federal government criminal and SEC claims against BP in connection with the Deepwater Horizon incident," BP said a statement.
"No final agreements have yet been reached and any resolutions, if agreed, would be subject to federal court approvals in the United States."
The British firm added that the proposed resolutions were not expected to cover federal civil claims, including damages under the Clean Water Act, federal and state natural resources damages claims or outstanding private civil claims.
"A further announcement will be made if and when final agreements are reached. Until final agreements are reached, there can be no certainty any such resolutions will be entered into," it said.
The company's reputation was ravaged two-and-a-half years ago after an explosion on the BP-leased Deepwater Horizon rig killed 11 workers and sent millions of barrels of oil spewing into the sea.
The blast on April 20, 2010, sank the rig and unleashed the biggest marine oil spill in the industry's history and what has widely acknowledged to be America's worst environmental disaster.
Earlier this year, BP reached an agreement to settle claims from fishermen and others affected by the disaster for $US7.8 billion, but that must be approved by a federal judge and does not affect claims brought by the government.
BP has so far sold assets totalling more than $US35 billion to help cover compensation costs arising from the tragedy, a figure set to reach $38 billion by the end of 2013.
Unnamed sources close to the deal said the Department of Justice payout would be the largest criminal penalty in US history.
That record is held by Pfizer Inc, which paid a $US1.3 billion fine in 2009 for marketing fraud related to its Bextra pain medicine.
The US government has not yet filed any criminal charges in the case.
Negligence is a central issue to BP's potential liability. A gross negligence finding could nearly quadruple the civil damages owed by BP under the Clean Water Act to $US21 billion in a straight-line calculation.
Still unresolved is potential liability faced by Swiss-based Transocean Ltd, owner of the Deepwater Horizon vessel, and Halliburton Co, which provided cementing work on the well that US investigators say was flawed.
Both companies were not immediately available for comment.


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CoLab: Prague saw the return of the extended Q&A session to the Tamper Tantrum stage for the first time since the first-ever panels at World of Coffee Nice, 2013. We're really not sure why there was such a hiatus with this feature–it always provides additional insight that we wouldn't have gotten otherwise!
This week's video is the morning panel from CoLab: Prague with Chahan Yeretzian, Erna Tosberg, and Tibor Varady–Steve and Kalle dig further into their presentations after the barrage of information that was the morning session: where we've gone wrong with water profile recommendations, what it's like to be backstage at WBC, why some staff leave, and a big follow up on the science of extraction and aroma. Also covered: what it's like to watch a barista comp from the outside of the competition niche, why baristas should be more humble with their pocket science, a few thoughts on how we could improve competitions, and ways in which we could collaborate as an industry to learn more about how coffee works.


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|The Holy Bible
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The Holy Bible
« Chapter 1 «--- Exodus ---» Chapter 3»
Exodus 2 : 1 - 25
Chapter 2
|And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi.
|So the woman conceived and bore a son. And when she saw that he was a beautiful child, she hid him three months.
|But when she could no longer hide him, she took an ark of bulrushes for him, daubed it with asphalt and pitch, put the child in it, and laid it in the reeds by the river's bank.
|And his sister stood afar off, to know what would be done to him.
|Then the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the river. And her maidens walked along the riverside; and when she saw the ark among the reeds, she sent her maid to get it.
|And when she opened it, she saw the child, and behold, the baby wept. So she had compassion on him, and said, "This is one of the Hebrews' children."
|Then his sister said to Pharaoh's daughter, "Shall I go and call a nurse for you from the Hebrew women, that she may nurse the child for you?"
|And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Go." So the maiden went and called the child's mother.
|Then Pharaoh's daughter said to her, "Take this child away and nurse him for me, and I will give you your wages." So the woman took the child and nursed him.
|And the child grew, and she brought him to Pharaoh's daughter, and he became her son. So she called his name Moses, saying, "Because I drew him out of the water."
|Now it came to pass in those days, when Moses was grown, that he went out to his brethren and looked at their burdens. And he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his brethren.
|So he looked this way and that way, and when he saw no one, he killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.
|And when he went out the second day, behold, two Hebrew men were fighting, and he said to the one who did the wrong, "Why are you striking your companion?"
|Then he said, "Who made you a prince and a judge over us? Do you intend to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?" So Moses feared and said, "Surely this thing is known!"
|When Pharaoh heard of this matter, he sought to kill Moses. But Moses fled from the face of Pharaoh and dwelt in the land of Midian; and he sat down by a well.
|Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters. And they came and drew water, and they filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
|Then the shepherds came and drove them away; but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.
|When they came to Reuel their father, he said, "How is it that you have come so soon today?"
|And they said, "An Egyptian delivered us from the hand of the shepherds, and he also drew enough water for us and watered the flock."
|So he said to his daughters, "And where is he? Why is it that you have left the man? Call him, that he may eat bread."
|Then Moses was content to live with the man, and he gave Zipporah his daughter to Moses.
|And she bore him a son. He called his name Gershom, for he said, "I have been a stranger in a foreign land."
|Now it happened in the process of time that the king of Egypt died. Then the children of Israel groaned because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
|So God heard their groaning, and God remembered His covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.
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Mushrooms have been in the spot light especially in health books, magazines and health food store. It is a fungus that packed with nutrient powerhouses. It is an excellent source of selenium, a potent antioxidant that fight off damaging free radicals, and thus anticancer. The dried Shiitake mushroom is said to reduce high cholesterol levels, high blood pressure and protection against breast cancer.
You can easily find the dried Shiitake mushroom at any Asian supermarket. It is cheaper at Asian market since shiitake mushrooms has been a staple in our Asian cuisines. Since mushroom is one of the health-boosting and anti-inflammation foods, I would make sure I cook it at least once a week. The above is fresh crimini mushroom that I bought at Sunflower Market. I read that when crimini mushroom matures, it becomes portobello mushroom. Crimini mushroom is sometimes called baby portobello. I love the texture of this mushroom, it's firmer than the white button mushroom. I would eat a wide range of different mushrooms and not limiting myself to one or two to fully benefit from it.
- 8-10 crimini mushrooms, rinse (I still prefer to quickly rinse it, you can wipe it if you prefer it this way) and thinly slice like above picture
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Tutorials/Programming with the new VEX Integrated Encoder Modules
ROBOTC 3.06 now includes functionality to support the new VEX Integrated Encoder Modules!
The VEX Integrated Encoder Modules (IEMs) replace the plastic caps on the backs of 2-Wire Motors (269 and 393) with quadrature encoders. Unlike the existing VEX Shaft Encoders, they connect to the Cortex Microcontroller using the I2C port and provide feedback directly from the motor (with the added benefit of not hogging up your digital ports). These encoders will allow you to identify and control how fast the motors spin, how far the robot travels, and what direction it should move.
For more information and assembly instructions for the Integrated Motor Encoder for the VEX 2-wire 393 Motor, see this PDF Media:393.pdf.
For more information and assembly instructions for the Integrated Motor Encoder for the VEX 2-wire 269 Motor, see this PDF Media:269.pdf.
All of the basic Fischertechnik sensors meet these qualifying characteristics, making them perfect candidates for use with the VEX Cortex!
I2C Overview
As stated above, these new encoders connect to the single I2C port on the Cortex:
Unlike the DIGITAL and ANALOG ports on the Cortex, having only one I2C port does not limit you to only one I2C device. I2C ports allow multiple devices to be connected in a manner frequently referred to as daisy-chaining:
The Integrated Encoder Modules support this by having built-in sets of input and output pins. A 4-wire cable connects the Cortex to Motor 1, another 4-wire cable connects Motor 1 to Motor 2, another 4-wire cable connects Motor 2 to Motor 3, and so on. In fact, ROBOTC 3.06 will support up to 8 devices on the single I2C port!
Programming Overview
Motors and Sensors Setup
ROBOTC has undergone substantial changes to support the new encoders. Some of the most visually noticeable changes are in the Motors and Sensors Setup. On the Motors tab, the Type drop-down box allows you to choose from the different motors available in the VEX Robotics System:
This is significant because each of the new IEMs return a different number of encoder counts per revolution. Specifically, the IEM for the 2-wire 269 motor measures 240.448 counts per revolution of the motor output shaft. The 2-wire 393 motor measures 627.2 counts per revolution of the output shaft in its default high-torque configuration and 392 counts per revolution of the output shaft in its modified high-speed configuration.
Let's take a look at a physical robot and configure it using the Motors and Sensors Setup.
- This robot has two 269 motors with encoders.
- The right motor is connected on MOTOR port 1. The left motor is connected on MOTOR port 10.
- The encoder on the right motor is the first device plugged into the I2C port.
- The encoder on the left motor is the second device, daisy-chained off of the right motor.
We can configure this in ROBOTC by going to the Robot > Motors and Sensors Setup menu.
On the motors tab, we can enter all of the information necessary so that it matches our physical robot:
Note that:
- "rightMotor" was configured in port1 as a VEX 269 Motor.
- rightMotor was "Reversed" so that positive power levels will allow the robot to move forward.
- The "Encoder" box was checked and "I2C_1″ was chosen since it is the first device plugged in to the Cortex.
- "leftMotor" was configured in port10 as a VEX 269 Motor.
- The "Encoder" box was checked and "I2C_2″ was chosen since it is the second device along the daisy-chain.
- It is not necessary that the order of your motor ports correspond with the order of the I2C ports, although doing so will reduce confusion. It is necessary that your Motors and Sensors Setup perfectly match the physical setup of your robot.
Additionally, you'll notice that there is also a new "I2C Sensors" tab in the Motors and Sensors Setup:
The additional configuration you can do here is optional. Like existing VEX Sensors, you can use this tab to name your I2C devices and monitor their values in the Sensor Debug Window. Note that these values are the raw values – not adjusted for polarity or the "Reversed" checkbox on the Motors tab.
When you're done configuring your motors and encoders, you can press OK to apply your changes.
Function Library
In addition to the Motors and Sensors Setup, you'll also notice new commands available in the Function Library. Most notably, we've included the nMotorEncoder[] command.
Those of you familiar with the NXT system will be very familiar with the nMotorEncoder[] command. To those who are not, it acts very similarly to the SensorValue[] command you may be more used to. The nMotorEncoder[] command gives you read-write access the value of the encoder associated with the motor specified within the brackets.
Sample Code
For example, in the sample code below, the nMotorEncoder[] command is used to clear the values of the encoders on lines 19 and 20, and then also control the distance the robot moves in the while loop on line 23. This program will cause the robot to move forward for a specified number of encoder counts (1000), while displaying encoder values to the VEX LCD.
Sound Test:
#pragma config(I2C_Usage, I2C1, i2cSensors) #pragma config(Sensor, I2C_1, rightIEM, sensorQuadEncoderOnI2CPort, , AutoAssign) #pragma config(Sensor, I2C_2, leftIEM, sensorQuadEncoderOnI2CPort, , AutoAssign) #pragma config(Motor, port1, rightMotor, tmotorVex269, openLoop, reversed, encoder, encoderPort, I2C_1, 1000) #pragma config(Motor, port10, leftMotor, tmotorVex269, openLoop, encoder, encoderPort, I2C_2, 1000) //*!!Code automatically generated by 'ROBOTC' configuration wizard !!*// task main { wait1Msec(2000); //Setup the VEX LCD for displaying encoder values clearLCDLine(0); clearLCDLine(1); displayLCDString(0, 0, "R: "); displayLCDString(1, 0, "L: "); //Clear the encoders associated with the left and right motors nMotorEncoder[rightMotor] = 0; nMotorEncoder[leftMotor] = 0; //While less than 1000 encoder counts of the right motor while(nMotorEncoder[rightMotor] < 1000) { //Display the right and left motor encoder values displayLCDNumber(0, 3, nMotorEncoder[rightMotor], 6); displayLCDNumber(1, 3, nMotorEncoder[leftMotor], 6); //Move forward at half power motor[rightMotor] = 63; motor[leftMotor] = 63; } }
You can see the code running on an the robot here:
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For a more detailed explanation of how this code and encoders work, you should check out the videos in the Movement > Shaft Encoders section of the VEX Cortex Video Trainer. For more information on the nMotorEncoder[] command and how it is used in the NXT system, check out this video.
Motors Debug Window
Yet another change in ROBOTC to support the new encoders was made in the Motors debug window, found by going to Robot > Debug Windows > Motors. ROBOTC will now display the Type of motor you have connected and the Encoder value as your robot runs.
This window, unlike the Sensor Debug window, will take the motor "Reversed" setting and polarity into account; positive motor powers will always result in positive encoder values and negative motor powers will always result in negative encoder values. In other words, the Encoder column displays the same value that gets returned by the nMotorEncoder[] command.
Conclusion and Future Development
The new VEX Integrated Encoder Modules are a fantastic addition to the VEX Robotics System, which we're thrilled to support in ROBOTC. That being the case, we have additional improvements with the encoders coming down the pipeline. With integrated encoders, we'll be able to implement "Encoder Targets" and "PID Control" like we have available for the NXT Platform. With Encoder Targets, you'll be able to specify a "target" encoder value for the motors to spin to, and the robot will actually slow to a stop at that value, rather than letting its momentum carry it too far. With PID, we'll be able to use feedback from the encoders to constantly adjust the power levels of the motors so that their physical performance matches what you set in the code – all with no extra effort on your part! Again for lots of additional information on both Encoder Targets and PID Control, check out the Movement > Improved Movement section of Teaching ROBOTC for Mindstorms.
Finally, if the VEX IEM's seem like something you'd like to have (and they should) you can purchase them for the 2-wire 393 Motors (Media:393.pdf), and the 2-wire 269 Motors (Media:269.pdf).


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Lad Na is prepared in a two-step recipe that involves first frying wide rice noodles until they're just starting to get crispy. Then a sauce is quickly made and poured over the noodles. The translation
This is a noodle dish, prepared in a rich creamy curry sauce, that is traditional in Northern Thailand. A popular lunchtime meal in northern Thailand. The flavor is not only distinctly "Thai" but it als
Mee krob is a fun dish to present to friends, as the crispy noodles are very unique and unlike anything you find in traditional American food. It's fairly time-consuming to prepare but well worth it.
Jasmine rice prepared with sweet coconut cream, this recipe was featured in the Thai Food 101 feature, Bon Appétit magazine. Not only does the rice taste delicious, but making it this way
This is a regional Thai delight that is proudly served in Chantaburi province, where the Gulf of Thailand meets the Cambodian border. Many people familiar with Thailand would think about Chantaburi as
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Politicians, city officials attended events with Quebec construction boss
Ministers Tony Tomassi, Line Beauchamp allegedly visited exclusive Montreal club
Former Liberal ministers, high-ranking Montreal politicians and a former provincial party fundraiser were all named on guest lists of those who attended events with embattled construction magnate Paolo Catania, presented at Quebec's corruption inquiry this morning.
The lists, presented by commission investigator Erick Roy, show times, dates and invitees at several events that took place in 2006 and 2007 at the exclusive Club 357c in Montreal's Old Port.
The venue, which has a bar, dining room, pool and other facilities, is only accessible to members and guests of members. The club keeps track of visits by members and guests on a database, from which information was obtained by commission investigators earlier this fall.
Roy has not detailed what allegedly happened at these meetings, which include:
- A Feb. 27, 2007, breakfast with 12 people on the guest list including former education minister Line Beauchamp, longtime political organizer Pierre Bibeau, former Montreal executive committee head Frank Zampino and Catania.
- A February 2008 meeting where former provincial family minister Tony Tomassi was listed as a guest of Catania.
- A June 2007 cocktail and dinner event hosted by Leo Housakos, appointed a year later as a senator, whose guest list included Joe Borsellino, a Montreal construction boss who allegedly tried to intimidate another entrepreneur, according to testimony heard earlier at the commission.
Housakos told CBC News that he was a member of the club in 2007 and 2008 and remembers hosting the event. However, he denied that Borsellino attended.
"At no time did I ever host any function where Joe Borsellino was present and at no time do I recall ever having met Joe Borsellino at Club 357c," he said.
Housakos said he has met with Catania, however, and it was the construction boss who introduced him to the club.
"The only thing I can confirm with certainty is in each and every one of these cases where I came across Mr.Catania ... at no point in time did I ever give a contract to [him] and that's what the Charbonneau inquiry is about."
He said no one from the commission has contacted him regarding any allegations or questions.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a brief comment defending Housakos after the Conservative-appointed senator's name emerged at the inquiry this morning.
"I have no information of any credible allegations against this particular individual," Harper said at joint press conference with Mexican president-elect Wednesday afternoon on Parliament Hill
Beauchamp says meetings were legitimate
Beauchamp issued a statement Wednesday stating that she attended two meetings at the club, both of which she requested to meet with "city officials and economic stakeholders" while she was minister of culture responsible for the Montreal region and minister of the environment.
She described the meetings as a general discussion on the economic performance of Quebec and Montreal.
"When I was there in 2007, there was no reason for me to believe I shouldn't be listening to the head of the executive committee of the City of Montreal and business leaders," the statement reads.
She said she exercised her role as an elected official with "integrity and dignity" and offered the inquiry her full co-operation.
Other elected officials told reporters Wednesday morning that they had also been at the club for meetings or lunches, but all said those visits were legitimate and above board.
Quebec Health Minister Réjean Hébert said he attended a meeting in 2006 or 2007 with Paolo Catania, who then was head of the Charles Lemoyne Hospital Foundation, when he was on the same board.
He said said politicians need to be cautious of the kinds of meetings they attend, but he was unaware of Catania's business dealings at the time.
Testimony led investigators to club
When Roy testified yesterday, he told the commission that investigators went to inspect the club following testimony from Elio Pagliarulo, a former bakery chain owner who said he ran a loan-sharking scheme with Catania.
He testified that he brought envelopes of cash to a private club.
He described one time when he had brought $100,000 to the club to meet Catania, who was a member. He said he saw Zampino as he was leaving the club and said the understanding was the money was intended for the former executive committee head.
Zampino has denied those allegations.
Gilles Vézina, a suspended city employee who testified at the commission earlier this month, said he accepted an invitation to meet Nicolo Milioto at 357c.
The construction entrepreneur has been described by several witnesses at the commission as the middleman between the construction industry, the Montreal Mafia and city officials.
Roy said commission investigators went to the club in late October after hearing Pagliarulo's testimony.
The club issued a statement Wednesday saying that it voluntarily worked with the commission and only provided information on people who were directly under investigation.
"It would be unfortunate and unacceptable for the actions of a very small minority of the clients of 357c to have a negative impact on the club and its members," the statement reads.
The commission adjourned for the day early following Roy's cross-examination.


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We Chat With: Paul Grieco of Terroir and Hearth
"Riesling doesn't shock me. Riesling brings a smile to my face, and my soul feels complete when I drink Riesling. "
Paul Grieco speaks in statements, and knows how to work an interview. He's ebullient, direct and then... there's the beard. Both literally (as in, whatever is currently growing off of his chin), and minted: he recently won the James Beard 2012 "Outstanding Wine, Beer or Spirits Professional" award. For the past 4 years he has hosted "Summer of Riesling," where his menus only feature Riesling by the glass. Why Riesling? Why, in general, wine?
You were in the restaurant business for many years before you branched into the sommelier world. Did you see a hole in the wine scene in NYC that you felt needed to be filled? My god, no. New York is the greatest wine market on the planet earth. It's the best place to be a beverage director. Everyone comes to our front doors and knocks on them every day wanting us to taste and sell their wine. Why wouldn't I want to come here and play ball?
So what did you want your contribution to the scene to be? I loved fighting the good fight for the person who wasn't being defended or promoted. I loved the underdog and I loved being a contrarian.
How does Riesling fit in? It's the underdog grape. It is the greatest grape on the planet that was once regarded as such by everyone on planet earth. It appealed to monarchs, it appealed to potentates, and it appealed to the common man. And then we lost that. So I view it as my job to bring it back and put it on its lofty perch.
How did we lose that? World War II and the devastation of Germany. Before World War I, German Riesling was dry. It was a fully fermented genius grape, and the rarities were the ones with the incredible amounts of residual sugar. Post World War II, sterile filtration changed that. Also, because sugar was very expensive, and the easiest place to get sugar is from a grape, those wines were exported. They became your and my view of German wine; a very monolithic view of German juice. It barely told the story of Germany. Now it's my job—and others'—to relate the totality of the German wine experience.
What about the specific Riesling grape makes it so terroir expressive? It's transparent—we don't fuck around with it. Wine makers love it and hate it because Riesling wine is grown in the vineyard, not made in the winery. If you mistreat the grape you're going to get shit in the winery. But if you do your job to its utmost degree, once you get the grape to the winery, you do nothing. Wine makers don't really make the wine—Mother Nature makes the wine. We're getting a direct view into the soil and DNA of the Riesling grape. It's a glorious thing.
So what would you say we get wrong about Riesling, other than that the fact that... It's sweet. It's the "S" word, period, amen.
You started Summer of Riesling in 2008 to many an uplifted eyebrow. Years later it's grown into a international phenomenon, and with packed crowds at Hearth and the Terroir bars. How do you see our understanding growing? Are we getting it? I think the understanding is getting better and better every day. What I've seen is a greater desire on the part of the guests to have a conversation on the subject of Riesling. The first year when we said "we only have Riesling by the glass" people were incensed. Now at least they stay and are willing to converse with you.
And what about for you? What does it take for a Riesling to shock you or move you or excite you? Riesling doesn't shock me. Riesling brings a smile to my face, and my soul feels complete when I drink Riesling. All I look for is an expression of six things: that Riesling must be balanced, complex, finesseful, have a sense of place, have the ability to age, and be yummy. If you meet those six criteria, I'm a happy camper.
Moving out of Riesling for a bit, is there another grape that we might not be as aware of, or have another perception of, that excites you? I will say this very gently, but if there was not a summer of Riesling there would be a Summer of Chenin Blanc.
What about it is worthy of a Summer? In some ways it is the equal of Riesling—completely under appreciated, transparent, and reflective of the land that it is grown in. It can make all the different styles from bone dry to slightly off-dry to off-dry to semi-sweet to sweet. Chenin Blanc is beyond belief and is a world class grape.
Is there a specific region of the world right now that's exciting you? Yes, I'm actually saying this: Australia is the most exciting wine area on the planet.
As far as your six criteria go, what's working in Australia? Small producers are doing super-cool things and allowing the grapes to shine. We've pigeon-holed Australia to be either super low end, driven by the "critter wines" or the super high-ends with massive extracted fruit, alcohol and oak. But what about the middle ground? That's where most of us live our lives, after all—a balanced life. But we never thought that Australia was making balanced wines. They are, absolutely.
So, Mr. James Beard—I know, you're giving me a look right now—but how do you feel about winning it? What does it do for you? Alright, listen, we do what we do because we love to do what we do. I don't think many people in the restaurant industry are in it for awards and all of that shit. I won't deny, though, that receiving that award felt really fucking cool. Because I felt that my entire peer group was stoked for me. And maybe in some ways I took it as a thumbs-up for me to pursue even more the direction we've taken in the world of wine.
What is your greatest blessing in life right now? What makes your tail wag the most? Two sons. Two sons, by far. I do this all for them.
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A New Venture for Betsy Amster
Betsy Amster, the wife of Barry Glassner, says she has always been a book person. "My mother used to read to my sister and me every night around the kitchen table," she says. "That experience turned me into a child who took out six books from the library at a time."
Today, Amster is president of Betsy Amster Literary Enterprises, a literary agency that sheopened in 1992. Before starting her own business, she spent 10 years as an editor at Pantheon and Vintage in New York and two years as editorial director of the Globe Pequot Press in rural Connecticut. She has also served as a frequent instructor at The Loft, an acclaimed literary center in Minneapolis, and has run publishing workshops at Mediabistro, the Squaw Valley Community of Writers, and the UCLA Extension Writers' Program.
Amster represents literary fiction, narrative nonfiction, and general nonfiction in the areas of popular culture, social issues, psychology, and parenting. While she has clients nationwide, she considers her West Coast address part of her brand identity. "I like having a long leash from New York," she says. "It gives me a certain advantage when it comes to finding authors and identifying fresh ideas."
Her clients include MacArthur Fellow and urban farmer Will Allen, author of The Good Food Revolution (forthcoming from Gotham); psychologist Wendy Mogel, author of the New York Times best seller The Blessing of a Skinned Knee and The Blessing of a B Minus (Scribner); María Amparo Escandón, author of the Los Angeles Times best sellers Esperanza's Box of Saints (Scribner) and González and Daughter Trucking Co. (Crown); Mary Higgins Clark Award−winner Sandi Ault, whose Wild mystery series is published by Berkley Prime Crime; and Portland-based pastry chef Kim Boyce, author of Good to the Grain: Baking with Whole-Grain Flours (Stewart, Tabori & Chang), which just won a cookbook tournament judged by Mario Batali.
Amster grew up in Cleveland and went to college at the University of Michigan, where she majored in English. She and Glassner met in the mid-1980s. They've been married for 23 years.
When asked about how their work lives intersect, Amster explains that she is Glassner's sounding board and first reader. "Because I used to be an editor, I quite like the process of polishing a piece of writing," Amster says. "Barry takes criticism well—and he really doesn't need much editing."Amster says she looks forward to getting to know the Lewis & Clark community and the city of Portland. "Barry and I are both naturally curious, so finding ourselves in settings where there is so much to learn and to explore is very exciting."


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What the College Board says about SAT exams:
"It's fair to everyone."
"The questions are rigorously researched and tested to make sure students from all backgrounds have an equal chance to do well."
"Students who do well in the classroom are often the same ones who will do well on the SAT."
The SAT tests are totally unfair to many students. Students from poor families don't do as well as students from wealth families because they can't afford expensive test prep classes. Moral of the story: Money can't buy love, but it can sure buy higher test scores.
Male students do better on the SAT tests than female students. Yet female students perform better in college (and high school) than their male counterparts. This shows that there is something systemically wrong with the tests. Despite the College Board's claims, these tests don't predict college performance. If they did, wouldn't females do better on the tests? Obviously they would, but they don't because the tests are biased towards males. Moral of the story: If you are female, you are at a disadvantage because the tests are stacked against you.
Students whose first language is not English must take the test in English and are not given any additional time to read or answer the questions. Is this fair? Not exactly. Moral of the story: If your first language isn't English you are at a huge disadvantage.
The ACT scores are also biased toward wealthy students. There is a direct correlation between a family's income and the ACT tests score. What's most troubling about the ACT test is that many four-year colleges in the Mid-West and South use the scores to determine scholarships. Moral of the story: The wealthiest students get the most scholarship money.
Both say that their tests are not coachable, that those who can afford to pay for test prep classes or hire expensive tutors don't have an advantage over those students who can't afford prep classes. Yet study after study shows that test prep classes do raise scores. And the most expensive test prep classes are the most effective at raising scores. They claim test prep materials don't help, and yet they sell test prep materials. Moral of the story: Do as we say, not as we do.
Let's face it, if the SAT and ACT folks were to admit that test prep classes work, then they'd have to admit their tests are biased toward the wealthy.
...is a senior at Medfield High School, where she is active in the Theater Society, the Jazz Choir and Concert Choir. She is the vice-president of the Badminton Club, and is a member of the National Honor Society and the French Honor Society. She has lived overseas with her family in South Africa and Uganda. She enjoys hiking, running, white water canoeing, kayaking, and discussing good films. Regretfully, most of her free time during the school year is spent doing homework.
...was named a Guggenheim Fellow in Creative Arts—Film in 2009. He is a professor at Boston University, where he teaches film production and editing. He recently completed Kids Living with Slim (2010) about African children who are HIV positive. His previous film, Massacre at Murambi (2007), was aired on the PBS series P.O.V. It won top prizes and was screened at festivals all over the world. In 2004, he was a Fulbright Scholar, teaching production at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda. His films have been screened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, The White House and aired on network television, PBS, and local stations throughout America. He is the author of one of the most popular editing guidebooks in the world: Avid Editing: A Guide for Beginning and Intermediate Users, from Focal Press, which has recently been translated into Russian, Spanish and Chinese editions.


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Unmanned aircraft have flown since the mid-1900s and are more than remote- controlled model planes. Today, they consist of complex systems for collision avoidance, automated controls and navigation; they also integrate imaging systems to gather and process data. RIT researchers have already been developing aspects of these technologies and can contribute to improving unmanned aircraft systems.
Regulations currently do not permit UAS operations above 400 feet without certification, and these allowances are given primarily to law enforcement or the military. The FAA has directed new test site teams like NUAIR to contribute recommendations about how corporate and commercial unmanned aircraft can be part of already crowded skies. The Northeast corridor where NUAIR will operate has some of the highest volumes of air traffic to control.
The team has already received testing and development requests since the December announcement and expects to have a formal test facility and process up within six months. "It's not a competition between the sites, it's just a goal for us," said Crassidis. "What RIT brings to the table is its strong industry partners and our hands-on approach to teaching. Students will be involved in multidisciplinary projects related to this, plus undergraduate and graduate research. We will make use of our facilities, particularly the machine shop, wind tunnel and the Aero Design Club."
Tim Southerton and Robert Jones, both fifth-year mechanical engineering students, are working on control systems for a Parrot AR Drone 2.0, a quadro-copter. They are upgrading the unmanned aircraft as part of a senior design project, integrating remote sensing equipment onto the frame and adding GPS navigation capabilities.
These capabilities and others being developed make Bezos' idea of delivering packages seem not so far-fetched. According to the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International, UAS may provide 100,000 new jobs in the U.S. and more than $82 billion in economic outcomes by 2025.
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I recently had the pleasure of illustrating some kickass nuns for Mental Floss magazine's December issue! Thanks to my AD Winslow Taft for the fantastic layout and the idea to have me do the illustrations in illuminated manuscript style. It's always been really fun for me to try and imitate other illustration styles (japanese woodblock prints, art deco) and it's a good challenge to try and add my own twist while still making the style recognizable.
I had a grab-bag of cool ladies from different centuries & locations to inspire me, including Ani Pachen (tibetan warrior nun), Katharine Drexel (fought against the Ku Klux Klan & segregation), Hildegard of Bingen (a crowd favorite in the 11th century), Juana Ines de la Cruz (intellectual, writer, early feminist from the 17th century), and Dolores Hart (former hollywood actress).
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Lawyers for broadcaster Alan Jones are weighing whether to follow Bauer Media's lead and try to reduce Australia's largest defamation payout on appeal.
But that won't be easy, a leading defamation expert says.
Jones, his radio station 2GB and Brisbane station 4BC were ordered on Wednesday to pay a record $3.7 million to the Wagner family after claiming they were responsible for 12 deaths in the 2011 Lockyer Valley floods.
The Sydney radio identity has said he'll pore over a 344-page judgment before deciding on any appeal against the Brisbane Supreme Court ruling.
Toowoomba brothers John, Denis, Neill and Joe Wagner had sought $4.8 million from the defendants. That was $100,000 more than Hollywood actor Rebel Wilson was awarded after being defamed by Bauer Media.
But she was ordered to repay almost 90 per cent of that after an appeal in early June found she was not entitled to $3.9 million in economic damages, and slashed the payout to just $600,000.
High-profile Sydney defamation lawyer Patrick George says Jones might find it difficult to achieve a reduction.
"I think it will be difficult for Jones and 2GB because to do that, they really have to attack the findings of 'malice' and 'aggravation'," he told AAP.
"In Rebel Wilson's case, there was a large component for economic loss, which the court of appeal found was not really proven.
"It depends on the trial judge's view of the facts and how he saw Jones' conduct.
"Those sorts of things are difficult to overturn at the court of appeal. It's a question of fact."
Jones began his attack on the Wagners on 2GB in October 2014, when he claimed there had been a high-level cover-up of their involvement in the deaths.
His attacks centred on allegations the Wagner family was responsible because a wall of a quarry they owned collapsed, allowing a "tsunami"-like wave to consume the town of Grantham.
But Supreme Court Justice Peter Flanagan found 2GB and Jones had made extremely serious, defamatory allegations during a series of broadcasts over two years, and that Jones had been wilfully blind to the truth.
"Mr Jones and his co-defendants relentlessly misled their listeners and the people who had trusted them to be honest and truthful," Denis Wagner said outside court.


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