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Frost & Sullivan: Increasing Industrial Automation in Brazil Bodes well for the HMI and Industrial PC Market
07 Nov, 2012, 16:53 GMT
Proactive awareness campaigns to help widen the customer base of HMI and industrial PCs
SAO PAULO, Nov. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Industrial PCs and human machine interface (HMI) represent the next level of industrial automation applications. The deep penetration of these new applications indicates Brazilian companies' eagerness to increase the efficiency of their production processes.
New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.industrialautomation.frost.com), Analysis of the Brazilian HMI and Industrial PC Market, finds that the market earned revenues of $68.3 million in 2011 and estimates this to reach $126.9 million in 2015. The market's growth rate is expected to exceed that of the economy.
"The higher complexity in the manufacturing processes and the greater pressures to reduce waste and costs encourage the adoption of more sophisticated automation applications," said Frost & Sullivan Research Analyst Alejandro Diaz Lopez. "While industrial PCs are an ideal fit for these needs, the swelling demand for visualization makes a solid case for HMI."
Industrial PCs and HMI also offer compelling benefits such as technology integration capabilities. The flexibility of industrial PCs enables the easy integration of IT and architecture technology systems, allowing companies to better control production lines.
While both markets are growing briskly, there is still some customer apprehension regarding the reliability of these systems, specifically, industrial PC. End users believe that industrial PC system architecture is less reliable than other systems, such as programmable logic computers (PLCs) and HMI systems.
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A white voter movement came out and staged its own version of Brexit on Tuesday by supporting U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and his xenophobic, anti-free trade ways, polling data show.
It wasn't just the white, disaffected male and female voter without a college degree who voted for Trump. So did the white middle class of both sexes and the wealthy, according to U.S. election exit data compiled by CNN based on 24,537 people leaving 350 voting stations.
White voters made up 70 per cent of the total election votes. Of the white support, 58 per cent voted for Trump while 37 per cent went for Hillary Clinton, the data show.
African-Americans made up 12 per cent of the vote and of those 88 per cent supported Clinton and 8 per cent Trump. Of Latin American voters, which made up 11 per cent of the vote — 65 per cent voted Clinton and 29 per cent went Trump.
White, non-college educated support for Trump was expected and so was the support for him among wealthier whites, said Melissa Williams, a University of Toronto political science professor.
"But the base, the core of the support is of white, middle income people of both sexes. The extent of which women in that cohort ended up supporting Trump is a bit surprising," said Williams, who is spending this year as a senior democracy fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Among white men, 63 per cent went for Trump while 31 per cent voted for Clinton. Among the women, 53 per cent went Trump and only 43 per cent voted Clinton.
"It clearly is a white voting block. The demographic profile of Trump supporters is very similar to that of Brexit supporters," Williams said.
"When the working class is angry, facing a bleak future, it is very easy for elites to mobilize racist sentiments, find a racialized scapegoat and turn that anger away from elites and towards a racialized scapegoat. That is the dynamic we saw in the Brexit and Trump campaigns," Williams said.
Brexit is the term used to describe the British voters' decision to leave the European Union. The man who helped lead Britain out of the EU, Nigel Farage, the interim United Kingdom Independence Party Leader, said Trump's victory is part of this populist wave, currently upturning establishments.
"Brexit was the first brick that was knocked out of the establishment wall. A lot more were knocked out last night," Farage told Time magazine on Wednesday.
This truly is a transnational phenomenon, agreed Williams.
"We have been witnessing the rise of right wing, populist; I call them white wing populist movements across advanced democracies. There is something structural going on here that is common to the U.S. and many European countries, including the U.K.," she said.
Growing wealth inequality, the growth of the 1 per cent top income earners against the 99 per cent, played a role and Clinton did not appeal to those young, millennial voters who supported Democratic primary candidate Bernie Sanders. "They trusted Bernie because he has been hammering inequality forever. He was credible," said Williams, adding Clinton never achieved Sanders' popularity with youth.
Trump was not the perfect candidate, but his voters accepted that early on and he had the perfect message for his base, agreed Connor Whitworth, a consultant at Navigator. That was a message of fear, anti-immigration, of calling Mexican immigrants rapists and criminals and of building walls between America and Mexico.
"Voters made up their mind about Trump early on. Yes he was sexist and said terrible things. If they were voting based on what he was going to do for America," Whitworth said.
Trump supporters railed against globalization. His coalition was formed from a vacuum of deep divisions. Out of this came rural white voters who came out like never before," Whitworth said.
Trump also won in Pennsylvania and Michigan, rust belt states that he wasn't expected to win. "Not since 1988 has a Republican won Pennsylvania and Michigan. These are white rural voters. It is not white voters but white rural voters who felt absolutely ignored by Washington," he said.
Meanwhile, perhaps Clinton's soft supporters believed the media reports that she was going to win the election and stayed home, neglecting to vote, he added. Clinton, however, did win 94 per cent of the black, female vote while 4 per cent of black females voted Trump.
The US Elections Projects predicted 128.8 million Americans voted, out of 231 million eligible voters, reported Vox, adding this was a low turnout.
Even though Clinton won the popular vote, she still did not gain a majority of the 538 Electoral College votes she needed to become president. Trump won 290 out of the 270 Electoral College votes needed to win the election. Clinton only won 228.


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10 Venue Names That Don't Belong In Major League Sports
With old sports venues falling apart and new owners stepping into the spotlight, more and more new stadiums are being built. Some are being created just to show major leagues that they're ready to start a franchise. Others are being designed to revamp a team or a city. Either way, technology plays a part as venues are constantly competing against each other to have something that can be claimed as a first.
One of the most important aspects of designing a stadium or arena is that it needs an attractive and meaningful name. Places like the Joe Louis Arena have been around for decades and have provided a home for players and fans.
The following are venues that have been less unfortunate when it comes to naming.
Sports Venue #1. A Waste Of A Name
Based in Salt Lake City, Utah, the EnergySolutions arena is home to the Utah Jazz of the NBA. It was originally known as the Delta Center until EnergySolutions purchased the name rights in 2006. Early nicknames for the arena included "The Dump", which was a stab at EnergySolutions' radioactive and hazardous waste disposal operations.
Source: Piero Scaruffi
Sports Venue #2. Mortgages And Arenas Don't Mix
Named after a retail home mortgage lending firm, the Quicken Loans Arena is home to the Cleveland Cavaliers of the NBA and the Lake Erie Monsters of the AHL. "The Q" was formerly known as the Gund Arena.
Source: Johnny Road Trip
Sports Venue #3. Finances Equal Blah
The Prudential Center is home to the New Jersey Devils of the NHL and the Seton Hall Pirates Men's Basketball Team of the NCAA. Opened in 2007, "The Rock" might be a bit too financial as it's a losing name for a hockey team that consistently wins.
Source: James Mirtle
Sports Venue #4. Making The Team Seem Vulnerable
Along with being known by other horrific names like 3Com Park and Monster Park, Candlestick Park isn't the greatest venue title for an NFL team. You would expect something intimidating (maybe a legendary player's name), but instead San Francisco Fans get to welcome opposing teams to "The Stick".
Source: Ballparks.com
Sports Venue #5. The Wrong Kind Of Quest
Home of the Seattle Seahawks of the NFL, Qwest Field is named after the large communication carrier. However, the name isn't entirely successful as the venue is one of the few professional sports stadiums that don't carry Coca-Cola or Pepsi in their concession stands. Instead, Qwest Field has a beverage contract with Jones Soda.
Source: The Seattle Traveler
Sports Venue #6. Anything But Progressive
Despite being ranked as Major League Baseball's best ballpark by Sports Illustrated, Progressive Field isn't the greatest name for a venue. The home to the Cleveland Indians of the MLB was formerly known as Jacobs Fields. But due to renaming rights, it had to be changed to a less illustrious and progressive name.
Source: Cleveland Seniors
Sports Venue #7. Originality Might Be Dead
The Cleveland Browns Stadium is home to guess who: The Cleveland Browns of the NFL. Unless the organization has a certain trend going on (the team doesn't have a logo on their helmet), then no venue should be named after the team that plays there. That's like asking for your grandson to be named after you when your son is already named after you.
Source: Real Cavs Fans
Sports Venue #8. Forseeing The Future
Despite having four previous names, the Oracle Arena is an indoor venue in Oakland, California. The arena is home to the Golden State Warriors of the NBA. The venue does have a futuristic look to it, but the name's just not friendly.
Source: Arena Digest
Sports Venue #9. "Isee" A Bad Name
Formerly the Continental Airlines Arena, the Izod Center is a multi-purpose indoor arena located in New Jersey. Home to the New Jersey Nets of the NBA, the center is named after a premium clothing company. Several publications have rated it as one of the worst venues in sports and have stated that its "cold and dull" in appearance.
Source: Popo In My Crib
Sports Venue #10. The Internet Is Clearly A Bad Source For Names
Opened in 2003, the Jobing.com Arena is located in Glendale, Arizona and is home to the Phoenix Coyotes of the NHL. Not much can be said about the venue as not much really takes place there. One thing is for sure, what kind of name is "Jobing.com"?
Source: The Scoreboards
Which one do you think is the worst name for a sports venue? Are there any other sports venue names you know of that should have been mentioned?
Please note that this list was only derived from Major League Sports teams and not minor affiliates or international leagues.
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I always hated Cox Arena, Qualcomm Stadium and Petco Park. Blek.
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and I'm surprised "Amway Arena" didn't make the list, the home arena for the Orlando Magic
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your ideas are good, but it was poorly executed. having said that, your writing can use some clarity as well as your ability to title things properly and give a sense of flow to the entry.
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i think the 'limp dik' paraplagic sports facility in chinese tai pei is in particularly bad taste!


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We've reached that inevitable point in the Fall where just about all of the leaves have fallen off of the trees. But have you ever taken the time to think about what happens to them after this? I mean yes, they obvious fall onto the ground or roofs or whatever seems to be below the tree branch. However, come Springtime they are nowhere to be found. Why is this??
If you were to ask me this question when I was younger, I probably would've ignorantly told you that the leaves melted away with the snow. Now that I really am thinking about this, I have become so curious as to how this happens scientifically.
Rain: The rain begins the process of the leaves' disappearance. The leaves become weakened as the water droplets hit them, becoming packed into the ground. The addition of being stepped on or run over really help to compress them over time.
Bugs (ew): Also while on the ground, the leaves get eaten by the many insects, worms and bacteria found within the soil. This allows for the leaves to go away (by being eaten) or be broken up into smaller pieces.
Fungi: The bugs aren't the only ones doing all of the work! Bacteria and fungi help to break down the leaves as well. More specifically, mushrooms, which are in the fungi family, have roots which break down the cell walls of the leaves.
As a result of all of this, the waste from the insects release nutrients into the soil. All in all, the decomposition of the leaves help to benefit the soil and the plants within it. You can think of it as a cycle: the leaves fall from trees and eventually end up helping to keep the trees healthy and alive through the nutrients released into the soil; if the trees stay alive then they are able to grow leaves which will eventually fall once again next Autumn.
A side note: I also wanted to point out that this process of leaf decomposition can vary greatly depending on the environment, weather patterns, and type of leaves/trees. This study was done to assess and compare the rates and how long it takes for certain types of leaves to decompose. One of the observations made was that the leaves of deciduous woody species tended to decompose quicker than those of a summer-shedding evergreen. This is just a single example of how different species can differ in the amount of time it takes for their leaves to "disappear".
If you are upset that the leaves are gone and Winter is right around the corner, do not fret because Fall, along with the lovely colored leaves, will be back before you know it. This would not be able to happen without the leaves falling in the first place.


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Elementary education lasts for eight years leading to the Certificate for Completed Elementary Education. Secondary school education is provided by high schools, technical and other vocational schools, and art secondary schools. In the second half of the fourth year, pupils must write a capstone project (Maturska Tema) and present it and pass a written examination in their mother tongue and literature and an oral examination in a given subject of the curriculum. The technical and other vocational schools train for technical and other professions. The final examination in vocational education (four-year and three-year courses) consists in the elaboration of a theme or practical examination and a written examination in the mother tongue and literature. The Certificates of the technical schools give access to the entrance examinations at the relevant faculties and colleges. The certificate of vocational schools gives access to the entrance examinations at the relevant faculties and colleges after passing the different examinations.The Schools of Arts/Music/Ballet offer a four-year course. Students enter these schools by taking an entrance examination. At the end of their studies, they take a final examination and can enrol in universities. The International Baccalaureate gives access to the entrance examinations to all faculties and colleges.
Higher education is provided by colleges and pedagogical academies offering two-year courses, as well as by two universities which offer four to six-year courses in a range of disciplines. Upon successful completion of higher education courses at university faculties/institutes, students are awarded a Diploma with professional title e.g. Engineer, Lawyer, Teacher, at the lower (college) level; Graduate Engineer, Graduate Lawyer, Graduate Teacher at the higher (faculty/institute) level. The duration of studies leading to higher level diplomas depends on the type of faculty. The financing mechanisms of higher education are under revision. The Law on Higher Education of 1997 stipulates that five-year programmes will be introduced in universities and higher education institutions. Reforms have begun to bring Macedonian higher education in line with Western European and international standards. In compliance with the Law on Higher Education 2000 the language of instruction in the state pedagogical institutions for primary school teachers and teachers for secondary schools may be the minority languages. In that case, Macedonian will be taught as a separate subject and teaching will be carried out in Macedonian for at least another two teaching subjects.
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The first-level degree of university study is obtained on completion of a four- to six-year course in one of the two universities. The exact duration of studies leading to higher level diplomas depends on the type of faculty. For instance: Faculty of Medicine, 6 years of study (in Medicine, Pharmacy and Dentistry); Technological/Metallurgical Faculty – 5 years of study; Faculty of Law – 4 years of study. Each graduate student can specialize in relevant professional fields – e.g. Surgery, Obstetrics, Engineering. Such specialization requires one to five years of practical training.
The Magister degree (Master of Science/Master of Arts) is awarded after two years' study followed by research and the writing of a thesis which is defended in public and approved by a mentor. Each graduate student can specialize in relevant professional fields – e.g. Surgery, Obstetrics, Engineering. Such specialization requires one to five years of practical training.
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'Vine' a video sharing app that allows iPhone and iPad users to share video clips up to six second length has been reported showing up pornographic videos whereas Apple's app guidelines forbid sharing of any content of this kind.
Vine has become a platform to share videos showing male genitalia and other pornographic stuff. It is learned that Within the first week of launching video-sharing app ,twitter is facing embarrassment after been pointed out as first by The New York Times ' Nick Bilton , searches #porn, #sex show videos involving male indecent exposure and other acts on themselves.
Vine's terms of services do not discourage sharing of indecent material. Twitter also does not instruct users to comply with any policy which forbids sharing such content:
You are responsible for your use of the Services, for any Content you post to the Services, and for any consequences thereof. The Content you submit, post, or display will be able to be viewed by other users of the Services and through third party services and websites. You should only provide Content that you are comfortable sharing with others under these Terms.
However Vine users can report any video they find objectionable. If twitter receives more complaints about the reported video it will either take down the video or add warning about the content, a twitter's representative said. "Uploaded videos that are reported and determined to violate our guidelines will be removed from the site, and the user that posted the video may be terminated," the representative said in a statement.
Twitter agreed to remove tweets country-by-country where there are local restrictions to post or share any particular content on twitter. Company has always been a bit reluctant to censor tweets.
But Apple takes this matter very seriously. Apple's app store guidelines state "apps containing pornographic material, defined by Webster's Dictionary as 'explicit descriptions or displays of sexual organs or activities intended to stimulate erotic rather than aesthetic or emotional feelings,' will be rejected." Apple recently removed app called 500px which might have allowed users sharing explicit content.


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"To attain excellence in computer science research and to produce graduates in computer science that can make a meaningful contribution to the development of Information Technology in South Africa and elsewhere"
The Department Of Computer Science is dedicated to educating South Africa's IT professionals and has structured it's curriculum to ensure a holistic approach to issues of computing, to ensure that it's students are prepared for different fields of the computing industry.
It also offers students the flexibility of holding personal research and has the necessary facilities to support post graduate level studies.
The department is also dedicated to improving general computer literacy among the student body and the Alice community thruogh the Computer Literacy Project (CLP).


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Happy 200th World Cup
By ITU Admin on 28/05/08 at 12:00 am
By: Chris Hill
The International Triathlon Union celebrated its 200th world cup in Madrid on the weekend. Its been a long road with some bumps and windy bits, but looking back, the trip also yields many a grand memory.
So perhaps its a good time to pause Olympic Odyssey with just less than three months to go before the ITU brings us to another Olympic triathlon and reflect on the races that get athletes there in the first placeworld cups.
This should not be read as a definitive list of the most and least successful world cups, just the most memorable to this writer; the musings of an athlete who raced on the world cup circuit for a time.
World Cup: Japan
Japanese world cups are like pieces of art. In equal parts, they are unique, beautiful and a little kooky. Every Japanese world cup starts with the aim to be the best race ever staged. When this goal is not achieved, as it never can be, it merely assumes the lesser standardperfection.
This perfection always produces something sublime as well as ridiculous.
For instance, no one can stage a world cup like the Japanese if the measure is precision. No number of waist-high red cones are enough to mark out a straight line and no rule is too small to prosecuteeven wetsuit thickness was measured with clamps in the early days.
Though the Japanese world cup officialdom may be a little stuffy regarding the rules on race day, this orderly outlook was always replaced with the most dramatic post-race personality change ever. An example of this was the famous Japanese karaoke parties that partied their way into the early hours of the next day.
The athletes always seemed to catch on to the zaniness as well, engaged in high jinx of their own. During an early incarnation of the Gamagori World Cup, a member of ITU staff, in the rooftop dining room of the Gamagori Inn, stressed that he did not want a repeat of the year before where fireworks were purchased from the local store and shot into the night.
As he concluded his fine speech a certain Hong Kong triathlete with the initials B.B. let off a cracker from the car park that shot up the 20 odd floors in an instant, sailing past the window and this particular ITU staff members turned back. He swung around to see what had dropped everyone to the floor in hysterics, but the cracker delightfully had already assumed its downward trajectory and was out of sight.
World Cup: Hungary
What the small town of Tiszaujvaros lacked in infrastructure it made up for in bucket loads of charm. Local girls glamorously paraded about, running their daily errands like it was a New York Fashion Week catwalk. But nothing about this was untoward to the locals. In their eyes, every girl was just like the other. Only the gob smacked visitor could tell the average local was the equivalent of a supermodel.
It was not just steamy under the collar in Tiszaujvaros, the town always put on a sweltering race day. If you forgot to melt into the run course the towns digital clock, doubling as a thermometer, reminded you to start.
Every year the clock read 37 degrees Celsius (98 Fahrenheit) on the first time past and then inched up by a degree each lap. The alarming part about this was the course had a four lap run.
A good reason to keep running was that you did not want to be shown up by the locals themselves who put their hands together from morning till night for the athletes with not a hoarse throat or calloused hand in sight.
This resilience was matched by the announcer who bopped incessantly like the move never lost its vogue. It is pertinent to add, the heat was always countered in equal measure by the cool beverages served at the Camelot nightclub hosted post-race celebration.
World Cup: France
In 1997, the Embrun world cup was held only four days after the Tiszaujvaros world cup. This was a nightmare for recovery, as well as a logistical headache, considering we boarded the bus from Tiszaujvaros to Budapest at 3am to make a flight which connected to Hamburg and Nice.
From Nice we were bussed hours into the Alps. After a long days journey into night we arrived in darkness. When the shutters were pulled the next morning, this made the French Alps a revelation to this little travelled triathlete.
The next task was to get to the race registration down in the valley. And, as tasks go, it was a breeze.
Sailing down the mountain road like Miguel Indurain or Tony Rominger was to literally live a dream. Dread followed when after 20 minutes of descending, the valley appeared no closer. In turn, this made you start to worry about the climb back up.
Lucky, Miles Stewart had hired a rundown Peugeot 205 which he drove up the mountain to our chalet like Sebastian Loeb driving the getaway car in a Godard movie.
World Cup: Sweden
In Stockholm in 1997, the Mayor dipped a glass into the water before the swim start and drank it to prove the citys water was the cleanest in all of Europe. I hadnt seen this done before or since.
The combined forces of a looming local election and a shortage of babies close by to kiss must have contributed to this unusual behaviour.
The race was also the first to prohibit the use of traditional aero bars. Unlike before, where they could extend off the handlebars infinitum like high jump poles, aero bars were not permitted past the brake hoods.
So it was with a wistful sigh and half-tear that Brad Beven lopped off a good three feet from his Syntace aero bars like a lumberjack cutting off his own leg. Beven had no choice in the matter because the Italians had wisely bought the local bike shop out of Cinelli bars the previous day.
To add to the glamour of inner city European racing, the post-race function was held in the Stockholm City Hall, the venue where the Nobel Prizes are awarded.
World Cup: Canada
In the 2004 Edmonton world cup it started raining in the womens race. This rain promptly turned into bullets of rain. Then on the run, hail hit the competitors as everyone else ran for cover.
Ice came out of the sky like the beverage machine in Subway restaurant, though it was not falling on Diet Coke, just the female athletes.
Women in ITU triathlon had always been afforded the right to race the same course as the men. And, unlike other chauvinistic sports, they also receive the same prize money. Founding ITU president Les McDonald made that his first order of business.
On this rainy day, the women would work extra hard for their money while the men supported them by standing on chairs in a small tent that took water like a sinking boat.
Every stone of hail that hit Loretta Harrops forehead fuelled her fire. She won the race, which was a sign she was ready for the Olympic only five weeks away.
Subsequently, the mens race was called off, all the volunteers having scurried away. They werent being paid to stand in electrical storms. Actually, they never get paid, which goes to prove these little acknowledged folk all over the world really make a world cup race happen.
After the deluge, the executive decision was made to split the prize money pool evenly between the mens field. We pocketed about $800 USD each. This brought devilish grins to some of the faces of the less accomplished athletes, as well as the ones carrying little injuries or low hopes.
It would be the biggest world cup payday some athletes would ever receive on the ultra competitive, highly cutthroat circuit.
To the more experienced athletes the situation was all a bit of fun. Simon Whitfield, Olympic champion and the best runner on the circuit proposed that all the money go toward a 10,000m race to be held at an indoor stadium down the road. While the best swimmers proposed a 1500m pool swim-off for the cash.
They were both very good ideas in their own right. Luckily, however, the ITU proved a steady head and saved us all from a Whitfield thrashing.
Of course, there are many other world cups with the stuff to make this short list longer, but they may have to wait for another time. In all, this misty eyed reminiscing is just a way of saying, World Cup, Happy 200th race.
Vanessa Fernandes set a new ITU record at the 200th world cup in Madrid. Click here to read more
Meanwhile, Javier Gomez reclaimed the mens title. Click here to read more
Former World Number one Chris Hill brings his unique elite athlete perspective in weekly Olympic columns to ITUs website, triathlon.org. He competed on the ITU World Cup circuit, winning three titles and ten medals in total. He was crowned the overall World Cup series champion in 2001. That same year he was silver medalist at the ITU World Championships in Edmonton, Canada. Watch for Chris Hills column, Olympic Odyssey every week on triathlon.org.


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Roger Durham Hannay (1930-2006) was a member of ASCAP and has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the North Carolina Arts Council, ASCAP, the American Music Center, the Kenan Foundation, the Pogue Foundation, Meet the Composer Inc., the University Research Council, and the UNC Micro Computer Support Center. He had invited residencies at the Tanglewood Music Center, Princeton University Center for Advanced Studies, the University of Indiana, the MacDowell Colony (1982), the Charles Ives Center for American Music (1985), the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (1992), the Centrum Foundation (1992), and Yaddo (1992). He was a member of the Southeastern Composers League and his music is published by C.F. Peters, Galaxy Music Corp. (E.C. Schirmer), Seesaw Music Corp., Media Press, and Accura Music Inc.
The diversity of his work as a composer and advocate of new music by others has been reviewed in Musical America (Hi-Fidelity) and the New York Times, and he is cited in Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Music since 1900 (Slonimsky), the New Groves, the New Groves Dictionary of American Music, Groves Dictionary of Opera (1992), Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians and American Composers (Ewen). His orchestral compositions have had performances by the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, the Houston Symphony, the North Carolina Symphony, the Greensboro Symphony, the Winston-Salem Symphony, the Eastman Philharmonic, the New York Composer's Theatre Orchestra, the Durham Choral Society and Orchestra, the UNC Symphony, the University of Kentucky Symphony (Lexington), the Indiana University Symphony and the Fargo-Moorhead Symphony. Roger Hannay is Professor Emeritus of the faculty at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill where he was the Founder-Director of the UNC New Music Ensemble, the Composer-Concert Series, and the Electronic Music Studio. He served as Chairman of the Division of Fine Arts and from 1966 to 1995 was Professor of Composition lecturing in theory and contemporary music in the Department of Music. His book, a collection of autobiographical essays "My Book of Life" was completed in September of 1997.


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Welding and more welding
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Welding on Magnesium Alloy Engine Block
A client brought in a car to our shop to perform a repair on the engine block of his BMW. The engine block was constructed out of cast magnesium alloy. This meant we had to use a welding process known as Tig which would help us with a great deal of welds to repair the castings. Fortunately, the issue with this particular engine block is not uncommon. Replacing a broken lug with weld beads to then re-thread and mount the object that broke off are all more common than joining pieces of magnesium together. Overall this took about a short day of work and when finished, it will driven off back...read more
Mobile Welding Call to Production Facility
We got a mobile welding service call to go out to a small factory in Otay, south county San Diego. Our task was to modify an industrial conveyer belt by extending and securing the height of the end of the belt. Floor mounts and slightly adjusted them back via cut wheels on a grinder. We prepared the extension by cutting a channel bar with a chop saw. After chopping the channel, we stick welded a floor plate to the end to prep it for… weld onto conveyor belt. The prepared channel was then welded onto the conveyer belt with extra clearence for later adjustments. After re-adjusting the...read more
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We had a mobile welding call to MIG weld some flatbar to an underside of a flatbed for extra space for straps. We also made modification to masonry holders to enable more rigidity to the structure.read more
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We took a trip to Palomar College in San Marcos, California to modify latches for several modern garage doors for a newly constructed building used to train students in the field of auto engineering and body repair.We shortened the latches by 2? to make sure they did not protrude too far from the frame of the door. We then MIG welded the latches back into place and finished by grinding any sharp edges on the brackets to ensure these were no longer going to be a hazard. ...read more


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How To: Query NTP Time Source
If you want to query an NTP time source without having to set your computer to synchronise with the time source, you can do so using the W32TM command in command prompt.
w32tm /stripchart /computer:[DNS or IP ADDRESS] /dataonly /samples:5
External Time Sources
In Australia, a good reliable time source to use is 0.au.pool.ntp.org.
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There's nothing like a good'old beauty haul to brighten up your makeup stash. We all know how easy it is pass Boots and walk out with over £70 worth of products. Oops.
Whether your on a lunch break in town or online shopping, it's so easy for your computer to direct you to Boots and make a cheeky purchase. Excuses aside, I felt like it was about time I'd tried some NYX and specifically their lip creams. After hearing how good they were I picked up two shades and I could of quite simply ordered more.
Well it didn't stop there, I ended up buying some colour correcting stuff, liquid highlighter and a contour stick. There is a couple of products I've left out of this haul actually but only because I'm saving them for a separate post.. So keep a look out.
Since trying out Stila's One step correct (here) I've been fascinated by colour correcting products. With all this uni stress, I've noticed my skin is suffering from redness and breakouts and the colour green is meant to minimise this. Soap & Glory Kick Ass Anti-Redness Concealer hides the appearance of redness and even has aloe vera extract to soothe the skin. The stick formula makes it so easy to apply (long-lasting) and blends in before and after foundation, a complexion saviour if you ask me.
So the NYX Lip creams are in between a lipgloss and a lipstick. If you've ever tried YSL lip stains, these are very similar. So they apply smoother like a gloss but set and look more like a lipstick. All in all I think they are a great little lip product to pop in your bag for a touch up throughout the day. They smell great too. I've been using them on their own or on top of my fave lipsticks. I picked up Ibiza and Stockholm. My friend knows how much I love velvet teddy (here) and she insisted I get stockholm, and as you can see it is a very similar shade. Ibiza I kind of got because its one of my fave places, but also due to the stunning bright pink colour – perfect for summer.
My first ever YSL blusher. Their Fushion Ink Blush in Spicy Vibes is a lightweight liquid blush that glides perfectly over their foundation. The good thing about this blush is its buildable, a little drop can be a subtle glow but the more you apply you can see a gorgeous summer blush that lasts all day. Need to be quick to blend it though as it sets pretty quick.
Another palette I'm excited to use is the Collection #ConcealAndLightLikeAPro. 8 cream shades featuring; green for redness, purple for fatigue, yellow for dark circles and 6 shades for contouring/conceal. This palette contains shades I think will fit with most if not all skin colours, theres light enough shades for highlight with one quite shimmery and shades dark enough for a cream bronzer. I will have to see if these blend well with foundation but I do prefer creams to powders.
I like using lots of different formulas for contouring so I was excited to try NYX Wonder Stick in Medium. If I'm honest I'm a little underwhelmed by this. It swatches so good as you can see but as soon as you apply it to your face and blend it, it disappears. If you've applied primer and foundation and use this, hardly any product appears. So, not giving up on this just yet, I tried the contouring before foundation and that was fine but as soon as my base product was applied.. you couldn't tell I'd contoured. Has anyone else found this? It certainly didn't do wonders for me.
And finally Sleek's Luminaire Highlighter Concealer. As soon as I seen this I thought it could be like my trusted touche eclat? I haven't used this properly yet but from the swatch above, the texture felt very similar and creamy. So far so good.
Overall I'm pretty happy with my makeup haul. Have you tried any of these products? What do you recommend me to try next?


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Cupcakes and Fingernails – Part Seven
Short Story
Alex emerged from the bathroom at just the right time, drying his hands on his apron. Wendy and Jennifer broke their conversation and turned their backs on one another. He stopped in front of the counter, the electricity between them nearly dangerous.
"Were you fighting or something?" Alex asked, somewhat timidly.
"With her? When isn't she?" Jennifer scoffed.
Alex frowned, letting the apron fall back down to his thighs. He rounded the counter and elbowed his way in between Wendy and Jennifer. Alex didn't touch Jennifer, but he put his hands gently on Wendy's shoulders and physically turned her around. She expected her to flinch and swat him away, but she didn't.
"Gateau isn't like a bakery or a sandwich shop. Atmosphere here is everything. Customers should only come in a good mood and leave in a better one. This," Alex said, waving a finger between the two, "isn't an option."
"I'm not apologizing," Wendy scowled.
"You don't even have to talk," Alex said, glancing longer than normal at Wendy. "Just be civil. Please?"
"So did Dwayne die and crown you manager, now?" Jennifer said. Alex shot a steely glare at her. The effect was disorientating. His brown eye seemed dull and bored, while his blue eye intently pierced into her.
"Dwayne is a bad manager. But coming into Gateau is the happiest part of my day and one that I really, really need. If I could just go into your brain myself and change things, I would. But I can't, so I have to ask nicely. Roll back the attitude. Please?" He glanced at Wendy. "Both of you?"
Wendy and Jennifer once again glared at each other. It was Jennifer that yielded first, rolling her eyes with a sigh.
"Fine," she said, curtly, before dropping heavily onto her stool and pulling out her cell phone to fiddle with.
"I don't like you," Wendy said, her tone rough as sandpaper. "I won't pretend I do."
"Copy that," Jennifer grumbled, responding with a mock salute.
"That's not what I'm asking," Alex interjected. "Just live and let live, okay?"
"Alright," Wendy said. She broke away, pulling out a pack of cigarettes from her pocket. "But this time, I get to hang out in the kitchen."
As she disappeared past the swinging door, Alex sighed and pulled over another stool to sit on. He scratched his head, rubbed his temples, stretched his face muscles, and did a number of other cliché relaxation techniques.
"You alright?" Jennifer finally asked, but without concern in her voice. Her accusations may have stopped, but here uneasiness did not.
"I don't like to delegate stuff like that," he said, sounding much more tired than he had a minute before. "I just like it when things do what I tell them to do." He paused. "Like computers. People are hard." Alex glanced up at her, brown eye first. "Do me a favor, please. Don't make me do it again."
Jennifer, caught off guard by his honesty, nodded. His features relaxed slightly and he leaned on the counter, gazing at the beautifully made (by Dwayne's standards, of course) cupcakes. After a minute, he stood, stretched, and got to work making another batch by filling a clean pan from the sink with some pre-made batter from the mini-fridge.
"Hey Alex," Jennifer said, after a few silent minutes. "Do you have a Facebook?"
Alex hesitated just a fraction of a second, but a fraction long enough for Jennifer to notice.
"Yeah," he said, nonchalantly. "A friend of mine finally convinced me to get one. I barely have anything up."
"Ah. Cool," she said, hesitating herself. "Maybe I'll look you up sometime."
They quickly ended the conversation that was already feeling forced from the beginning. Jennifer looked bored out into the still-empty cupcake shop, but in reality was drumming her fingers under the counter and milling through her options.
She wondered whether to bring up yesterday or not. He avoided the subject as if he didn't even remember. Perhaps it was true, that his angry explosion was something so routine or banal to Alex that he had never thought to mention it. Alternatively, Alex was embarrassed about how he acted and was hoping Jennifer would just forget. What good would come of it to bring it up if he was ashamed? If he wasn't, then why compromise her position? Alex could assume that Jennifer either forgot about it or was too afraid to say anything. In either case, she was being underestimated. That could work in her favor.
What favor? Jennifer thought. She put her head in her hand and sighed. What the hell am I doing? This is paranoia or a phobia or something. At worst, Alex is kind of a dick. He's not worth getting so worked up about.
At any rate, Alex's motivations were not the first thing in mind. She waited for what seemed to be an appropriate amount of time before standing up and stretching, making a show of it more than she meant to.
next chapter: Cupcakes and Fingernails – Part Eight
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1948 Jewish population: 265,000
2003: 5,5001
Jews have been living in Morocco since the time of Antiquity. Prior to WWII, the Jewish population of Morocco reached 225,000. Although, Jews were not deported during WWII, they did suffer humiliation under the Vichy government. Following the U.S. landing in 1943, a few pogroms did occur. In June 1948, bloody riots in Oujda and Djerada killed 44 Jews and wounded scores more. That same year, an unofficial economic boycott was instigated against Moroccan Jews.
In 1956, Morocco declared its independence, and Jewish immigration to Israel was suspended. In 1963, emigration resumed, allowing more than 100,000 Moroccan Jews to reach Israel.2
In 1965, Moroccan writer Said Ghallab described the attitude of his fellow Muslims toward their Jewish neighbors:
The worst insult that a Moroccan could possibly offer was to treat someone as a Jew….My childhood friends have remained anti-Jewish. They hide their virulent anti-Semitism by contending that the State of Israel was the creature of Western imperialism….A whole Hitlerite myth is being cultivated among the populace. The massacres of the Jews by Hitler are exalted ecstatically. It is even credited that Hitler is not dead, but alive and well, and his arrival is awaited to deliver the Arabs from Israel.3
Nonetheless, before his death in 1999, King Hassan tried to protect the Jewish population, and at present Morocco has one of the most tolerant environments for Jews in the Arab world. Moroccan Jewish emigres, even those with Israeli citizenship, freely visit friends and relatives in Morocco. Moroccan Jews have held leading positions in the business community and government. The major Jewish organization representing the community is the Conseil des Communautes Israelites in Casablanca. Its functions include external relations, general communal affairs, communal heritage, finance, maintenance of holy places, youth activities, and cultural and religious life.4
"The Jews no longer reside in the traditional Jewish mellahs, but intermarriage is almost unknown. The community has always been religious and tolerant….The younger generation prefers to continue its higher education abroad and tends not to return to Morocco. Thus the community is in a process of aging."5
In early 2004, Marrakesh had a small population of about 260 people, most over the age of 60. Casablanca has the largest community, about 3,000 people. There are synagogues, mikvaot, old-age homes, and kosher restaurants in Casablanca, Fez, Marrakesh, Mogador, Rabat, Tetuan and Tangier. In 1992, most Jewish schools were closed, but Casablanca has experienced a bit of a renewal and now 10 schools serve 800 students there.5a
"The Jewish community developed a fascinating tradition of rituals and pilgrimages to the tombs of holy sages. There are 13 such famous sites, centuries old, well kept by Muslims. Every year on special dates, crowds of Moroccan Jews from around the world, including Israel, throng to these graves. A unique Moroccan festival, the Mimunah, is celebrated in Morocco and in Israel."6
Morocco is perhaps Israel's closest friend in the Arab world. King Hassan often tried to be a behind-the-scenes catalyst in the Arab-Israeli peace process. In July 1986, he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Shimon Peres in an effort to stimulate progress. Two months later, Hassan met with a delegation of Jews of Moroccan origin, including an Israeli Knesset member. In 1993, after signing the agreement with the PLO, Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin paid a formal visit to Morocco.
In May 1999, King Hassan organized the first meeting of the World Union of Moroccan Jews, in Marrakech.
In April and May 2000, the Moroccan government sponsored a series of events and lectures promoting respect among religions.7 Andre Azoulay, royal counselor and a leading Jewish citizen, spoke about the need for interfaith respect and dialogue. In October 2000, two Moroccan youths tried to vandalize a Tangiers synagogue. King Mohamed VI publicly declared in a televised speech on November 6, 2000, that the government would not tolerate mistreatment of Morocco's Jews. The youths were subsequently sentenced to one year in prison.8
On May 16, 2003, a series of suicide bombers attacked four Jewish targets in Casablanca, and a fifth attack was made against the Spanish consulate. No Jews were hurt in the attack because it occurred on Shabbat when the buildings were empty of Jews. Twenty-nine Muslims were killed. Though the bombings affected the Jewish sense of security, they were viewed by most Moroccans as assaults on the country's social and political order, and a test of the young king's power, rather than an act of anti-Semitism. King Mohammed VI visited the site of one of the attacks the day it occurred and urged the Jewish community to rebuild. The government subsequently organized a large rally in the streets of Casablanca to demonstrate support for the Jewish community and the king reasserted his family's traditional protection for the country's Jews.


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2019 Educause Horizon Report
2019 Horizon Report
Tuesday, April 23, 2019 https://library.educause.edu/resources/2019/4/2019-horizon-report
p. 8 Modularized and Disaggregated Degrees
Only 2% of institutions have deployed digital microcredentials (including badging) institution-wide, but 29% are expanding or planning their use. —EDUCAUSE Strategic Technologies, 2019
p. 15 Increasing Demand for Digital Learning Experience and Instructional Design Expertise
A driving factor for mobile learning is the ownership of mobile devices, particularly the smartphone. In 2018, the Pew Research Center reported that 59% of adults globally own a smartphone, and research from the EDUCAUSE Center for Analysis and Research indicated that 95% of undergraduate students own smartphones. As mobile device ownership and usage have increased, mobile learning is no longer just focused on asynchronous interaction, content creation, and reference. More emphasis is emerging on content that is responsive instead of adaptive and on creating microlearning experiences that can sync across multiple devices and give learners the flexibility to learn on the device of their choice
p. 25 Mixed Reality
p. 36 Fail or Scale: AR and MR –
In 2016, the Horizon Expert Panel determined that augmented reality and virtual reality were two to three years from widespread adoption. By 2018, the notion of mixed reality was, at four to five years from adoption, even further out.
p. 38 Bryan Alexander: Gaming and Gamification (Fail or Scale)
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Caregivers, many times, really are unsung heroes. Today, Marianne Sciucco is unveiling her new audiobook short story, "Ino's Love," about an elderly woman and a loving caregiver. Check it out! This 28-minute audiobook could help make a daily commute seem shorter or offer a change of pace while you're out walking your dog.
Marianne, welcome back to my blog. Please, won't you tell us about your new audiobook?
I adore audiobooks, so naturally I want other audiobook lovers to be able to listen to my stories. This summer I teamed up with veteran television reporter and co-anchor Terry Murphy to bring my short story Ino's Love to life. Terry is best known for her nine years (1990–1998) anchoring the tabloid show Hard Copy and, since 2003, reporting for the entertainment show Extra. She has done a fantastic job with Ino's Love and I can't wait to hear what readers have to say. (Read on for my interview with Terry.)
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At another wedding of an older couple, their daughter stood with them holding her brother, or at least the laptop through which he was Skyping from Hong Kong. After the ceremony, the family posed for an interesting picture; the sister stood between her newly married parents, holding the electronic version of her brother, whose smiling face filled up the entire computer screen. It gives a new meaning to the expression "talking heads."
Speaking of "talking," it's a good idea for the guests to hit the mute button at their end. I recently officiated a wedding at our chapel in which guests were Skyped in from New Zealand. I'm sure they were not aware that we could all hear their running commentary, in a thick New Zealand accent, amongst each other. "Crackie!"
At still another in-home wedding, a young couple traded vows in front of the fireplace before a dozen or so guests. They perched on the living room couches and chairs, with two more on the coffee table—that is, two laptops. One was connected to loved ones in California and the other to a branch of the family in Canada. Following that ceremony, the couple squatted down in front the coffee table with a glass of champagne, in a virtual toast to each computer, and to the kinfolk who could not be there in person. I wonder if wedding invitations will change their RSVP Yes-lines to: "I plan to attend in person," or "I plan to attend via cyberspace." Yes, it certainly is an electronic age we live in!


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No Dark Web Necessary
August 11, 2016
Do increased Facebook restrictions on hate speech and illegal activity send those users straight to the Dark Web? From The Atlantic comes and article entitled, American Neo-Nazis Are on Russia's Facebook, which hints that is not always the case. This piece explains that location of an online group called "United Aryan Front" moved from Facebook to a Russia's version of Facebook: VKontakte. The article describes a shift to cyber racism,
The move to VK is part of the growing tendency of white supremacists to interact in online forums, rather than through real-life groups like the KKK, according to Heidi Beirich, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center's anti-terror Intelligence Project. Through the early 2000s, skinheads and other groups would host dozens of events per year with hundreds of attendees, she says, but now there are only a handful of those rallies each year. "People online are talking about the same kinds of things that used to happen at the rallies, but now they're doing it completely through the web," she said.
It is interesting to consider the spaces people choose, or are forced into, for conducting ill-intentioned activities. Even when Facebook cracks down on it, hate speech amongst other activities is not relegated solely to the Dark Web. While organized online hate speech analogous to rallies may be experiencing a surge in the online world, rallies are not the only avenue for real-world racism. At the core of this article, like many we cover on the Dark Web, is a question about the relationship between place and malicious activity.
Megan Feil, August 11, 2016
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On September 6th, I made a plan upgrade (Linux Deluxe Hosting with cPanel for Maximum Linux Hosting with cPanel and soon after for Launch - Business Hosting). Everything directly from cPanel.
I worked on my new site (within a new subdomain) for 4 days and today to my surprise, the site was off the air. I called the customer center and they said that my IP of subdomains was wrong in DNS. They asked to change and I made that change. After waiting for the propagation, I discovered that all my work had been worthless, losing everything!
I contacted the customer center again and after 1 hour and 20 minutes they informed me that they could not do anything and that my last backup had been on September 6th!
The call dropped, the attendant came back but the call dropped again. In the end I missed another day of work trying to solve this problem.
It is really disappointing that a company, which invests so much in marketing, has so many technical and service failures.


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26th August – 1st September
Ailsa Craig ran at Newcastle on Monday in the 1 mile 4 furlong 0-65 handicap with Kevin Stott taking the ride. The plan was to sit behind the pace and to make ground and headway up the home straight and try and produce her inside the final furlong. Kevin took the blindfold off quicker this time and settled the horse in midfield against the rail for much of the race until around 3 furlongs from home when he switched Ailsa off the rail and begun to make headway through the field. At the furlong pole Kevin produced Ailsa in between two other horses and the race was between these three horses. It was nick & tuck inside the final furlong with the eventually winner just edging across Ailsa who stayed on all the way to the line finishing a gallant 3rd beaten just over a length. A good run and pleasing to see her keep her form.
Sygnature ran at Southwell on Wednesday in the 1 mile 4 furlong 0-55 handicap with Neil Callan rode. From the stalls Neil tried to get Sygnature into a prominent position but it was clear Neil had to work hard and push the horse along. Neil managed to get Sygnature into third place and followed the two leaders. Down the back straight Neil was continually pushing the horse that appeared to be racing lazily. Rounding the home turn Sygnature was overtaken by a few other horses and up the long home straight Neil accepted the situation and allowed the horse to come home in his own time. It was the horses first run for 6 months.
Piceno on Wednesday ran in the 0-75 handicap at Southwell and Billy Cray rode. Breaking from the stalls Piceno was overtaken on his outside by another horse and Billy settled Piceno in behind the early leader. Howe haver this horse was manoeuvred to the outside and Piceno took up the running. Into the home straight it was clear that Piceno had many of his rivals in trouble. The only horse to come and challenge him was another Southwell specialist, Piceno and this horse begun to have a battle for the win. Piceno was giving everything and at several points looked to be getting on top, howe haver just inside the last 100 yards the other horse went on and Piceno had to settle for a brave 2nd place well clear of the third horse.
Piceno was already entered at Chester and after keeping a close eye on the horse Scott allowed Piceno to run at Chester on Friday in the gentleman's handicap over 7 ½ furlongs. He was ridden by Kevin Locking. From the stalls the horse on Piceno's outside came across him and Piceno was slightly hampered and had to be settled in midfield. As ever there was a strong pace and the jockey got Piceno into a nice rhythm. Piceno seemed to be enjoying the tight turns and gradually made headway and rounding the home turn he had moved into third place and was taking aim at the leader. Kevin gave the horse a crack with the whip which he responded to and drew alongside the leader. Kevin then pushed Piceno in front and with the field closing he made it to the line winning by just over a length. A great training performance by Scott and Kevin's first ever winner. Well done to all connections, a thoroughly deserved win for this consistent horse.
Blue Maisey ran fifteen minutes later at Thirsk in the 0-80 7 furlong handicap. This looked a very competitive handicap and Maisey unfortunately had another nightmare draw in stall 14. Kevin Stott rode again. From the stalls Kevin took a pull on Maisey and took her to the inside rather than staying on the wide outside. This meant rounding the turn for home she was in last position. Up the home straight Maisey begun to make some progress and two furlongs out Kevin took Maisey to the outside and she responded by beginning to make headway. At the furlong pole Maisey was still in 8th place but she put her head down and begun to make rapid headway. Closing all the way to the line she managed to get up for 3rd place never being able to get to the winner who had managed to nick an unassailable lead. A fantastic effort from Maisey to get so close to winning from a bad draw. A great fifteen minutes for all connected with these two horses and everyone involved with Ontoawinner.


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I received this negative many years ago from another photographer showing an Aeronautical Systems Division C-130. The serial number appears to end in "5677". There is some sort of ordnance hanging from the left wing. Does anyone know the identity of this Hercules and what program it was involved with?


text: Apr 26, 2018 Meet Marley Parker, the DJ and Model With Inimitable Style by Anna LaPlaca In the Instagram age, we can't help but wonder, is personal style dead? It's remarkably easy to get caught in a closed digital loop where everyone we see through our feeds seems to be wearing the same few recognizable brands. But take one look at Marley Parker and you'll quickly understand why we believe personal style—truly unique personal style—is still out there and thriving. The 18-year-old is a born-and-raised New Yorker to whom the cliché term "young creative" greatly applies. She effortlessly balances a modeling career and DJ sets under the name DJ She Marley Marl. Her style is as multifaceted as her interests, at one moment channeling a very 1970s disco-themed look (patent red halter jumpsuit, platform boots, large hoop earrings) and in another a bright windbreaker and dad sneakers that give off a sportier feel. She also has a knack for novel approaches to some of the biggest trends. Take her approach to jewelry: Have you ever seen anyone wear large hoop earrings like this? It's these aspects of her personal style that make every Instagram post a veritable thumb-stopper. We caught up with Parker to talk about not just her unique approach to fashion but also what inspires her musically and her journey to self-love. The last of which she readily shares the advice we could all use: "Self-love takes time. Being young and truly loving yourself is harder because you're still understanding who you are." Ahead, read our Q&A with this Gen Z talent. Pinterest Photo: Adrienne Raquel; STYLING: Nanushka jacket, Helmut Lang tank top, Denim x Alexander Wang jeans, Tibi shoes Which artists/musicians do you look up to? My biggest musical inspirations right now are definitely LSDXOXO, Mike Q, Quay Dash, Sateen, Xhosa, Show Me the Body. Do you gravitate toward one genre when you DJ or is every set different? I love many genres and subcultures of music, but I've always had a crazy attraction to house music. Which track(s) do you play during a DJ set to up the energy and get people dancing? "Music is the Answer" by Celeda or "Lame Niggaz" by Asian Doll. Describe your style in three words. Bold, retro, extravagant! It seems like you're good at switching up your style regularly. How do you approach getting dressed every day? Where do you look to for inspiration? I'm always switching my style up. It's actually not something I think about too much. Every day I tend to wake up feeling different, whether I feel more masculine or feminine, goth or hip-hop. So I'll represent myself accordingly. I'm inspired by the majority of my friends, really anyone who fights gender and beauty normalities through their looks. Pinterest Photo: Adrienne Raquel; STYLING: Marques'Almeida top, Isabel Marant pants, Hannah Jewett earrings (left ear), and Christofle earrings (right ear) How do you think music has influenced your style? Music is connected to movement of cultures. I wouldn't have the same love for bright colors and holographic patterns if I didn't love acid rave culture. I wouldn't have an insane collection of vintage Fubu, Baby Phat, Tommy, Ecko, Rocawear, etc. if I didn't really understand hip-hop culture. Which brands do you think are "doing it right" right now? Some brands that are inspiring me with their artistic designs and really doing it right are Kim Shui, Grissle Lopez, Yeha Leung, and Fecal Matter. Your jewelry game is strong. Do you have any tips on layering necklaces or on pulling off bold chunky hoops? What do you usually wear them with? Yes, I love layering jewelry! I make a lot of the things I wear. My biggest tip is to take risks; be creative and innovative. Chunky jewelry is a statement. I always layer, but I'll coordinate by paying attention to the metal tones in my clothes (zippers, buttons, buckles). Pinterest Photo: Adrienne Raquel; STYLING: Christofle earrings (right ear), Fendi hoodie, Drome trench coat, Brother Vellies shoes, and We Love Colors tights You worked with size-inclusive brand Universal Standard earlier this year. Have you always embraced your figure or did you ever struggle with body positivity? Self-love takes time. Being young and truly loving yourself is harder because you're still understanding who you are. Accept that. Be ready to learn and make positive changes to be the person you know you can be. Self-love is somewhat a mindset of understanding that life is so much bigger than what people think about you, what you look like, etc. It's easier to love yourself if you recognize this because then you'll release yourself from society and social and physical expectations. Fem-identifying people have so much pressure to be a sexual token or goddess for the male gaze. Skinny waist, big boobs and butt, skinny legs and arms, big lips, tiny nose, small hands, and feet… The list goes on. All these expectations stem from negative patriarchal constructs. See Parker show off three bold beauty looks from her shoot for Byrdie. Stylist: Christine Nicholson Hairstylist: Jeanie Syfu Makeup Artist: Alana Wright Manicurist: Gracie J. Explore More: Feature April Featured


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Prison is a violent and demeaning environment, but there are stand-out examples of Divine Mercy, metanoia, and redemption. Pornchai Moontri is one such example.
Fixed by gravity on our planet's surface for 20,819 rotations on its axis, I will complete fifty-seven revolutions in elliptical orbit around the nearest star on April 9th. That's geek-speak for "I turn 57 this Friday." I'm not sure how 57 should feel. In the minds of most long-term prisoners, time stands still. It's a strange phenomenon. It isn't that time drags along slowly. It really doesn't if you're busy. I mean that in my mind I imagine everything and everyone – including myself – to be just as it was before prison. I was 41 then, and I still spontaneously say "41" when asked my age.
A dear friend, a Sister of Divine Compassion in New York, was a vibrant 52 when I came to prison. I just read in her recent letter that she had hip surgery at age 68 last month. How could she be 68 when she's only 52? It makes no sense.
When I was ten – just months before "The Day the Earth Stood Still" – I got a new rod and reel for my birthday and counted the days for the start of fishing season. Growing up north of Boston (see "February Tales") I took my new rod to the pre-dawn empty city streets to practice casting. Perhaps for that reason, I still associate my birthday with fishing season, and stare with more than the usual longing at the twenty-foot prison wall and its spirals of razor wire. Every year in prison at the start of spring, I have dreams of fishing. You should see the one that got away last night!
I type my posts sitting on a five-gallon plastic bucket that doubles as my typing stool. My cranky, aging typewriter is on a concrete slab waiting for its cranky, aging owner to think of something to type. It's a beautiful 58-degree spring Saturday afternoon in Concord, New Hampshire, the kind of day when prisoners stare out the small, hermetically sealed windows in their cells at signs of spring. I'd love to be outside, but it's another six weeks until the prison ball field opens (see "Field of Dreams"), so there's no "outside" for us just yet. There's no fishing either, so I sit on my bucket and type.
I used to be able to take my typewriter out to a table in the recreation area and type amid the noise and haste of workouts, ping-pong, and card games. Due to chronic prison overcrowding now, there are a dozen men living in bunks out there feeling terribly exposed. So I have to type in my cell on this bucket.
Robinson just came crashing into my cell. "Crashing" really does capture the effect of his six-foot, 220-pound, 21-year old frame bounding into this small space waving the American History final exam he just got back. We've been working on American History all month, and he beamed as he dropped the exam down in front of me, its bold red "90%" shouting out from the first page. Robinson spends a lot of time in our cell.
Pornchai is a veritable wizard at math, so every prisoner taking classes comes to him for tutoring. I tutor just about everything else. Joseph (see "Forty Days and Forty Nights") is also in the doorway with his draft of an essay he wants me to read, bickering with Robinson to hurry up. Pornchai is sitting on his bunk commending Robinson for his A-minus. I'm feeling terribly outnumbered, and I know where this is all going.
Robinson is determined to finish the high school diploma that was interrupted by prison at age 16. In prison slang, being in prison is known as "being down," as in "How long have you been down?" It seems strange hearing a 21-year-old describe "being down" for his fifth year. He spent the first two segregated in a county jail waiting to turn 18 to start his state prison sentence. I was just going to write that 57 is not a good age to be in prison when Robinson burst in saying "21 sure isn't a good age to be in prison." I guess there is no "good" age to be where we are. Some New Hampshire judge just sentenced an 83-year-old man to this prison for a drug charge – a man with no prior record.
Robinson is calling my attention back to his A-minus. I'm glad he likes school because he's going to be here for a very long time. Like half the men in the cellblock where I live, Robinson was convicted of murder at age 16 when his gang ties overcame his far weaker family ties, and he was led down a path of reckless violence. Robinson is a big kid, and a tough one. He grew up – fatherless, of course – on the streets of New Hampshire's largest city. I don't know all the details of what Robinson did, but I know it was senseless. Robinson's sentence is the same as mine: 33 1/2 to 67 years. He will be the age I am now when he is first eligible to walk out these doors.
I asked Robinson today what he would like the world to know about him. He sat down on Pornchai's concrete stump, cup of instant coffee in hand, and became suddenly nervous. Robinson pondered for a moment, cleared his throat, and said carefully,
"I don't want to be judged forever by my mistake. All my focus is to work on having a good heart. I go to school, I want to graduate from high school, and I hang out with people like you and Pornchai instead of punks who would get me in trouble. I try to do what you and Pornchai do. When I'm old like you, I want to be someone people look up to."
AH, I knew it was coming. Now Pornchai and Joseph are rolling in laughter at the "old like you" part, but I think Robinson's reflection was honest and sincere. He could be doing far worse things with his time than going to school. I tried to call the room's attention away from my geezer-hood and back onto Robinson's well earned A-minus.
Prisoners aren't really supposed to write favorable things about the prison system keeping us behind bars, but I do have to give the New Hampshire prison credit for this one thing. There are opportunities here for young men to better themselves, and all three of the men sitting in my cell poking fun at my age at this very moment are good examples – for each other and for you. They give you an opportunity to look inside a prison and see something other than mindless gang-bangers and thugs. I know what these three young men have done. I also know that most prisons would change them for the worse, and for that I give this prison due credit for at least trying to point out another path.
Education in prison is probably the state's most crucial underfunded mandate. Education might be the road less traveled for too many aimless young men, but these three snickering clowns a few feet away are becoming leaders instead of followers in this system. It's marvelous to behold.
I saw an extraordinary example of such leadership last week in Pornchai Moontri (see "In the Land of Nod, East of Eden") who seems to have no clue about the enormous influence he has on younger prisoners. A few days ago, Pornchai told me that sometimes he feels very bitter, and wanted to know if his bitterness affects me negatively.
I'm not sure I understand the colored glasses with which Pornchai examines and measures the worth of his own life. Just the day after asking me this, I watched something miraculous unfold before my eyes, and Pornchai was at its center.
Prisons are violent and demeaning environments, and this one is no exception. It's never really clear whether education and other programs are winning the war for prisoners' minds and souls, but if Pornchai is an example, then hopelessness doesn't have a chance. Several months ago, two younger prisoners here got into a disagreement that evolved into violence. Like most combatants in prison, the brawl was noticed and they were "lugged" in restraints to "the hole" where they spent several months apart while brooding in silence. It's a regular occurrence here.
Sitting in punitive segregation, the two prisoners pondered their plight and let their anger and resentment simmer until it consumed all reason. One got out of the hole, then the other. Now they are both back in the general population surrounded by manipulative voices craving entertainment at their expense: "fight, fight, fight!" It's something akin to junior high school peer pressure that's relentless until one or the other gives into it.
For the first time in months, the two hostile combatants, simmering with hate for each other, faced off in the prison chow hall last week. We walked into that scene and could feel its tension immediately. I took an empty seat in the chow hall ready to pick at the dinner on my tray, wondering what exactly it was. Instead of taking a seat at the same table as he usually does, Pornchai put his tray on an empty table nearby.
I watched with curiosity as he walked to one side of the chow hall and motioned for one of the enemy combatants to get up. "Oh no," I groaned as I braced myself to be ready to intervene. Pornchai led the young man to the table where he left his tray, and motioned for the kid to sit down. Pornchai then walked to the other side of the chow hall and did the same with the other brooding, simmering prisoner in full view of everyone.
For the next twenty minutes, I watched in fascination as the two enemies faced off at the table with Pornchai. I could not hear what was being said, but I could sure imagine it. Very little of it could be repeated here – at least not without my having to pay a 50-cent fine (see "Descent into Lent.").
By the end of the 20-minute meal, however, the enemies' fingers were doing less accusatory pointing. Their heads were bowed as they avoided eye contact while Pornchai had his turn. They pondered whatever he was saying to them, then all three stood. The enemies gave each other a brotherly knock on the back, shook hands, and parted ways. The war was over to the unspoken disappointment of too many of their peers and so-called "friends."
Henry Kissinger could not have negotiated a more effective detente – certainly not in 20 minutes. There is no one else here who could have accomplished what Pornchai Moontri accomplished with no apparent effort. This is not an isolated event. Pornchai reaches people that everyone else has long since given up on as lost forever.
Pornchai is the reason Robinson and Joseph are in here poking fun at me this very moment. He's a role model and leader, the big brother they wish they had pointing the correct way before they landed here in the first place.
Some months ago, writer Ryan MacDonald published "Pornchai's Path to the Narrow Gate." There is a witness value that is immensely powerful at work in Pornchai's interaction with these young men. Robinson and Joseph both know of his upcoming Baptism as a Catholic. Pornchai will be Baptized, Confirmed, and receive his First Eucharist on April 11, Divine Mercy Sunday. Anyone who knew Pornchai Moontri a decade ago and reads this post may not still be standing by this point.
Pornchai started his 19th year in prison just before Easter, and now he is entering a life of faith through the narrowest gate, an open and honest witness to redemptive grace.
Pornchai has asked Charlene Duline to be his Godmother. They share an interesting bond that Charlene describes in a new post entitled "Pornchai Moontri is Worth Saving" on the Prodigal Catholic Writer blog. Pierre, the visitor I described in my post, "Stigmatized," has graciously assented to be Pornchai's Godfather. Because this event is happening in a prison, however, neither one of them will be allowed to be present. I will act as proxy for them both because of the unusual circumstances.
I call upon the Church to recognize the transformation that has led Pornchai to Her Sacraments. In "Pornchai's Story," the powerful autobiographical essay published by The Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, Pornchai described his transformation:
"I arrived at the New Hampshire State Prison on October 18, 2005, dragging behind me the Titanic in which I stored all my anger and hurt and loss and loss and loss – and guilt … I have been in prison for nearly half my life, but in the last year I have begun to know what freedom is … One day I felt strangely light so I looked behind me, and the Titanic was not there. I parked it somewhere along the way. I have put my childhood aside. Now I am a man."
"Gordon never asked me to become Catholic. It is the path he is on and I was drawn to it by the sheer force of grace, and the hope that one day I could do good for others. [In] Jesus of Nazareth, Pope Benedict wrote, 'The true Exodus … consists in this: Among all the paths of history, the path to God is the true direction we must seek and find.' "
If you would like to congratulate Pornchai, the Comments on this post will be printed and mailed to him. If you would be interested in sending him a card, you may do so. The address for Pornchai in prison is:
Pornchai Moontri
P.O. Box 14 – #77948
Concord, NH 03302-0014
Please take note that the rules for writing to us in prison are posted on our TSW "Contact" page. The same rules apply to mail to Pornchai.
Pornchai is taking the name "Maximilian" as his Christian and Confirmation name. He hopes to eventually use it as his official middle name, something that most Thais do not have. It is important for Pornchai to have a new name to go with his new life in faith. The name he chose is, of course, in honor of St. Maximilian Kolbe, one of the patrons of These Stone Walls and someone who has a strong presence in our lives here. If you have never read my first three posts on These Stone Walls, I hope that you will.
Please welcome my brother, Pornchai into the Catholic Church. In fifty-seven times around the sun, I have never met a man more worthy of our hope for our own faith and its power to endure. Charlene Duline is right. Pornchai Moontri is worth saving. So is the faith that drew him out of darkness into its wonderful light.
Don't let the news media and those with an agenda do your thinking for you about the worth of your faith.
Pornchai Moontri sure doesn't.
"Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old. Behold, I am doing something new; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it?" (Isaiah 43:18-19)


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PIERRE, S.D. – It's not always easy to make a connection between the dog days of August and South Dakota's annual pheasant hunting season, but the Game, Fish and Parks Department does that in a very big way with its annual pheasant brood route survey.
GFP staff survey 110 established routes from late July through mid-August to compare the observed number of roosters, hens and pheasant broods. The survey, conducted annually since 1949, is used to develop a comparison of pheasants-per-mile counts within specific areas surveys from previous years.
"We will run each of these routes at least once in the next three weeks when the counting conditions are ideal," said Travis Runia, GFP's senior upland game biologist.. "The results from this survey give our biologists excellent historical data as part of our pheasant population monitoring, and more importantly, give hunters a glimpse at what they should expect when they take to the fields this autumn."
GFP staff drive the designated routes early in the morning. Pheasants gather along roadsides at that time to feed, gather grit to help digest food, and dry the morning dew from their feathers.
Runia said the brood route survey would be completed around Aug. 15, and it will take about two weeks after that to analyze data and present a report on the survey results. GFP will provide a pre-season, pheasants-per-mile index for each area and an overall average for the combined surveys at the end of August.
"This survey has proven to be a very good indicator of trends in pheasant numbers," Runia said. "We are able to get a sense for what our pheasant numbers are doing based on route comparisons from last year and over a 10-year average."
The 2009 brood route survey indicated that the South Dakota pheasant population had declined 26 percent from the 2008 observation. However, 2007 and 2008 produced two of the highest pheasant counts in more than 40 years. The 2009 survey was 13 percent higher than the 10-year average and was the fourth highest count per mile in the past 45 years.
GFP will post survey information online at www.gfp.sd.gov when available (approximately Sept. 1).
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