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15-1199.01 - Software Quality Assurance Engineers and Testers
Develop and execute software test plans in order to identify software problems and their causes.
Sample of reported job titles: Product Assurance Engineer, Quality Assurance Analyst (QA Analyst), Quality Assurance Director (QA Director), Quality Assurance Engineer (QA Engineer), Quality Assurance Practice Manager (QA Practice Manager), Software Quality Assurance Engineer (SQA Engineer), Software Quality Engineer, Software Test Engineer, Test Engineer
Tasks | Technology Skills | Tools Used | Knowledge | Skills | Abilities | Work Activities | Detailed Work Activities | Work Context | Job Zone | Education | Credentials | Interests | Work Styles | Work Values | Related Occupations | Wages & Employment | Job Openings | Additional Information
- Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures.
- Document software defects, using a bug tracking system, and report defects to software developers.
- Identify, analyze, and document problems with program function, output, online screen, or content.
- Develop testing programs that address areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, regression testing, negative testing, error or bug retests, or usability.
- Participate in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems.
- Document test procedures to ensure replicability and compliance with standards.
- Plan test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope or delivery dates.
- Conduct software compatibility tests with programs, hardware, operating systems, or network environments.
- Test system modifications to prepare for implementation.
- Monitor bug resolution efforts and track successes.
- Review software documentation to ensure technical accuracy, compliance, or completeness, or to mitigate risks.
- Provide feedback and recommendations to developers on software usability and functionality.
- Update automated test scripts to ensure currency.
- Create or maintain databases of known test defects.
- Install, maintain, or use software testing programs.
- Install and configure recreations of software production environments to allow testing of software performance.
- Monitor program performance to ensure efficient and problem-free operations.
- Identify program deviance from standards, and suggest modifications to ensure compliance.
- Develop or specify standards, methods, or procedures to determine product quality or release readiness.
- Design or develop automated testing tools.
- Investigate customer problems referred by technical support.
- Conduct historical analyses of test results.
- Perform initial debugging procedures by reviewing configuration files, logs, or code pieces to determine breakdown source.
- Evaluate or recommend software for testing or bug tracking.
- Coordinate user or third-party testing.
- Collaborate with field staff or customers to evaluate or diagnose problems and recommend possible solutions.
Technology Skills
- Access software — Citrix
- Accounting software — Tax software
- Analytical or scientific software — Minitab ; SAS ; The MathWorks MATLAB
- Application server software — GitHub ; Oracle WebLogic Server ; Red Hat WildFly ; Spring Boot (see all 6 examples)
- Business intelligence and data analysis software — IBM Cognos Impromptu ; Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition ; Qlik Tech QlikView ; Tableau (see all 5 examples)
- Communications server software — IBM Domino
- Computer aided design CAD software — Autodesk AutoCAD ; Dassault Systemes CATIA
- Configuration management software — Chef; IBM Rational ClearCase; Puppet ; VMWare (see all 6 examples)
- Content workflow software — Twiki; Workflow software
- Customer relationship management CRM software — Salesforce software
- Data base management system software — Apache Cassandra ; MongoDB ; MySQL ; Teradata Database (see all 16 examples)
- Data base reporting software — Microsoft SQL Server Reporting Services ; SAP Crystal Reports
- Data base user interface and query software — Apache Hive ; Microsoft Access ; Oracle JDBC ; Transact-SQL (see all 11 examples)
- Data mining software — Google Analytics
- Desktop publishing software — Adobe Systems Adobe InDesign
- Development environment software — Apache Ant ; Common business oriented language COBOL ; Microsoft PowerShell ; National Instruments LabVIEW (see all 24 examples)
- Document management software — Adobe Systems Adobe Acrobat
- Electronic mail software — IBM Notes ; Microsoft Exchange Server
- Enterprise application integration software — Extensible markup language XML ; IBM WebSphere ; Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services SSIS ; Oracle Fusion Middleware (see all 6 examples)
- Enterprise resource planning ERP software — Microsoft Dynamics ; NetSuite ERP ; Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne ; SAP (see all 8 examples)
- Enterprise system management software — IBM Power Systems software; Splunk Enterprise
- Expert system software — Ansible software
- File versioning software — Apache Subversion SVN ; Git
- Financial analysis software — Delphi Technology; Oracle E-Business Suite Financials
- Graphics or photo imaging software — Adobe Systems Adobe Fireworks; Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator ; Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop ; Microsoft Visio
- Human resources software — Human resource management software HRMS
- Industrial control software — Supervisory control and data acquisition SCADA software
- Internet browser software — Apple Safari; Microsoft Internet Explorer; Mozilla Firefox; Web browser software
- Map creation software — ESRI ArcGIS software ; Geographic information system GIS software
- Medical software — Epic Systems
- Metadata management software — CA Erwin Data Modeler
- Network monitoring software — Nagios ; Wireshark
- Network security and virtual private network VPN equipment software — Firewall software; Network intrusion detection software
- Object or component oriented development software — Apache Groovy ; C++ ; Oracle Java ; Python (see all 17 examples)
- Object oriented data base management software — Hibernate ORM; PostgreSQL
- Office suite software — Microsoft Office
- Operating system software — Apple macOS ; Microsoft Windows Server ; Red Hat Enterprise Linux ; UNIX (see all 16 examples)
- Portal server software — Apache HTTP Server ; Apache Webserver
- Presentation software — Microsoft PowerPoint
- Program testing software — Hewlett Packard LoadRunner; IBM Rational Robot; JUnit ; Selenium (see all 19 examples)
- Project management software — Atlassian JIRA ; Confluence ; Microsoft Project ; Oracle Primavera Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (see all 6 examples)
- Requirements analysis and system architecture software — Unified modeling language UML
- Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel
- Transaction security and virus protection software — Anti-spyware software; Antivirus software; Symantec
- Transaction server software — Customer information control system CICS
- Video creation and editing software — Adobe Systems Adobe After Effects
- Web page creation and editing software — Adobe Systems Adobe Dreamweaver
- Web platform development software — AJAX ; Google AngularJS ; Microsoft ASP.NET ; React (see all 25 examples)
- Word processing software — Microsoft Word
Hot Technology — a technology requirement frequently included in employer job postings.
Tools Used
- Computers and Electronics — Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
- English Language — Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Engineering and Technology — Knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. This includes applying principles, techniques, procedures, and equipment to the design and production of various goods and services.
- Mathematics — Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
- Critical Thinking — Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
- Reading Comprehension — Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
- Programming — Writing computer programs for various purposes.
- Speaking — Talking to others to convey information effectively.
- Active Listening — Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
- Writing — Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
- Monitoring — Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
- Active Learning — Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
- Complex Problem Solving — Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
- Quality Control Analysis — Conducting tests and inspections of products, services, or processes to evaluate quality or performance.
- Judgment and Decision Making — Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
- Operations Analysis — Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design.
- Systems Analysis — Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
- Science — Using scientific rules and methods to solve problems.
- Systems Evaluation — Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
- Time Management — Managing one's own time and the time of others.
- Deductive Reasoning — The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
- Inductive Reasoning — The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
- Problem Sensitivity — The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
- Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
- Information Ordering — The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
- Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
- Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
- Oral Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
- Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
- Speech Recognition — The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
- Flexibility of Closure — The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
- Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
- Category Flexibility — The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
- Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
- Selective Attention — The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
- Speech Clarity — The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Work Activities
- Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.
- Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.
- Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
- Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.
- Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.
- Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.
- Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.
- Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
- Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.
- Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.
- Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.
- Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.
- Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.
- Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.
- Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.
Detailed Work Activities
- Develop testing routines or procedures.
- Document operational activities.
- Analyze data to identify or resolve operational problems.
- Troubleshoot issues with computer applications or systems.
- Collaborate with others to determine design specifications or details.
- Document design or development procedures.
- Develop detailed project plans.
- Test software performance.
- Test computer system operations to ensure proper functioning.
- Monitor computer system performance to ensure proper operation.
- Manage documentation to ensure organization or accuracy.
- Recommend changes to improve computer or information systems.
- Create databases to store electronic data.
- Install computer software.
- Develop performance metrics or standards related to information technology.
- Provide customer service to clients or users.
- Analyze data to identify trends or relationships among variables.
- Read documents to gather technical information.
- Evaluate utility of software or hardware technologies.
- Collaborate with others to resolve information technology issues.
- Provide technical support for software maintenance or use.
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Work Context
- Electronic Mail — 96% responded "Every day."
- Face-to-Face Discussions — 85% responded "Every day."
- Spend Time Sitting — 77% responded "Continually or almost continually."
- Work With Work Group or Team — 67% responded "Extremely important."
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate — 56% responded "Extremely important."
- Indoors, Environmentally Controlled — 78% responded "Every day."
- Telephone — 48% responded "Every day."
- Contact With Others — 44% responded "Constant contact with others."
- Time Pressure — 33% responded "Every day."
- Duration of Typical Work Week — 54% responded "40 hours."
- Freedom to Make Decisions — 63% responded "Some freedom."
- Structured versus Unstructured Work — 59% responded "Some freedom."
- Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results — 42% responded "Important results."
- Coordinate or Lead Others — 59% responded "Very important."
- Importance of Repeating Same Tasks — 30% responded "Very important."
- Level of Competition — 54% responded "Highly competitive."
- Spend Time Making Repetitive Motions — 33% responded "More than half the time."
- Frequency of Conflict Situations — 50% responded "Once a month or more but not every week."
- Frequency of Decision Making — 44% responded "Once a year or more but not every month."
Job Zone
|Job Zone Four: Considerable Preparation Needed
|Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
|Related Experience
|A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
|Job Training
|Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
|Job Zone Examples
|Many of these occupations involve coordinating, supervising, managing, or training others. Examples include real estate brokers, sales managers, database administrators, graphic designers, chemists, art directors, and cost estimators.
|SVP Range
|(7.0 to < 8.0)
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- Investigative — Investigative occupations frequently involve working with ideas, and require an extensive amount of thinking. These occupations can involve searching for facts and figuring out problems mentally.
- Conventional — Conventional occupations frequently involve following set procedures and routines. These occupations can include working with data and details more than with ideas. Usually there is a clear line of authority to follow.
- Realistic — Realistic occupations frequently involve work activities that include practical, hands-on problems and solutions. They often deal with plants, animals, and real-world materials like wood, tools, and machinery. Many of the occupations require working outside, and do not involve a lot of paperwork or working closely with others.
Work Styles
- Attention to Detail — Job requires being careful about detail and thorough in completing work tasks.
- Analytical Thinking — Job requires analyzing information and using logic to address work-related issues and problems.
- Dependability — Job requires being reliable, responsible, and dependable, and fulfilling obligations.
- Adaptability/Flexibility — Job requires being open to change (positive or negative) and to considerable variety in the workplace.
- Integrity — Job requires being honest and ethical.
- Persistence — Job requires persistence in the face of obstacles.
- Cooperation — Job requires being pleasant with others on the job and displaying a good-natured, cooperative attitude.
- Initiative — Job requires a willingness to take on responsibilities and challenges.
- Stress Tolerance — Job requires accepting criticism and dealing calmly and effectively with high stress situations.
- Achievement/Effort — Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.
- Self Control — Job requires maintaining composure, keeping emotions in check, controlling anger, and avoiding aggressive behavior, even in very difficult situations.
- Independence — Job requires developing one's own ways of doing things, guiding oneself with little or no supervision, and depending on oneself to get things done.
- Innovation — Job requires creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems.
- Leadership — Job requires a willingness to lead, take charge, and offer opinions and direction.
- Concern for Others — Job requires being sensitive to others' needs and feelings and being understanding and helpful on the job.
Work Values
- Achievement — Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.
- Working Conditions — Occupations that satisfy this work value offer job security and good working conditions. Corresponding needs are Activity, Compensation, Independence, Security, Variety and Working Conditions.
- Independence — Occupations that satisfy this work value allow employees to work on their own and make decisions. Corresponding needs are Creativity, Responsibility and Autonomy.
Related Occupations
Wages & Employment Trends
Median wage data for Computer Occupations, All Other.
Employment data for Computer Occupations, All Other.
Industry data for Computer Occupations, All Other.
|Median wages (2019)
|$42.57 hourly, $88,550 annual
|State wages
|Local wages
|Employment (2018)
|412,800 employees
|Projected growth (2018-2028)
|Faster than average (7% to 10%)
|Projected job openings (2018-2028)
|State trends
|Top industries (2018)
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2019 wage data and 2018-2028 employment projections . "Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2018-2028). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.
Job Openings on the Web
Sources of Additional Information
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Drones bring a 'mindblowing' level of data to claims: Allstate EVP
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As the insurance industry works to answer claims more efficiently, the adoption of digital tools, such as aerial imagery and artificial intelligence will prove pivotal for the industry in building up its reputation with customers.
That's according to Ken Rosen, EVP and chief claims officer of Allstate, who delivered the opening keynote of Digital Insurance's Dig|In: The Digital Future of Insurance conference in Austin, Tex. As a real-life example, Rosen recalled the events of the 2017 catastrophe season in the U.S to showcase how aforementioned emerging technologies will prove to essential going forward. The intent is to be able to respond to claims in minutes, as opposed to the days or weeks it would take traditionally, Rosen said.
During Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma, which struck the U.S. in the span of two weeks last September, Allstate dispatched 3,000 employees to Texas and Florida — and that doesn't even count the contracted claims adjusters the carrier had working on site. Multiple workers were also stationed behind desks in mobile response units to help settle claims faster using photos uploaded via satellite, fixed-wing aircraft and drone technology.
"The level of specificity and data that comes in from drone photos blows my mind," said Rosen, who had been chief claims officer of USAA before joining Allstate in 2017. "We can have adjusters in the office start the claims process before people even get behind the storm lines."
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Allstate dabbled with all forms aerial imagery prior to the 2017 CAT season, and operationalized its drone program earlier in the year. The company completed more than 5,000 flights for hail and small weather events before deploying the unmanned aircrafts for Harvey and Irma.
Drones, fixed-winged aircrafts and satellite imagery achieve the following, according to Rosen: the fast mobilization of internal resources to settle claims, a granular view of hundreds of policies in a particular area as well as before and after images. However, the use cases go beyond catastrophes, he says.
Contractors can leverage the technology on standard home roof or supplement auto claims. The option also exists for adjusters to stream live video of a loss, in order for employees to alter claims files immediately. As is the case with CAT claims, artificial intelligence is also leveraged derive insights from captured photos and video.
"There's no need for adjusters to run back-and-forth," Rosen said. "If a customer is on site, we also partake in a conversation with them through Facetime to answer any questions they may have, and provide an estimate the same day."
Allstate's goal is to help policyholders undergo the entire claims process, with minimal involvement. As an example, Allstate tracks weather patterns around the clock. If a family goes on vacation while a weather event approaches their home, the insurer can take photos, use AI to generate a cost estimate and send funds to a customer before they get back. Policyholders can then decide what contractor they want to work with.
"When something goes bad, I want the general public to think they have not just a company, but an entire industry behind them," Rosen concluded. "We are at a tipping point to build better customer relationships, and digitalization is a game changer."


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Have to get the email back online right now. No more time for playing around with server installs, so I signed up for Google Apps for Business.
I did not know if I needed multiple seats to support multiple domains, but extra money isn't an issue at this point.
The process: much easier and straightforward than setting up this blog! :)
Step 1: Sign up and plunk down $50.
Only problem: for my use, I only need one account. I didn't realize the admin account would count as an account, so I didn't use my primary name. Not a problem, because you can create multiple aliases.
Step 2: Create domain aliases and user aliases to cover all the mail addresses desired.
Step 3: Confirm your domain(s).
You can do this with a special CNAME record in your DNS or by putting a file on your web host.
I figured the web version would verify faster so that's the route I took.
Step 4: Optionally create a custom url for your mail login page.
Add a bunch of MX records pointing to the Google mail servers.
Step 5: Import existing mailbox.
If you're running Exchange, there's a program you can run. If you're currently running an IMAP host, you can transfer that way. Unfortunately, there are limits:
Messages larger than 20 megabytes (including attachments) and messages flagged with viruses will not be transferred. User accounts with more than 1800 folders on the IMAP server will not be transferred, either. Instead, they will be skipped so that the scheduled transfer can continue.I suspect I'll have issues... :)
So far, the system is working fine. The visible spam is less than 3/minute, so I suspect there's a lot of stuff that's getting hard-filtered upstream. I'm seeing about 1 spam per hour get through, so I'm pretty happy so far.


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The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) is supporting the University with One million dollars to create a research chair in Petroleum Commerce at the Institute for Oil and Gas Studies.
This support is aimed at enhancing cooperation between academia and industry.
The deal was officially sealed with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the two institutions. Under the MoU, GNPC will commit an amount of $250, 000 dollars for the next four academic years to support the activities of the Chair.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah signed on behalf of UCC, whiles the Chief Executive of GNPC, Dr. K. K. Sarpong appended for the Corporation.
The scope of activities of the Chair include the establishment of technical partnership with leading universities and industry leaders within and beyond the African continent. Also, the chair is expected to establish teaching and learning exchange programmes with partner universities as well as engaging industry to establish state-of-the-art research laboratory in Petroleum Commerce at UCC.
The Chair will develop and coordinate graduate level programmes in Petroleum Commerce and related fields at UCC and also train two PhDs in Petroleum Commerce. In addition to this, the chair will coordinate the setting up of a Centre of Excellence in Ghana and Africa to produce world-class professionals in the field of commerce to provide innovative solutions to the mining and petroleum industries.
Speaking at the signing ceremony, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joseph Ghartey Ampiah, expressed gratitude to GNPC for partnering the University to strengthen petroleum commerce research and education capacity in Ghana. "We are excited that you have come to campus for us to sign this important MoU that will help the University to contribute meaningfully towards the petroleum industry," he noted.
Prof. Ampiah said UCC would leverage on its human resources capacity to provide the needed services to boost petroleum trade in the country and beyond. He assured that the University was ever willing to partner GNPC to achieve its objective of setting up the fund and also produce top-notch graduates with specialisation in all aspect of the petroleum industry
The Vice-Chancellor also said UCC had plans of establishing a School of Governance and Law to strengthen the governance system of corporate institutions which according to him would also be of immense benefit to the petroleum industry. He seized the opportunity to call on GNPC to support the University in putting up structures for the new School.
On his part, the Chief Executive of GNPC, Dr. K. K. Sarpong, said GNPC was committing the amount into the University with the sole aim of producing Ghanaian experts in the petroleum value chain. "We want Ghanaians to fully take charge of the petroleum sector of this country. We need to train the next generation to fully take charge of petroleum business in this country," he explained.
Dr. Sarpong called on the University to make judicious use of the money invested into the establishment of the Chair to achieve the objectives of the MoU signed between the two institutions. He said GNPC would not hesitate to fund other activities of the University if this project was successful.
Present at the signing ceremony were the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Prof. George K. T. Oduro; Registrar, Mr. John Kofi Nyan; Provost, College of Humanities and Legal Studies, Prof. Dora Edu-Buandoh; Provost, College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences, Prof. L. K. Sam-Amoah; Provost, College of Health and Allied Sciences, Prof. Johnson Nyarko Boampong; Director, Institute for Oil and Gas, Prof. Joseph Aggrey-Fynn.
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At the last volunteer work day on the Gabrielino Trail, we were delighted to have Louis Sahagun, reporter for the LA Times and a photographer join us. They were there to cover the restoration efforts undertaken by CORBA and MWBA on the Angeles National Forest.
Quoted in the story are Erik Hillard and Matt Baffert of the Mount Wilson Bicycling Association, and Steve Messer of CORBA. The article covers efforts by mountain bikers to open the Gabrielino Trail from Redbox to JPL, but doesn't mention the continuing efforts by the Boy Scouts, the Sierra Club, and the Angeles Crest 100 volunteers who have worked on the trail east of Redbox.
We appreciate the news coverage! Read it on the LA Times web site, or in the March 2nd 2018 print edition. http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-gabrielino-trail-20180502-story.html.
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Good to see technology being put to good use.
A Swiss journalist has created a Twitter bot that tracks dictators' flights to and from Geneva, as part of a crowdsourced effort to shed light on potentially shady dealings. The bot, called GVA Dictator Alert, tracks planes registered to authoritarian governments and automatically posts their arrivals and departures to Twitter.
— This Twitter bot is tracking dictators' flights in and out of Geneva by The Verge
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Facebook Teamed Up With Media Organizations to Launch Facebook Safety for Journalists
The Facebook Journalism Project launched in January
Facebook Friday announced the launch of Facebook Safety for Journalists, an initiative to help journalists protect themselves and their accounts on the social network.
Catherine Cole, who works on journalism partnerships for Facebook, and head of global safety Antigone Davis announced in a Facebook Media blog post that the social network worked in consultation with the European Journalism Centre, the Committee to Protect Journalists, ConnectSafely, the Inter American Press Association and the James W. Foley Legacy Foundation to create resources for journalists on Facebook, continuing the mission of the Facebook Journalism Project, which launched in January.
Cole and Davis described the initial components of Facebook Safety for Journalists:
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European Journalism Center director Adam Thomas added in the blog post:
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We're not sure what kind of people buy Lamborghini-branded Notebooks. None of our friends have one and nobody we know is in the target market. But maybe that's the point. Lambo owners are a selective crowd, and maybe it takes someone with lots of bucks to be able to plop down for a garishly-yellow $2,799 notebook.
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Phil Jackson Once Dreamt About Spanking Kobe BryantMay 20, 2013
The new book by Phil Jackson, Eleven Rings: The Soul of Success, answers a ton of questions about the past 30 years of professional basketball. It gives us a bit of insight into Phil Jackson's coaching career, including the fact that he once dreamt about spanking Kobe Bryant.
It's not in a masochistic way or anything creepy; it's just Jackson reminiscing about the early days of coaching Shaquille O'Neal and Bryant before the Los Angeles Lakers picked up the first of three championships together.
ESPN got its hands on an excerpt from Jackson's book, which is set for release on May 21 and explains the tribulations of coaching a player like Bryant and getting him to fit into a system.
The incident after which Jackson dreamed of giving Kobe a whack came following a February loss to the San Antonio Spurs, Los Angeles falling in a beatdown, 105-81.
It was the Lakers' worst loss of the season, smack dab in the middle of a cold patch for the Lakers, in which the team lost four out of five games.
"You can't be a selfish player and make this offense work for the team's good. Period." When I opened the floor to comments, there was complete silence, and I was about to adjourn the meeting when Shaq spoke up. He got right to the point, saying, "I think Kobe is playing too selfishly for us to win." That got everyone fired up. Some of the players nodded in support of Shaq, including Rick Fox, who said, "How many times have we been through this?" No one in that room came to Kobe's defense. I asked him if he had anything to say. Kobe finally addressed the group, and in a calm, quiet voice he said he cared about everyone and just wanted to be part of a winning team.
I wasn't pleased with the meeting. I worried that having everyone's complaints on the table without any resolution would have a negative effect on team harmony. In the days that followed, we lost four out of five games, including a 105-81 "massacre" by the Spurs in the Alamodome. One night that week I had a dream about spanking Kobe and giving Shaq a smack. "Shaq needs and Kobe wants -- the mystery of the Lakers," I wrote in my journal.
Weird, sure. But more than anything, there's a huge revelation into the Lakers' early troubles, and that's just two paragraphs of material.
Jackson goes on to run down how he was able to resolve the situation, turn Shaq into more of a leader and get Kobe to sign on as more of a follower throughout the season.
The Lakers won 27 of their next 28 games.
This addresses one of the most important issues of the past 15 years in the NBA that was never really resolved.
Bryant was always accused of being an outsider in the Lakers' locker room as a young player, while Shaq was accused of not doing enough to welcome him in as a part of the team.
To hear Jackson tell the story, both are true and had an impact on the way the team came together.
Throughout the book, there are interesting observations and anecdotes from Jackson, most notably the first meeting between Michael Jordan and Bryant. It was a bit awkward, to say the least.
Jackson went into that in his recent appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
Jackson's new book is sure to delve deep into the psyche of Kobe and Jordan, along with how he handled the two players differently.
He finally does put to rest the debate that never should have started in the first place, calling Jordan a better leader, shooter and defender than Bryant.
It seems that Jackson is able to paint Kobe in a positive light, all while pointing out his flaws and giving Jordan the edge as a player.
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Report: Bethesda Casting Voice Actors For Fallout 4
All of that Fallout 4 build-up was a giant hoax. Let's face it: Fallout 4 will probably never happen. I mean, why would anyone make a sequel to a massively successful reinvention of a legendary franchise? It just doesn't make any sense. I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up or fashioned a suit of power armor out of my ultra-sexy 2007 Honda Fit or any of that. It was all for naught… unless! It actually wasn't for naught at all. Of course Bethesda is making Fallout 4, and Kotaku's obtained some casting documents that allegedly prove it. Also included: possible first story details.
Kotaku claims that it's been able to confirm that the documents are real, though Bethesda declined to comment. The project is codenamed "Institute," which you might recognize as the name of Fallout's version of MIT. Between that and a number of other locations mentioned in scripts and character descriptions, it seems like the game will be set in and around Boston, Massachusetts – aka, The Commonwealth.
Other interesting details include background on the player character, for whom Bethesda is seeking male and female voices. That alone seems to suggest that "you" could function as a more fleshed-out, vocal presence in this one. At the very least, though, your character will be taking over opening monologue duties. Sorry, Ron Perlman.
Apparently you begin the game by awakening from cryo-sleep, a living relic of times not cracked and scarred by impossible desperation. "War. War never changes," your character narrates – presumably prior to entering cryo-sleep – before launching into a tale of nuclear power, the unraveling of the American Dream, and the beginning of "total war." He/she was once in the army and fears that their family won't be safe in these increasingly troubled times. Unless their spouse and child end up being in the pods right next to them, I imagine their "told you so" will ring pretty hollow.
Other characters revealed include a radio DJ named Travis Miles and an engineer described as "a cross between Vin Diesel and Buddy Holly." However, all of these details could end up entirely moot given that game development is less a smooth road and more of, well, an unpredictable wasteland. Also, non-finalized details are sometimes fabricated for casting calls to give actors something to work with, so that's a possibility as well.
So take it all with a grain of salt for now. Still though, we could well be looking at the first concrete information on the next Fallout. What do you think?


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To The Homeschooled Young Woman Who Asked Ted Dekker For Help At Realm Makers
You may never hear this. But I heard you clearly at the Realm Makers 2017 conference, during keynote speaker Ted Dekker's question-and-answer session on Saturday, July 29.
In a room of 250-some-odd people, you took courage.
You stood and asked Ted Dekker for any help dealing with your struggles.
As I recall, you said you felt trapped in a particular culture: the culture of evangelical Christian homeschooling. You felt stifled. Maybe you felt spiritually abused. Your family and church didn't get your desire for adventure found in fantastic worlds and imagination.
I can only guess at what you didn't want to say. Maybe people have not only been confused by your love of imagination. Maybe they don't just say you're weird. Maybe they say worse.
My heart went out to you. (And my wife felt the same!)
What I wish I could have said
I love Jesus's church. That's His bride, and He loves her. And I also love homeschooling!
But. I understand when people associate these good gifts with pain and even evil.
Imagine you've heard the most beautiful music in the world. Imagine your favorite voice(s), themes, and genres, all at the top of their art form. Imagine you love to listen.
Now imagine, each time you listen, someone comes up from behind you and slaps you.
Every time. You're trying to listen to beautiful music. Every time. Someone slaps you.
Before too long, what would happen?
The beauty would turn ugly. The vocalist's songs would mock you. The musicians would play on. They wouldn't care that in your world, their good artistry is paired with your pain.
That's how it feels when we're trained to associate God's good gifts with pain and abuse.
Sometimes we train ourselves to do this.
Sometimes other people train us. They may mean well. Or they may be actual bad guys.
Jesus has plenty of warnings for everyone (not just obvious religious hypocrites). But He often warned against leaders who twist God's good laws (Matthew 23, Mark 7). Jesus said:
They tie up heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on people's shoulders, but they themselves are not willing to move them with their finger.1
The apostle Paul warned about men who spread particular false teaching among God's people (1 Timothy 4:1-5). These false teachers don't want us to be "more like the world." They aren't trying to get us to be pagan feminists or atheists. In fact, these false teachers preach against good things in the world God has given us, such as marriage and foods!2
God's gift of imagination and fantasy
Today, even some well-meaning Christians teach against good things.3 SpecFaith readers know God's good gifts include the gifts of human culture and human imagination.
In short: God wants us to imitate His creativity. He made an amazing, fantastical world with an epic plot (starring Himself as the Hero versus the villain of human and demonic evil).
So any time we imagine and create, we intentionally honor God as Creator.
When we enjoy good use of our imaginations, we worship our King.
That's a very Christian-y word: worship. I think many Christians misunderstand this word to refer only to music or preaching, family values, and other church-y things. That's what I used to assume. Then I found a whole body of truth that Christians have taught. Some call it the "doctrine of vocation." It says that everything good we do, we can do to glorify God.
Even imagination. Even local churches. Even Nerf wars.
Hey, that sounds biblical. Almost like the apostle Paul again:
Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ.4
Stay in a great local church
I don't know if people in your family or church are preaching against these good things.
In fact, it would be a mistake for me to assume they are. Everyone's story is different.
And because I'm a man, I also can't pretend to understand how you may feel.
But I can tell you this: if you're struggling now, in Christ, it does get better.
Time doesn't heal our wounds. But Jesus does. And He heals them by taking us out of our slavery and redeeming those good gifts that people have abused for evil ends.
He gives us food, marriage, family, churches, imagination, and most of all Himself.
Some people can't enjoy these gifts, listening to God's "music," without feeling pain.5
In my case, I literally felt some pain at the word "family." That's how bad things became.
But Jesus is a wonderful, redeeming Savior. And He loves every sinner. Including sinners who have suffered under other sinners. "… A bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice."6
And thanks be to God, Jesus doesn't stop at redeeming us.
He also helps us redeem good gifts that we have trained to associate with evil and pain. He can help us redeem fantasy, imagination, music, the Bible, family, and even the local church.
So run to Jesus: the Jesus of the Bible, the Hero whom real, Jesus-loving local churches have been sharing and following for centuries. He is true and good and beautiful. And so are the good saints who have loved and obeyed Him all this time. These good saints do exist. They love Jesus's love, His teaching, and His local churches (flawed though they are!).
A good church needs you. People need your story. And you need them and their stories.
Mostly, you'll need more of Jesus, whom our good churches love and obey. And you need the good gifts Jesus made available through His brothers and sisters in a good local church: gospel teaching, love from spiritual family, the Lord's supper, baptism, and worship.
Seek the promised land
Does this all sound unbelievable? I'm sure it might.
All I know is that, in my case, when I felt trapped in a strange land, I lived for real accounts and stories of other, better worlds. They helped me find Jesus, and find His good people.
No, those worlds weren't idyllic. Narnia has nasty Calormenes. Even good local churches have hypocrites. But these worlds were still better anyway. You could join other people like you. You could become stronger and freer to follow heroes and fight enemies.
That's why I love Realm Makers. It's not a church! But it's a "world" of Christians who get both biblical truth and fantastic stories. It's a foretaste of Jesus's "promised land," the New Heavens and New Earth (Revelation 21). Jesus has promised that someday, after all our hypocrisy, abuse, evil, and temptations, He will make all things new. He will unite God's world, New Heavens, with a perfect remodel of this planet, New Earth—a world of imagination and love and adventure under King Jesus. (And imagine: Nerf battles galore.)
So it's not all empty promises.
Jesus put reflections of this perfect world even into this terrible world. In His mercy, He lets us find these places here. He helps us feel joy, not pain, associated with His good gifts.
I hope you found Him at Realm Makers last week.
Anyway, I've gone on long, for you and anyone else happening by. That was intentional.
But back when I was hurting, I lived for long stories from people who'd been where I was.
If you want to connect, comment below, or find me on Facebook.
May God bless and keep you.
- Matthew 23:4. ↩
- Do you want a longer message about this text? Do you need to hear more teaching against false teachers who preach against God's good gifts? Then you might consider John Piper's message about this text. He bounces off not only Paul, but C. S. Lewis and Randy Alcorn. ↩
- This false teaching seems rarer than it once was. If anything, many Christians don't struggle with sinfully rejecting good gifts. Most Christians I meet are more prone to sinfully abusing good gifts, such as human culture. But your mileage may vary. Perhaps more of these anti-culture, anti-imagination Christians are out there, and I don't meet them as often. ↩
- Colossians 3:23-24. ↩
- By the way, this is why some Christians (who may mean well) forbid some good gifts. They have associated these gifts with pain or temptation. For example, some Christians associate fantastic stories with their own painful or sinful moments. So they lock up these originally good gifts and avoid them, maybe forever. But then they go too far by acting as if these gifts can only hurt any other person, and warning everyone else to avoid this thing they believe is only corrupt. Some Christians do the same by rejecting God's gift of the local church. ↩
- Isaiah 42:3. ↩
Incredible post! My eyes are tearing up at your words.
I work at church, am a youth leader, have mostly Christian friends, so pretty much in a Christian bubble. But at times I've felt "less of a Christian" (for lack of better words) because I'm obsessed with Marvel movies, watch Big Bang Theory, am jazzed working a booth for our friends at Gen-Con, and have San Diego Comic Con #2 on my bucket list (was #1 but now RM is #1). This helps me to remember God created me wired for action, adventure and fantasy AND He called me to write. I need to embrace the weird, even the controversial. God has been opening my eyes to a world that's messy, HARD, wrecked and needs HIS hope. We NEED Spec authors to write to that world, filling their stories with that hope and mercy and redemption. So, write on all authors of weird! I know I will!
Thank you, for taking the time to share your thoughts. Loved it.
Over all a good post, Stephen. I do feel the need to point out, as we've discussed before, that the verse in Colossians has the specific context of what slaves were to do in regard to their masters. It's not an unrestricted statement that says, if you are going to ComicCon, do it for God's glory. It's saying God is our master, so we are to please Him instead of worrying about pleasing the people in our lives.
Apart from that, I think you've shared your caring heart and have done so with clarity. I would hope that the person you're addressing, does find this post.
I wasn't homeschooled, but I felt equally trapped living on 2 miles of dirt road and at least 5 min from the nearest gas station. Also I was one of, like, 6 people between the ages of 15-45 in my church, and half of those were my siblings. Honestly, it didn't get any better until I had a car and could drive where I wanted to go. Being able to choose your environment makes a lot of difference. You can decide to spend more time with cool people who don't rag on your hobbies and only so much time with the more difficult people (when they're actually being nice).


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Horovitz says the Adidas partnership felt right because theyve actually been wearing them for decades. Like, I love Coca-Cola, because its delicious, says Horowitz. And if it was just about McDonalds fries, Id be on board, because I use those products. Same with Adidas. Ive used their Campus and shell toes, and Stan Smiths, and Rod Lavers . . . a lot of their products!
When it came to designing their own pair, the two decided on vegan canvas in an off-white, accented with a light gray cotton jersey liner and matching three stripes. The Check Your Head-era, Eric Haze-designed Beastie Boys logo is stamped on the tongue and inside. We just started talking with a couple of their design guys about different ideas for what we could do to the sneaker, and Mike and I were talking about the stripes, and what if they were cut out and you could see through the shoe, says Horovitz. Then we thought itd be cool if it was like a sweatshirt on the inside, like a sweatshirt for your feet, and you could see the inside from the outside. Thats our twist.
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Saturday, April 14, at Fort Worth Modern Art Museum
It's hard to deny this show as being one of the biggest this weekend. Kind of strange, though, that School of Seven Bells' last three trips to the Metroplex have only seen one show in Dallas -- especially because guitarist/producer Benjamin Curtis more or less grew up here. The Modern is a cool venue, and the opening acts will do well to entertain before the headliner takes the stage.
Brain Gang, Leg Sweeper
Friday, April 13, at Andy's Bar
Good Lord, Leg Sweeper loves their hip-hop, which is probably how this show came about. Dallas collective Brain Gang will headline this show, which will inevitably turn into a wild party.
Dove Hunter, Aaron Barker
Friday, April 13, at The Foundry
It's the second show to take place at the Foundry, and I'm glad to see that this totally rad bar in North Oak Cliff is quickly getting some bands on that outdoor stage. Hopefully we'll see some national acts soon. According to the Facebook invite, it's Dove Hunter's last show for a while. I've heard that before.
Frankie Rose, Dive, Lonesome Ghost, The Vliets
Friday, April 13, at Dada
Frankie Rose has finally broken out of her gigs as a drummer. Her first record as a solo artist, Interstellar, has been met with critical acclaim, so you can assume her show tonight at Dada will be really good.
Night Game Cult, Able Youth, Juve, Gavin G.
Friday, April 13, at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios
Put on by Overrated, a Denton zine celebrating the release of its second volume, this line-up is a solid one. Kyle Cheatham's solo electro project Night Game Cult headlines the show, which will cost $3, probably the cheapest of the weekend.
Reverend Horton Heat, The American Fuse
Friday, April 13, at LaGrange
If you've seen the Reverend Horton Heat once, you've probably met your lifetime quota. But if you want a refresher, The Rev is touring the Metroplex this weekend. The Dallas show is tonight at LaGrange.
Friday, April 13, at Rio Room
Italian-Belgian producer Aeroplane is just the kind of DJ Rio Room has been procuring lately. His remixes aren't like that of the standard party DJ ilk. Remixing indie acts like Sebastien Tellier and Friendly Fires, Aeroplane is one of the acts bridging the gap between indie rock and DJ culture.
Rotting Out, FocusedxMinds, Power Trip, Hands Of The Few
Friday, April 13, at Queen City Hall
If you take your Friday the 13th seriously, this is the show you want to be at. Parade of Flesh is doing it right with Los Angeles punk/hardcore act Rotting Out. It will be loud. It will be scary.
Delta Spirit, Waters
Saturday, April 14, at Granada Theater
Another in a long line of bands who made an album in a cabin, Delta Spirit blends rock with folk and sounds right at home on KXT.. A good place to start your Saturday night.
Erykah Badu
Saturday, April 14, at Rio Room
...and then you should end up here after Delta Spirit. Erykah Badu is doing one of her famous DJ sets that should have the whole place moving.
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Pat Benatar, Neil Giraldo
Saturday, April 14, at Billy Bob's Texas
I had to get 13 shows in here somehow.
Cursive, Cymbals Eat Guitars
Sunday, April 15, at Trees
Omaha indie band Cursive has been around for nearly two decades. That's how they do it in Omaha, I guess. They're still fresh from their 2012 release I Am Gemini, the band's first in three years.
Leon Russell, Kirby Brown
Sunday, April 15, at Granada Theater
Two longhairs share the stage at Granada Theater.
...and that's it from us. Don't walk under any ladders, and we'll see you back here on Monday.


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Citizen study shows big differences in air pollution at street level
The CurieuzeNeuzen project in Antwerp has shown that air quality can differ significantly between neighbouring streets, depending on the amount of traffic
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As part of the CurieuzeNeuzen (Curious Noses) project, which ran throughout May, 2,000 Antwerp citizens hung sensors in their window to measure the amount of NO2, an important indicator for air pollution caused by traffic. Scientists from Antwerp University and the Free University of Brussels (VUB) analysed the results, at the request of activist organisation Ringland.
The lowest NO2 concentrations were found in traffic-free areas like the city park, where they amounted to 30 micrograms of NO2 per cubic metre. This is still higher than outside the city centre. "The concentration in the centre is increased by local traffic and traffic on the ring road," VUB researcher Joris Van den Bossche told science magazine Eos.
The highest concentrations, of about 60 micrograms, were measured in narrow streets with tall, continuous buildings on both sides of the road.
The European limit for NO2 is set at an annual average of 40 micrograms. On the basis of the data, the scientists believe that this limit is exceeded at 45% of the measuring points used for CurieuzeNeuzen.
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Seth Rogen, Zac Efron Reteam for 'Neighbors 2' at Universal (Exclusive)Universal is moving forward with a follow-up to its hugely successful comedy from last summer that will reunite all of the major principals including stars Rogen, Zac Efron and Rose Byrne as well as director Nicholas Stoller. Neighbors, which cost just $18 million to make, earned $268 million worldwide. The studio will give the film a wide release May 13, 2016.
Penned by Andrew Jay Cohen and Brendan O'Brien, the first Neighbors revolved around a couple (Rogen, Byrne) with a new baby who are forced to live next to a fraternity house and do whatever they can to take it down. Cohen and O'Brien are back for the sequel, which will have a female twist. This time a sorority moves in next door to the couple, who enlist their former nemeses from the fraternity to help battle the raucous sisters.
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Noaa $1.9 Million Grant Will Restore Estuaries From Maine To Washington
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) awarded a grant for over $1.9 million to the environmental organization, Restore America's Estuaries (RAE), as part of a multi-project partnership to restore habitat important to the conservation of coastal fisheries in 11 major estuaries.
Through the award, Restore America's Estuaries will implement community-based habitat restoration projects benefiting marine, estuarine and riparian habitats in the Gulf of Maine, Narragansett Bay, Long Island Sound, Hudson-Raritan Estuary, Chesapeake Bay, Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds, Tampa Bay, Louisiana's Mississippi Delta, Galveston Bay, San Francisco Bay, and Puget Sound. Habitats may include salt marshes, seagrass beds, oyster reefs, coral reefs, mangrove forests, shellfish beds, and freshwater spawning and rearing habitats in streams and rivers.
Mark Wolf-Armstrong, president of Restore America's Estuaries, said, "We are delighted to be partnering with NOAA's Restoration Center for another year, and we look forward to closing in on the nation's goal of restoring one million acres of estuarine habitat by 2010. Our partnership will build on our earlier successes and result in hundreds of new restoration projects, leading to more engaged communities and healthier coasts for us and our children."
The restoration projects will improve fisheries by providing nursery areas and food sources for commercial and recreational species.
The funding will support the 6th year of a partnership between RAE and the NOAA Restoration Center for coastal habitat restoration projects. RAE's mission is to preserve the nation's network of estuaries by protecting and restoring the lands and waters essential to the richness and diversity of coastal life.
Past projects funded through the NOAA Fisheries Service partnership with RAE include small projects that foster environmental stewardship, large-scale hydrologic marsh restorations and citizen-driven dam removals.
Since 1995, Restore America's Estuaries has worked closely with community, business, academic and governmental organizations to preserve the extraordinary heritage of our nation's estuaries. Restore America's Estuaries' members are: American Littoral Society, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana, Connecticut Fund for the Environment, Conservation Law Foundation, Galveston Bay Foundation, North Carolina Coastal Federation, People For Puget Sound, Save San Francisco Bay Association, Save The Bay – Narragansett Bay, and Tampa BayWatch.
The NOAA Restoration Center Community-based Restoration Program is a financial and technical assistance program that promotes strong partnerships at the national, regional, and local level to restore fisheries habitat. NOAA CRP works with organizations and government to support locally-driven habitat restoration projects in marine, estuarine, and riparian areas.
NOAA CRP funds on-the-ground habitat restoration projects that (1) offer educational and social benefits for citizens and their communities, and (2) provide long-term ecological benefits for fishery resources. Since 1996, more than 900 projects in 26 states have been implemented using NOAA funding and leveraged funding from national and regional habitat restoration partners.
Each year, NOAA awards approximately $900 million in grants to members of the academic, scientific and business communities to assist the agency in fulfilling its mission to study the Earth's natural systems in order to predict environmental change, manage ocean resources, protect life and property, and provide decision makers with reliable scientific information. NOAA goals and programs reflect a commitment to these basic responsibilities of science and service to the nation for the past 35 years.
NOAA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, is dedicated to enhancing economic security and national safety through the prediction and research of weather and climate-related events and providing environmental stewardship of our nation's coastal and marine resources.


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Recently, I received a bottle of Blue Angel Vodka. Blue Angel is an ultra-premium American vodka. It is the brainchild of Maurice Kanbar, Master Distiller.
Now I'm no expert on the subject, but my resident vodka fan gave it a resounding "A!"
There's also boasting their signature martini called the BAM (Blue Angel Martini.)
Blue Angel is new to Arizona and can be found at retail liquor stores…where I don't know just yet….but I think this is a great opportunity to "Buy American."
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San Francisco's Poet Laureate and Glide Foundation Co-Founder to Teach at USF
The notable Janice Mirikitani, San Francisco's second poet laureate and co-founding president of the groundbreaking Glide Foundation, has been named Diversity Scholar Visiting Professor at the University of San Francisco (USF). Mirikitani will be teaching an undergraduate course, Poetry and Poverty: Transformation From Dust, starting this fall.
"My vision is that students will grow to know themselves better, gain an enriched view and consideration of people who are not the same as they are, and experience a change within themselves as the semester progresses," Mirikitani said.
Blending Mirikitani and USF's shared passion for justice, Poetry and Poverty: Transformation from Dust, will explore the issues of poverty and oppression through the use of poetry, personal narrative, and direct community engagement with San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood. The goals of the course are to hone students' writing skills while deepening empathy and understanding as they interact with San Francisco's most marginalized.
As a community activist and leader, Mirikitani's passion for civil rights and justice is exemplified through the 87 comprehensive programs the Glide Foundation has built providing education, recovery support, primary and mental health care, job training, housing and human services. The organization, which she co-founded with husband Reverend Cecil Williams, has gained worldwide recognition, and together they have worked to empower San Francisco's poor to make meaningful changes in their lives.
The poet laureate has also authored four poetry books and is the editor of nine landmark anthologies, which provide platforms for women, youth and writers of color. Mirikitani's books, "We the Dangerous, New and Selected Poems" and "Beyond the Possible" co-authored with Rev. Williams, are among the required texts for her class this fall at USF.
"We know students learn better and more deeply when they are actively involved in the process," said Mary J. Wardell-Ghirarduzzi, USF's vice provost for Diversity Engagement and Community Outreach. "Janice's class will do just that—engage students to learn about the root causes of poverty right here in San Francisco and then express that knowledge through the use of the written word."
Wardell-Ghirarduzzi's office leads the Diversity Scholar Visiting Professor program and secured Mirikitani's appointment. Mirikitani follows Clarence B. Jones, civil rights leader and former advisor to the late Martin Luther King, Jr., who served as the first Diversity Scholar. The Office of Diversity Engagement and Community Outreach sponsors a new scholar each year, whose work reflects USF's commitment to social justice.
About the University of San Francisco
The University of San Francisco is located in the heart of one of the world's most innovative and stunning cities and is home to a vibrant academic community of students and faculty who achieve excellence in their fields. Its diverse student body enjoys direct access to faculty, small classes, and outstanding opportunities in the city itself. USF is San Francisco's first university, and its Jesuit Catholic mission helps ignite a student's passion for social justice and a desire to "Change the World from Here." For more information, please visit www.usfca.edu.
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New Choir Vocalium performed their inaugural concert in Wherwell Church on May 19th to an enthusiastic and appreciative audience.
The chamber choir, formed by Wherwell Singers' talented conductor Dale Webb, specialises in music written since the year 2000, and Tudor music.
The choir performed the following programme:
Laudibus in sanctis – William Byrd
Behold it is Christ – Edmund Hooper
To morning – Gabriel Jackson
I gaze upon you – Gabriel Jackson
Bogoroditse Dyevo – Arvo
Complete this work (from Choir Concerto) – Alfred Schnittke
O Vis Aeternitatis – Frank Ferko
Haec Dies – William Byrd
Sing Joyfully – William Byrd
De Profundis (a4) – Josquin de Prez
O Clap Your Hands – Gibbons
Sleep – Eric Whitacre
Sanctus – Gjeilo
Tonight Eternity Alone – Clausen
Good Wine – Moeran
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|McCormick's Creek State Park
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)
|Owen County, Indiana, USA
|Nearest city
|Spencer, Indiana
|39°17′40″N 86°43′40″W / 39.29444°N 86.72778°WCoordinates: 39°17′40″N 86°43′40″W / 39.29444°N 86.72778°W
|1,924 acres (7.79 km2)
|Governing body
|Indiana Department of Natural Resources
McCormick's Creek State Park is the oldest state park in the U.S. state of Indiana, dedicated on July 4, 1916, as part of the state's centennial celebration. It is located 14 miles (23 km) west of Bloomington in Owen County.
The park was named after the area's first settler, John McCormick, who settled on 100 acres (0.40 km2) there in 1816, along the canyon by the waterfalls. Up to that time, the land had been hunted by Miami Indians. McCormick's Creek Falls is the main attraction at McCormick's Creek State Park.
On May 12, 1916, a local newspaper editor suggested to an Indiana state legislator that the McCormick's Creek area would be a suitable location for a state park. German-born Indianapolis businessman Richard Lieber championed the idea of establishing a system of state parks for Indiana, and, after winning the property at auction with a bid of $5,250, received it from the Dr. Frederick Denkewalter estate.[1] McCormick's Creek was formally opened on December 11, 1916; the centennial birthday of Indiana. In 1927 a naturalist program was started, a first for Indiana and the United States.[2]
Much of the infrastructure of the park was built by the Civilian Conservation Corps during Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal era, and many of the CCC-built structures, retaining walls, and elegant, arched limestone bridges remain in use today. The park entrance gatehouse, former nature center, and a stone arch bridge over McCormick's Creek were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1993.[3] There are eight numbered hiking trails in the park, accessing features and park attractions, which include a 90-foot (27 m) fire tower, a scenic ravine and waterfall, small cave, sinkhole formations, and towering stands of second-growth Midwestern hardwoods. The park also features a fine system of equestrian paths.
Also on site is The Canyon Inn, a former sanitarium that now hosts guests for the night. It has an Olympic-sized swimming pool. Overnight camping is also available. In addition, the Old State House quarry is a source of the Indiana limestone used in the Indiana State Capitol building.
The heart of the park is McCormick's Creek Canyon. The upper levels of the canyon are around 700 feet (210 m) above sea levels, dropping to the West Fork of the White River which is near 540 feet (160 m).
The McCormick's Creek waterfall is a primary attraction of the park, as Indiana has few waterfalls due to the relatively flat topography of the state.
Hiking Trails
Wolf Cave Nature Preserve Trail #5. The Wolf Cave Trail is considered to be of MODERATE difficulty. The trail is 2 miles (3.2 km) long, and it loops through the Wolf Cave Nature Preserve. It is relatively level with a drop into a shallow valley. The trail begins at the Wolf Cave Parking Area. The forest along the route is a Beech-Maple forest. Wolf Cave was formed by the collapse of a cave, leaving only the middle section 'the cave' still roofed.[4]
McCormick's Creek Falls Trail Trail #3. This short 0.8 miles (1.3 km) is considered RUGGED. The trail begins across from Canyon Inn and drops down before rising at the edge of McCormick's Creek Canyon. The trail access and overlook parking lot here before descending to the bottom of the canyon. There are no bridges across the creek. Fluctuating water levels makes some areas seasonably inaccessible. The trail ends at Stoney Restroom, a short walk back to the Canyon Inn.[4]
McCormick's Cove Nature Preserve
See also
- ^ Indiana and Indianans: A History of Aboriginal and Territorial Indiana and the Century of Statehood By Jacob Piatt Dunn pg.51
- ^ http://www.in.gov/dnr/3245.htm Official (Indiana) DNR Historical Timeline
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b McCormick's Creek State Park Map, Indiana Dept of Natural Resources
- Indiana Department of Natural Resources' official Web page
- Image of McCormick's Creek Falls
- Genealogy of John McCormick
- Unofficial web page
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to McCormick's Creek State Park.