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- [Voiceover] Hello there and welcome to Cloth Simulation in Blender. My name is Joel Bradley and I'm very much looking forward to working through this course with you. The exercises we go through will both introduce us to and show us how to work with the cloth simulation tools in Blender, with particular focus being placed on understanding how the tools and options available are affecting our cloth geometries. To help us get up to speed as quickly as possible, we are first of all going to cover some basics as regards both the location of cloth tools in Blender UI as well as looking at the forces of Physics at work in the real world that cause cloth to behave in the manor that it does.
We will then move on to working with the cloth simulation tools themselves, and take a look at how we set up and work with Blender's cloth modifier. Which will include an examination of the cache and baking tools that it gives to us. In Chapter Three, we will look a little more closely at the material, behavior controls available on the modifier as it will be these that allow us to essentially create some very specific types of fabric and motions inside our simulations.
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I am the mother of two fantastic kids, Lily who just graduated from the South Pasadena High School and is now attending college in San Francisco and Kai who is a 6th grader at the middle school. I am also a Professor of Pediatrics and Preventive Medicine at the University of Southern California (USC) and am Vice Chair of Research within the Department of Pediatrics at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. I have committed my career to supporting the healthy development of children and adolescents, particularly those most vulnerable. I am am also fully immersed in the latest research about early child and adolescent development.
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[Federal Register: August 27, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 166)]
[Page 51627-51632]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[Public Notice 4458]
Bureau of Consular Affairs; Registration for the Diversity Immigrant (DV-2005) Visa Program
ACTION: Notice of registration for the Diversity Immigrant Visa Program.
This public notice provides information on how to apply for the DV 2005 Program. This notice is issued pursuant to 22 CFR 42.33(b)(3) which implements sections 201(a)(3), 201(e), 203(c) and 204(a)(1)(G) of the Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended, (8 U.S.C. 1151, 1153, and 1154(a)(1)(G)).
Instructions for the 2005 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program (DV-2005)
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[sbull] Applicant must be a native of one of the countries listed beginning on page 10. See ``List of Countries by Region Whose Natives Qualify.''
Native of a country whose natives qualify: In most cases this means the country in which the applicant was born. However, if a person was born in a country whose natives are ineligible but his or her spouse was born in a country whose natives are eligible, such person can claim the spouse's country of birth providing both the applicant and spouse are issued visas and enter the U.S. simultaneously. If a person was born in a country whose natives are ineligible, but neither of his or her parents was born there or resided there at the time of the birth, such person may be able to claim nativity in the country of birth of one of the parents.
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If the applicant cannot meet these requirements, he or she should NOT submit an entry to the DV program.
Procedures for Submitting an Entry to DV-2005
[sbull] All entries by an applicant will be disqualified if more than ONE entry for the applicant is received, regardless of who submitted the entry. Applicants may prepare and submit their own entries, or have someone submit the entry for them.
[sbull] For the DV-2005 Program, the Department of State for the first time will only accept completed Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Forms submitted electronically at http://www.dvlottery.state.gov during a lengthened 60 day registration period beginning November 1, 2003.
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[sbull] Also for the first time, the Department of State will send DV lottery entrants an electronic confirmation notice upon receipt of a completed EDV Entry Form.
[sbull] The entry will be disqualified if all required photos are not attached. Recent photographs of the applicant and his or her spouse and each child under 21 years of age, including all natural children as well as all legally-adopted and stepchildren, excepting a child who is already a U.S. citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident, even if a child no longer resides with the applicant or is not intended to immigrate under the DV program, must be submitted electronically with the Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form. Group or family photos will not be accepted; there must be a separate photo for each family member.
Each applicant, his/her spouse, and each child will therefore need a computer file containing his/her digital photo (image) which will be submitted on-line with the EDV Entry Form. The image file can be produced either by taking a new digital photograph or by scanning a photographic print with a digital scanner.
If the submitted digital images do not conform to the following specifications, the system will automatically reject the EDV Entry Form and notify the sender.
[sbull] The image must be in the Joint Photographic Experts Group (JPEG) format.
[sbull] The image must be either in color or grayscale; monochrome images (2-bit color depth) will not be accepted.
[sbull] If a new digital photograph is taken, it must have a resolution of 320 pixels wide by 240 pixels high, and a color depth of either 24-bit color, 8-bit color, or 8-bit grayscale.
[sbull] If a photographic print is scanned, the print must be 2 inches by 2 inches (50mm x 50mm) square. It must be scanned at a resolution of 150 dots per inch (dpi) and with a color depth of either 24-bit color, 8-bit color, or 8-bit grayscale.
[sbull] The maximum image size accepted will be sixty-two thousand five hundred (62,500) bytes.
If the submitted digital images do not conform to the following specifications, the entry will be disqualified:
[sbull] Applicant, spouse, or child must be directly facing the camera; the head of the person being photographed should not be tilted up, down or to the side, and should cover about 50% of the area of the photo.
[sbull] The photo should be taken with the person being photographed in front of a neutral, light-colored background. Photos taken with very dark or patterned, busy backgrounds will not be accepted.
[sbull] Photos in which the face of the person being photographed is not in focus will not be accepted.
[sbull] Photos in which the person being photographed is wearing sunglasses or other paraphernalia which detracts from the face will not be accepted.
[sbull] Photos of applicants wearing head coverings or hats are only acceptable due to religious beliefs, and even then, may not obscure any portion of the face of the applicant. Photos of applicants with tribal or other headgear not specifically religious in nature are not acceptable. Photos of military, airline or other personnel wearing hats will not be accepted.
Information Required for the Electronic Entry
There is only one way to enter the DV-2005 lottery. Applicants must submit an Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form (EDV Entry Form), which is accessible only at www.dvlottery.state.gov. Failure to complete the form in its entirety will disqualify the applicant's entry. Applicants will be asked to submit the following information on the EDV Entry Form.
FULL NAME, Last/Family Name, First Name, Middle name.
DATE OF BIRTH, Day, Month, Year.
GENDER, Male or Female.
COUNTRY OF BIRTH, The name of the country should be that which is currently in use for the place where the applicant was born.
APPLICANT PHOTOGRAPH, (See pages 3 and 4 for information on photo specifications).
MAILING ADDRESS, Address, City/Town, District/Country/Province/ State, Postal. Code/Zip Code, Country.
PHONE NUMBER (optional).
E-MAIL ADDRESS (optional).
COUNTRY OF ELIGIBILITY IF THE APPLICANT'S NATIVE COUNTRY IS DIFFERENT FROM COUNTRY OF BIRTH, If the applicant is claiming nativity in a country other than his or her place of birth, that information must be submitted on the entry. If an applicant is claiming nativity through spouse or parent, please indicate that on the entry.
MARRIAGE STATUS, Yes or No.
SPOUSE INFORMATION, Name, Date of Birth, Gender, City/Town of Birth, Country of Birth, Photograph.
CHILDREN INFORMATION, Name, Date of Birth, Gender, City/Town of Birth, Country of Birth, Photograph.
Note: Entries must include the name, date and place of birth of the applicant's spouse and all natural children, as well as all legally-adopted and stepchildren who are unmarried and under the age of 21 years, excepting those children who are already U.S. citizens or legal permanent residents, even if they are no longer legally married to the child's parent, and even if the spouse or child does not currently reside with the applicant and/or will not immigrate with the applicant. Note that married children and children 21 years or older will not qualify for the diversity visa. Failure to list all children will result in the applicant's disqualification for the visa. (See question 11 on the list of Frequently Asked Questions.)
Selection of Applicants
Applicants will be selected at random by computer from among all qualified entries. Those selected will be notified by mail between May and July 2004 and will be provided further instructions, including information on fees connected with immigration to the U.S.
Persons not selected will not receive any notification. U.S. embassies and consulates will not be able to provide a list of successful applicants. Spouses and unmarried children under age 21 of successful applicants may also apply for visas to accompany or follow to join the principal applicant. DV-2005 visas will be issued between October 1, 2004 and September 30, 2005.
In order to actually receive a visa, applicants selected in the random drawing must meet all eligibility requirements under U.S. law. Processing of entries and issuance of diversity visas to successful applicants and their eligible family members must occur by midnight on September 30, 2005. Under no circumstances can diversity visas be issued or adjustments approved after this date, nor can family members obtain diversity visas to follow to join the applicant in the U.S. after this date.
Important Notice
No fee is charged to enter the annual DV program. The U.S. Government employs no outside consultants or private services to operate the DV program. Any intermediaries or others who offer assistance to prepare DV casework for applicants do so without the authority or consent of the U.S. Government. Use of any outside intermediary or assistance to prepare a DV entry is entirely at the applicant's discretion.
A qualified entry submitted electronically directly by an applicant has an equal chance of being selected by the computer at the Kentucky Consular
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Center, as does an entry submitted electronically through a paid intermediary who completes the entry for the applicant. Every entry received during the lottery registration period will have an equal random chance of being selected within its region. However, receipt of more than one entry per person will disqualify the person from registration, regardless of the source of that entry.
Frequently Asked Questions About DV Registration
What does the term ``native'' mean? Are there any situations in which persons who were not born in a qualifying country may apply?
``Native'' ordinarily means someone born in a particular country, regardless of the individual's current country of residence or nationality. But for immigration purposes ``native'' can also mean someone who is entitled to be ``charged'' to a country other than the one in which he or she was born under the provisions of Section 202(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
For example, if a principal applicant was born in a country that is not eligible for this year's DV program, he or she may claim ``chargeability'' to the country where his or her derivative spouse was born, but he or she will not be issued a DV-1 unless the spouse is also eligible for and issued a DV-2, and both must enter the U.S. together on the DVs. In a similar manner, a minor dependent child can be ``charged'' to a parent's country of birth.
Finally, any applicant born in a country ineligible for this year's DV program can be ``charged'' to the country of birth of either parent as long as neither parent was a resident of the ineligible country at the time of the applicant's birth. In general, people are not considered residents of a country in which they were not born or legally naturalized if they are only visiting the country temporarily or stationed in the country for business or professional reasons on behalf of a company or government. An applicant who claims alternate chargeability must include information to that effect on the application for registration.
Are there any changes or new requirements in the application procedures for this diversity visa registration?
All DV-2005 lottery entries must be submitted electronically at www.dvlottery.state.gov between Saturday, November 1, 2003 and Tuesday, December 30, 2003. No paper entries will be accepted.
The Department of State implemented an electronic registration system in order to make the Diversity Visa process more efficient and secure. The Department will utilize special technology and other means to identify applicants who commit fraud for the purposes of illegal immigration or who submit multiple applications.
The signature requirement on the DV entry has been eliminated and the DV-2005 Diversity Immigrant Visa Program registration period will run from November 1 through December 30. The other major change from last year is that natives of Russia will not be eligible to apply for a diversity visa. (Please see Question 4 below for a description of why natives of certain countries do not qualify for the DV Program.)
Are signatures and photographs required for each family member, or only for the principal applicant?
Signatures are not required on the Electronic Diversity Visa Entry Form. Recent and individual photos of the applicant, his or her spouse and all children under 21 years of age are required. Family or group photos are not accepted. Check the information on the photo requirements on page 2 of this bulletin.
Why do natives of certain countries not qualify for the diversity program?
Diversity visas are intended to provide an immigration opportunity for persons from countries other than the countries that send large numbers of immigrants to the U.S. The law states that no diversity visas shall be provided for natives of ``high admission'' countries. The law defines this to mean countries from which a total of 50,000 persons in the Family-Sponsored and Employment-Based visa categories immigrated to the United States during the previous five years. Each year, the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) adds the family and employment immigrant admission figures for the previous five years in order to identify the countries whose natives must be excluded from the annual diversity lottery. Because there is a separate determination made before each annual DV entry period, the list of countries whose natives do not qualify may change from one year to the next.
What is the numerical limit for DV-2005?
By law, the U.S. diversity immigration program makes available a maximum of 55,000 permanent residence visas each year to eligible persons. However, the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA) passed by Congress in November 1997 stipulates that beginning as early as DV-99, and for as long as necessary, 5,000 of the 55,000 annually-allocated diversity visas will be made available for use under the NACARA program. The actual reduction of the limit to 50,000 began with DV-2000 and remains in effect for the DV-2005 program.
What are the Regional Diversity Visa (DV) limits for DV-2005?
The Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) determines the DV regional limits for each year according to a formula specified in Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Once the BCIS has completed the calculations, the regional visa limits will be announced.
When will entries for the DV-2005 program be accepted?
The DV-2005 entry period will begin on Saturday, November 1, 2003 and will last for 60 days through Tuesday, December 30, 2003. Each year millions apply for the program during the registration period. The massive volume of entries creates an enormous amount of work in selecting and processing successful applicants. Holding the entry period during November and December will ensure successful applicants are notified in a timely manner, and gives both them and our embassies and consulates time to prepare and complete entries for visa issuance.
May persons who are in the U.S. apply for the program?
Yes, an applicant may be in the U.S. or in another country, and the entry may be submitted from the U.S. or from abroad.
Is each applicant limited to only one entry during the annual DV registration period?
Yes, the law allows only one entry by or for each person during each registration period; applicants for whom more than one entry is submitted will be disqualified. The Department of State will employ sophisticated technology and other means to identify individuals that submit multiple entries during the registration period. Applicants submitting more than one entry will be disqualified and an electronic record will be permanently maintained by the Department of State. Applicants may apply for the program each year during the regular registration period.
May a husband and a wife each submit a separate entry?
Yes, a husband and a wife may each submit one entry, if each meets the eligibility requirements. If either were selected, the other would be entitled to derivative status.
What family members must I include on my DV entry?
On your entry you must list your spouse, that is, husband or wife, and all unmarried children under 21 years of age, with the exception of a child who
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is already a U.S. citizen or a Legal Permanent Resident. You must list your spouse even if you are currently separated from him or her. However, if you are legally divorced, you do not need to list your former spouse. For customary marriages, the important date is the date of the original marriage ceremony, not the date on which the marriage is registered. You must list ALL your children who are unmarried and under the age of 21 years, whether they are your natural children, your spouse's children by a previous marriage, or children you have formally adopted in accordance with the laws of your country, unless a child is already a U.S. citizen or Legal Permanent Resident. List all children under 21 years of age even if they no longer reside with you or you do not intend for them to immigrate under the DV program.
The fact that you have listed family members on your entry does not mean that they later must travel with you. They may choose to remain behind. However, if you include an eligible dependent on your visa application forms that you failed to include on your original entry, your case will be disqualified. (This only applies to persons who were dependents at the time the original application was submitted, not those acquired at a later date.) Your spouse may still submit a separate entry, even though he or she is listed on your entry, as long as both entries include details on all dependents in your family. See question 10 above.
Must each applicant submit his or her own entry, or may someone act on behalf of an applicant?
Applicants may prepare and submit their own entries, or have someone submit the entry for them. Regardless of whether an entry is submitted by the applicant directly, or assistance is provided by an attorney, friend, relative, etc., only one entry may be submitted in the name of each person. If the entry is selected, the notification letter will be sent only to the mailing address provided on the entry.
What are the requirements for education or work experience?
The law and regulations require that every applicant must have at least a high school education or its equivalent or, within the past five years, have two years of work experience in an occupation requiring at least two years training or experience. A ``high school education or equivalent'' is defined as successful completion of a twelve-year course of elementary and secondary education in the United States or successful completion in another country of a formal course of elementary and secondary education comparable to a high school education in the United States. Documentary proof of education or work experience should not be submitted with the lottery entry, but must be presented to the consular officer at the time of the visa interview. To determine eligibility based on work experience, definitions from the Department of Labor's O*Net OnLine database will be used.
How will successful entrants be selected?
At the Kentucky Consular Center, all entries received from each region will be individually numbered. After the end of the registration period, a computer will randomly select entries from among all the entries received for each geographic region. Within each region, the first entry randomly selected will be the first case registered, the second entry selected the second registration, etc. All entries received during the registration period will have an equal chance of being selected within each region. When an entry has been selected, the applicant will be sent a notification letter by the Kentucky Consular Center, which will provide visa application instructions. The Kentucky Consular Center will continue to process the case until those who are selected are instructed to appear for visa interviews at a U.S. consular office, or until those able to do so apply at a BCIS office in the United States for change of status.
May winning applicants adjust their status with BCIS?
Yes, provided they are otherwise eligible to adjust status under the terms of Section 245 of the INA, selected applicants who are physically present in the United States may apply to the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) for adjustment of status to permanent resident. Applicants must ensure that BCIS can complete action on their cases, including processing of any overseas derivatives, before September 30, 2005, since on that date registrations for the DV-2005 program expire. No visa numbers for the DV-2005 program will be available after midnight on September 30, 2005 under any circumstances.
Will applicants who are not selected be informed?
No, applicants who are not selected will receive no response to their entry. Only those who are selected will be informed. All notification letters are sent within about nine months of the end of the application period to the address indicated on the entry. Anyone who does not receive a letter will know that his or her application has not been selected.
How many applicants will be selected?
There are 50,000 DV visas available for DV-2005, but more than that number of individuals will be selected. Because it is likely that some of the first 50,000 persons who are selected will not qualify for visas or pursue their cases to visa issuance, more than 50,000 entries will be selected by the Kentucky Consular Center to ensure that all of the available DV visas are issued. However, this also means that there will not be a sufficient number of visas for all those who are initially selected. All applicants who are selected will be informed promptly of their place on the list. Interviews with those selected will begin in early October 2004. The Kentucky Consular Center will send appointment letters to selected applicants four to six weeks before the scheduled interviews with U.S. consular officers at overseas posts. Each month visas will be issued, visa number availability permitting, to those applicants who are ready for issuance during that month. Once all of the 50,000 DV visas have been issued, the program for the year will end. In principle, visa numbers could be finished before September 2005. Selected applicants who wish to receive visas must be prepared to act promptly on their cases. Random selection by the Kentucky Consular Center computer does not automatically guarantee that you will receive a visa.
Is there a minimum age for applicants to apply for the DV Program?
There is no minimum age to apply for the program, but the requirement of a high school education or work experience for each principal applicant at the time of application will effectively disqualify most persons who are under age 18.
Are there any fees for the DV Program?
There is no fee for submitting an entry. A special DV case processing fee will be payable later by persons whose entries are actually selected and processed at a U.S. consular section for this year's program. DV applicants, like other immigrant visa applicants, must also pay the regular visa fees at the time of visa issuance. Details of required fees will be included with the instructions sent by the Kentucky Consular Center to applicants who are selected.
Are DV applicants specially entitled to apply for a waiver of any of the grounds of visa ineligibility?
No. Applicants are subject to all grounds of ineligibility for immigrant visas specified in the Immigration and Nationality Act. There are no special provisions for the waiver of any ground
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of visa ineligibility other than those ordinarily provided in the Act.
May persons who are already registered for an immigrant visa in another category apply for the DV Program?
Yes, such persons may apply for the DV program.
How long do applicants who are selected remain entitled to apply for visas in the DV Category?
Persons selected in the DV-2005 lottery are entitled to apply for visa issuance only during fiscal year 2005, i.e., from October 2004 through September 2005. Applicants must obtain the DV visa or adjust status by the end of the Fiscal Year (September 30, 2005). There is no carry-over of DV benefits into the next year for persons who are selected but who do not obtain visas during FY-2005. Also, spouses and children who derive status from a DV-2005 registration can only obtain visas in the DV category between October 2004 and September 2005. Applicants who apply overseas will receive an appointment letter from the Kentucky Consular Center four to six weeks before the scheduled appointment.
List Of Countries by Region Whose Natives Qualify
The lists below show the countries whose natives are QUALIFIED within each geographic region for this diversity program. The determination of countries within each region is based on information provided by the Geographer of the Department of State. The countries whose natives do not qualify for the DV-2005 program were identified by the Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services (BCIS) according to the formula in Section 203(c) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Dependent areas overseas are included within the region of the governing country. The countries whose natives do NOT qualify for this diversity program (because they are the principal source countries of Family-Sponsored and Employment-Based immigration, or ``high admission'' countries) are noted in parentheses after the respective regional lists.
Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Congo, Democratic Republic of the Cote D'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Djibouti Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia, The Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Morocco Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Tunisia Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
Afghanistan Bahrain Bangladesh Bhutan Brunei Burma Cambodia East Timor Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan Jordan Kuwait Laos Lebanon Malaysia Maldives Mongolia Nepal North Korea Oman Qatar Saudi Arabia Singapore Sri Lanka Syria Taiwan Thailand United Arab Emirates Yemen
Natives of the following Asian countries do not qualify for this year's diversity program: China [mainland-born], India, Pakistan, South Korea, Philippines, and Vietnam. The Hong Kong S.A.R and Taiwan do qualify and are listed above. Macau S.A.R. also qualifies and is listed below.
Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark (including components and dependent areas overseas) Estonia Finland France (including components and dependent areas overseas) Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Special Administrative Region Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic Malta Moldova Monaco Netherlands (including components and dependent areas overseas) Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal (including components and dependent areas overseas) Romania San Marino Serbia and Montenegro Slovakia Slovenia
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Spain Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine Uzbekistan Vatican City
Natives of the following European countries do not qualify for this year's diversity program: Great Britain and Russia. Great Britain (United Kingdom) includes the following dependent areas: Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, Pitcairn, St. Helena, Turks and Caicos Islands. Note that for purposes of the diversity program only, Northern Ireland is treated separately; Northern Ireland does qualify and is listed among the qualifying areas.
North America
The Bahamas
In North America, natives of Canada and Mexico do not qualify for this year's diversity program.
Australia (including components and dependent areas overseas) Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia, Federated States of Nauru New Zealand (including components and dependent areas overseas) Palau Papua New Guinea Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu Samoa
South America, Central America, and the Caribbean
Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Barbados Belize Bolivia Brazil Chile Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Ecuador Grenada Guatemala Guyana Honduras Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago Uruguay Venezuela
Countries in this region whose natives do not qualify for this year's diversity program: Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Haiti, Jamaica, and Mexico.
Dated: August 21, 2003. Maura Harty, Assistant Secretary for Consular Affairs, Department of State.
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Both snow and ice have an impact on our homestead though. We have livestock to keep warm and fed. So when there's a storm in the forecast, I go into super-preparedness mode.
How to prepare for winter storms
Make sure you have:
- enough food to last at least a week (we check the "power's out" kit in case we need to replace things)
- livestock feed
- dog and/or cat food
- bottled water
- batteries for flashlights and weather radio
- fuel for your heat source and, if you have one, the generator
- lamp oil if you have oil lamps
While you're in town, top off your gas tank.
At home, do the following:
- move hay and feed to a dry place that's easy for you to access during storms
- move snow shovels inside the garage or mudroom where you can reach them easily
- gather water containers that you can use to haul water to livestock, keep indoors or in garage
- fill containers (such as empty canning jars and cleaned-out juice bottles) with water for drinking
- gather the components for a straw box cooker and keep in the house or garage
- provide fresh, clean bedding for animals and poultry
- fill feeders and water troughs
- I stash a small sledge hammer under the horses' trough so I can break the ice
- cook something! I like to put a hearty meal in the crockpot, and bake bread before the storm hits
- do the dishes and laundry. If the power goes out, you'll have clean dishes and clothes.
- charge cell phones (if needed, you can recharge them with a car charger later on)
- keep your weather radio, flashlights, candles and matches, and other items in a convenient place
I keep an notebook and pen handy so that I can journal about the storm, what we did, what worked and what didn't, and what I've learned from the storm. I reread these notes each winter and especially when storms are predicted. For instance, I've learned from experience that I need to shovel snow away from gates often during a storm so that I can open the gates and tend to the livestock. I had to climb fences after one storm!
What do you do to prepare before a storm hits?
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Is this aqua-haired 20-year-old the new face of indie pop?
The latest independent act stirring up serious online hype is New Jersey's Ashley Nicolette Frangipane, better known by her stage name Halsey.
The fiercely confident singer/songwriter has garnered lots of attention on tumblr and twitter thanks to her awesome views on feminism, songwriting, women in music and through her close relationship with her steadily growing fanbase.
On that last point, as this very informative twitter account shows, a chance encounter with the singer might just get you a ticket to first base, pretty sweet deal if you ask me!
— halsey kissing fans (@halseykiss) March 16, 2015
So what kind of music does she make?
Halsey is currently carving a name for herself in the indie-pop niche, where a number of young women are finding the kind of creative freedom they seek to express themselves with, but is not often found when taking a primarily mainstream approach to breaking into the music industry. With a strong, charismatic presence and airy, hypnotic vocals, Halsey brings to mind equally intriguing, alternative pop artists like Lana Del Rey, Bea Miller, Lorde and Banks.
Check out some choice tracks below:
Halsey's debut album BADLANDS will be released later in the year, but it has already shot to the top of the iTunes pre-order charts. The 20-year-old shared her excitement on Twitter:
NUMBER. *******. 2. OVERALL. #PreorderBadlandsOnItunes http://t.co/VMltEQAiuu pic.twitter.com/TLDzHIaf6H
— HALSEY (@halseymusic) June 2, 2015
The first promotional single, Hold Me Down, was released earlier this week:
Just try not to get that chorus stuck in your head all day…
Halsey talked about what the new album represents in a recent interview:
"Badlands is just a greater body of work. It's a place; a metaphor for my mental state. The Badlands are isolated. Chaotic. Commercial. Gluttonous. And midway through the record the protagonist makes a decision to escape, though unsure of what lies beyond the only place they've ever known. This symbolizes my choice to leave a depressive state of mind and seek solace in a more optimistic place. Leaving behind the devastation but carrying the baggage still. It's darker, more industrial. And we've attempted to create a physical space with sound. It's an adventure; it's a movie with no picture"
She also spoke with Fuse about her deep love for pop music:
"I pride myself on making pop music that's almost ironic. The record that's coming out, those songs have such a strong pop sensibility because I f*cking love pop music. I'm not afraid of pop music. A lot of artists are f*cking scared of pop music and there's no reason to be because pop music is essentially popular music. I write about *** and sadness that, in a way, is almost tongue-in-cheek, without being blatantly ironic or blatantly sarcastic. I definitely don't want to have some kind of schtick."
Halsey is currently supporting rockers Imagine Dragons on their tour until August.


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John is a central Illinois native with over 35 years in the construction industry. Prior to relocating to Tampa with the Carl A. Nelson & Co. in early 1985 (Canco acquired that firm's Florida division in early 1986), he was Vice President of both Nelson & Co. and their parent firm, S. M. Wilson & Company/Holding Company. Before joining Nelson & Co. in 1983, Prahl had spent 10 years in sales and management with Varco-Pruden Buildings, a major steel building manufacturer, with the last three as regional manager in a 13 state area. Canco has been a franchised builder for Varco-Pruden, the second largest steel building manufacturer in the US, since 1991 and received an award for being their largest builder in the US in 2007 completing over 810,000 square feet of buildings. Varco-Pruden was purchased in 2008 by BlueScope the largest steel building manufacturer in the nation with 33% of the market. BlueScope also owns several other steel building manufacturers including Butler Buildings, one of the oldest and the largest steel building manufacturer in the US. At the Varco-Pruden builder's meeting in San Diego in February of this year John received the coveted "Legends in Steel" award from Varco-Pruden Buildings which has only been awarded 6 times in the 52 year history of the company. He is currently serving his second 2-year term (first in 97-98) as chairman of Varco-Pruden's President's Advisory Council.
John and two investments partners founded Canco General Contractors, Inc. in 1986 and the company has grown into what it is today with John now holding total ownership and management of the company that employs 24 full time employees and completed $25,000,000 – $30,000,000 in negotiation work in 2006 and 2007. While the majority of Canco's work over the past 27+ years has been primarily in Florida they have recently become licensed in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina, and also in North Carolina.
John is responsible for the overall management of Canco and for contract procurement. He is active in the Lakeland and Plant City Chambers of Commerce, is past President of the Temple Terrace Rotary club, and is a 1989 graduate of Leadership Tampa. He served on Governor Chiles' Advisory Group for the Worker's Compensation Reform Bill and served an 18 month appointment to the District 13 Grievance Committee by the Florida Bar Association. After being widowed John met a wonderful lady named Carolyn whom he married 13 years ago. John and Carolyn are very active in First Baptist Church at the Mall in Lakeland and Carolyn is in real estate investments. John is also active in real estate development through JP Properties-PC, LLC and Frontage Real Estate Investments, LLC which developed a 30 acre business park on I-4 in Plant City in 2007.
The success of Canco over the past 22 years is best referenced by the fact that they have built multi-project relationships with over 90% of the clients they initially contracted with many now owning 5 or more Canco building projects. Canco also has an enviable reputation financially with long standing banking, surety, and insurance companies, as well as the area's better subcontractors and material vendors. Canco builds commercial, industrial, and religious buildings with contracts from $1,000,000 – $12,000,000, with over 80% on a Guaranteed Maximum Price/Shared Savings form of agreement. In recent years our church building division has grown to nearly 50% of annual revenues with 7 church building projects currently under contract.
John is directly responsible for bringing over 90% of all contracts to the company with referrals from past clients and area lenders. While Canco has a $10,000,000 single job bond line and a $20,000,000 aggregate (through Berkley Regional Insurance Company) less than 10% of the company work is bonded, with major lenders (Wachovia, SunTrust, Bank of America, Platinum Bank and Regions Bank) all waiving bond requirements if Canco is the builder.


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This project for the Union Pacific Railroad included removing an abandoned vertical lift bridge in Houma, Louisiana, transporting it more than 350 miles, and installing it at an existing swing bridge site in Freeport, Texas.
PCL refurbished the existing bridge machinery and control systems, and completed the dismantling and relocation efforts. The proposed vertical lift span included 200-foot steel vertical towers and a 258-foot lift span across the Old Brazos River in Freeport, Texas. New substructure and approaches were constructed around the existing deteriorating swing span structure in Freeport to allow for the new bridge, all while critical train traffic was maintained.
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PARIS, Jan 24 (Reuters) - Agricultural commodity merchant Louis Dreyfus Company (LDC) said on Friday it will develop aquaculture and plant-based energy production as part of an industrial joint venture in China.
The partnership with Donlink Group to create a food industry park near the southern port of Nansha marks a further diversification by LDC in China after agreements last year with retail chain Luckin Coffee covering coffee roasting and juice distribution.
The Nansha project will involve a total 7 billion yuan ($1 billion) investment and is expected to lead to annual production worth some 22 billion yuan, LDC said in a statement after announcing the initiative on its Twitter account.
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Public meetings held by elected officials in Charlottesville no longer go uninterrupted. But last night's Albemarle County School Board meeting in which six people were arrested and one was hospitalized was a meeting of a different breed.
For about a year, the Hate-Free Schools Coalition of Albemarle County has pressured the school board to reexamine its dress code policy, and ban all Confederate imagery in an effort to dismantle systemic racism.
When the school board shut down its August 23 meeting after half an hour because of alleged disruption from the anti-racist activists, it planned a special August 30 meeting to resume its business, but with no public comment session.
It was at that meeting that some members of the Hate-Free Schools Coalition and other community activists held their own open forum outside the doors of Lane Auditorium, where the school board was holding its public session in the Albemarle County Office Building.
Cheers and chants from the group could be heard inside the auditorium, and things got ugly after county officials asked coalition members to quiet down.
"We aren't going anywhere, and the more they try to silence us, the louder we will be," said organizer Lara Harrison to about 50 people who were seated in folding chairs.
She called for the resignation of board member Jason Buyaki, who wore a necktie featuring versions of historic Confederate flags to the previous meeting.
"Racists must resign," the group started chanting loudly as County Executive Jeff Richardson approached and said they'd have to lower their volume or leave. It wasn't long before police cuffed Hate-Free Schools Coalition organizer Amanda Moxham, who was leading the group chant, and their chorus changed to sounds of screaming, and people falling over chairs made of plastic and metal.
Some community members demanded to see officers' badge numbers as the police arrested four people outside the auditorium.
Michael Reid was knocked to the ground by officer Greg Jenkins, who claimed Reid assaulted him. The plainclothes cop straddled Reid and scolded him while aggressively gesturing at him with his right pointer finger.
Reid lay motionless on the ground for several seconds. Onlookers noticed his face beginning to turn purple, and continually called for him to receive medical attention.
Three uniformed officers, all larger than Reid, surrounded him and cuffed him tightly. Opening his eyes, Reid yelled that they were hurting him, and agreed to stand once they loosened his cuffs. Reid was escorted out on his feet, and police said an ambulance had been called for him. He was discharged from the emergency room with a summons that night.
Approximately two dozen police officers were on the scene.
Inside the meeting, a small group of anti-racist activists were peacefully protesting. Most had tape across their mouths that said "ban it," and some held a massive sign that read, "racists don't get re-elected."
Three of those protesters "became disorderly," according to a press release from the Albemarle County Police Department, and School Board Chair Kate Acuff asked them to leave. Two of them were also arrested.
Moxham was not charged. Reid was charged with trespassing, along with Andrea Lynn Massey, Sabr Lyon, Lara Lynn Harrison, Samantha Wren Cadwalder Peacoe, and Francis Xavier Richards. The latter two were also charged with obstruction of justice, and all arrestees were processed at the Albemarle-Charlottesville Regional Jail, except for Reid, because he was hospitalized.
"The School Board as a group was committed to getting through the business it was elected to do," Acuff said in the release. "Fortunately, with the help from the county attorney and county police, we were able to do that. We strive to hold meetings in a civilized manner."
Superintendent Matt Haas said in the same release, "We are grateful to the Albemarle County Police Department and county staff for protecting our board, staff, parents, students, and community members. Overall, we were able to have a peaceful and productive meeting thanks to their efforts."
Said Commonwealth's Attorney Robert Tracci, who was also on the scene, "The right of free expression provides no right to engage in criminal misconduct."
Protesters who left the building were not allowed to re-enter the public meeting, and press was only allowed to go back inside after showing credentials.
But inside Lane Auditorium, school board members did not appear to be concerned about what had just happened right outside of their doorway. They continued with their scheduled agenda, which included an update on the school division's new anti-racism policy.
A panel of nine volunteer students has been tasked with writing the policy that will be implemented at all county schools, says school spokesperson Phil Giaramita.
"Truly, [racism] has become part of the daily life we go through every day," said Western Albemarle High School senior and policy writer Cyrus Rody-Ramazani. "It breeds, or it almost makes people feel comfortable."
So far, the students have suggested an anonymous reporting system for racism. This fall, they will officially present the policy they've drafted, and Giaramita says the division is waiting to hear their recommendations before addressing the dress code.
County schools are also considering the "constitutional issues" of a dress code that bans specific imagery, rather than the code's current language that prohibits students from wearing anything violent or vulgar.
In fact, they've been burned for that before.
In April 2002, Alan Newsom, a Jack Jouett Middle School sixth-grader, wore a purple T-shirt advertising the NRA Shooting Sports Camp he had attended the previous weekend to learn about rifle target shooting and gun safety.
Newsom was asked to remove the shirt with three firearms on it, which led to a $150,000 First Amendment lawsuit against the school board, the superintendent, and Jack Jouett principals.
After two years of litigation, the suit was settled and a judge allowed Newsom to wear his purple NRA camp shirt to school.
The new dress code policy proposed by the Hate-Free Schools Coalition is grounded on the premise that: "All children deserve to feel safe in school."
Lyon, who was arrested at the August 30 school board meeting, held a sign with those words painted on it at the meeting the previous week.
"The bottom line is we're trying to protect our kids," says Moxham, a mother of three.
Immediately following the election in 2016, she says a group of students wore Black Lives Matter shirts to school. "And in response to that, a number of students coordinated to wear Confederate imagery to school in order to intimidate…It got so bad that the police were actually called."
Moxham says this instance has been corroborated by eye-witnesses including students, but school officials deny it ever happened.
"I do know of one incident that resembles this story because a member of the coalition brought it up some time ago, and I was able to track down the facts by speaking with the assistant principal who was personally involved," says Giaramita.
The school spokesperson says last year at Monticello High School, a student was distributing Black Lives Matter shirts before class in the cafeteria. A few students said they were offended, and would wear confederacy-related shirts, which they did the next day.
"The assistant principal talked with all students involved and according to him, the student who was distributing the Black Lives Matter shirt willingly agreed to no longer do so and the students wearing the Confederate shirts agreed to no longer do so."
This approach of education and counseling over discipline is what's now being considered in the revised dress code, "ironically enough," says Giaramita.
In his version of the story, police were not present. County police were not immediately able to corroborate either record.
Coalition members plan to continue fighting to end racism in schools.
"Confederate imagery and Confederate history certainly needs to be remembered, but it doesn't need to be revered," says Moxham. "By not explicitly banning the Confederate flag and white nationalist imagery, they are allowing for, enabling, and not making a strong statement that this is a school that supports non-discrimination and anti-racism."
Coalition members declined to comment on the arrests made August 30, but posted a statement to their Facebook page, which said small children who witnessed the "police brutality" were sobbing outside of the county office building and have been "traumatized."
"Six parents and community members arrested because we want ACPS to protect our kids," it said. "You're either racist or anti-racist."


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Houston has a "Go Texan" day every year before the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo Parade, but this year it should feature an extra "s" -- two Texans will be Grand Marshals for the downtown event.
Andre Johnson and J.J. Watt will be there, the HLSR announced today.
"There is no better way to celebrate the kickoff of the Show than to have two of Houston's very own star athletes leading the way," said HLSR president Skip Wagner. "The show and the Texans share a very special relationship, and to have Andre and J.J. start the parade is definitely a testament to that partnership and each organization's devotion to the city."
Johnson grew up in Miami, so we don't know how familiar with rodeo activity he might be. We just hope he doesn't get injured.
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Watt, on the other hand, is a Wisconsin boy (Pewaukee represent!), so it's possible he's had some horse or cow dung on his boots at some point.
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Probability and Statistics : Confidence Intervals and Random Variables
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1) A die with three sides {1,2,3} is tossed two times. Let X equal the maximum of two observations and let Y equal the minimum. Find the coefficient of X and Y.
2) Let X1, X2, ...Xn be random variables denoting n independent bids for an item that is for sale. Suppose each Xi is uniformly distributed on the interval [100,200]. If the seller sells to the highest bidder, how much can he expect to earn of the sale?
3) The average zinc concentration from a sample of zinc measurements in 36 different locations is found to be 2.6 grams per millimeter. Find the 95% and the 97% confidence intervals for the mean zinc concentration in the river. Assume that the population standard deviation is .5.
4) The following random sample was selected from a normal population: 7,4,10,5,6,4. Construct a 80%, 98%, and 99% confidence interval for the population mean.
5) A new design on the braking system on a certain type of car has been proposed. For the current system, the true average braking distance at 40 mph under specified conditions is known to be 120ft. It is proposed that the new design be implemented only if sample data strongly indicates a reduction in true average braking distance for the new design.
a) Define the parameter of interest and state the relevant hypothesis
b) Suppose braking distance for the new system is normally distributed with sigma=10. Let X bar denote the sample average braking distance for a random sample of 36 observations. Which of the following rejection regions is appropriate: R1={Xbar: is greater than or equal to 124.80}, R2={xbar: is less than or equal to 115.20}, R3={Xbar: is either greater than or equal to 125.13 or less than or equal to 114.87}
c) What is the significance level for the appropriate region of part (b)? How would you change the region to obtain a test with alpha=.001?
d) What is the probability that the new design is not implemented when its true average braking distance is actually 115 ft and the appropriate region from part (b) is used?
6) Because of variability in the manufacturing process, the actual yielding point of a sample of mild steel subjected to increasing stress will usually differ from the theoretical yielding point. Let p denote the true proportion of samples that yield before their theoretical yielding point. If on the basis of a sample it can be concluded that more than 20% of all specimens yield before the theoretical point, the production process will have to be modified.
a) If 15 of 60 specimens yield before the theoretical point, what is the P-value when the appropriate test is used, and what would you advise the company to do?
b) If the true percentage of "early yields" is actually 50% ( so that the theoretical point is the median of the yield distribution) and a level .01 test is used, what is the probability that the company concludes a modification of the process is necessary?
7) People with such initials as ACE, JOY, and GOD are likely to live longer than those whose name spell out words like APE, MAD, and RAT, a study suggests. The study, done by researchers from the university of California at San Diego, looked at thousands of death certificates of people who died in California from 1969 through 1997...The study found 11 "good" sets of initials and 19 "bad" ones...All in all, men with WINing initials lived 4.48 years longer than a control group of people with neutral or ambiguous monograms, while DUDs, BUGs, and such died an average of 2.8 years earlier that a control group. What do you think...
a) This was a wrong application of statistics
b) You agree with the psychologist: the argument is that there's some psychological symbolic factor that can exert its impact cumulatively over the years
c) There is a better explanation of these data, then give it...
Solution Summary
A variety of probability and statistics problems involving confidence intervals and random variables are solved. The solution is detailed and well presented.


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SEALS Events: Excursions
SEALS has enjoyed a lot of experiences in and around Williamsburg.
Back to School Hike in College Woods (Fall 2015).
Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach (Spring 2015).
Fossil Beach (Fall 2014)
Canoeing on Lake Mataoka (Fall 2014)
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The annual Law Week hike in College Woods (Fall 2014)
Dominion Surry Nuclear Power Center (Spring 2014)


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