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I am thinking about how our life actually goes on without cigarettes! When you think about quitting you just don't know how to start and how your life is suppose to go on when you can't "escape" and go for one?!
And here I am on day 14, not smoking, my life GOES on as I learn to live without cigarettes, and it actually gets better! Did you notice how it seems like you do more stuff every day now that you don't keep taking cigarettes breacks? It's like you acomplish more because you have the time.
Anyway, just sharing my joyfull thoughts hopefully that can help some of you to go through the day or just reinforce your decision!
Tonight I am celebrating my 2 weeks... I never thought I am capable of this, honesly! I hope you guiys are all doing good! Smile


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With a massive pressure to reduce costs, it was a sort of inevitability that some big firms were going to club together and produce a truly free (well almost) super-job board. 'United We Work' was set up earlier this month in the US by the Fortune 500 companies.
"We believe that if we can break those [cost barriers] down, it may stimulate an employer to hire now instead of waiting six months," said Jason Kerr, founder of QuietAgent, the technology developer behind the website.
The site, (at UnitedWeWork.org), won't compete directly with online job board giants CareerBuilder and Monster – job seekers don't search and apply for specific positions; rather they complete a standard résumé. It's an interesting experiment in the US where unemployment is currently 10%.
With so many big firms putting their weight behind the new board, it'll be interesting to see the level to which (if at all) traditional job boards are hit in the US.

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Burma Superstar, Oakland
Whoa! Slow down. Wait a minute! Who forgot to tell me about Burmese food? I did, after all, date a girl from Myanmar once, and I have eaten at at least one Burmese restaurant in New York, but nothing I have experienced up to now could prepare me for my first real Burmese meal at … Continue reading Burma Superstar, Oakland


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The Kokomo Kings – Too Good To Stay Away From (Vinyl)
The Kokomo Kings
Too Good To Stay Away From
LABEL: Rhythm Bomb Records
GENRE: Rhythm and Blues
FORMAT: 12″ LP • Gatefold cover
Take a big bucket of unpolished Mississippi juke joint boogie and blend it with another bucket of laid back down home blues. Add a teacup of swamp pop, a tablespoon of hillbilly and a pound of profane, ecstatic gospel and you´ll have the Kokomo Kings. This is rock´n´roll before rock´n´roll was born. Nothing but primitive, groovy Saturday-night music made for dancing.
The long awaited follow up of their classy debuet record "Artificial Natural" is here, its called "Too Good To Stay Away" full of red hot rockin Rhythm and Blues. 12 colorful originals prove once again the smartness and craftmanship of this danish/swedish Cooperation. Long awaited is the remake of "The River Tumed To Steam" which was available as 7inch version only or "A Wasted Day Is Forever Lost" another dancefloor killer ! Smart lyrics, raw unpolished and primitive Rhythms made for dancing ! This is too good to stay away from, so hurry up and get this little platter from your local record dealer !


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According to an article by Daniel Vasquez of the South Florida Sun Sentinel, the Florida Department of Financial Services (which runs the state's unclaimed property program) is warning of a scam by an agency calling itself the "Florida Department of Financial Restitution." According to the article, the Department warns that the fake agency is asking for $600 to recover unclaimed property from the state.
As a reminder, if you are ever asked for payment in order to obtain "unclaimed" money from the state, get as much info as you can from the person requesting the money, then contact your state's (legitimate) unclaimed property office. Links to the legitimate sites can be found through your state's homepage, or the National Association of Unclaimed Property Administrators.


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Refuge From the Heat: What's Yours?
Wildcat Lake? Harborside Fountain Park? Kitsap Mall? At your favorite coffee shop — chain or non-chain?
Where do you head to escape the heat?
Forecasters say the hottest days of the summer are upon us. The temperature is expected to hover in the mid-80s Saturday and will rise higher each day, with a high above 90 predicted for Monday.
When your house becomes an oven, where do you go? The Kitsap Department of Emergency Management recommends the mall, the library or the movie theater.
Kitsap Emergency Management isn't offering "cooling stations" because of the abundance of air-conditioned public places around the county, but Mason County will. In North Mason, the cooling stations will be at Theler Center in downtown Belfair and at the Collins Lake fire station, 60 NE Collins Lake Road. They'll be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Take the poll and offer your own suggestions. We'll list the results of the poll and offer up some of the suggestions next week.
The National Weather Service, in a special weather statement issued on Friday, said the warmest days of the heat wave will be Sunday through Wednesday. The heat could extend into Thursday.
For tips on dealing from hot weather — from how to keep your house cool to recognizing the symptoms of heat stroke — you can visit the Department of Emergency Management's Web site.


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english at dersingham
English at Dersingham is planned to ensure that pupils are given the upmost opportunities to develop their language, building upon their existing linguistic skills. Planning is taken directly from the National Curriculum 2014 and is developed through the use of quality texts which provide links to other areas of the curriculum where appropriate.
Using some lexically challenging texts, we are able to provide many opportunities of development of pupil's language acquisition. We aim for all lessons to be meaningful and purposeful so that pupils can relate what they have learnt within their own and the outside world. A range of text types are used in order to expose pupils to a variety of styles and forms of writing.
Reading is taught through Guided Comprehension (previously named Reciprocal Reading). Again, the purpose of this model is to ensure that pupils have opportunities to thoroughly explore texts and themes and develop their understanding through discussion and a range of written activities. Throughout our curriculum and as a key focus in reading sessions, pupils are taught to justify ideas with reasons; ask questions to check understanding; and evaluate and build on the ideas of others. This enables our pupils to clarify their thinking as well as organise their ideas for writing.
handwriting and spelling
Handwriting and spelling are an integral part of the curriculum. We encourage pupils to have excellent presentation in all subject areas and transfer the skills taught within these areas into other subjects such as Science, Maths and Topic. We teach handwriting in a systematic and progressive manner; beginning with marking making skills in EYFS to competently forming letters consistent in shape and size using a preferred joined style by the end of Key Stage 2.
Each year group teaches spelling through the identification of patterns or morphology, using the spelling rules as found in Appendix 1 of the National Curriculum.
This week (Monday 14th January 2019), 8 gifted writers from Dersingham attended a writing course at The Hurst, in Shropshire. The project is run by Arvon and is a chance for the children to work with published authors for a week. The children got to experience writing in a completely different setting and throughout the week took part in writing sessions with the published authors and got the chance to create lots of pieces of their own writing. The children even got 1:1 tutoring sessions with the authors which focused on how to make their writing the best it can possibly be.
Further information
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They usually have a limit to how many they book per month so they don't spread themselves too thin... they'd be onto July due dates now as people book in as soon as the get there BFP, especially with the really good OB's... I booked mine at 4 weeks... did the staff at Professor Pennell's office recommend anyone else?
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I'm only 4 weeks and a few days as well so I couldn't even have booked any earlier if I'd tried! With my history I don't think I'd make it to July. The receptionist was lovely but not able to recommend anyone else, just told me about using KEMH. I will see my GP as soon as I can in Perth around Christmas and get a referral for KEMH if I can.
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Your due date would be July though yeah if you're only four weeks now? Did you tell them that when you called or did you say June? They book patients in based on due dates, not when you think the baby might come. If a baby comes before the EDD your OB will still deliver it even if it's not in the right month. They only take on a limited number of patients to account for things like this. If it is July maybe try calling his rooms again?
My OB was Seonaid Mulroy. She was a great doctor and she has a background working in KEMH and with Craig Pennell so I think she would be great. I wasn't high risk so can't comment exactly but I had a few minor complications and she just took it in her stride and I felt really confident that if anything bigger were to go wrong I'd be in good hands.
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I didn't realise that about the due dates. Will call again. Thanks for all the advice!
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AutoLink AL309 OBDII Code Reader Review
When your vehicle breaks down you not only want to get it fixed fast, but you want to know the problem so that it is easy to fix it. This will ensure that you are not just guessing what the problem could be but that you know exactly what to fix. If this is how you feel the AutoLink AL309 OBDII code reader is your tool. This amazing gadget switches off the 'Check Engine' light and quickly determines the cause of this light going on. It is able to retrieve trouble codes for all 1996 and later models of Domestic, European and Asian vehicles as long as they are CAN/OBD-II compliant.
We found Amazon.com to have the best prices on all AutoLink obd2 scanners including the AutoLink AL309 OBDII diagnostic scanner. Click here to check it out.
This wonderful AutoLink diagnostic tool has a display screen that shows the Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) and any other Pending Code definitions. It is able to retrieve generic or P0 and U0 codes as well as manufacturer specific codes i.e. P1, P3 and U1 codes. You are more likely to decipher the problem with your engine from any of these codes displayed on the device's screen.
AutoLink AL309 OBDII Code Scanner Features & Specifications
- Works with all 1996 and later Domestic, European, and Asian Vehicles (CAN/OBD-II compliant)
- Easily determines the causes of the "Check Engine Light (MIL)"
- Retrieves generic (P0 and U0), manufacturer specific (P1, P3, and U1) codes, and pending codes
- Turns off Check Engine Light (MIL), clears codes and resets emissions monitors
- Displays Diagnostic Trouble Code (DTC) and Pending Code definitions on unit screen
Your vehicle is protected from harm after you connect the AutoLink AL309 obd ii code scanner because apart from turning off the 'Check Engine' light it also clears all other codes and resets the emissions monitors on your vehicle.
The AutoLink AL309 code reader is made specifically for the US market to provide easy diagnostic codes. It features a multilingual menu which gives DTC definitions in English, Spanish and French for more adaptability. The most amazing thing about this digital scanner is that it is quite small in size and yet it can do everything other larger scanners are capable of doing and even more.
AutoLink AL309 OBDII Code Reader Review
It is therefore no wonder that the AutoLink AL309 OBDII Code Reader is featured prominently in Amazon.com reviews. There are 8 reviews, 7 of which are 5-star rating. Undoubtedly the average rating is 5-star. This trend shows signs of even getting better if the rave reviews are anything to go by. Customer satisfaction is the resounding mode from the narratives. Even a professional mechanic finds this tool quite useful. Due to its small size compared to other scanners in the same range, there is the tendency to not expect so much from it, but actually it far surpasses customers' expectations. Additionally, the retail price is just an indication of its affordability and not a compromise of quality. Click here to read these reviews on Amazon.
Even the one reviewer who gave this AutoLink AL309 OBDII scanner a 4-star rating was not entirely disappointed in its working. The general feel is that it needs to be given more time to prove itself, though at the moment it has delivered as expected. This is a lot to say about a small device with such wonderful and huge capabilities.
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This resource composed of 10 clinical cases, assesses the user's knowledge of skin cancer. On successful completion, you'll be provided with one hour of CPD.
Skin cancer includes two large groups: cutaneous melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC).
At the start of the 21st century, melanoma remains a potentially fatal malignancy, accounting for 75% of all deaths from skin cancer. At a time when the incidence of many tumour types is decreasing, melanoma incidence continues to increase. Although most patients have localised disease at the time of the diagnosis and are treated by surgical excision of the primary tumour, many patients develop metastases.
Nonmelanoma skin cancer (NMSC) is the most common form of cancer in the world and approximately 40% of all malignancies. The incidence of nonmelanoma skin cancer has increased since the 1990s, but its mortality rate has decreased.
The following are major environmental risk factors for NMSC:
The prevalence of skin cancer cases is approximately 5 times higher than the prevalence of breast or prostate cancer and higher than the prevalence of all other cancers. Australia has the highest incidence of skin cancer in the world, and NMSC is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in Australia.


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This is Part 1 in my mobile home bathroom project.
I'm helping my mom spruce up her mobile home and if you've read some of my other posts you'll know I just love projects. It's an addiction, I think. 🙂 Anyway, I thought I'd add this here in case anyone was interested. If you are trying to work on your own mobile home bathroom remodel then welcome!
I'm going to use this post in a series to document the process of before and after on my mom's mobile home bathroom remodel. I hope you enjoy and find it helpful!
Mobile homes are a bit different in that everything is made to be lightweight and the items are cheaply made (ie: plastic). The downside to using plastic is that it can break or eventually just loses it's luster over time. Below is my remodeling process. I'll add them in steps because it's a lot!
If you have a mobile home bathroom remodel project (or any other mobile home project) as well, then please share your experiences below on your mobile home remodeling adventures! Subscribe for more updates below the comments section.
This is a fairly small bathroom but it gets most of the traffic from this home since it's right off the living room.
You might also like this page: Small bathroom makeover project.
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Mobile Home Vanity and Sink Area – Before
Green formica, plastic sink and an outdated sink fixture need some serious love. The sink is faded and just needs to be replaced. Note: The cabinet looks light gray in the shots but it's actually supposed to be white.
The vanity has been used heavily so this will get some paint and a new fixture to spruce it up. See that green stuff down there? That's carpet! It's coming out too.
Mobile Home Bathroom Vanity After Changing the Counter Top
This project began because I had an idea to just change the bathroom counter with a simple vinyl film that looks like marble! I've been dying to do this in my own bathroom "makeover" but since I rent, I thought it best not to.
Anyway, once I did that(see above), I realized I couldn't stop there (see picture below for the reason why).
It made the outdated plastic sink look awful, and it ruined what I wanted to achieve. So, that is coming out next. I'm also adding a new bathroom faucet in the place of this other original fixture that this home came with.
This vanity was very easy to cover up with the vinyl. It took me a few tries to get it right but it was so worth it. I love how it looks now, sans the sink, of course. 😛 So, if you're in a mobile home too and want to change up your counter top in the bathroom then give it a try!
For the bottom part of vanity, I scrubbed it with soap and water (several times to remove grime) and then painted it with a dark gray high gloss oil paint and updated the fixture with a brushed nickel T-bar cabinet knob. As you can see, I've also pulled up some of the carpet. It was mainly because I didn't want it even touching my paint job. 🙂
Check out the finished bathroom vanity here in Part 2!


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Skrillex – Right Here (High Quality)
Sonny Moore, who is better known by the name Skrillex is probably the hottest electronic producers on the scene today. This LA based DJ/Producer was well known as the front man from the post-hardcore band From First To Last. After leaving the band in 2007, Moore went on to try some solo stuff and in 2008 he began to produce as Skrillex and went on to releas his debut ep in 2010 called "My Name Is Skrillex" as a free download. He eventually released a new ep titled Scary Monster and Nice Sprites on Deadmau5's label mau5trap and Big Beat records. This ep catapulted Skrillex into the star he is today as 8 of the tracks took the top ten positions on Beatport's chart. Skrillex is one busy guy as he now tours the world playing shows almost everyday, but somehow he has managed to still provide new tunes for his many fans. Check out this new track titled "Right Here" and be sure to check out his Facebook and Twitter pages for regular updates. Please show the man some love on Beatport and buy his tracks if you like them.
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The master in food science concentrates on chemical, biological, and physical principles. It is the study of transforming raw agricultural products into processed forms that are fit for human consumption.
The program also focuses on storage of such products and includes instructions that can be applied to different aspects of agricultural sciences, food chemistry, and human physiology. It also includes food preparation and packaging, food additives, shipment and related aspects of human health and safety which includes pathology and toxicology.
The graduate degree in food science provides students advanced study opportunities that builds on the knowledge and experience that is acquired from bachelor degree program. M.Sc allows you to upgrade existing qualifications and acquire knowledge and skills. The masters' degree program in food Science will enable you to become independent researcher who has the ability to critically evaluate the science and apply the knowledge to new situations.
Masters Degree Food Science Admission Requirements:Candidates should have bachelor's degree in Biology, Agricultural Science, or any related major. Some schools will require you take the Graduate Record Admission (GRE).
Masters Degree Food Science Course Content:A full time student enrolling for the master degree program in food science is taught three core modules and three optional modules. The modules change with the specialization you choose.
Employees working in food processing industry can also enroll for this degree program to extend their knowledge to higher level. They either can opt to do complete course or selected modules.
The main subjects in MS Food Science are food analysis, sensory analysis, and food microbiology and food technology. The degree program also provides some research topics for thesis. The research projects are available in different areas such as food rheology, sensory analysis, food analysis.
The core modules included in M.Sc in Food Science are:
1. Advanced Food Analysis2. Scientific Frameworks for Research3. Food Microbiology and Safety4. Functional Foods for Health5. Hygienic Production of Food6. Food Fermentation and Mycology7. Research Methods in Microbiology8. Research Project
The optional modules are:
1. Food Biotechnology2. Advanced Food Processing3. Advanced Sensory Analysis4. The Food Production Environment5. Industrial Placement6. Cereals and Related Beverages7. Food Shelf-Life Control8. Advanced Food Packaging9. Dairy Science and Technology10. Meat Science and Technology11. Topics in Food Science
The research projects offered in food science masters degree program are:
a. Development of reduced fat and reduced sodium productsb. Physicochemical changes during deep-fat fryingc. Development of a biosensor for antioxidant capacityd. Microbial safety of Mexican-style cheesese. Microbial loads on foods in supermarkets
Food Science Career Opportunities: There are good employment opportunities for students who have completed MS in food science. Food manufacturing is one of the biggest sectors both internationally and locally.
This degree program also gives opportunity for higher-level research to individuals who are interested in developing academic research skills. Candidates who have completed master's degree can commission research in various food technologies.
Food Science Salary: Food scientists are not some of the highest paid professionals in the world. The average salary nationwide is $43,000 per year. Obviously, people don't go into this type of career for the money. They do it for the love of making a difference.
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Taxi Event Extraction from ASDE-X Surveillance for Surface Performance Evaluation
Estimated unimpeded taxi times can be used to quantify a flight's taxiing delay when compared with its actual taxi time. Currently, flight unimpeded taxi times are calculated by the Federal Aviation Administration using a regression method where flights in the Aviation System Performance Metrics data (ASPM) are clustered on the season of operation, airline, airport, and calendar year. The method utilizes the airline-reported gate-Out, wheels-Off, wheels-On, gate-In (OOOI) times rounded to the nearest minute. For non-reporting airlines, these OOOI times are estimated from similar flights. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the unimpeded time using a surveillance-based approach by identifying the time a flight spent waiting in the system (i.e., traveling slower than a defined speed threshold) and comparing it to the total taxi time. This study focuses on analyzing both arrivals and departures for six U.S. airports (ATL, CLT, DEN, IAH, JFK, and ORD) during the month of July 2015. Airport Surface Detection Equipment-Model X surveillance data are matched with ASPM data to have complete coverage of the taxiing phase of airplanes between the gate and runway for taxi out and in procedures. The study results show the benefits of using surveillance information for surface performance, as spatial analyses allow for quick identification of taxiway locations that were the most susceptible to delays. Additionally, this study also evaluates changes in the unimpeded metric when compared to the current regression method and the 5th-to-15th clustering method described in current literature.
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Organization
Team: Virginia Tech. PI: Susan Hotle. CoPI: Antonio Trani; Researcher: Navid Mirmohammadsadeghi.
Duration: 2016-2019
Doumentation: AIAA-2018-PAPER
A Commercial Space Operator Cost Model for Analyzing Airspace Launch Equity
There is currently a need for the FAA to develop a better understanding of the operational strategies and cost structures for commercial space operators in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS). Commercial space launches in the U.S. are expected to more than double in the coming decade, requiring the FAA to make an increasing number of decisions each year on how to best share the NAS between air traffic and commercial space operators. The goal when making these decisions is to find an equitable balance between air traffic and commercial launch operations, and to then implement actions that are Pareto improvements, that is, when one NAS operator becomes better off without the other operator becoming worse off. Ultimately, finding this equitable balance and, therein implementing Pareto operational strategies, depends on cost and financial information for both commercial airlines and commercial space companies. Such information is available for commercial airlines; however, no cost and financial data exists for commercial space companies.
The corresponding objective of this project is to develop a cost model that will quantify commercial space costs, specifically, the cost of new commercial launch & flight vehicles, their payloads, their operations, and their reentry and recovery operations. In addition, the model estimates the cost of launch delays to commercial launch vehicle providers.
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration Office of Commercial Space Transportation
Team: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. PI: John Hansman. Researcher: Greg O'Neill.
Duration: 2016-2017
Measuring the Benefits of NextGen Metroplex in Convective Weather: Case Study of North Texas Metroplex
A key component of the goals of the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen) is to safely improve the efficiency of the National Airspace System (NAS) by enhancing efficiency in metroplexes. Based on the use of precise satellite-based navigation, Time Based Flow Management (TBFM), and other advanced techniques and tools, the benefits of a metroplex have been identified through research, indicating that it is capable of making airspace more efficient with less queueing delay and more throughput. However, those studies focused only on operations in normal weather conditions; special weather conditions such as convection were not considered. This study investigated the quantitative impacts of a metroplex under representative operation conditions in convection. Investigations included identification of representative convective weather conditions, analysis of historical radar tracking data in a post-metroplex period, development of queuing system-based models of Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) facility arrival operations with and without metroplex for the North Texas Metroplex, and simulations to evaluate airspace performance in terms of TRACON throughput and arriving delays. Simulation analyses showed an average 16.7% increase in Dallas/Fort Worth International (DFW) arrival throughput with peak demand of 15 minutes, with 1.65 minutes saved per arrival flight at DFW and 0.38 minutes saved per arrival flight at Dallas Love Field (DAL) when a metroplex is implemented. Furthermore, given enough airport capacity, metroplex is able to utilize more airport capacity, have more airport arrival throughput, and save more arrival time as arrival demand increases.
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration, NextGen
Team: University of South Florida (USF), University of Maryland (UMD); PI: Yu Zhang (USF); Researchers: Hualong Tang (USF)
Duration: 2016-2017
Documentation: AIAA 2018 Paper
Traffic Information Exchange Network
The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) density in metropolitan areas is expected to increase in the near future due to the use of UAVs to replace labor-intensive jobs, like package delivery. Studies estimate that eighty-eight billion small UAVs will operate under 500 feet in Washington DC metropolitan area in 2050 with trillions of dollars of societal economic benefit. However, in metropolitan areas, many obstacles, like skyscrapers, blocks signals from radar systems to monitor status of UAVs. Equipping distributed radar systems or great numbers of receivers to collect broadcasted-flight data in a city is costly in early developing stages of UAV services. Hence, a communication framework that economically monitor UAVs, while ensuring safety and security of the operations, in metropolitan areas is crucial to facilitate the adoption of the large-scale UAV services.
This research project proposes a blockchain-inspired data transmission mechanism, Traffic Information Exchange Network (TIEN), to enable the drone-to-drone communication amidst obstacles in a secured and robust manner. The goal of this project is to provide traffic information services for flying drones, operators, and governmental sectors to be aware of traffic status in any place. TIEN system consists of three components, which are onboard systems, ground systems, and a data center. Onboard systems are equipped on UAVs and transmit/receive UAV flight status with other onboard systems or ground systems. Ground systems are deployed across any region and receive/relay flight information from/to onboard systems and data centers. Data centers receive the traffic information from ground systems via Internet and share this information with governmental sectors or UAV operators. TIEN system uses mechanisms from the blockchain technology to ensure data transmission security and communication robustness.
Sponsor: NASA
Team: Purdue University. PI: Daniel A. DeLaurentis. Researchers: Hsun Chao, Apoorv Maheshwari, Varun Sudarsanan and Shashank Tamaskar.
Documentation: UAV Traffic Information Exchange Network 2018 Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2018-3347)
Website: https://engineering.purdue.edu/people/daniel.a.delaurentis.1/TIEN/tien.html
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Future Regional Transportation System Mobility Analysis
Recent activities in electric propulsion and autonomy provide opportunity to improve regional air mobility in general. This effort focused on Midwest as a candidate region for inter-city, intra-city and "airport shuttle" services via on-demand air taxi operations. The study incorporates multiple conventional take-off landing aircraft and proposed vertical take-off landing aircraft, powered by either conventional fuels or electricity as the aircraft model choice for an air taxi service.
In this project, a computational analysis framework to assess the impact of technology advancement in electric propulsion and autonomy on the future of regional air transportation system, is developed. The analysis framework helps compare existing modes of transportation, such as automobile and commercial airline service, with the new "on-demand air taxi" mode of transportation service using an effective-cost metric that combines both trip cost and time information. It also provides an estimate of how many individuals, based on their income and value of travel time, could potentially afford this new mode of transportation that includes autonomy and electric propulsion technology while operating from small regional airports. The framework is also developed in two variants — a specific trip model and a generic trip model. The specific trip approach leverages Google Map and Rome2Rio APIs for driving and flight information respectively, while the generic approach uses curve-fit/approximate models for rapid calculations of trip time and cost for various system-level market analysis.
Sponsor: National Institute of Aerospace, coordinated with NASA
Team: Purdue University. PIs: William A. Crossley, Daniel A. DeLaurentis. Researchers: Satadru Roy, Apoorv Maheshwari.
Documentation: A Study on the Impact of Aircraft Technology on the Future of Regional Transportation Using Small Aircraft, 2018 Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, AIAA AVIATION Forum, (AIAA 2018-3056)
Developing an Air Connectivity Index for the United States
In this project, we investigated the process and results for measuring the air connectivity of the US air transportation network (ATN). Researchers at the World Bank developed the original Air Connectivity Index (ACI) to measure the connectivity of the global air transport network. The Purdue work demonstrated that the ACI is also applicable to the US ATN, capturing the relevant aspects of connectivity and correlating with econometric variables, but also presenting new challenges for correct implementation.
We determined how to adapt the World Bank's original methodology to suit the US ATN. We applied the ACI at different levels of granularity (state, metropolitan, and airport) and conducted time series of the ACI at the metropolitan and airport level. We developed statistical models to predict ACI at the airport and metropolitan levels using facility and econometric variables. We investigated what the results revealed about the US ATN and how the index can be used by policymakers.
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Team: Purdue University. PI: Daniel A. DeLaurentis. Researchers: Lauren Bowers, Linas Mockus, Shashank Tamaskar.
Duration: 2012–2016
Documentation: Investigation of Connectivity: Definition, Application, and Formulation (AIAA 2015-3183), 15th AIAA Aviation Technology, Integration, and Operations Conference, 2015.
Big Data Analytics for Aeronautics
The ongoing and planned implementation of autonomous NextGen technologies creates a risk of the National Airspace System (NAS) safety and efficiency degradation caused by unintended behaviors that can result from human-automation or automation-automation interactions. In order to maintain and enhance current levels of NAS safety and efficiency, it is important to detect such anomalous behaviors and sequences of precursor states that may lead to accidents with high probability. However, the increasingly large body of data about NAS operations, which hold the keys to the problem of detecting anomalies, is not fully utilized.
With a focus on arrival operations to JFK airport, four-dimensional flight trajectory data, final approach report information, weather conditions, and Air Traffic Control (ATC) voice recordings have been mined and incorporated as features in the anomaly detection using machine learning algorithms. Aided with Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) consultations, the operational significance of the detected anomalies is examined, thus extending the design of the anomaly detection system. The output of this algorithm-driven data-discovery approach is a single score composed of 8 anomaly indicator scores for each flight. To take a deeper look into determining precursors to anomaly events, speaker recognition and audio channel occupancy analysis are employed to the ATC voice recordings. Detection and causal analysis of go-around flights are also developed to provide insights into the accident precursor analysis. The research efforts can be given to stakeholders and systems to take the necessary mitigating actions in advance to prevent the safety or efficiency degradations.
Sponsor: NASA
Team: University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Aviation Analysis Experts (ATAC), Metron Scientific Solutions (METRON). PI: Mark Hansen (UCB), John Schade (ATAC). Researchers: Lu Dai (UCB), Yulin Liu (UCB), Kennis Chan (ATAC), Greg Godfrey, Sean Daugherty, Brian Bender (all METRON).
Duration: 2017–2019
Documentation: | ICRAT-2018-PAPER.PDF | ICRAT-2018-big-data-analytics-PRESENTATION.PDF | ICRAT_2018_upper-limits-Presentation_46.pdf |
Traffic Flow Management for Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) in Urban Airspace
To enable safe and efficient UAS operations at lower altitudes, it is necessary to conduct airspace management and operations in urban airspace for a medium to large scale UAS traffic. A risk-based approach is to be adopted in traffic routing and scheduling, which should account for airspace restrictions, flight risk and safety constraints. This study includes deterministic and stochastic clustering-based single drone routing, and multiple drone routing and scheduling under single or multiple operators.
The current stage of this study focuses on deterministic clustering-based single drone routing, which gives the optimal path in low urban airspace. Wind or any other features that cause uncertainties are not considered in this stage. San Francisco area was studied in this research. The geospatial complexity derived from geometric variability of existing static obstacles such as buildings and terrain poses a challenge in the UAS traffic flow management. The shortest path problem for drone is simplified to a 2D problem that we solve at several candidate altitudes. Altitude candidates were generated by clustering fixed obstacles in urban airspace, mainly buildings. Fast marching algorithm is chosen to generate the shortest paths at each altitude candidate. The optimal altitude will then be determined by weighing the vertical cost to ascend to certain altitude and the horizontal travel cost of the shortest path at that altitude. Sensitivity analysis is performed with different numbers of obstacle clusters and with different weights given to altitude in the clustering procedure. Different path planning algorithms are also compared.
Sponsor: KAIST
Team: University of California, Berkeley (UCB), Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). PI: Mark Hansen (UCB); CoPIs: Yoonjin Yoon (KAIST); Researchers: Ang Li (UCB).
Duration: 2018–2020
Documentation: | YR1-REPORT-2018.PDF |
The Impact of Lightning Strikes on National Airspace System (NAS) Performance: A Business Model for FAA Infrastructure Investments
This research addresses the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) need to further develop a Business Case to support LPGBS changes and therefore protect NAS infrastructure from lightning strikes and convective weather. In the previous phases of this work, analyses were based on the National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN) data and outage reports of the FAA gathered between 1999 and 2005. The current work uses the updated NLDN and Logistics databases (i.e., data gathered beyond 2006) and further explores: (1) the impact of lightning strikes on NAS equipment outages, (2) correlation of strokes and outages with any other type of Systems upsets, (3) impact of lightning-induced outages and other types of convective-weather-induced outages on NAS performance in terms of throughput, and (4) if the cost and number of parts for equipment that need repairs due to lightning strikes are proportionally balanced with the number of reported outages. The research also explores if there are any statistically significant differences between the baseline case results (1999-2005), and the updated results (2006-2013).
A refined NAS Impact Risk Model for FAA Infrastructure Investments is also proposed with the objective to provide sound investment decisions for the NAS equipment (regarding the lightning strikes). The investment decisions are based on (i) the extent the outages have on the NAS performance, (ii) the type, importance and role of airport/equipment with the local region, TRACON or ARTCC, and (iii) the type of traffic served.
In order to perform such analyses additional information are used on FAA investments into facilities and FAA databases such as Aviation System Performance Metrics (ASPM), and Operations Network (OPSNET).
Sponsor: Air Traffic Organization, ATC Facilities
Team: University of California, Berkeley
Duration: Sept. 2010–present
Wake Vortex Research: Phase 3
In Phases 1 and 2 of this project (under NEXTOR 1), we developed models to quantify wake vortex potential encounters and studied new concepts of operations where wake vortices could be a limiting factor to airport and airspace capacity. Phase 3 of this project is developing mature wake vortex analysis tools to allow FAA and its contractors to study potential implications of wakes in future concepts of operations in the NAS.
Specifically, Virginia Tech has developed an Enhanced Wake Encounter Model (EWEM) to predict potential wake encounters under existing operations and future scenarios. The EWEM model is going through a series of refinements in Phase 3 to account for wind conditions and more realistic wake envelopes developed with the most recent NASA APA suite of models. Both GMU and Virginia Tech models will be merged into a toolset that can be distributed to various FAA organizations and contractors (like CSSI) to perform analyses of future NextGen airport operational scenarios.
This model will be used by NASA and FAA to include wake vortex a as an airport and airspace constraint.
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Team: Virginia Tech, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and George Mason University.
Human Factors Integration Considerations for Time, Speed, and Spacing Tools
This project focuses on the human factors considerations necessary to support effective initial Trajectory Based Operations (iTBO). iTBO includes a number of functional categories that are supported through the development of software tools and associated procedures:
• Strategic Planning/Flow Management
• Route Management
• Time-Based Scheduling
• En Route and Terminal Spacing Tools
• Surface Management
• Enterprise Enablers
Initial efforts have dealt with:
• TBFM (Time Based Flow Management) for scheduling
• TBFM for metering
• PDRR (Pre-Departure ReRoute tool) and TFDM (Tower Flight Data Management) for traffic flow management and route management
There are two reasons why the focus on TBFM is valuable for scheduling departures:
• To identify lessons that can be learned from the introduction and use of TBFM in FAA facilities in order to provide guidance on how to effectively introduce new tools and procedures for TBO into the terminal area (as well as other iTBO priorities focusing on airport surface management, traffic flow management, etc.)
• To indicate human factors considerations where the current use of TBFM itself could be improved, as the effective use of TBFM is necessary as a foundation for the successful introduction of software like TSAS (Terminal Sequencing and Spacing) into TRACON operations
In addition, since one of the goals of initial Trajectory Based Operations (iTBM) is to provide organized flows with reduced vectoring and holding in order to better condition and support the use of RNAV SIDs and STARs with Optimized Profile Descents (OPDs), the research is evaluating the use of OPDs (Optimal Profile Descents) associated with the use of TBFM and TSAS. Topics investigated thus far include:
• Change Management – People, Process and Product
• Lessons Learned from the Implementation and Use of TBFM
• Traffic Flow Management Enhancements in Support of iTBO
• Human Factors Guidance for the Development, Implementation and Operational Integration of Time, Speed, and Spacing Tools and Operations
Sponsor: Human Factors Division of the Federal Aviation Administration (ANG-C1), under the direction of Bill Kaliardos
Team: Ohio State University: Philip J. Smith, Amy Spencer and Mark Evans.
Duration: 2018–2019
U.S Oceanic Modeling Phase III
Virginia Tech previously developed a simulation tool called GO (Global Oceanic Model) for the FAA (see Figure 1). GOM quantifies fuel, travel time, and level of service benefits for oceanic operations. The FAA has relied on the results obtained with GO to provide inputs to various ICAO North Atlantic working groups.
Recently FAA has used GO as the primary means of estimating operator benefits of reduced oceanic separation in U.S. airspace for the ongoing Advanced Surveillance Enhanced Procedural Separation (ASEPS) investment analysis. Under previous NEXTOR II work, Virginia Tech expanded the scope and increased the functionality of this model. This project further enhanced the GO model to continue to support the ongoing investment analysis for ASEPS.
Virginia Tech improved the dynamics of pilot/ATC controller climb requests in the GO model, the blocked climb requests and improvements to the aircraft performance model. The improvements to the GO model relied on 42 days of historical Advanced Technologies & Oceanic Procedures (ATOP) data to validate the Global Oceanic Model aircraft climb request logic. The model also was programmed to include In-Trail Climb/Descent Procedures (ITP) using ADS-B and ADS-C technology (see Figure 2).
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration NextGen Office (Joseph Post)
Team: Virginia Tech. Antonio Trani, Nicolas Hinze, Arman Izadi, Yanqi Liang, Tao Li, Thomas Spencer, Nikolaos Tsikas, Yang Zhang, Aswin Gunnam.
Duration: 2017–2018
Remote Oceanic Meteorology Information Operational (ROMIO) Demonstration Benefit Analysis
Virginia Tech is helping FAA to develop a methodology to quantify operational and safety benefits associated with the provision of meteorological (MET) information to aircraft operating in non-controlled, oceanic airspace. The benefits include safety (e.g. flight crew workload, cabin management) and oceanic flight efficiency (e.g. flight routing, airspace management, and cockpit ATC communications).
The benefit analysis includes a pilot and dispatcher survey to measure pilot and airline dispatch responses to using the ROMIO products (i.e., weather displays in the flight deck developed by the FAA) and modeling flight deviations from weather using a fast-time simulation model (Called the Global Oceanic Model) developed by Virginia Tech for the FAA. This project is a coordinated effort with the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and three US airlines.
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration Weather Technology in the Cockpit (WTIC) Program (Eldridge Frazier)
Team: Virginia Tech. Antonio Trani.
Duration: 2017–2019
Wake Vortex Research: Phase 3
In Phases 1 and 2 of the project (under NEXTOR 1), we developed models to quantify wake vortex potential encounters and studied new concepts of operations where wake vortices could be a limiting factor to airport and airspace capacity. Phase 3 of this project is developing mature wake vortex analysis tools to allow FAA and its contractors to study potential implications of wakes in future concepts of operations in the NAS.
Specifically, Virginia Tech has developed an Enhanced Wake Encounter Model (EWEM) to predict potential wake encounters under existing operations and future scenarios. The EWEM model is going through a series of refinements in Phase 3 to account for wind conditions and more realistic wake envelopes developed with the most recent NASA APA suite of models. Both GMU and Virginia Tech models will be merged into a toolset that can be distributed to various FAA organizations and contractors (like CSSI) to perform analyses of future NextGen airport operational scenarios.
This model could be used by NASA and FAA to include wake vortex a as an airport and airspace constraint.
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration Wake Vortex Program Office (Jeff Tittsworth, Paul Strande, Jillian Chen, Ed Johnson, Tom Proeschel)
Team: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, George Mason University and Virginia Tech
Duration: 2017–2019
Enhancing the Use of Expert Judgment at the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is responsible for maintaining a safe and efficient aerospace system. The FAA promulgates regulations that address air carriers and operators; pilots and flight and ground instructors; and commercial space transportation. The FAA has also pioneered an approach to safety management and oversight, relying on risk-based decision-making, safety management system practices, voluntary disclosures, and the use of industry performance standards as principles.
New types of aviation activity within the National Airspace System (NAS) drive the need to become more strategic in how the agency approaches policy development. These new activities include unmanned aircraft systems and novel types and increasing volumes of commercial space transportation ventures. An important tool for the agency to consider when evaluating policy alternatives is the use of risk analysis informed by the elicitation of expert judgment where practical given information and data uncertainties. The benefit of using such techniques is to inform decision makers with predictive analysis of policy options involving limited safety and industry data.
The FAA has developed a tool called the Integrated Safety Assessment Model (ISAM), which uses event sequence diagrams (ESDs) and fault trees to assess the impact of changes to major carrier operations and the NAS. The structure of such a model may prove useful in facilitating and informing the use of expert judgment when determining which policy choices would maximize the agency's objectives. The FAA believes that a more formal, standardized process for the elicitation of professional judgment is important to ensure transparency and objectivity of its use in risk analysis.
This report describes guidance for the elicitation of expert judgment at FAA based on risk modeling and use of expert judgment and expert elicitation methods. The report also outlines a formal, standardized process for eliciting expert judgment at FAA.
Sponsor: Federal Aviation Administration
Team: George Mason University; IEC. Lance Sherry, John Shortle.
Risk Indicators and Common Cause Failures for the Integrated Safety Assessment Model
The Integrated Safety Assessment Model (ISAM) is a holistic model of air transportation risk in the national airspace system. The model provides a baseline estimate of risk and can be used to assess future risk based on proposed changes to the air transportation system. The safety model is formulated as a set of event sequence diagrams (see figure) and supporting fault trees.
Fortunately, incidents and accidents are rare. However, this creates a challenge in that the number of observed events to quantify the event trees may be small. In particular, some event sequences have never occurred. But that does not mean that they could never occur in the future. The limited number of observed events implies that there can be relatively large uncertainty ranges for some of the parameters in the model.
Objectives of this research are to quantify uncertainty in ISAM model parameters and to determine which parameters are most critical to the overall model output. This provides some indication of parameters that are most critical for further efforts in either data collection, modeling, or expert elicitation. This research also seeks to identify statistically significant trends from rare-event data to identify any potential underlying changes in system risk. Finally, since dependency between bottom-level events in the underlying fault trees may cause significant impacts on risk quantification, this research seeks to model the effects of common cause failures.
Sponsor: FAA, System Safety Management Transformation
Team: George Mason University (GMU). PI: John Shortle (GMU). Researcher: Seungwon Noh (GMU).
Duration: 2019-2020
Documentation: | TRB-2017-PAPER | ICRAT-2016-PAPER | DASC-2015-PAPER |
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The Punta San Juan Program from the Center for Environmental Sustainability of Cayetano Heredia University is seeking for volunteers to participate in the "2019 Guano Harvest Monitoring Campaign" at Punta San Juan Reserve, Marcona town, Ica, Peru (from June to August). The monitoring campaign is a conservation tool, use to mitigate possible negative effects on wildlife during the guano harvest. This conservation action has been happening for the pass 15 years in coordination with Peru's agriculture and environmental departments, whom are in charge of the guano harvest. WHAT THE VOLUNTEER'S PROGRAM IS ABOUT? All volunteers will participate of daily activities in the field, under the guidance and supervision of their volunteer coordinator and Program staff. Main tasks: · Enforce the boundaries for the guano extraction stablished in the master plan. · Daily monitoring of indicator species (Humboldt penguins, Guanay cormorants, Peruvian boobies, Peruvian pelicans and Inca terns, sea lion, and fur seals) · Help with seabird and pinniped sample processing · Offer talks to the local community and guano harvesters · Rodents control · Install artificial nests for Inca terns WHAT VOLUNTEER'S PROGRAM OFFER? · The chance to collaborate in a direct conservation action in an active research station. · Learn the mitigation strategies and monitoring methodologies. · Live in a multicultural environment, next to coastal marine wildlife. REQUIREMENTS · Be at least 18 years old. · To have availability for 15 continuous days in the field. · Preferably to be graduated or in the last year of biology, environmental engineering, veterinary or related. · International insurance. · Being comfortable in a bilingual Spanish/English environment. · To have previous field experiences, highly recommended. COST Bus fare (Marcona-Lima /Lima-Marcona), Food, lodging and materials at PSJ for 15 days: 950.00 USD; this fee includes support for Peruvian volunteers. Airfare to Peru, local transport and hotel in Lima cityis not included in cost (should be self-provide). CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS Vacancies are limited to 6 International volunteers per group. Application deadline is on *May 5th*. Results will be announced on *May 10th. You can apply for following groups: Group 1 > 30-May- 13-Jun Group 2 > 14-Jun- 28-Jun Group 3 > 29-Jun- 13-Jul Group 4 > 14-Jun- 28-Jul Group 5 > 29-Jul- 12-Aug Group 6 > 13-Ago- 27-Aug * The volunteering program last 15 continuous days in the field. We recommend to arrive to Lima one day prior your departure to Marcona- To apply send a Motivation Letter and a Curriculum Vitae to email@example.com. All application should indicate the subject: "2019 Guano Harvest Monitoring Campaign".


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- adjective Occurring, living, or working along a seacoast.
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- Existing or employed along the shore or coast: as, the longshore fisheries; a longshore boatman.
- noun A longshoreman.
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- adjective Belonging to the seashore or a seaport; along and on the shore.
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It's a trick they've played on us because we're what they call longshore folk.
Storms create waves that hit beaches at an angle in what is known as a longshore current, or drift.
In the day they were resting 'longshore' fashion, unless, of course, their keen sailor sight saw anywhere -- even on the distant horizon -- a chance of a 'hovel.'
This may not appear as exact as Sappho's lines, but I had in mind the 'longshore' or 'dory' fisherman, who returns at nightfall.
And that is where, when collecting shanties from the 'longshore' mariner of to-day, I find him, if he is uneducated, so tiresome.
Several of them are not sailors at all, but "longshore" men; one or two mere "land-lubbers," who never laid hand upon a ship's rope before clutching those of the _Condor_.
• On the west coast many protesters are preparing to picket ports again this evening, to prevent longshore workers from beginning night shifts.
With pickets in place, local ILWU arbitrators are then expected to rule that longshore workers should not cross the lines for safety reasons, closing the ports.
Rumours were rife this morning that Occupy Oakland's general strike had scored an early victory by encouraging longshore workers to shut down the Port of Oakland.
Many of the demonstrations at ports on the west coast will be repeated from 4pm PDT 7pm ET onwards, in a bid to prevent longshore workers from entering for night shifts and continue the port shut downs.5.58pm ET, 2.58pm PDT: This video, uploaded to ustream by Korgasm apparently shows Occupy Houston protesters being covered by a tent by police.


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Rembrandt Hotel and Suites is located is situated in the heart of the Sukhumvit area of Bangkok. This area is known for its lively nightlife and there are numerous restaurants and bars within minutes of leaving the hotel. The city's shopping areas and tourist attractions are easily accessed via the Asoke (BTS) and Sukhumvit (MRT) metro stations, which are just 10-minutes away. The hotel offers a tuk tuk shuttle to the station if you don't feel like walking.
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The Global Media Monitoring Project is the largest and longest longitudinal study on the gender in the world's media. It is also the largest advocacy initiative in the world on changing the representation of women in the media. It is unique in involving participants ranging from grassroots community organizations to university students and researchers to media practitioners, all of whom participate on a voluntary basis.
Every five years since 1995, GMMP research has taken the pulse of selected indicators of gender in the news media, studying women's presence in relation to men, gender bias and stereotyping in news media content. The fourth research in the series was conducted in 2009/2010 by hundreds of volunteers in 108 countries around the world.
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The idea for a one-day study of the representation and portrayal of women and men in the world's news media was first conceived at the international conference 'Women Empowering Communication' in Bangkok in 1994. With the support of WACC and others, MediaWatch, a Canadian NGO and one of the pioneers in 'media watching', took up the challenge of coordinating this ground breaking initiative – the Global Media Monitoring Project - the aims of which were:
To map the representation and portrayal of women in the world's news media
To develop a grassroots research instrument
To build solidarity among gender and communication groups worldwide
To create media awareness
To develop media monitoring skills on an international level.
On January 18, 1995 volunteers in 71 countries monitored their news media on radio, TV and in newspapers, resulting in the collection of more than 50,000 media records. The results of the one-day study were published in the groundbreaking report Global Media Monitoring: Women's Participation in the News and presented at the Women's NGO Forum in Beijing in September 1995.
The Beijing Platform for Action's Section J remains the touchstone for the GMMP. The GMMP is directly related to Strategic objective J.2.: Promote a balanced and non-stereotyped portrayal of women in the media.
Five years on, WACC coordinated a second more extensive and qualitative GMMP. The intention was to improve on the original 1995 study by making it more responsive to the media context in each participating country, in addition to providing data which would allow countries and regions to see whether and how the media's portrayal of women and men had changed in the half decade since the first study. In consultation with some of the participants, the monitoring materials were extensively revised for the second GMMP to reflect some of the most consistently debated media issues on which activists demand gender equality.
On February 1, 2000 hundreds of volunteers in 70 countries monitored the day's news on radio, television and in print. Once again, the monitoring day was marked by tremendous excitement and solidarity among participating groups worldwide, linked only by e-mail and a common task. The monitoring group from China, for example, e-mailed to say how pleased they were to be included 'in this historic event' and a volunteer in Kenya captured the mood of the day when she said, 'I can't believe I am having so much fun here in Kenya, knowing that other people are out there, doing the same thing.'
The preliminary results of GMMP 2000 were released in time for the UN Beijing + 5 events in June 2000. The final results including detailed country tables and qualitative analysis by region, based on more than 16,000 news stories, were published in Who Makes the News? in December 2000.
On February 16, 2005, the third GMMP began as grassroots groups, activists and academic researchers across the world gathered to monitor their news media. The study focused on four sets of indicators of gender in news media, broadly: Representation and voice of women and men as news subjects; News delivery – characteristics and responsibilities of journalists and reporters; News content – gender stereotyping and gender inequality in news, and; Journalistic practice – reinforcing or challenging stereotypes. Monitors in 76 countries submitted data that were analyzed and compared. The results were published in the report Who Makes the News: Global Media Monitoring Project 2005.
GMMP 2005 showed that news paints a picture of a world in which women are virtually invisible. Women are dramatically under-represented in the news. A comparison of the results from the three GMMPs in 1995, 2000 and 2005 revealed that change in the gender dimensions of news media has been small and slow across the 15-year period. Only 21% of news subjects – the people who are interviewed, or whom the news is about – are female. Women's points of view are rarely heard in the topics that dominate the news agenda; even in stories that affect women profoundly, such as gender-based violence, it is the male voice (64% of news subjects) that prevails. When women do make the news it is primarily as 'stars' or 'ordinary people', not as figures of authority. As newsmakers, women are under-represented in professional categories. As authorities and experts, women barely feature in news stories. While the study found a few excellent examples of exemplary gender-balanced and gender-sensitive journalism, it demonstrated an overall glaring deficit in the news media globally, with half of the world's population barely present.
The methodology has been updated and improved with each successive GMMP. Refinements have been informed by approaches arising from the experiences of media and gender justice advocates around the world and has benefitted from the contribution of trained professional researchers. The methodology and research instruments are made freely available in three languages.
It is an adaptable methodology and research instrument that has subsequently been used for other purposes by other organizations both at the local and international levels. For example, in 2001, RED-ADA, Bolivia's most important women's communication network monitored the portrayal of women in advertising on TV, radio and in the press using the methodology developed for GMMP 2000. A second example is the case of the Southern African Media and Gender Institute (SAMGI) that in 2007 adapted the GMMP methodology to monitor reportage of HIV/AIDS from a gender lens in South African news media.
The results of GMMP have been used in a myriad of ways by gender and communication groups worldwide, in research, training for media practitioners, media literacy education for media audiences, advocacy and lobbying work.
In Malta, the Gender Advisory Committee of the Broadcasting Authority uses the results of GMMP in their research and training programmes.
GMMP has also been an important tool in advocacy work, with some notable successes, for example in Jamaica where, upon receiving a copy of the GMMP 2000 report on International Women's day on 8th March 2001, the Assistant Executive Director of the Broadcasting Commission highlighted the usefulness of the report to communication policy development, saying it had "extremely important information to the Commission's work, particularly in the formulation and implementation of content standards for gender portrayals in the Jamaican mass media."
In Senegal, the Inter-African Network for Women, Media, Gender and Development (FAMEDEV) continues to apply the GMMP methodology in training workshops for the organization's focal points in francophone West and Central Africa.
In Argentina, the publicity surrounding the publication of the GMMP 2005 Report was the impetus for the formation of a national network of journalists for gender responsive media.
The Global Media Monitoring Project and the "Who Makes the News?" research report have been widely referenced around the world. References to GMMP are found in numerous resources, from the most recent Arab Human Development Report published by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to the websites of the International Federation of Journalists and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
At the seminar 'Women and the Alliance of Civilizations: Opportunities and Challenges' held in April 2008, the Director of UN International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (UN-INSTRAW) cited the results of GMMP to emphasize the value and need for more research on the portrayal of women and men in the media.
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So you're out with your friends on Taco Tuesday enjoying some cheap Mexican and margaritas, generally having a great time, when all of a sudden someone blurts out "let's go to your place and play adult Pin The Tail On The Donkey!" (it involves alcohol). Filled to the brim with taco glee, everyone cheers and before you know it, you've got a house full of people sorely in need of some uppity background music.
You could hit play on your iPhone music, but let's face it: the last time you actually bought a song, Gaddafi was still alive. You might turn to Pandora, but it has all kinds of annoying commercials now, on top of the even more annoying way it won't let you skip too many songs. And you just know that friggin' Amanda is gonna sing her ass off for the first half of every song, then get bored and hit Next. At this point, your normal options are Spotify, Slacker Radio, or Grooveshark or something, but they all have their drawbacks. No, what you need is the most poorly, yet descriptively-named website in the world: YouTube Related Music.
Besides the fact that it plays videos — which already makes it way more entertaining than simply "listening" to music like they did in the 1930s (and don't you even say your laptop isn't hooked up to the TV via HDMI) — you can skip around as much as you want, there are no commercials, and unlike Pandora which tries to expand your mind by throwing in some Enya in the middle of your gangsta rap station, it only plays music related to the song you start with. But even if it screws up or Amanda does her thing, you never have to worry about using one of your precious six skips an hour. Also, it has a really simple, uncluttered interface: you can see the playlist on the right, see the song that's coming up next, (get rid of it if it's not your bag), or play it. And if you hate the whole playlist, nothing's keeping you from generating a new one. In short, it's pretty much the best radio station since NewsRadio. Now go try it.
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TWO weeks ago as Uganda's final World Cross Country was being selected, Winnie Nanyondo was very clear on her mission
By James Bakama
Two weeks ago as Uganda's final World Cross Country was being selected, Winnie Nanyondo was very clear on her mission.
"I'll get gold," she boldly stated contrary to most of her team-mates who were not very clear about their prospects.
When it got to the race proper on Saturday. Nanyondo indeed fulfilled her dream by leading Uganda to a 1-2-3 sweep in the women's race at the Entebbe Golf Course.
But maybe the Kampala University Industrial Art and Design student's confidence was understandable.
It was at the same course in December when she again sprinted to victory in the Africa University Cross Country Championship.
Nanyondo that time also led Uganda to a gold-silver- bronze sweep. She had earlier also been part of Uganda's team to the World University Games in Kazan.
Nanyondo, whose speciality is 800m and 1500m, did not break her track training regime in the build-up to the world meet.
She continued training at Namboole while the rest of the team fine-tuned in Ndejje.
Dorcus Ajok was always one of Uganda's medal hopes.
Like Nanyondo, the Ndejje University first year Counseling and Guidance student is steadily piling accolades. In December she also won silver at the Africa University Cross-Country Championships.
Her silver came after an impressive show in the Inter-University Games where she won gold in the 800m and 1500m. She was 12th out of 27 entrants in the 800m race in Kazan last year.
Like many members of Team Uganda, she is already attracting attention from US universities. Her dream is to excel on track.
"I look forward to the day I will win a medal at a big competition like the Olympics or World Championships."
That dream might after all not be far away. That, is at least going by her cross country season form. If a middle distance runner can harass seasoned long distance athletes at their specialty, then you know she is destined for big things.
Prim Twikirize, like Nanyondo, was always confident of winning a medal.
The Ndejje University second year SWASA student finished fourth in last year's Africa University Cross Country.
The smiling athlete kept on reminding doubting journalists that she was medal material, so when she fulfilled her promise on Saturday, the media took note bombarding her with interviews.
But to those who had been following her, the medal came as no surprise.
She showed great potential right from the Inter University Games winning silver in the 5000m and gold in the 10000m.
She also finished 15th out of 3582 female runners in last year's MTN marathon.
During preparations for the world meet, she famously said that by the time a serious student decides to first slow down on academics to seriously go into a competition, then you know that athlete is eyeing something big.
Nanyondo predicted gold and got it


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I recently shared Equipment Ideas For The Home Or Office Gym with a new husband/wife client team and followed with suggestions of which pieces of equipment I'd recommend getting first as they build their home gym. I'm a big believer in purchasing home gym equipment gradually and only as needed. My clients were probably relieved that I didn't recommend several thousand dollars worth of equipment before they even break out into their first sweat.
My new clients already have a few 3 to 12-pound dumbbells and I recommended they hold off on purchasing heavier ones ones until they decide if they really need them. With a little imagination a workout can be completed using only body weight for resistance, but to make things a little easier and to allow for more variety in their workouts, I recommended the following pieces of equipment.
- Swiss Ball:
- Can be used instead of a bench for a variety of exercises
- Excellent tool for core exercises
- When sitting on the ball, knees and hips should be at ~90°
- 45-centimeter Swiss ball – for people under 5′ tall
- 55-centimeter Swiss ball – for people 5′ to 5′ 7″ tall
- 65-centimeter Swiss ball – for people 5′ 8″ – 6′ 3″ tall
- 75-centimeter Swiss ball – for people over 6′ 3″ tall
- TRX Suspension Trainer:
- Uses body weight as resistance
- Provides excellent core workout
- Provides total body workout with one piece of equipment
When I set up their workouts I'll plan the majority of their upper body exercises using the TRX and for their lower body exercises I'll combine lunges and squats with the Swiss ball and TRX. We'll work their core while doing many of the upper and lower body exercises and I'll be sure to have them do a few minutes of planking for good measure. This girl loves counting off thirty second intervals while having her clients do a variety of planks. 🙂
If you wonder how they'll warm up without having any cardio equipment, don't worry; I have plenty of little tricks up my sleeve that will leave them breathing harder than a ten-minute run on the treadmill!
- Questions:
- Do you workout at home or at a gym?
- What's your favorite piece of equipment – either at home or at your gym?
- How often do you strength train?


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Mr. Thailand – Khao San Road's Own SuperheroKirsty Turner
This man is not only a brilliant character and a great bloke, he's a genuine entrepreneur. Mr. Thailand provides advertising services to some of Khao San Road's establishments and has turned a rickshaw novelty into a paying job. In the process he's made himself pretty famous! Kirsty Turner gives us the full details.
My Date with Mr Thailand
I've seen him around for years, driving his saamlor up and down Khaosan Road. With the music blasting from the saamlor's speakers and flashing fairy lights, it's pretty hard to miss him.
Then there's the outfit. Like a colonial soldier crossed with Hunter S. Thompson in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Mr Thailand is one of the most interesting and unique characters in Khaosan Road.
My heart is beating slightly too fast as Mr Thailand takes my hand in his and helps me into the back of his saamlor.
It had never really occurred to me that beneath the crazy outfit and huge glasses Mr Thailand might be handsome, but as he flashes me a seductive smile I feel myself melt a little.
Mr Thailand reaches around and turns on the music. Everyone turns to look as we make our way down the road blasting out loud rock and pop music. This may not be the most romantic 'date' I've ever been on, but it's certainly one of the most interesting.
We pull out into the busy Bangkok traffic, Mr Thailand turning around in his seat every few minutes to change the music and ask if I'm having fun. 'Number 1 in Thailand, there is no number 2', he tells me modestly.
I don't want to be a backseat driver, so I let Mr Thailand call the shots and take me where he will. People wave and cheer as we glide slowly past. I try hard to hide my embarrassment, painfully aware that we are the main attraction.
Mr Thailand steers the saamlor slowly into Soi Rambhutri and I wait for the ground to open and swallow me up. Everyone is staring at us, not even bothering to hide their amusement. As backpackers salute me in my carriage, I try to console myself with the fact that in a few days they will have moved on and I'll be able to show my face once more.
Unlike me, Mr Thailand is loving the attention. He stops and poses while backpackers take photos, making a point of greeting all the pretty women as he passes. Being with Mr Thailand is like stepping into the spotlight. Everyone knows him, from tuk-tuk drivers to pad thai sellers, and all greet him warmly.
As we go along, Mr Thailand points out his favourite places to eat street food and drink beer. He tells me that he loves drinking with Westerners, announcing that they are a lot of fun. The best part of his job, he says, is all the Westerners he meets. Make that all the Western women. When we stop, Mr Thailand shows me a selection of pictures of him posing with his arm draped around beautiful women.
Although he may look strange, I am quickly coming to the conclusion that Mr Thailand is one of the cleverest people around. The man – who mysteriously refuses to tell me his name or age – comes from Si Saket in Isaan, north-east Thailand.
Mr Thailand was working as a farm labourer, earning less than 100 Baht a day when he first visited Bangkok. He quickly realized that there was good money to be made, downed tools and relocated to the city.
Mr Thailand has now been living and driving his saamlor around Khaosan Road for five years. With no family ties either here or in his home town, he is free to peddle people around the city as he wants. The most popular destinations are Patpong and Sukhumvit, but Mr Thailand will happily take people anywhere they want to go. The fare depends on the generosity of the passenger but he generally receives 500 Baht for 1 hour of peddle power.
Our 'date' draws to a close as we stop in the middle of Khaosan Road. I somehow manage to ignore the backpackers' stares as I climb down from my carriage. But Mr Thailand has one more humiliation in store. With a grin he introduces me to the stuffed parrot that sits atop his saamlor, motioning me to wai to it (putting my hands together and bowing a little in Thailand's customary show of respect).
Then, with a toot of his plastic flower horn, Mr Thailand is gone. For anyone looking for a memorable experience and a moment in the spotlight, Mr Thailand will give you a ride you'll never forget.
Getting to him:
If you want to find Mr. Thailand just wait around KSR and wait for all the head's to turn – it'll be him… His English is good enough and he is very willing to please. He's a massive asset and brings a lot of joy to people's lives, so be generous if you use his services!
About the author:
Kirsty Turner (Kay) is a freelance writer currently living in Bangkok. She has kindly agreed to write for KhaoSanRoad.com and share her love of all things Thai and, especially, all things Khao San Road!


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Fatal Inertia EX Slams onto PSN Next Month
Fatal Inertia was originally slated to be a PlayStation 3 launch title, but has since been delayed multiple times. The game was released on Xbox 360 in September 2007.
Denoted by an EX, this version of the game will come with new features and gameplay changes, including a training venue with eight new tracks.
Expect Fatal Inertia EX to be released on the PlayStation Network in late May, for the price of $29.99.
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Motodevelopment was founded by Chris Urquhart and Shane Booth in 2008 and was created to provide professional motocross and off road rider training via online videos and high class coaching events in the form of the Motodevelopment Moto Master Class.
Both Chris and Shane have extensive experience as racers themselves, having grown up racing motocross from the age of four and racing through to the professional ranks in Australia. Coaching began while they were still racing and was a natural progression from to student to teacher after attending many coaching courses themselves.
Since then both Chris and Shane have worked with some of the best riders in the world including Michael Byrne, Dean Ferris, James Stewart and Jeff Emig. They continue to provide professional motocross coaching throughout Australia and via their Motocross How To Videos which are featured on motodevelopment.com


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Not to be confused with the Concept M cars that Honda Malaysia introduced in 2010, the Honda Concept M which debuts at Auto Shanghai 2013 is aimed at the Chinese-market MPV segment, which Honda says are currently dominated by commerical-type vehicles.
Designed by the Honda R&D Co Ltd Japan, the Honda Concept M is supposed to offer the attributes of a passenger car with a comfortable and spacious cabin that is also fun to drive.
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Real Estate Investment Trusts are corporations, trusts or associations that act as agencies in real estate and associated mortgages. This is a specialized tax segment and it requires recognition by the Internal Revenue Service to operate as a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). In general, the REIT pays little to no income taxes and acts very similar to a pass-through entity for tax purposes. All REITs must comply with Code Section 856 which addresses compliance for this privileged tax advantage. Typically, REITs file Form 1120-REIT for tax purposes.
A secondary advantage for REIT status is the ability to raise capital via syndication. Section 856(a) and (b) require a minimum of 100 shareholders or owners of interest in the business entity. This allows for a more advantageous management situation by having a more formal elected board of trustees or directors. In addition, it allows for greater ease of transfer of ownership with the respective investors.
To fully appreciate the Real Estate Investment Trust, you should become acquainted with the history behind REITs. From there, there are unique advantages associated with REITs and an investment in one. As with all business situations, there are some disadvantages and you should be aware of them. The following sections cover these three topics and I'll finish off with my own conclusion.
REITs– History
Code Section 856 was signed into law in 1960 by President Eisenhower. It was designed to bring about the benefits of owning stock and orienting capital towards the passive investment in real estate. Three of the original REITs trade on the New York Stock Exchange today. They are Winthrop Realty Trust (FUR), Pennsylvania REIT (PEI) and Washington REIT (WRE). 54 years later, there are over 160 REITs traded on the NYSE. In addition there are over 14 REITs in the S&P 500.
There are two types of REITs, Equity Based and Mortgage Based. Equity based REITs own, operate and often sell properties. Property types include apartment complexes, office complexes, light commercial facilities such as shopping centers and medical complexes. In addition, properties can include nursing homes, hotels/motels and student housing. Unlike Equity based REITs, Mortgage based REITs hold mortgages on the same types of properties. It is estimated that all REITs in the United States own over $400 Billion in assets. Worldwide, the estimated asset value is in excess of $1 Trillion.
REITs – Advantages
The primary advantage of a Real Estate Investment Trust is the tax savings. The goal of Section 856 is to foster investment in real estate throughout the United States. To incentivize investment, Congress reduced the tax implications of those involved in real estate. Similar in nature to rental properties at the individual level, income is taxed at ordinary rates and not as earned income. Losses are allowed up to the basis of the investment.
To qualify REITs must pass the following tests:
- At least 95% of the entity's gross income must be from real property rents or gains on disposition of real property.
- For Mortgage based REITs, 75% of gross income must be from sources related to real property.
- At least 75% of all assets must be real estate related including any restricted cash and receivables from tenants.
- The REIT must distribute at least 90% of the ordinary earnings to the respective investors.
The tax savings is in the form of eliminating double taxation commonly found in the normal corporate structure. That is, the corporation pays an income tax and then any corresponding dividends are taxed at the individual level. In a REIT, the corporation does not pay an income tax contingent upon distributing the net earnings to the shareholders. Do you notice a problem here? The problem with this is that in normal corporate structure, cash is retained to expand business operations i.e. expand the fixed assets section, open new lines of business and reduce long term debt. In order for a REIT to expand operations, the cash needed must come from the expansion of the existing shareholder pool. It must sell more shares to raise cash to invest in more real estate.
In a typical real estate situation, earnings are normally used to reduce the principle portion of debt. The REIT financial income statement's net income and the depreciation deduction is the cash used to pay down debt and distribute to shareholders as required by law. This cash management requires experienced and trained individuals to accomplish. Good management in a REIT is essential for success.
This form of operation tends towards better management and level operations from period to period. Therefore REITs are generally considered a safer investment than your typical common stock investment. Although this is true, there are still several disadvantages.
REITs- Disadvantages
From the tax perspective, the one distinct disadvantage is the inability to take any losses in excess of basis for the shareholder. At the individual level for real estate investment reported on a Schedule E, an individual is allowed to take losses on real estate that is rented out contingent on any existing mortgage that is considered qualified (money borrowed from an accredited lender) debt. For the K-1 information at the shareholder level related to REITs, the shareholder is not allowed to take losses in excess of their basis even if there is qualified debt (whether recourse or nonrecourse debt).
For investment purposes, a REIT's stock value will mirror more closely the book value for market purposes. The reason is simple, the corporation has limited cash resources to expand operations or provide future opportunity without issuing additional stock to acquire these opportunities. This is related to the restrictions imposed by Section 856 of the Internal Revenue Code.
Conclusion – Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs)
Because of the tax restrictions and required management imposed via Section 856, REITs are a relatively safe investment. However, the drawback is a limited upside potential for an increase in value for the stock due to the requirement to distribute the earnings to the shareholders. Remember the history for this type of investment; Congress's goal is to allow smaller investors (individuals) the ability to invest in passive based real estate especially for larger more secure properties. In exchange for the reduced tax implications, the investor's upside potential is limited. Act on Knowledge.


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