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BOSTON (Feb. 3, 2014) --The first comprehensive, large-scale cohort study of the long-term survival of children treated for low-grade gliomas, the most common pediatric brain tumor, finds that almost 90 percent are alive 20 years later and that few die from the tumor as adults. However, children who received radiation as part of their treatment had significantly lower long-term survival rates than children who were not radiated, researchers from Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center report. These findings stand regardless of whether surgeons could successfully remove a child's entire tumor or only part of it, suggesting that the radiation itself may explain the difference.
The findings were published online by the journal Pediatric Blood and Cancer.
Delivery of radiation to children's developing brains has been linked to a number of adverse long-term effects, including cognitive development and endocrine function. While a number of major hospitals, including Dana-Farber/Boston Children's, have almost eliminated radiation in treating low-grade gliomas, the extent to which other institutions employ radiation varies, according to the study's senior author, Peter Manley, MD, of the Brain Tumor Center at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's.
"We found for the first time that once you survive your childhood with a low-grade glioma, you are not likely to die of that tumor as an adult," Manley said. "This is incredibly encouraging for patients and families. However, we also found some things that we are currently doing to treat low-grade gliomas, such as radiation, are increasing the rate of death later, so that as an adult you won't die of the tumor, but you may die from the treatment."
The data did not allow researchers to determine the precise mechanism driving the association between radiation treatment and reduced long-term survival (e.g., second cancers, other radiation-induced toxicities). However, given the excellent overall long-term survival findings among the patients studied, the team believes that doctors treating children for a pediatric low-grade glioma should make reducing long-term toxicity risk one of their primary concerns.
"We strongly recommend treatments that are less likely to cause long-term effects and second cancers," Manley said. "According to our analysis, radiation was the most common factor linked to differences in mortality among long-term survivors," he added. "There are multiple options available today for treating children with these tumors. We should exhaust all those before considering the use of radiation."
Low-grade gliomas--a family of non-malignant, usually non-aggressive tumors that includes pilocytic astrocytomas, diffuse astrocytomas and mixed gliomas-- account for about 30 percent of all childhood brain tumors. Treatment typically consists of surgery and chemotherapy. Radiation, once a key component of therapy for these gliomas, has been falling out of favor since the mid-1990s, as it has for other childhood cancers such as Hodgkin's lymphoma and germ cell tumors.
To better understand survival factors among this population, Manley, lead author Pratiti Bandopadhayay, MBBS, PhD, of Dana-Farber/Boston Children's, and their collaborators analyzed Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) data from the National Cancer Institute on more than 4,000 patients diagnosed with pediatric low-grade gliomas between 1973 and 2008. Eighteen percent of the patients in the cohort received radiation as part of their treatment.
Overall the prognosis for children with low-grade gliomas is quite good, with five- and 10-year survival rates approaching 90 percent. Until now, though, the long-term survival--20 years and beyond--of adult survivors has never been comprehensively studied. Manley and his colleagues found little drop-off in survival at 20 years post-treatment, with almost 90 percent of pediatric survivors still alive.
Strikingly, though, only about 70 percent of patients treated with radiation were still alive 20 years after treatment. Other factors that affected survival included tumor location (cerebellum or not), tumor type (pilocytic or not), aggressiveness of the tumor (grade 1 vs. grade 2), year of diagnosis (before or after 1990) and age at diagnosis (<2 years old). In the team's multivariate analysis, these other factors all had less of an effect on long-term survival than radiation.
"There is an impression that children diagnosed with anything more aggressive than a grade 1 tumor do poorly in the long term," said Manley, who also directs Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Stop & Shop Family Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Outcomes Clinic, which focuses on survivorship issues. "However, we found regardless of whether the diagnosis is grade 1 or grade 2, children with low-grade gliomas still do well."
The study was supported by Stop & Shop Pediatric Brain Tumor Program, the Andrysiak Fund for LGG, the Pediatric Low-Grade Astrocytoma Foundation, Friends of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, the Nuovo-Soldati Foundation, Philippe Foundation, and the St. Baldrick's Foundation.
The Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center brings together two internationally known research and teaching institutions that have provided comprehensive care for pediatric oncology and hematology patients since 1947. The Harvard Medical School affiliates share a clinical staff that delivers inpatient care at Boston Children's Hospital and outpatient care at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute's Jimmy Fund Clinic. Dana-Farber/Boston Children's brings the results of its pioneering research and clinical trials to patients' bedsides through five clinical centers: the Blood Disorders Center, the Brain Tumor Center, the Hematologic Malignancies Center, the Solid Tumors Center, and the Stem Cell Transplant Center.


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Signal Conditioning Made Easy with X-FAB
X-FAB is enabling best-in-class low noise, highly sensitive and linear signal conditioning circuits with analog or digital interfaces. Its CMOS processes are optimized for best 1/f noise performance, come with excellent matching properties and optimized capacitors. Those capacitors feature low-volage coefficients, low temperature dependancy and high unit capacitance per area. In addition, bipolar processes are also available.
Signal Conditioning IC - Block Diagram
Functionality Overview
The sensor bridge is biased by a constant current source CSOURCE. The outputs of the sensor bridge are connected to the differential inputs P and N of the Programmable Gain Amplifier (PGA). Based on the temperature measured by the temperature sensor TEMP and the correction factors stored in the non-volatile memory (NVM) for this temperature, the gain of the PGA is controlled. This way, the temperature dependency of the sensor characteristics is taken into account. The analog output signal AOUT of the PGA is fed into a precision analog-to-digital converter, and is converted into digital pattern available at the output DOUT of the chip.
The sensor, which is shown here as an external sensor element in bridge configuration, can be external or internal. Hall CMOS sensors, optical CMOS sensors and MEMS based sensors are offered in various X-FAB process technologies for direct integration with the CMOS signal conditioning circuitry and other parts of the system.
Programmable Gain Amplifier (PGA)
The Programmable Gain Amplifier (PGA) amplifies the differential sensor input signal with a gain defined by digital data applied to the programming inputs of the block. By varying the gain the signal conditioner is able to overcome non-linearities of the sensor element and the temperature dependency of some of its parameters like offset and sensitivity.
The required design parameters of PGA strongly depend on the type of the sensor. Whereas for inductive sensors the task would be to cope with rather large signals which need to be clamped by the input circuitry of the PGA, in most cases (Hall, optical, MEMS) the problem is the opposite, that is, the sensor output signal is very low and very close to the noise floor achievable. X-FAB technologies offer a comprehensive variety of analog primitives with outstanding noise and matching behavior. Precise device models with noise and matching accurately modelled, statistical data and process monitoring enable results with high performance and yield.
Temperature Sensor (TEMP)
The temperature sensor monitors the temperature of the sensor. Temperature sensors can be built using the devices available in the process technology.
Analog-to-Digital Converter (ADC)
Depending on requirements Analog Digital Converters can be designed by using the standard core or additional modules for reduced noise, trimming devices or memory. Use of junction isolated devices makes the ADC design robust versus substrate noise.
Zener zaps and fuses are available for trimming of parameters like offset during wafer probing or final test.
Several robust ADCs can be selected from X-FAB's analog standard cell library.
Non-Volatile-Memory (NVM)
This non-volatile memory block stores temperature correction factors that are sensor specific, like sensitivity, linearity and offset. X-FAB offers a process dependent portfolio of embedded NVM IP like ROM, OTP, EEPROM, FLASH and NVRAM. If a programmable NVM is used, the sensor conditioner could be designed to fit a variety of sensor types. Before actual use it would get programmed according to the specific parameters of the sensor used.
Precision ADC
Depending on the requirements the analog-to-digital converters is designed by using the standard core or additional modules for low noise and trimming devices.
The use of junction isolated devices makes the ADC design robust to substrate noise.
Zener zaps and fuses are available for trimming of parameters like offset and would be programmed during wafer probing or final test.

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I just spotted these images of some of the recent flooding in Somerset, taken from Glastonbury Tor.
It strikes me how beautiful the images are, contrasting with the devastation these floods caused.
We seem to have an instinct to aestheticise whatever we see, even if it is negative and painful.
When confronted with a flooded landscape we intuitively reach back to the vocabulary of old master paintings, to help us define what we are looking at.
Presumably this is a semi-conscious coping mechanism: we want to discover patterns in the chaos, so that we feel we have a chance of creating some order out of it.
In this sense art can be defined simply as a sophisticated information processing tool, helping us to analyse positive as well as negative experiences.


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(Pocket-lint) - Ferrari fans listen up. Logic 3 has teamed up with Ferrari to launch a range of Ferrari-branded iPhone speaker docks and headphones so you can show your love for the brand when it comes to listening to your favourite music.
Ferrari by Logic3, announced at CES on Monday, comprises a range of earphones, headphones and speaker docks that celebrate Ferrari without going all out red, well not too much.
On the speaker front there are two models in two very different ranges - the Ferrari Cavallino Collection and the Scuderia Ferrari Collection.
The first is influenced by GT road cars and take their design inspiration from the "premium textures and materials" found in the Ferrari cars while the Scuderia Ferrari Collection is inspired by the competition, speed, and technological innovation of the Ferrari F1 team and therefore is a bit more brazen carrying the bright yellow Scuderia Ferrari badge.
The Ferrari team has been closely involved with Logic3 throughout the entire process, ensuring the marque's characteristic style, design and personality are captured within every product.
So what do you get? Well the Cavallino GT1 (pictured top) is a speaker dock that comes with a 250W RMS class HD AMP in a multi speaker unit with a 6.5-inch (165mm) subwoofer. In addition to an Apple dock connector, the GT1 also features wireless Bluetooth connectivity for Android and Windows-based devices. Priced at £399 for an extra £100 you'll be able to get Apple AirPlay support. The iPhone docks via a sliding tray where the prancing horse is if you are wondering.
The Scuderia FS1 on the other hand, is a 2.1 Speaker Dock offering 120W RMS class HD Amp with twin passive bass radiators and Bluetooth. Like the GT1, if you are will to spend a further £100 on top of the £499 price tag you'll get AirPlay support.
If speaker docks aren't your cup of tea, then you can also get the prancing horse in your ear with a range of earphones and headphones also being announced.
There are four models within the Ferrari Cavallino range and a further five in the Scuderia Ferrari range with the latter showing off the bolder colour scheme.
The Cavallino range consists of the T350 (£299) over-ear headphones which include active noise cancelling, the T250 (£249) on-ear headphones, and the G150 (£149) and T150 (£149) earphones, which feature something called TFAT, which stands for Thin Film Acoustic Technology, and noise isolating technology.
The Scuderia Ferrari headphones and earphones range consists of the R300 (£249) over-ear headphones, which offer active noise cancellation, the R200 (£199) and P200 (£199) on-ear headphones, and the S100 (£99) and R100 (£119) earphones, which feature TFAT and noise isolating technology.
The P200s, if you are a Ferrari fan, will be on the ones you'll want.
The Ferrari by Logic3 collection will be available from April 2012.


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Is McDonald's doomed?January 28, 2014: 10:46 AM ET
The opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of Paul R. La Monica. Other than Time Warner, the parent of CNNMoney, Abbott Laboratories and AbbVie, La Monica does not own positions in any individual stocks.
Are the meals no longer as happy for McDonald's customers as they used to be? The fast food giant definitely seems worried.
McDonald's (MCD) reported lackluster quarterly results last week. And company executives used the words "relevance," "relevant" and "relevancy" a combined 20 times during its conference call with analysts. Translation: the leaders of the Golden Arches are very concerned about whether the company is still relevant.
If you look at the expected growth rates for Mickey D's biggest burger rivals -- as well as upstarts in the so-called fast casual restaurant chain industry -- I'd be "Grimace"-ing too. (Sorry. But I miss that purple blob!)
Sure, McDonald's stock did go up last year. But that's not saying much. Just about everything went up. Shareholders have reason to be a little miffed since McDonald's lagged the S&P 500.
But even worse than that, McDonald's has underperformed Wendy's (WEN) since the beginning of last year ...
... and also has not gone up nearly as much as Burger King (BKW).
What's wrong with McDonald's? As management pointed out last week, a big issue is the menu. New offerings, like the Mighty Wings, have not been a huge hit.
Meanwhile, Wendy's has had success with things like its Pretzel Bacon Cheeseburger. And Burger King has appealed to the "health-conscious" with its reduced calorie/lower fat Satisfries. (Tongue planted firmly in cheek. They're still called fries. Not roasts, sautés or steams.)
But even if McDonald's is able to find new menu items that consumers might want (May I suggest a bison burger? A pizza burger?), it will still be very difficult for it to grow as fast as its smaller rivals. That's because it is already McMassive.
There are more than 35,000 McDonald's restaurants worldwide compared with just 13,000 for Burger King and around 6,500 for Wendy's. Of course those two are expected to grow more rapidly.
Related: Which country has the cheapest Big Mac?
According to FactSet Research, analysts expect profits at McDonald's to rise just 8% a year, on average, for the next few years, compared with forecasts of 16% long-term growth for Burger King and 25% for Wendy's. So it's no wonder that investors aren't "ba da ba ba ba" lovin' McDonald's lately.
Still, McDonald's can't completely be given a pass simply because it's a behemoth. Rival Yum! Brands (YUM) actually has more restaurants worldwide: More than 40,000. And Yum's profits are expected to rise 11% a year.
Tangent alert. What's up with big companies starting with the 25th letter of the alphabet and exclamation points? Yum! Yahoo! (YHOO) At least Yelp's (YELP) corporate name is still lacking this excessive enthusiasm. Tangent over.
Related: Pizza Hut serving single slices
One reason why Yum is doing better is because -- despite some big hiccups last year -- it has done very well with expansion into China. But you also can't help but notice that Yum is essentially three companies: KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut. McDonald's is not that diverse. It has all its Egg McMuffins in one basket.
It wasn't always that way. McDonald's used to own a majority stake in Chipotle (CMG), the company that has come to define the fast casual revolution. McDonald's spun off Chipotle in 2006.
Chipotle, which will report its latest results Thursday, has been a phenomenal success since pulling a Fleetwood Mac and going its own way. (Loving your Mexican menu. Isn't the right thing to do.) Analysts are expecting Chipotle to report sales growth of nearly 20% for the fourth quarter and an increase in earnings per share of nearly 30%.
I've been joking on Twitter that if the Denver-based company does well, that could be a sign the Broncos will win this coming Sunday.
Then again, Microsoft (MSFT) and Starbucks (SBUX) bucked the bears (market, not Chicago) last Friday, thanks to their solid earnings.
So maybe that's a good omen for Seattle. Or perhaps I should analyze Denver's offense and the Seahawks' defense before making my Super Bowl pick. But I digress. Again.
Just look at how well Chipotle shares have done since the spin-off. It's hard not to think of what might have been for McDonald's if it had decided to hold onto Chipotle.
Still, Chipotle is just one example of how McDonald's is losing out to other restaurant chains. Companies like Panera (PNRA) and Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD) are also stealing some of Mickey D's thunder.
Depending on where you live, there are also scores of smaller chains specializing in beefier and more exotic burgers. Privately held Five Guys has made waves. In-N-Out Burger is like a religion out in California.
And since I live in hipster doofus Brooklyn, I can't imagine going to a McDonald's when there are independent chains selling elk, ostrich, boar and other kinds of yummy burgers ... not to mention good old-fashioned beef. (Mmm-mmmm. That is a tasty burger. Ever have a Big Kahuna Burger?)
So I wish McDonald's luck in trying to regain that "relevance" factor. It's going to be a tough battle. There are just too many options these days for consumers -- even those who want a quick and relatively cheap meal.


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The Joint Honours Programme in Anthropology and Politics provides students with an in-depth, interdisciplinary understanding of contemporary cultures and politics, international affairs, societies, and institutions in their political, historical, social, cultural, economic and legal dimensions.
Anthropology is the study of human diversity around the world. In studying anthropology, you will learn how different societies live together and think about such topics as family, sex, religion, art, and economics and gain skills increasingly in demand in a globalized and automated world.
Studying anthropology at Queen's will allow you to examine some of the deepest and most pressing questions about human beings. Issues addressed in our modules include:
Does globalisation mean the end of cultural difference?
Can a post-conflict society heal?
How do ritual traditions, musical performances, and art shape cultural identities?
How do some people become willing to die for a group?
Through classroom modules, optional placements, and your own anthropological fieldwork, you will also gain valuable skills in critical thinking, cross-cultural understanding, researching, interviewing, writing, and presenting.
The academic study of politics is concerned with the sources of conflict, co-operation, power and decision-making within and between societies, how differences are expressed through ideology and organisation, and how, if at all, disagreements and problems are resolved. We look at conflict, co-operation and its origins, dynamics and trajectories, at theories of society, at the value and ethical basis of political ideas and action, and at politics in different national and historical contexts.
Various serving politicians have studied in the School, including Ian Paisley Jr MP, former Green Party Leader, Stephen Agnew, and ministers in the Northern Ireland Excutive.
''Recently the dissertation experience has been really useful in my job search. Because it involves different research methods and demonstrates good written and verbal communication skills, it's great for the CV and even better for coming up with examples for competency questions in interviews. It's also brilliant for networking because it provides easy conversation and an awareness of social issues etc."
Lucy Proudlock
Information on the implications of Brexit for prospective students.
Course content
|Anthropology at Queen's is constructed around four innovative, engaged themes:
What Makes Us Human?
Key modules explore core elements of anthropology. They examine social groups, from families to nations, and social dynamics, from village politics to globalisation. In understanding social groups we examine individual life trajectories against the background of diverse social expectations. Modules may include: Being Human: Evolution, Culture and Society; World on the Move; How Society Works.
Conflict, Peacebuilding and Identity
Modules on this theme deal directly with large-scale Global Challenges such as conflict, security, and peacebuilding. Issues such as migration, ethnic conflict, and globalisation will be covered across all three years of the degree, with specialist modules looking at Ireland and at the role of anthropology in policy. Modules may include: Us & Them: Why We Have Ingroups and Outgroups; Why Are Humans Violent? Understanding Violence, Conflict, and Trauma; Migration, Mobilities and Borders.
Arts, Creativity and Music
Globally renowned for long-standing research expertise in the area of ethnomusicology and the arts, our modules examine issues of sound and music making; art, aesthetics and emotion; and performance and identity around the world. We explore the production, appropriation and use of material artefacts and images in a world of interconnectedness through migration, trade, and digital communication technology. Modules may include: Being Creative: Music, Media and the Arts; Radical Musics: Understanding Sounds of Defiance across Disciplines.
Morality, Religion and Cognition
These modules examine a number of important themes in religion and morality, including the origins of religion, apocalyptic movements, sacred values, and the relationship of emotion and religion. We will explore our moral worlds and beliefs through the socio-cultural, psychological, and evolutionary sciences. Modules may include: Apocalypse!: The End of the World; In Gods We Trust: The New Science of Religion; Human Morality; Love, Hate, and Beyond.
|Stage 1
Being Human: Evolution, Culture and Society
A World on the Move: Anthropological and Historical Approaches to Globalisation Us and Them:
Why Do We Have In-groups and Outgroups?
Being Creative: Music, Media and the Arts
Understanding Northern Ireland
Students are introduced to the study of politics, political ideology, comparative politics, the state of world politics, international history and contemporary Europe.
Comparative Politics
Contemporary Europe
Issues in Contemporary Politics
Perspective on Politics
World Politics: Conflict and Peace
|Stage 2
How Society Works: Key Debates in Anthropology
Skills in the Field: Dissertation Preparation
Hanging out on Street Corners: Public and Applied Anthropology
Economic Anthropology
Sex and Gender: Biology, Desire and Equality
Why Are Humans Violent? Understanding Violence, Conflict, and Trauma
Human Morality
Radical Musics: Understanding Sounds of Defiance across Disciplines
Apocalypse! The End of the World.
In their second year, students focus on the political, economic and social transformations of the 20th century and beyond, and will be able to advance their conceptual understanding of the field of politics and international relations by studying modules such as:
International Relations
Security and Terrorism
Politics of Deeply Divided Societies,
Politics and Policies of the EU
International Organisations
Peace and Conflict Studies
Modules in British, Irish and American Politics
Research methods
|Stage 3
Dissertation in Social Anthropology: Writing-Up
The Politics of Performance: From Negotiation to Display
Human-Animal Relations
In Gods We Trust: The New Science of Religion
Love, Hate and Beyond: Emotions, Culture, Practice
Music and Identity in the Mediterranean
Ireland and Britain: People, Identity, Nations
Migration, Mobilities and Borders
In the final year, students can select more specific areas and specialist-based modules on, for example, the Middle East, US foreign policy, migration, the Far Right, political extremism, politics of the global economy, and modules on identity politics, international ethics, war and visual culture, conflict and conflict resolution.
Student can also take a work-placement module or spend a semester abroad through one of our exchange programmes on Europe and North America
• Arms Control
• Asylum and Migration in Global Politics
• Contemporary Critical Theory
• Contemporary Political Philosophy
• Ethics, Power and International Politics
• Global Resource Politics
• Middle Eastern Politics
• National and Ethnic Minorities in European Politics
• Northern Ireland: A Case Study
• Political Parties and Elections in Northern Ireland
• Challenges to contemporary party politics
• Politics, Public Administration and Policymaking
• Scotland and Northern Ireland: Points of Political Comparison
• Security and Technology
• The Far Right in Western Europe and North America
• The Politics of Irish Literature
• Earth, Energy, Ethics and Economy: The Politics of Unsustainability
• Theories of Global Justice
• US Foreign Policy
• War and Visual Culture
• Women and Politics
• Internship
• The Placement
• Dissertation
Note that this is not an exclusive list and these options are subject to staff availability.
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|Large Group Teaching
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In a typical week you may have up to 6 hours of lectures, depending on the level of study
|Medium Group Teaching
|6 (hours maximum)
In a typical week, you may have up to 9 hours of practical classes, workshops or seminars, depnding on the level of study
|Personal Study
|10 (hours maximum)
Typically 10 hours per module (30 hours per week), revising in your own time
|Small Group Teaching/Personal Tutorial
|3 (hours maximum)
In a typical week, you will have 3-6 hours of tutorials (or later, project supervision).
Examples of the opportunities provided for learning on this course are:
A variety of assessment methods are used throughout the programme.
As students progress through their course at Queen's, they will receive general and specific feedback about their work from a variety of sources including lecturers, module co-ordinators, placement supervisors, personal tutors, advisers of study and peers. University students are expected to engage with reflective practice and to use this approach to improve the quality of their work.
Entry Requirements
|Irish Leaving Certificate
|Access Course
Successful completion of Access Course with an average of 70%.
|International Baccalaureate Diploma
33 points overall, including 6,5,5 at Higher Level
|BTEC Level 3 Extended/National Extended Diploma
QCF Level 3 BTEC Extended Diploma (180 credits), with 120 credits at Distinction grade and 60 credits at Merit grade
RQF Level 3 BTEC National Extended Diploma (1080 Guided Learning Hours (GLH)), with at least 660 GLH at Distinction grade (minimum 240 GLH to be externally assessed) and 420 GLH at Merit grade
A minimum of a 2:2 Honours Degree
|All applicants
There are no specific subject requirements to study Anthropology and Politics
In addition, to the entrance requirements above, it is essential that you read our guidance below on 'How we choose our students' prior to submitting your UCAS application.
Applications are dealt with centrally by the Admissions and Access Service rather than by individual University Schools. Once your on-line form has been processed by UCAS and forwarded to Queen's, an acknowledgement is normally sent within two weeks of its receipt at the University.
Selection is on the basis of the information provided on your UCAS form. Decisions are made on an ongoing basis and will be notified to you via UCAS.
For last year's intake, applicants for this BA programme offering A-level/BTEC Level 3 qualifications must have had, or been able to achieve, a minimum of five GCSE passes at grade C/4 or better (to include English Language). Performance in any AS or A-level examinations already completed would also have been taken into account and the Selector checks that any specific entry requirements in terms of GCSE and/or A-level subjects can be fulfilled.
Offers are normally made on the basis of three A-levels. Two subjects at A-level plus two at AS would also be considered. The offer for repeat candidates is set in terms of three A-levels and may be one grade higher than for first time applicants. Grades may be held from the previous year.
Applicants offering two A-levels and one BTEC Subsidiary Diploma/National Extended Certificate (or equivalent qualification), or one A-level and a BTEC Diploma/National Diploma (or equivalent qualification) will also be considered. Offers will be made in terms of performance in individual BTEC units rather than the overall BTEC grade(s) awarded. Please note that a maximum of one BTEC Subsidiary Diploma/National Extended Certificate (or equivalent) will be counted as part of an applicant's portfolio of qualifications. The normal GCSE profile will be expected.
Applicants offering other qualifications, such as Higher National Certificates and Diplomas, will also be considered.
For applicants offering a HNC, the current requirements are successful completion of the HNC with 2 Distinctions and remainder Merits. For those offering a Higher National Diploma, some flexibility may be allowed in terms of GCSE profile but, to be eligible for an offer, the grades obtained in the first year of the HND must allow the overall offer to be achievable. The current entrance requirements are successful completion of the HND with 2 Distinctions, 10 Merits and 4 Passes overall. Any consideration would be for Stage 1 entry only.
The information provided in the personal statement section and the academic reference together with predicted grades are noted but, in the case of BA degrees, these are not the final deciding factors in whether or not a conditional offer can be made. However, they may be reconsidered in a tie break situation in August.
A-level General Studies and A-level Critical Thinking would not normally be considered as part of a three A-level offer and, although they may be excluded where an applicant is taking four A-level subjects, the grade achieved could be taken into account if necessary in August/September.
Candidates are not normally asked to attend for interview.
If you are made an offer then you may be invited to a Faculty/School Visit Day, which is usually held in the second semester. This will allow you the opportunity to visit the University and to find out more about the degree programme of your choice and the facilities on offer. It also gives you a flavour of the academic and social life at Queen's.
If you cannot find the information you need here, please contact the University Admissions Service (firstname.lastname@example.com), giving full details of your qualifications and educational background.
For information on international qualification equivalents, please check the specific information for your country.
An IELTS score of 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in each test component or an equivalent acceptable qualification, details of which are available at: go.qub.ac.uk/EnglishLanguageReqs
If you need to improve your English language skills before you enter this degree programme, INTO Queen's University Belfast offers a range of English language courses. These intensive and flexible courses are designed to improve your English ability for admission to this degree.
As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, we will be offering Academic English and Pre-sessional courses online only from June to September 2020.
INTO Queen's offers a range of academic and English language programmes to help prepare international students for undergraduate study at Queen's University. You will learn from experienced teachers in a dedicated international study centre on campus, and will have full access to the University's world-class facilities.
These programmes are designed for international students who do not meet the required academic and English language requirements for direct entry.
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Course content
Skills to enhance employability
Studying for an Anthropology degree at Queen's will assist you in developing the core skills and employment-related experiences that are increasingly valued by employers, professional organisations and academic institutions. Through classroom modules, optional placements and your own anthropological fieldwork, you will gain valuable skills in critical thinking, cross-cultural understanding, researching, interviewing, writing, and presenting.
Career pathways typically lead to employment in:
a. User Experience
b. Consultancy
c. Civil Service
d. Development, NGO work, International Policy, Public Sector
e. Journalism, Human Rights, Conflict Resolution, Community Work
f. Arts Administration, Creative Industries, Media, Performance, Heritage, Museums, Tourism
g. Market Research
h. Public and Private Sector related to Religious Negotiation, Multiculturalism/Diversity
i. Teaching in schools
j. Academic Teaching and Research
Employment after the Course
Typical career destinations of graduates
Our graduates have followed careers in the fields of Development, Policy, Public Sector; Arts Administration, Creative Cultural Industries, Media, Performance, Heritage Policy, Museums, Tourism; International Policy, Journalism, Human Rights, Conflict Resolution, Community Work; NGO work and the Public Sector related to: Religious Negotiation, Peace Building, Multiculturalism, and Diversity
Employment Links
A growing number of Internship opportunities will match dissertation students with organisations and institutions relevant to their career paths by building on local and international staff networks and professional connections.
Current placement partners include
• Operation Wallacea, which works with teams of ecologists, scientists and academics on a variety of bio-geographical projects around the globe.
• Belfast Migration Centre offers students of the module 'Migration, Displacement and Diasporas' internship opportunities in their 'Belonging Project'.
Professional Opportunities
International Travel
As part of undergraduate training, students have the opportunity to use practice-based research skills during eight weeks of ethnographic fieldwork in areas of their specialisation, which can entail working with organisations around the globe.
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In addition to your degree programme, at Queen's you can have the opportunity to gain wider life, academic and employability skills. For example, placements, voluntary work, clubs, societies, sports and lots more. So not only do you graduate with a degree recognised from a world leading university, you'll have practical national and international experience plus a wider exposure to life overall. We call this Degree Plus. It's what makes studying at Queen's University Belfast special.
Entry requirements
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What's in the exam?
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Practical Session 2 Update – Germany
We appreciate how much the cancellation of our exams has affected learners and we're working hard on solutions to ensure they can gain their qualifications at the earliest opportunity.
Provided travel and COVID restrictions remain lifted, we will open a booking period from 11 August– 21 August September with exams to be held November - December. We will continue to keep this under review as our ability to accept bookings remains conditional on the restrictions continuing to be lifted. An update to Applicants will be announced as soon as we can and our Representatives will provide further guidance in due course. We are looking forward to providing candidates with exams again and thank you for your loyalty and support at this difficult time.
Oboe exams consist of three pieces, chosen by the candidate from the appropriate lists in the current syllabus, scales and arpeggios, sight-reading and aural tests.
Total marks in all individual Practical exams are 150. 100 marks are required to achieve Pass, 120 marks to pass with Merit and 130 marks to pass with Distinction.
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The new syllabus includes refreshed repertoire and revised sight-reading and scales and arpeggios. The revised sight-reading and scale and arpeggio requirements apply from 1 January 2018 in all countries, with no overlap period. The usual overlap period applies for pieces from the old syllabus, which you can play until Spring 2018 in the UK and Ireland, and until 31 December in all other countries. Read more about our new Woodwind syllabus here.
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Will the new State Board of Elections be a genuine watchdog or a rubber stamp for political powers that be? Today's initial meeting of the new group appointed by Governor McCrory should provide some interesting signals.
As Mark Binker reported earlier this week at WRAL.com:
"Aside from appointing new leaders, one of the first decisions facing the newly appointed board will be whether to proceed with an investigation into campaign donations from owners of electronic sweepstakes companies. Those companies are pushing for legislation that would legalize the gambling-like games.
Current board members have said they were ready to direct the staff to pursue an investigation of whether top leaders such as McCrory, House Speaker Thom Tillis, and Senate President Pro Tem Phil Berger received corporate contributions from a sweepstakes software provider. "
Here is a link to a summary of the complaint filed by Democracy NC about the very troubling sweepstakes issue, which among other things, involves Gov. McCrory's former employer (a law/lobbying firm) and bundled checks to the Governor's campaign.
Stay tuned.


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|Spooner, David
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Submitted to: Solanaceae International Congress Proceedings
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 5/29/2006
Publication Date: 7/30/2006
Citation: Douches, D., Dejong, W., Jansky, S.H., Spooner, D.M., Brown, C.R., Francis, D. 2006. A solcap strategy to evaluate allelic diversity of cultivated and wild solanum germplasm and access economically important genes [abstract]. Solanaceae International Congress Proceedings. p. 118.
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Technical Abstract: The Solanaceae Coordinated Agricultural Project (SolCAP) is an effort to organize a community of public and private researchers for "translational genomics", the utilization of information derived from genome technologies for crop improvement. Standard germplasm panels will be developed that represent a balance between relevant breeding lines and populations for association mapping of relevant traits or marker-assisted-selection. The germplasm panel will be grouped according to specific market classes and will include a broad genetic base to survey the allelic diversity for important traits, develop pertinent markers and test candidate gene function. A subset of the panel will be used for deep-sequencing of genes and promoters related to carbohydrate metabolism. Another set will be important varieties and advanced lines of value to the breeding community. To provide a taxonomic perspective, a set of Solanum species and accessions will be sampled representing all major clades, ploidies, and breeding systems. Lastly, two mapping populations (2x and 4x) will be chosen for genotyping. With a well-designed panel, we should also be able to examine domestication events (i.e. genes selected during domestication in wild to cultivated transitions zones). SSR and SNP marker platforms will be used to genotype the entire germplasm panel. Adopting standardized genotyping platforms and developing user-friendly tools for analysis will help translate genome sequence information and increase access to the breeding community. At the same time such approaches will help elucidate the genes and gene systems under selection during domestication and breeding.


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Rand Paul spurs mixed feelings among Iowa GOP
- Paul to speak at Iowa GOP%27s Lincoln Dinner on Friday
- Views of Rand Paul often impacted by views of his father%2C Ron Paul
- Political observers say Rand Paul could draw new blood to party
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Republican Sen. Rand Paul arrives in Iowa this week, offering the tantalizing potential of a possible presidential aspirant who could bridge the state's warring GOP factions — or please none of them.
"He's the most fascinating guy in politics today in America," said David Carney, a New Hampshire-based GOP strategist. "But on widespread appeal, I think the jury's out."
For some Iowa Republicans, the Kentucky senator — not to be confused with his father, former U.S. Rep. Ron Paul of Texas — embodies a bundle of contradictions.
Even before confirming suspicions he'll seek the White House in 2016, a few of his remarks have hit the wrong tone with people in each of the Iowa GOP camps — the evangelicals, the liberty conservatives, the tea partiers and the mainstream Republicans.
One evangelical conservative, Sioux City minister Cary Gordon, had this to say more than 600 days before the Iowa caucuses: "He's tried too hard to please too many people on too many issues. I can't support him. He's got too many contradictions for me."
Despite some reservations, other Iowa Republicans hope that Paul, who stands at the crossroads of constitutional conservatism and the establishment, will appeal to overlapping Iowa audiences as few candidates can.
On Friday night, Paul will speak at the state party's Lincoln Dinner, an event often viewed as a warm-up act for presidential campaigns.
Paul has seen his popularity heighten after he staged a 13-hour filibuster in early March to question the use of unmanned aircraft to perform targeted killings.
Many Iowans thought Paul, a soft-spoken eye surgeon, propelled himself to the front of the 2016 pack with what they considered a tenacious stand against the Obama administration's perceived power to kill Americans without due process. But some of them think he then damaged his credibility weeks later when he told Fox Business Network that he didn't care if a drone kills low-threat criminals such as armed liquor store robbers.
Another matter of contention: In a speech on immigration in mid-March, Paul said "we will find a place for you," referring to people living in the country illegally. He later clarified that he wasn't calling for a new path to citizenship. He just doesn't want to deport everyone.
Paul stepped into another controversy the same day after saying on CNN that he thinks there could be "thousands of exceptions" to any ban on abortion. An aide later clarified that the senator meant he believes in a single exception, to save the life of a mother, but that the exception could include thousands of individual cases.
Like father, like son?
The thought of winning over Iowa's hard to please, sometimes acrimonious GOP political camps doesn't seem to faze Paul. In a telephone interview with The Des Moines Register, he said he doesn't mind explaining why his positions should appeal to many political factions — and to dispute the notion that he's inconsistent.
"Part of the art of politics is bringing people together and fusing people who have varied interests into a unified force to win elections," he said. "That's what we've failed in the last two presidential elections in doing very well.
"So it's my hope that if I do get involved in this that I may be able to do that better."
Paul said he wants to unite people who believe that constitutional limited government, low taxation and low regulation spur economic growth.
"On some of the other more contentious issues, I think there will be room to disagree," he said. "But my own personal views are what they are. And they haven't changed."
For now, many Iowans are judging Paul through the prism of their perceptions about his father, the idiosyncratic icon of limited government. Ron Paul competed twice in the Iowa caucuses, and in 2012 won 16 counties.
Rand Paul and his father are far from being political mirror images. But their philosophies are close.
"No family completely agrees," Rand Paul said. "But in general, we both agree with the concept of limited and constitutional government, of civil liberties, of the idea that war should be a last resort not a first resort, and the idea that free individuals interacting in a marketplace creates an enormous amount of wealth for society."
Des Moines Republican Rebekah Maxwell, a 26-year-old radio talk show producer for religious conservative Steve Deace, winces at what she calls Rand Paul's missteps in recent weeks. His immigration comments indicate "he's pro-amnesty in a lot of ways," and she's not sure how that will hold up with Iowa conservatives. Maxwell also believes he seems conflicted on same-sex marriage.
Still, Maxwell believes the younger Paul is a less oddball version of his father, but with just as much integrity. Rand Paul is a more practical problem-solver — and could be a candidate who brings conservative voters together, she said.
"This is the type of bridging of factions that I have never seen in my lifetime, so this is pretty exciting to me," she said.
Defending consistency
In the interview, Paul laid out his stances and what he sees as his consistency.
On illegal immigration, "I am for fixing it," he said. "As part of fixing it, I believe that immigrants are good people … and they want to be Americans and they want to be part of our workforce."
He'd like to document those who are in the United States illegally and give them work visas. But in advance, the border should be better secured, and Congress should verify advancements toward security goals each year, he said.
Paul said his personal viewpoint is that marriage "is one man, one woman," but that it should be up to each state to decide whether to allow or ban same-sex marriage.
And armed drones should be used solely for "extraordinary, lethal situations where there is an ongoing, imminent threat," which is what he stated on the Senate floor during his filibuster as well as on Fox, he said. Any confusion was created by a left-wing blog, he said.
Des Moines software tester Chase Green, 28, who voted for President Barack Obama last fall, said he thought Ron Paul was "kind of awkward and unrealistic." But he was drawn to Rand Paul during the drone filibuster and is now a fan of his views on civil liberties and his drive for genuine action.
"I think a lot of people vote Democratic because they don't like what the Republicans have become," Green said. In Paul, "they see something they actually want."
Success for son?
When the younger Paul ran for elected office for the first time three years ago, his GOP opponent argued that both Pauls were "too crazy for Kentucky."
It didn't work. Rand Paul crushed his establishment-endorsed GOP rival by 23 points, then beat his Democratic opponent by 8.5 points.
Politics watchers suspect Paul has some of his father's DNA when it comes to drawing in new blood and might be even more successful than his father with younger people and nontraditional GOP voters. Already this year, he stood before the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce to talk about immigration reform. He spoke about the GOP's civil rights activism at two historically black schools, Howard University in Washington, D.C., and Simmons College in Louisville.
In January, he traveled to Israel, a move that was seen as protecting himself from the notion that he's anti-Israel. Religious conservatives tagged his father with that label, partly because Ron Paul opposed foreign aid to Israel — and everywhere else. Rand Paul also would gradually end U.S. aid, and said as much during his trip.
Carney, the political strategist, said the younger Paul appears to be laying a foundation for a serious presidential campaign.
"I don't think Ron Paul ever cared about winning. ... He was more about a message," Carney said. But "Rand Paul seems serious about winning."


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Designer Serge Bensimon's boutique houses fresh home and fashion that isn't too trendy or sophisticated.
The modern aesthetics of the store complements the changing inventory of modern crafts, rugs, lighting, tableware, bedding, jewelry, decorative objects, as well as Bensimon's clothing line for men and women.
There is something here for any budget. Pick-up a set of monogrammed mugs for $18 apiece or a scented candle from Autour du Monde's line of 12 scents for $25.
Bensimon's sweaters and tops are on the high-end, but the B. Team line is a bit more affordable with jackets starting at $180.
up close at home autour du monde....
- Bensimon's Home Autour du Monde is located on 8, rue des Francs Bourgeois. There are 4 other locations in Paris.
- Metro: Saint-Paul or Chemin Vert.
- The store features furnishings, modern crafts, home accessories, bedding, as well as Benisimon's men's and women's collections.
- This map should help you find the shop.


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Microsoft is offering updates on the progress of interoperability initiatives, including the Interoperability Executive Customer Council (IEC) and the Interop Vendor Alliance (IVA).
The company's announcement is "a way of taking stock after a year of fairly intensive activity," said Tom Robertson, Microsoft general manager for interoperability and standards.
Formed last year, the IEC features 41 members from governments and corporations who work with Microsoft executives and product teams. IEC is meeting in the US this week.
According to Microsoft, IEC has addressed more than 60 issues in its four defined work streams, which include:
- Office productivity and collaboration tools to ensure that tools can exchange documents and enable collaboration and document management across systems
- Developer tools and run time, in which application development has been boosted across platforms and systems
- Security and identity management with the promoting of security across many identity platforms
- Systems management through enabling end-to-end, cross-platform service management
"We're ultimately trying to provide people with better control over their personal information on the Web and improve the trustworthiness of Web-based interaction," Robertson said.
In the system management area, Microsoft acquired enterprise management company Engyro to incorporate monitoring products into Microsoft Systems Center Operations Manager 2007.
The IVA, launched in November 2006, discusses mutual customer feedback and focuses on technical collaboration to resolve interoperability challenges through scenario-based testing, Microsoft said. Companies like Linspire, Sun, and AMD participate.
At the Interop New York 2007 conference this week, an IVA pavilion will showcase collaborations, such as EMC, CA, and Microsoft streamlining management of heterogeneous systems, including Linux, Oracle, JBoss, and Windows. This is being done via a Systems Management Interoperability Lab.
Also, IVA members Centrify, Quest Software, and Microsoft worked to demonstrate how to centrally manage security identities across Linux, Unix, Mac OS X, and Windows. Cross-product federation is being demonstrated as well by several members as part of a federated identity initiative.
To advance portal document repository collaboration, IVA members Merido, Microsoft, and others have shown how to identify and collaborate on documents across portals and repositories.
Also, Microsoft began working to deliver interoperability by design based on commitment to XML in 2005. Since then, the company has announced more than 30 interoperability deliverables including moving dozens of specifications to the OSP (Open Specification Promise), interoperability projects like Linux and Windows virtualization and management work being done by Microsoft and Novell, Microsoft said.
Microsoft is announcing this week that OSP is being extended to hypercall API in Windows Server Virtualization. This applies virtualization to further enable interoperability across commercial and open-source software solutions, Microsoft said.
Microsoft's interoperability efforts have not been without criticism. A deal with Novell on interoperability between Suse Linux and Windows, featuring payments going between the two companies, has drawn criticism in the open-source community as a concession to Microsoft.
Robertson said Microsoft has made a lot of progress with interoperability, detailing with issues that are not universally easy to address. But he acknowledged not every single issue will be solved.


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Fourteen years ago, in November 1998, I stood on a low mound overlooking the bleak Kazakhstan steppe. It was early morning. The ground was covered in a light dusting of snow and a bitter wind tore across the cracked concrete, flattening the surrounding scrappy clumps of grass.
A stream of garbled Russian crackled from a loudspeaker mounted on an army truck. The speech was overwhelmed by static and the angry muttering of a technician attempting a hasty repair. Neither of us looked particularly happy to be there. At least I was being paid – in Yeltsin's Russia, the chances were he hadn't received a salary for several weeks. Nevertheless, we were both about to witness a significant moment in space history.
Some 2km (1.4miles) away – its white pencil-shape barely visible against the grey sky – a Proton rocket rose from the ground. A few seconds later, we heard it: a roar, followed by the crackle of the boosters as the launcher disappeared into the cloud. On board, the first stage of the International Space Station (ISS).
Today, six astronauts live and work on the ISS but it's never really caught the popular imagination. You'll find most people don't know they're there and many others don't particularly care.
Originally conceived as an American project, Russia was hastily recruited after the collapse of the Soviet Union to help keep its space industry afloat (and its rockets out of hostile hands). The ISS was subsequently used as the justification to extend the life of the Space Shuttle programme and now it's being sold as an orbital laboratory for, as the press releases would have it, "ten years of science".
As it happens, I'm a supporter of the ISS. Before we to go back to the Moon and onto Mars, we need to learn how to live in orbit first. Long duration space flight is tough and far better to overcome the challenges close to home rather than in the isolation of deep space. There might even be some significant scientific discoveries or medical breakthroughs. However, science from the station has yet to generate a single significant peer-reviewed paper.
What the ISS desperately needs is a purpose, something that excites the imagination and makes it relevant to everyone on Earth.
Space wedding
On a laboratory bench in the south of England, lies a box of electronics, a mirror and a metre-long cylinder, that could be the answer.
"What you see here are all the components laid out, prior to assembly, for the video camera we're going to install on the International Space Station," explains Ian Tosh, as we look through the glass into the clean room at RAL Space, near the city of Oxford. It is one of two cameras being built at the firm, which will be fitted to the outside of the ISS – one fixed, the other swiveling to point in different directions.
"You're looking at about a metre per pixel," says Tosh. "Similar to the Google Earth type images of your house. You won't quite see the tiles but you'll see all the detail in the garden." But, unlike those Google pictures, these video images will be live - in real time - or very nearly.
The project was conceived by Canadian company, UrtheCast, and its Director and President, Scott Larson, admits that promoting the ISS was certainly part of the appeal for the space agencies. "One of the things we think that UrtheCast will do is increase the awareness of the Space Station," he tells me. "And so, in talking to our partners, that was one of the key benefits they wanted to get out of what we're doing."
The basic service on offer will be free – with users able to log into the site and see live or archived images and video of anywhere on Earth. With the ISS orbiting the planet around 15 times a day, sooner or later it'll be above something you want to look at.
"You can enter in your address and find out when it was above there last," says Larson. "And at the same time, because we know where the space station is, you can enter in your address and find out when it's going to be above you next. And so you can go outside, you can hold your event, your wedding, your sports day around when it's going to be imaged from space."
However, as the cameras won't be able to see through cloud, arranging your wedding pictures around the orbit of the ISS is something of a gamble. UrtheCast plans to give software developers free access to its code, allowing them to develop new applications such as games or utilities. But how does Larson hope to make any money?
"The goal isn't to make a tonne of money, the goal is to try to break even," he says. "We're talking with seven or eight different companies around the world who buy and sell Earth observation data, and they use it to track crops or monitor cities [for example]…and we'll just enter that market with our data." There's also the potential for broadcasters or websites to buy time on the moveable camera to track live news, sports games or events.
The cameras are due to be completed in the next few months and will be transported to the ISS on an unmanned Russian proton supply ship early next year. Cosmonauts are in training to maneuver the bulky equipment into the station from the capsule and for the space walk necessary to install the cameras on the outside structure.
For the engineers at RAL Space, more used to building satellites, the work has proved a welcome change. "It certainly makes it more interesting for a pub discussion," says Tosh. "Rather than saying 'I'm an optical design engineer…okay I'll go and talk to someone else'…now it's going on the space station and they'll be real live video, it makes it much more exciting for everyone."
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March 30, 2011
With the lightning speed of an ultra-high speed Internet connection, Gov. Sam Brownback welcomed Google Fiber to Kansas City, Kan., on Wednesday.
"As governor of this state, I'm declaring today Google Day in Kansas!" Brownback exclaimed to a packed auditorium at Wyandotte County High School, which was filled with people showing uninhibited pride in the fact that Kansas City, Kan., has been named the first community chosen for Google's "Fiber for Communities" program.
Google's announcement means that by 2012, residents, businesses and governmental agencies throughout Kansas City, Kan., will have access to ultra-high speed Internet to the tune of 1,000 megabits — 100 times faster than those elsewhere.
The news capped Google's yearlong, high-stakes, high-profile, national competition to find a community in which to pilot its ultra high-speed fiber network.
Milo Medin, Google's vice president for access services, said he expected Google Fiber to be to the broadband of today what broadband was 15 years ago compared to dialup.
"Over the past decade, the jump from dial-up to broadband has led to streaming online video, digital music sales, video conferencing over the web, and countless other innovations that have transformed communication and commerce," Medin said.
Joining Brownback and Medin at the noon news conference announcing Kansas City's selection were Patrick Pichette, Google's chief financial officer, Joe Reardon, mayor and CEO of the Unified Government of Kansas City, Kan., and Wyandotte County, and Cindy Lane, superintendent of Kansas City, Kan., public schools.
Pichette, who is spearheading the Google Fiber project, said more than 1,100 communities had vied for a chance to be selected for the project. Topeka, Kansas' capital city, renamed itself "Google, Kan.," for a day to draw attention to its bid.
Ultimately, Kansas City, Kan., was chosen after what Pichette called "incredible, careful evaluation."
Medin said when searching for a pilot city in which to begin the project, organizers looked for three elements: First, a city that would already have the infrastructure in place to allow Google to build "quickly and efficiently;" secondly, a city that would allow Google to leverage the new service in such a way that it would have a lasting impact.
Thirdly, Medin said, "We want to be able to develop strong relationships and partnerships with local government and the community so that we can work together to use technology in a new way to make a city a better place to live in, a better place to work in, a better place to learn in. And we found all of this here in Kansas City, Kan."
Medin joked that the city and its staff had worked at "Google speed" to finalize the partnership with Google.
"Moving at Google speed is not usually possible for the average city. But, then, everybody in this room knows that Kansas City, Kan., is not the average city," Medin said to another eruption of applause.
Reardon called the partnership with Google a "transformative" one and said it wasn't just the adults in the community that would benefit from Google Fiber.
"I'm excited today to announce that in partnership with Google, our students will benefit from this new opportunity as free high-speed access will be provided at schools throughout the city," he said.
Area communities are hoping to ride the coattails of the city's success, as well.
"In time, I think it'll be worked out and expanded and we certainly hope it will come to Bonner Springs," said Clausie Smith, Bonner Springs mayor. "I think it's one of the things that's going to be looked at in the next few months."
Beth Johnson, director of economic development for the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce, said the project was great news for Kansas, and said it could boost Kansas City, Kan., when companies are trying to decide where to locate within the region.
"It certainly is an advantage they will have over others in the region," Johnson said. "But I think we all might benefit because certainly there's going to be a lot of attention for the entire area."
For those cities that didn't get chosen for the project, Medin said all was not lost. The plan is to ultimately expand the project to other communities once it is determined how it will work out in Kansas City, Kan.
"This is really the beginning and not the end," he said.
Originally published at: http://www.baldwincity.com/news/2011/mar/30/ultra-high-speed-network-coming-kck/


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Commotion Wireless: Free and Open Way to Network
Open software allows users to communicate if Internet shuts down.
March 8, 2013 -- With recent debates over openness on the Internet, and the emerging concept that you might not have the right to do what you want with your cellphone, 2013 looks to be a pivotal time for expanded technology rights.
Enter the Open Technology Institute, providers of a new project meant to help spread free and accessible wireless communication. They call themselves Commotion Wireless.
Sascha Meinrath, vice president and director of the Open Technology Institute, told ABC News that its open sourced wireless "mesh network" system can serve many purposes. "It can be used in places where there is no connectivity, where connectivity has gone down, or where there may be surveillance," Meinrath said.
"The main purpose is to provide lower-cost access to communications for any number of barriers that may interfere with that access," added Thomas Gideon of Commotion Wireless. "Centralized control of Internet access is one case, but we have also deployed the technology in emergency response scenarios and to provide alternate communications infrastructure for traditionally under-served communities." Gideon is the overseer of technical development for the project.
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A mesh network is created by connecting devices like computers and mobile phones through a "peer to peer" method -- meaning that instead of using an Internet service provider's connection through a Wi-Fi access point or cell tower, the devices are communicating with each other directly, free of any interference.
"At minimum, Commotion requires two or more Wi-Fi enabled devices, such as laptops, routers, or smartphones, to create a stand-alone network," Commotion says on its project's website. "New users may join an existing network using other Wi-Fi devices or standard GSM mobile phones."
The technology behind mesh networking isn't new -- in fact, Meinrath says he's been working with it for almost 13 years -- but Commotion Wireless is the first project of its kind to include GSM mobile phone frequencies. Meinrath says this is important because mobile phones are usually among the first technologies introduced in developing areas of the world.
The beta version of Commotion Wireless is set to launch this week and Meinrath was at the Freedom to Connect Conference Tuesday to discuss the importance of open-sourced methods of communication. "The free flow of communications is fundamental to democracy. Without it, you cannot have participatory democracy. What we're really working on is the next iteration of participatory democracy," Meinrath said in an interview with Democracy Now.
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The so-called Arab Spring in 2011, with mass protests in Egypt and elsewhere, was an example Meinrath used to display the perils of centrally-controlled ways of communication.
"In Egypt, you have a place where the Internet was actually shut down," Meinrath said. "The notion of being able to still communicate, use your cellphones to make phone calls locally, even if the cell towers are off, is really paramount. That use case is something that the technology actually helps solve... In essence, you would still be able to organize and share information in real time across the local folks that are there organizing and protesting."
Meinrath told ABC News that it's likely that some forms of mesh networking were being used during the protests in Egypt, but "what we're releasing now is more functional and user friendly."
Meinrath also said mesh networking is a technology at which the U.S. government once led, but because of blowback from Internet service providers, support has subsided. "Commotion is one of the last big open-sourced projects in the country," Meinrath said.
Internet service providers have never been crazy about the idea. Meinrath told ABC News that in 2005 he was among those volunteering efforts to get areas hit by Hurricane Katrina back online, and, by way of mesh networking, there was some success. However, as the Washington Post reported at the time, groups like BellSouth fought to have the free services taken down.
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Mesh networking technology has also had to answer "misinformation campaigns," spreading the idea that the technology doesn't work, according to Meinrath. To the naysayers, Meinrath cites to the example of guifi.net, a mesh network in Spain that currently spans over 35,000 km and has the capacity to accommodate "several hundreds of thousands" of users, he says.
Though it's not possible to access outside Web pages without the use of an Internet service provider, Commotion Wireless can handle files and communication among those users connected. "The idea is that absent an Internet gateway, communities can offer distributed, work-alike solutions such as email, media sharing, crowd sourced mapping, social messaging and more. [This week's new release version] includes support for packaging such applications so that they can be advertised over the mesh by those offering them and discovered by potential users from a browser or mobile phone," Gideon told ABC News.
Commotion Wireless released three preview builds last year, but this week's beta version will be the prelude to an eventual full release sometime this year, said Meinrath.


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Kathryn Grayson was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on February 9, 1922. Her childhood was spent in St. Louis where she studied voice before training with Frances Marshall of the Chicago Civic Opera and later was signed by RCA Red Seal records at the age of 15.
Her opera career was nipped in the bud when she was seen and heard by Louis B. Mayer and was signed by MGM to a contract without even the formality of a screen test. Contrary to popular belief, Miss Grayson never appeared on Eddie Cantor's radio show. Her unusual combination of looks, singing voice and acting talent brought her official stardom in 1943. A major star at MGM Miss Grayson also made films at Warner Brothers and Paramount Studios.
Dramatic roles on television came including "Playhouse 90" and "General Electric Theater." Miss Grayson was nominated for an Emmy Award for best actress for GE Theater's "Shadow on the Heart." She made her opera debut in 1960 performing "Madame Butterfly," "La Traviata" and "La Boheme" and in 1983 starred in "Orpheus in the Underworld" for Opera New England.
Miss Grayson scored triumphs in such stage musicals as "The Merry Widow" for which she was nominated for the Sarah Siddons Award. She has toured in "Naughty Marietta," "Rosalinda," "Show Boat," "Kiss Me Kate" and "Camelot" and in 1983 a departure as Miss Tweed in "Something's Afoot."
In 1982 Miss Grayson received rave reviews for her first all dramatic stage performance in Lucille Fletcher's "Night Watch." In 1987, again in a departure, she starred in the much-acclaimed British farce "Noises Off."
From 1988 through 1997 Miss Grayson toured in her one woman show, "An Evening With Kathryn Grayson."
In 1996 and 1997 Miss Grayson appeared with Van Johnson in "Love Letters" with great success. This prompted them to tour in their own production "Red Sox and Roses."


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I loved Karen Traviss' Joe because it was reality based. No Mutants, brainwave scanners (no offense to Larry Hama), space aliens, secret snake civilizations in the Himalayas. Reminds me of when I thought for a second that "The Hurt Locker" was GI Joe during the trailer!!
I really wish the Joe license would revert to Marvel. Most of their books are terrible at the moment, but Joe could be good under Garth Ennis, Jason Aaron, Cullen Bunn, etc. Plus we'd receive some great Joe Omnibuses (we'd have the whole ARAH series in deluxe oversized format in a little over a year as opposed to IDW's years long release schedule for the Complete Collections).