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It was a gorgeous day for Alaska, or for most any other place I can imagine. With temperatures in the mid 30's, and the northern sun still hanging low in the sky, colors were bright and vivid, with sharp cut shadows of naked birch and spruce trees dancing on the snow. Crystal clear water was dripping from small icicles that circled the cabin eaves and the promise of a coming spring was in the air. It's on days like this when Spring Fever blooms and depression born of a long cold winter wanes.
Mom, my best friend Jack, and I had driven north from Anchorage to Big Lake. Even then, Big Lake was primarily a weekend, or summer retreat from the relatively fast paced life of Anchorage; however, a few hardy souls called it home, and a few of those homes doubled as lodges to provide supplemental income for their owners. Big Lake Lodge was one of those places, with a year-round bar, a few cabins and a small marina for summer visitors.
Mom was still working as a dancer at the Last Chance Club in Anchorage; she had been lured there in 1954 with the promise of good wages, and more money to be had from tips and commissions. A two-month contract stretched to 4 and then 6 months; with no end in sight she sent for me, and by the summer of 1955 Alaska became home for the both of us.
By 1958 Mom was nearing the end of her dancing career and forming plans to open a club of her own. In the meantime, she ended each night as the closing act at work before heading home, sometime between 4:00 and 5:00 in the morning. It was a tough time for her, with the long hours, and heavy drinking taking their toll.
Easter in 1958 fell on the first weekend in April; it was right after payday, with Friday and Saturday nights being especially busy at the club. Mom had done well and work morphed into celebration as Saturday gave way to Sunday.
I don't recall what prompted us to go to Big Lake that Easter Sunday; perhaps friends from Big Lake Lodge had been part of the earlier celebration, but in any case there we were, 47 miles north of Anchorage, with the party continuing in the lodge while Jack and I explored outside.
We were typical Alaskan teenagers; we enjoyed the snow, the outdoors, the wildlife, and life in general. I don't know how our friendship grew; our families shared little in common, but we shared a passion for life, and a passion for learning.
That day, while exploring around the lodge we spotted an overturned boat, on the shore, just across the lake from Big Lake Lodge.
Come winter time, when the surface of the lake freezes, cars and trucks drive on the ice, using it as their primary means of accessing remote cabins. In mid winter, the ice can reach a thickness of 3 ft. or more, and little thought is given of the potential dangers involved. Since daytime temperatures had just started to creep above freezing, neither Jack nor I were the least concerned as we headed across the ice for a closer look at the boat.
The first fall came without warning; we were about a quarter mile from the lodge, walking about 50 feet apart, when suddenly we both found ourselves breaking through the ice. It wasn't a gradual break, but a sudden failure that plunged us both into the icy water. Being fully dressed in winter gear, it took a few moments for the chill to set in. As water soaked my clothes, I sank lower and the chill ran down my neck, and over my head. I grabbed the edge of the ice for support, and time after time the ice broke as I tried to support my weight. I caught a quick glimpse of Jack; he had managed to fall forward as the ice broke and only his legs dangled in the water.
Panic had not yet sunk in and I continued to break away the weakened ice. As it turned thicker I continued to pound till it would no longer crumble. Finally, when it would hold my weight, I climbed, pulled and half swam onto the ice. By then Jack was also out of the water, and we both lay there, spread eagled, trying to spread our weight over the weakened ice and catch our breath.
We were alone, no one saw us, heard us, or was aware of our plight. Slowly I started to creep toward shore, slithering like a snake on the frozen surface. By now the chill had settled in; my hands burned from the cold water, my fingers wouldn't move, and blood flowed freely from ice inflicted cuts. I was exhausted, I had to stop, I had to rest, and so I did. As I lay there, I looked across the surface of the ice, trying to find Jack, to see if he too was moving toward shore.
Around me the ice sagged, frigid ice melt collected around me… there was no warning, no sound, just the surrender of rotten ice as it released me back into the lake. Water closed over my head, an incredible cold clawed at my eyes, filled my ears, and seared my brain. Panic pushed deeper as an involuntary gasp found only water, not air.
I could see streams of sunlight dance around me, filtered by ripples and shards of ice; it was an unearthly beauty that brought with it a sense of calm. I relaxed for a moment, looked towards the surface and reached for the brightness above.
Another gasp, this time it found air, and then a retching cough, another, and another, as my lungs cleared.
Half swimming, half crawling I tried to climb onto the ice, but as I moved from liquid to solid, the ice would break beneath me, numbing cold drawing me back. Time and time again this happened till thicker ice was found. Energy was nearly gone, lower legs still in the water, ice providing just enough support for my torso and arms. Totally spent, I needed rest.
I was no longer cold, shivering had stopped; a blanket of exhaustion was coaxing me toward sleep when I heard Jack calling. He was on shore, perhaps 50 feet away; he too had escaped the rotten ice.
It took another 20 minutes to get to shore and cover the quarter mile or so to the lodge. A long soaking shower, warm clothes, and a hearty meal followed. What could have been a tragedy for two families became a story that will be told, retold, and embellished, both as an adventure, and a warning of the quiet, often fatal dangers that live in unison with the beauty and awe of Alaska.


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Bear in mind that slopes are usually very dry at the top when it hasn't rained and very wet, even swampy toward the bottom of the slope when it does rain. So choose plants that tolerate dry weather for the top 2/3rd and plants that will survive damp soil for the bottom third.
Tall plants with a widespread are best avoided as they will eventually topple over, tall plants with a deep root system are OK.
If soil erosion is causing problems it is a good ideal to plant deep rooting plants and avoid shallow rooting plants like ivy that will gradually suffocate slower-growing beneficial plants. Flowering plants can do well on sloped ground, but will require mulching and regular tending until established.
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The end of the tax year is over and there are already Christmas ads on TV so it can't be that long until January is here and it's the next tax season. If you're curious about what the new tax season may bring, continue reading. First we'll talk about the old stuff that got extended.
Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)
If you are worried about getting hit with Alternative Minimum Tax (but haven't been hit yet) chances are good that you'll get by again. With the "Bail-Out" bill, Congress included keeping the AMT hit down for one more year. To answer your questions on AMT, see "What is the Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT)?"
Certain deductions
Also included with the "Bail-Out" bill, were "extenders" – continuing for one or two more years, certain deductions. If you deducted your sales tax instead of your state and local income tax on your 2007 tax return, you still can for 2008. Same goes for teachers with their $250 expense deduction and students with their tuition deduction.
IRA transfers to Charities
If you're over 70 ½, you can still transfer IRA monies to a charity and not pay tax on those IRA dollars for 2008 and 2009.
Now let's talk about the new stuff.
Deduct property taxes without itemizing
If you're one of those lucky souls who has their home mortgage paid off, chances are you don't have enough deductions to itemize. Good news for you! For the next 2 years, you can deduct your real estate property taxes even though you don't itemize. Yep! You get to deduct it right along with your standard deduction. It is limited to $500 ($1,000 if you're filing married joint.) For details, see "2008 Property Tax Deduction for Taxpayers who don't itemize." For details, see "2008 Property Tax Deduction for Taxpayers who don't itemize."
Buying /bought a new home recently?
If you've bought a home after April 8, 2008 or plan to buy prior to July 1, 2009, pay attention. You could get a "credit" on your tax return up to $7,500! But beware, it looks like a credit but it is a loan. Your "credit" must be paid back to the government over a 15 year period at $1500 per year. For more info, check out "Taking the First Time Homebuyer Credit." For more info, check out "Taking the First Time Homebuyer Credit."
Pay 0% on capital gains
Starting in 2008 and through 2010, if your regular income is taxed at the 10% or 15 % tax rates, you pay zero % on your long term capital gains sales. Yes, that's right! Zero! If your filing status is single and your taxable income (Form 1040, line 43) is not more than $32,550, you get the zero tax rate on your long term gains. If your filing status is married filing joint, your taxable income can't be more than $65,100. For head of house status, that income can't be more than $43,650.
That's it for today on what's new for 2008. My next blog will talk about what's new for business owners. Hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving!


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A bronze statue of a horse commemorates both Adam Lindsay Gordon and horses and mules killed during World War One.
The statue of the horse has been created in the action of a charger mounted on a base of Warrenheip granite. Funds were raised from visitors to the Adam Lindsay Gordon cottage and it was unveiled on the centenary of the poet`s arrival in Ballarat.
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He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength:
He goeth forth to meet the armed men.
He mocketh at fear, and is not afraid,
Neither turneth he back from the sword. Job 39 v21-22*
Erected by the Adam Lindsay Gordon Society to mark the centenary of the poet`s living in Ballaarat.
Also as a memorial to the 958,600 horses and mules killed in the First World War, including 196,000 that left these shores never to return.
"The Lay of the Last Charger"
Forward! the trumpets were sounding the charge,
The roll of the kettledrum rapidly ran,
That music, like wild-fire spreading at large,
Madden'd the war-horse as well as the man.
Where are they? the war-steeds who shared in our glory,
The "Lanercost" colt, and the "Acrobat" mare,
And the Irish division, "Kate Kearney" and "Rory",
And rushing "Roscommon", and eager "Kildare",
We, too, sprung from mares of the prophet of Mecca,
And nursed on the pride that was born with the milk,
And filtered through "Crucifix", "Beeswing", "Rebecca",
We love sheen of scarlet and shimmer of silk.
And what then? the colours reversed, the drums muffled,
The black nodding plumes, the dead march and the pall,
The stern faces, soldier-like, silent, unruffled,
The slow sacred music that floats over all!
Unveiled by His Worship the Mayor of Ballaarat, Cr. M. J. Brown
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Never ever would I kill a tree.
Rick Tayler is a woodturner, since 30 years he has been working for Kauri, the largest species of tree in New Zealand. The oldest one is called Tane Mahuta which means "Lord of the Forest" in Māori. Listen to Rick talk about how the Kiwi became the national icon of New Zealand and why he would never kill a tree.
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We read the predictions of futurist Mr. Bois in a September 26, 1909 New York Times article about the flying bicycles of the future. Just ten years later the September 23, 1919 Janesville Daily Gazette (Janesville, Wisconsin) ran this picture of a "flying bicycle." If only it worked.
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A Hundred Years From Now. (New York Times, 1909)
Postcards Show the Year 2000 (circa 1900)
Collier's Illustrated Future of 2001 (1901)
Predictions of a 14-Year-Old (Milwaukee Excelsior, 1901)
The Next Hundred Years (Milwaukee Herold und Seebote, 1901)
What May Happen in the Next Hundred Years (Ladies Home Journal, 1900)


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We are using the Cisco Meraki Wireless access points across our offices to provide a staff WiFi. We are now planning to implement a guest WiFi network (using Meraki authentication with short term passwords etc.) but when proposing this I have been asked to see if we can integrate WiFi access on the staff network with Active Directory, specifically only allowing staff who are a member of a particular security group.
I have created a test security group in Active Directory, I have set our Meraki security appliance to connect to Active Directory and it finds the security group, however, I am stuck at creating a 'Meraki' Group policy which simply allows access to the newly created 'Staff' WiFi SSID.
Has anybody else set up something similar? If so, how did you overcome these hurdles?
I'm also a bit apprehensive about turning on Active Directory authentication on our main security device - if I do this, will it still work as normal? We have a lot of satellite homeworkers who hang off our MX100 as their hub.
Any help or suggestions appreciated!
We've used AD authentication and it works fine. Keep in mind, however, that this will be hitting your AD server hard with WMI traffic so if you have any sensors, it may set them off.
Yeah, we have tested the AD authentication and that works just fine, however, I am looking to lock it down to grant WiFi access to members of a particular security group in AD. I have found that I can link AD security groups to Meraki groups, however, I cannot see an option there to block access using it (unless it's something as simple as switching off scheduling)?
Did you achieve something like the above or are you just allowing all AD users access to the WiFi?
i dont have a MX device used like you do to replicate your issue but i have accomplished the same thing with Radius Authentication using 802.1x for wifi,
i have our guest SSID open and blocked connection to local lan and have the wifi use its own DHCP to handle that
For the Staff wifi i have the 802.1x authentication that looks ad specific AD security groups to authenticate.with the Radius server which is a windows 2012 R2 running the NPS role and IIS role to push the certificate. Also i have a group policy for windows 7 devices for the wifi that automatically inputs the wifi settings. Windows 10 you don't need to do this it just works but windows 7 group policy is highly recommended.
i think this will solve your issue even though it has a bit more steps
Meraki's scoping AD article is where you need to look. I tested this initially and can confirm it works well. I chose to go a different route in order to limit the number of SSID's that were being broadcasted.
Thanks for your reply, and everyone else's replies, very helpful!


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Coventry may have crashed out of this season's FA Cup but their fans were determined to have a good time at Arsenal, with a sensational rendition of 'Twist and Shout' at the Emirates.
While queuing for half-time drinks – although some may have had enough already – Sky Blues supporters forgot the fact their side were 2-0 down and partied all the same.
It seems Coventry's drop to League One and the loss of their home ground has given the Sky Blues faithful a great, devil-may-care attitude.
And while the video may stop after three minutes and six seconds, the Coventry fans sound as though they could have gone on all night.
The Emirates has never been so noisy…
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Matthew: 13:44-46 (NIV) "The kingdom of heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy went and sold all he had and bought that field. When he found one of great value, he went away and sold everything he had and bought it.
WHAT A DIFFERENCE we can make in our own lives and in the lives of others when we seek to discover solutions to our own problems. No one need tell us that we will have irritants in our lives like the sand scratching its way into the oyster's life.
Someone once said, "If you want the world to beat a path to your door, try taking a nap on a Sunday afernoon." Or, "Hurry up and sit down to dinner, so the telemarketers can get on with their calls."
I am reminded of the parable of the pearl. The pearl of which I am referring is a genuine aftermath of what began as an irritant in the shell of the oyster. Talk about "grating on nerves," the oyster can relate.
Unlike the crawfish, the oyster moved forward to rid itself from disturbances created by the outside forces of the sea, such as sand particles. A special solution was used to coat the grain of sand, over and over again. This episode in the life of the oyster required effort. Certainly, it did not happen overnight.
With appropriate nurturing and components, the oyster was removed of its irritants. VOILA, the sand had been transformed into a beautiful pearl.
Had the oyster been stagnant, the sand would have destroyed it completely. The great alternative was of tremendous value--a beautiful pearl, esteemed by the world.
This sound parable in the 13th chapter of Matthew tells us that the Kingdom of God is like the pearl of great price. A man went and sold everything he had so he could obtain that pearl.
As we internalize this Bible story, most of us can quickly visualize the irritations that crescendo in our own lives. There are such traits lying dormant in our human condition, waiting to explode if we do not seek self-control.
Thankfully, there is more to the story. When irritants are placed in our lives, God affords us free will. To move forward it is indeed important that we consider a solution to what is disturbing our hearts. Without doing so, ever-so-small annoyances will build into one irritant after another. If we do not take charge of our situation, these irritants can become dangerous and monstrous.
In fact, resentment will follow, tearing us up, disrupting any ounce of serenity that was awaiting us. If we continue to ignore these irritations, the potential of growing bitter toward life and everyone in our life increases. We are allowing those grains to scratch away at our spiritual condition and emotional well-being.
My life has a pearl in it. And your life has a pearl, too. We all have one, or more. We have grains of sand, too. But we can be overjoyed that God has given us a solution to our irritations.
When unpleasant interruptions in life, annoyances, and irritations scratch below our surface, over and over again, what is the solution?
Very simple--drawing even closer to Jesus Christ, our Lord. There is no such thing as getting too close, you know.
Prayer: We are grateful, God, that You shower us time and again with love, compassion, joy, and grace--Your solution, God. We thank You for being the Solution, and for being in our corner--not just in times of need but in days of joy as well. Keep us close to You and guide us to find Your solution so that we can be the best that we can be when interrupted by outside forces of the world. Help us to give away that precious pearl You so generously placed within the soul of each and every one of us. Amen
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Following the recent opening of the Sainburys Local store on Station Hill in Chippenham, the first floor refurbished offices above the store are now being offered to let. The prominent office suite benefits from its own independent access from Station Hill and provides open plan modern office space with excellent natural lighting with the large display windows look out over Chippenham Railway Station. The offices are still undergoing refurbishment, but will provide a net internal area of approximately 1,143 sq.ft of office space together with male and female toilets and a kitchen area. They are being offered by way of a new lease at a rental of £17,500pa. Huw Thomas of marketing agent Huw Thomas Commercial comments " These offices are both highly prominent and highly accessible particularly to the train station. You can virtually see the train coming into … Continued


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" I would be moving mid-month and that was hard because the places I was going were charging a full months rent. "
" You may want to try and figure out how you are doing mid-month to see if there are any changes that should be made. "
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A simultaneous vehicle scheduling and bus garage location and sizing optimization is described. The methodology's importance lies in its treating garage locations and sizes and vehicle schedules as dynamic. In other bus garage planning methodologies, vehicle schedules are assumed fixed. The inverse problem of Lagrangian dynamics is solved for the geodesic spray associated to the canonical symmetric linear connection on a Lie group of dimension three or less. The degree of generality is obtained in each case and concrete Lagrangians are written down. In the article by Kosmatopoulos et al. (1997) (Neural Networks 10(2) 299–314) the Theorem 4.1 was incorrect. In this note we present the correct version of Theorem 4.1. We discuss the possibility that electroweak symmetry is broken dynamically by a Hollister Toronto Eaton Center condensate of top quarks in a non-bootstrap picture involving a Hollister Locations top quark mass mt≈250 GeV but no tightly bound Higgs boson. We show how composite Goldstone bosons are formed as quark-antiquark bound states from a combination of QCD and contact below a scale μχ = 2mt, permitting experimental tests of the model near the TeV scale.


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With digital in full bloom, it's hard to keep on top of what's hot and what's not. Thankfully, as a brand marketers/managers and leaders it's not your responsibility to be monitoring the rise and fall of the latest trends – it's ours. As VP and GM of DAC Group, Louisville, Mike Corak wouldn't be doing his job if he wasn't up to speed on the real-world staying power of digital trends and tactics. From 'Why customer experience needs to be a top concern' to 'Looking beyond the Googlesphere for unique traffic and sizing up the data hound's bark vs. its bite' – this session will expose false predictions and shine a light on performing trends that brands shouldn't ignore.
At the AMA Cincinnati event, Mike, or Mr. Corak as he is addressed by no one, will share his top eight digital trends that deliver. Together you'll walk through the best of what's ahead in digital tactics while gaining insight and tips for real-world application in digital communications, roadmap creation, and opportunity optimization for performance.
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First of all: Jennifer Aniston is married! Second: Her surprise wedding is bringing dramatic innovations to the celebrity secret wedding field.
First, she did it on a Wednesday! Since TMZ has no doubt had a helicopter circling her house every Friday-Sunday since she and Justin Theroux were engaged, this is very sneaky. Although the gossip site did manage to snag pics of tents in their backyard, so not 100% foolproof.
The pair, who met on the set of The Leftovers, have also been engaged for ages (three years), which again, means we were all a little off our guard on this one. (Side note: Angelina and Brad wil have been married for exactly a year this month. Food for thought).
They also managed to keep their celeb studded guest-list super-secret, which is a feat when the guests include Emily Blunt, Sia, and yes, Lisa Kudrow and Courtney Cox (maid of honour, of course.)
Congrats Jen and Justin!
2015: All the celebrity break ups so far
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|Mission type
|Radar imaging
|MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates
|SATCAT no.
|Mission duration
|designed life: 7.25 years
Elapsed: 12 years, 10 months, 10 days
|Spacecraft properties
Thales Alenia Space- Italy (TAS-I)
|Launch mass
|2,300 kg (5,100 lb)
|Start of mission
|Launch date
|14 December 2007, 13:17:34UTC
|Launch site
|Baikonur 31/6
|Orbital parameters
|Reference system
RADARSAT-2 is an Earth observation satellite that was successfully launched December 14, 2007[1][2][3] for the Canadian Space Agency by Starsem, using a Soyuz FG launch vehicle, from Kazakhstan's Baikonur Cosmodrome. RADARSAT-2 was previously assembled, integrated and tested at the David Florida Laboratory near Ottawa, Ontario before the start of its launch campaign.
The end of the spacecraft and ground segment commissioning period was declared on April 27, 2008 after which routine commercial operation started. The satellite has a C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) with multiple polarization modes, including a fully polarimetric mode in which HH, HV, VV and VH polarized data are acquired. Its highest resolution is 1 m in Spotlight mode (3 m in Ultra Fine mode). In ScanSAR Wide Beam mode the SAR has a nominal swath width of 500 km and an imaging resolution of 100 m. Its left looking capability allows the spacecraft the unique capability to image the Antarctic on a routine basis providing data in support of scientific research.
The prime contractor on the project is MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), who have previously built projects such as the Canadarm. Other collaborating companies included EMS Technologies and Alenia. EMS Space & Technology/Montreal division was bought by MDA in 2005. RADARSAT-2 is owned and operated by MDA.
RADARSAT-2 is a follow-on to RADARSAT-1 which mission terminated in April 2013. It has the same orbit (798 km altitude sun-synchronous orbit with 6 p.m. ascending node and 6 a.m. descending node). Some of the orbit characteristics are 24 days repeat cycle (=343 orbits), 14.29 orbits per day, each orbit being 100.75 minutes duration. It is filling a wide variety of application, including sea ice mapping and ship routing, iceberg detection, agricultural crop monitoring, marine surveillance for ship and pollution detection, terrestrial defence surveillance and target identification, geological mapping, mine monitoring, land use mapping, wetlands mapping, topographic mapping.
On 4 July 2009, Canada's Department of National Defence announced their intention to increase RADARSAT-2 usage for surveillance of Canada's coastlines and the Arctic. To carry out this new project, the satellite's owner MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) of Richmond, B.C., was awarded $25-million contract to carry out upgrades (called project Polar Epsilon) to enhance the satellites capabilities to detect surface ships. The upgrades consisted of creating new beam mode (OSVN and DVWF) that target improvements in maritime vessels detection over a broad area, as well as upgrading the RADARSAT-2 ground segment to improve conflict resolution with other government users. Two new ground stations for the data reception have been built, one on the east coast at Masstown, N.S., and the other at Aldergrove, B.C. (west coast). These two new stations are mainly used for the Polar Epsilon project.[4]
By mid-August 2015, the addition of the Canada Centre for Mapping and Earth Observation (CCMEO) X Band receiving station in Inuvik has significantly increased RADARSAT-2 downlink capacity in Canada. The network of ground receiving station continues to expand with 19 partners organization using 53 antennas at various reception sites (as of Jun 2020).
As of January 2020, RADARSAT-2 is entering its 12th operational service year. Numerous enhancements have been added to the original capabilities both on the ground and on the space segments. The operational performance is well within the specification with an acquisition success rate above 97% (Acquisition successfully executed Vs Acquisition loaded on the Spacecraft for execution) and a percentage of availability of 99.95% (hours of outage Vs total hours in a year). The usage of SAR data have been steadily growing from an average of 3.5 minutes per orbit in 2008 to an average of 11.57 minutes per orbit in 2019. On July 15, 2020, MDA has provided the full extend of the original Government of Canada data allocation in exchange for the government's financial contribution to the building of the satellite. The Government of Canada remains an important user of RADARSAT-2 data.


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William Landay is a lawyer-turned-writer who worked in the Boston DA's office and whose new book,"Defending Jacob," is about an assistant prosecutor who investigates his own 14-year-old son's suspected role in a killing. April Henry, in her review in today's Oregonian, writes that the "courtroom scenes are well drawn, and it's clear that Landay is writing what he knows." She quotes this passage from the book, in which the protagonist considers the jury that has been selected to determine the fate of the 14-year-old:
It was almost comical how ignorant they were of the law, of how trials worked, even of this case which had been splashed all over the newspapers and evening news. They were chosen for their perfect ignorance of these things. This is how the system works. In the end, the lawyers and judges happily step aside and hand the entire process over to a dozen complete amateurs. It would be funny if it weren't so perverse. How futile the whole process is. Surely Jacob must have realized as he looked as those fourteen blank faces. The towering lie of the criminal justice system -- that we can reliably determine the truth, that we can know 'beyond a reasonable doubt' who is guilty and who is not -- is built on this whopper of an admission: After a thousand years or so of refining the process, judges and lawyers are no more able to say what is true than a dozen knuckleheads selected at random off the street.
I've presented cases ranging from shoplifting to capital murder to well over 200 juries -- (btw, if this case was in Oregon it would be almost impossible for a 14-year-old, even one charged with murder, to receive a jury trial; it would instead be handled in juvenile court before a judge) -- and I've lost several in which I remain convinced the defendant was guilty. But my faith in the jury system remains strong. The arrogance and contempt expressed about jurors -- indeed the entire system -- in this passage is profoundly disturbing.
Is this really what Landay "knows"?
Is this really what Landay "knows"?


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As a direct result of the difficulties of measuring software development, the success of development tends to be measured in input metrics. For internal software development (and any outsourcing that is included in that), organizations tend to manage this output measurement problem at a macro level, by allocating a "reasonable" budget for software development (an input), estimating what projects can be delivered for that budget, and then prioritizing according to the organization's strategic and tactical needs (outputs at a macro level). But, this macro approach does not really work for outsourcing contracts.
In this article, Mike Harris offers a solution via vested outsourcing.
"It's frustrating that there are so many failed software projects when I know from personal experience that it's possible to do so much better - and we can help."
- Mike Harris, DCG Owner


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EDITORIAL: Gender binary decisions all wrong for Urban School students selecting next year's leaders
Griffin Bianchi, Staff Writer
May 8, 2014
Every year, for the last 26 years, Urban has elected co-presidents to lead all-school meetings, plan events, and guide the student committee. And every year, according to a rule in force since 1988, Urban has elected one boy and one girl. The voter survey we're sent asks us to choose our favorite...


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New Hampshire students to get nearly $5 million debt relief
New Hampshire students who attended certain for-profit schools and online courses will get nearly $5 million in debt relief.
The Office of the Attorney General announced that New Hampshire is among 47 states included in the settlement involving Illinois-based Career Education Corp. CEC, a for-profit education company that operated schools nationwide, is required under the settlement to reform its recruiting and enrollment practices and to forgo collecting about $493.7 million in debts owed by 179,529 students nationally.
In New Hampshire, the company won't collect $4.6 million from 1,572 students. CEC has also agreed to pay $5 million to the states and New Hampshire will get $50,000.
State attorneys general alleged that CEC engaged in unfair and deceptive practices, including misleading prospective students about actual costs, program offerings and accurate job placement rates.


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On Wyatt Cenac, 'Key & Peele,' And Being The Only One In The Room
Last week, the Internet exploded after an episode of the WTF! Podcast with Marc Maron went online. The guest was the comedian Wyatt Cenac, who talked about being a writer and correspondent on The Daily Show for several years. He recalled getting into a heated argument with Jon Stewart, the show's host, over Stewart's impression of Herman Cain, which Cenac had found troubling:
"[Stewart] got incredibly defensive. I remember he was like, 'What are you trying to say? There's a tone in your voice.'
"I was like, 'There's no tone. It bothered me. It sounded like Kingfish [a minstrel-like Amos 'n' Andy character].'
"And then he got upset. And he stood up and he was just like, 'F*** off. I'm done with you.' And he just started screaming that to me. And he screamed it a few times. 'F*** off! I'm done with you.' And he stormed out. And I didn't know if I had been fired."
Much of the ensuing hullabaloo over Cenac's recounting of this incident focused on the fact that Stewart, a reliably liberal skewerer of the racial missteps of Washington's powerful, appeared to have badly mishandled a conversation about race with one of his own staffers.
But less attention was paid to what Cenac had to say about being the only black writer in the room, torn between speaking up or saying nothing and keeping the peace. (Full disclosure: Cenac is a personal friend.) "I gotta be honest if something seems questionable," he told Maron, "because if not, then I don't want to be in a position where I am being untrue not just to myself but to my culture, because that's exploitative. I'm just allowing something to continue if I'm just going to go along with it. And sadly, I think that's the burden a lot of people have to have when you are 'the one.' You represent something bigger than yourself whether you want to or not."
The Stewart-Cenac exchange illustrates what those of us who are often The Only One In The Room tend to know: It sucks. But it turns out that being The Only One isn't simply burdensome and annoying on an individual level. There's evidence that when people feel like they're The Only One in a group, even a group that professes to care about diversity in its ranks, it actually gets in the way of everything said diversity was supposed to achieve in the first place.
Not long ago, I spoke to Scott Page, a professor at the University of Michigan who studies how people interact in teams and organizations. His work on a mathematical formula to show how greater diversity makes organizations more effective has been explored in The New York Times. Page told me that while there's been a lot of conversation lately about increasing the numbers of non-white, non-male people in various companies and sectors, it's left open the question of how many folks those organizations are supposed to be aiming for. Is one enough? Is 10 too many? Can you fiddle the dials to calibrate some sort of ideal workplace diversity score?
Page says it all depends on what you're trying to achieve. If you simply want more women in the room, that's easy enough. Hire a woman and stick her at a desk. Your room has, indeed, become more diverse, numerically speaking. Time for happy hour.
But if what you're going for is bringing new perspectives into your organization, and getting people to actually think differently and come up with new ideas, then a different calculus is needed.
"One question you can ask is how many people of a particular group have to be in a room for them to speak," Page said. That is, having a woman in a room doesn't affect a whole lot if she doesn't feel comfortable speaking up. And while he has found that the presence of just one member of a minority group in a room can positively influence the rest of the group to be more cognizant of their own language and behavior, that's different from actually hearing out that person's ideas.
How many people from "a non-dominant group" need to be in a room for that to happen? It depends on a bunch of factors, like the size of the group and some other social dynamics. Individual personalities matter. So does the professional standing of the people in the room. And, of course, the number of people from the "non-dominant group" matters, too — it's just not the only thing that matters.
When it comes to speaking up about, say, the racial dynamics of a Herman Cain skit, being the Only One in the room can be especially tricky to navigate, says Page. Questions about whether an idea might be offensive often put them "in the position of speaking for all women or for all black people." (Which, again, sucks.) And depending on the power dynamics of the particular room, Page said, the person they're questioning might wield a whole lot of power over what happens next.
That's the kind of situation Cenac found himself in. As he told Maron, after the argument with Stewart, he wasn't sure whether he'd just been fired. He went outside, sat on a baseball field and broke down. "I was shaking, and I just sat there by myself on the bleachers and f****** cried. And it's a sad thing. That's how I feel. That's how I feel in this job. I feel alone," he said. Cenac stayed on the show for another year but took something of a back seat for the rest of his tenure. Eventually, he decided to leave altogether, a move that he says was partly connected to his rocky relationship with Stewart.
The tricky thing about being The Only One, though, is that even when you know it might suck, you put up with it to get your foot in the door. That could mean being the only black writer on the staff of The Daily Show — because, come on, it's The Daily Show — or getting to participate in something way more pedestrian. The point is, you want to be there.
I was reminded of this while watching a recent, much-circulated clip from Comedy Central's Key & Peele the other day. (The show's namesake duo announced last week that the current season will be its last.) In the sketch, Key and Peele play two black dudes in college vying to inhabit the implied "one spot" for a person of color in an an otherwise all-white a cappella group on campus. In order to win over the white kids in the groups they're trying to join, they engage in a series of increasingly hacky, hammy attempts at one-upping each other with a kind of performative, easily identifiable, ingratiating version of "blackness" — that is, a kind of blackness that calls attention to itself while being completely safe and cliche. One breaks into a barbershop-esque scat at the end of a song, much to his white teammates' delight. "I love that little Motown outro thing!" says one. "Super soulful!"
After the white boys leave the room, though, it's a different story. The black dudes drop the hammy affect and beef over their "territory" — that is, who gets to be the token black guy in the room. ("Do you have any idea how long it took me to infiltrate this group?" one asks the other.)
We later see the pair trying to one-up each other in an improv group, with one making super-obvious jokes — "Why does the cat have to be black?" — to uproarious laughter from their troupemates before the other tags in with a lame joke about his giant penis that also kills.
Being The Only One, in the way Key and Peele are sending up here, is an anxious dance for a lot of folks in the real world: What happens when you're in a space that seems to have room for Just One, and the racial currency that helped you get in the door suddenly becomes much less rare? And what happens when your racial identity is part of what got you picked for the team, but you know you'll get booted unless you you play to the crowd, never letting your identity confuse or disrupt?
Tanner Colby teased out this very tension in a great essay over at Slate last year, poking at the racial dynamics of the real-world comedy troupe at Saturday Night Live. Colby points to the long list of black comedians who joined the cast and left unhappily (Chris Rock, Damon Wayans, Yvonne Hudson, Danitra Vance, Dean Edwards, Jerry Minor, Finesse Mitchell, Ellen Cleghorne, etc.) — often because they felt they were being typecast — and the much-shorter list of black comedians who had long, successful careers on the show (Maya Rudolph, Tim Meadows, Kenan Thompson).
The difference, he notes, is that the comedians who struggled tended to come up through black comedy clubs, performing for black audiences, while the ones who flourished tended to come up through super-white comedy proving grounds like Second City and Upright Citizens Brigade, which were more aligned to the sensibilities of their future SNL cast members. That is, they probably had more practice navigating the terrain of white people.
The tricky thing here, of course, is the soft skill of "navigating the terrain of white people" often translates to not upsetting the apple cart, and yet upsetting the apple cart is exactly what advocates for diversity say they want. The tension between those two motivations eventually prompts so many of The Only Ones to throw up their hands and bounce, like Cenac did.
Page, the organizational theorist, told me that's to be expected when people feel excluded from groups, even ones they've joined voluntarily. "If you feel like there's a group and there's a vision and you're not part of that vision, you're just going to exit," he said. And he's found that problem holds true whether we're talking about entire societies or tiny niche groups. "There's a sense that you're going to have to stand up and shout, or you're going to leave."


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Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger confirmed that Tomas Rosicky is "close" to a comeback from injury. He told the club's official website:
If all goes well [he'll be back in] eight weeks. But that assumes he survives as we increase the intensity of training. So far Tomas has been exceptional frankly - exceptionally strong, exceptionally patient, exceptionally [...]
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In March, the New York Department of Financial Services (NYDFS) became the first financial regulator in the US to implement a cybersecurity regulation to protect its businesses from cyber crime and poor information security practices.
The Cybersecurity Requirements apply to almost all companies that fall under the authority of the NYDFS, not least the insurance industry. This does not just include banking and finance insurers, but also – for example – health insurers, life insurance companies, and property and casualty insurance companies.
Examining insurance regulations
According to credit ratings and research firm Fitch Ratings, the NYDFS's Cybersecurity Requirements are part of a new regulatory climate that could play a part in reinforcing the rapid growth in cyber insurance. However, Fitch also warned that the Regulation "could raise compliance risks for financial institutions and, in turn, premiums and loss potential" for directors and liability insurance underwriters.
On the other hand, Therese M. Goldsmith, a partner at Hogan Lovells and a former insurance commissioner for the state of Maryland, told Insurance Business that despite a "fair amount of activity at the federal level in the US," she believes it's unlikely that state-level regulation will fundamentally change the insurance industry.
The activity she refers to includes, as well as the Cybersecurity Requirements, two policies proposed by President Trump. In February, he signed an executive order aimed at scaling back parts of the Dodd-Frank Act, which placed the regulation of the financial industry in the hands of the government. Mr. Trump is also attempting to delay – and potentially scrap – the fiduciary rule, which proposes to force brokers to act in customers' best interest when giving retirement advice.
More information on the Cybersecurity Requirements
If you want to learn more about the Cybersecurity Requirements, IT Governance provides training courses and a free webinar series.
The New York DFS Cybersecurity & ISO27001 Certified ISMS Foundation Online course shows you how the international standard ISO 27001 aligns with the NYDFS's requirements.
A more in-depth course, New York Cybersecurity & ISO27001 Certified ISMS Lead Implementer Online explains how you can lead an ISO 27001 project to help your organization fully comply with the Regulation.
Both courses end with an online examination. If you pass, you will be awarded with an ISO 27001 Certified ISMS Foundation qualification and ISO 27001 Certified ISMS Lead Implementer qualification.
Meanwhile, our next webinar, NY State's Department of Financial Services cybersecurity regulation: How to meet requirements within deadlines, will be delivered on May 25, 2017, from 1:15 pm (ET)/10:15 am (PT).
If you can't make the webinar, it will be available to download shortly after it finishes.
In the coming months, we'll also be presenting webinars on:
- NY State's cybersecurity requirements for risk management, security of applications, & the appointed CISO
- Addressing penetration testing and vulnerabilities, and adding verification measures
- Data privacy, security measures, and managing third-party service providers to meet compliance requirements


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On this page you will be able to access forms and applications. Please click the link to download and print the form.
The Town of Cajah's Mountain has laid sewer lines throughout the Town, offering many citizens access to sewer services. For citizens who currently have access but are not connected, please complete the Application for Sewer Connection and submit it with the $500 application fee to the Town Manager. The Town only accepts checks for the application fee.
The Town of Cajah's Mountain only considers properties that are adjacent to properties that are already within the municipal limits of Cajah's Mountain. Without a property tax these are the only properties allowed to annex in by North Carolina law. Please contact the Town Manager if you have questions about annexation. If you are able to annex into the Town, please fill out the Voluntary Annexation Form and submit to the Manager. The application must go through a review process that takes several months.
No structure can be erected within the Town Limits without a Zoning Permit. The Zoning Permit requires the approval of the Town Manager before any work may commence. The Manager signs off during normal hours of operation. Also, Zoning Permits are not valid unless it is approved by the Town Manager first.


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So I mentioned yesterday that I was going to tell you all about a couple of books that I'm super excited about and I am, really, I am. I'll get to that in a few minutes. But first, I have to tell you about the coolest thing I found last night when I was working in my yard.
And yes, it's sitting on my dining room table. I don't care. I put it there and I yelled at MacGyver as I was heading out to go for a run this morning.
"Hey Babe, I'm going running, don't throw out my snake skin!'
He said he wouldn't and then he proceeded to tell me that when his parents come to dog sit later in the week I better hide it because his Mother is going to be thoroughly disgusted as most women are.
And then I ran and came home and planned on spending a few minutes to find out what kind of snake it came from but I fell down the rabbit hole.
MacGyver and I were looking at the shape of the head and we thought it was a viper but we were obviously basing our findings on the wrong research.
You have to look for a facial pit and a single row of scales.
Boom! Now I was hooked. I spend another two hours taking pictures and looking up snake skins.
It's hard to make out any facial pits from this view.
Hmmmmm, this view isn't much better.
So, I'm no closer than were I started but I will find out what kind of snake it is. I think it's probably a copperhead. And even if it isn't that's what I'll probably tell people.
Now, on to the books.
I have wanted to read this book since it came out. I pre-ordered it forever ago and forgot about it and then I got busy with projects and finally I was able to start it this week. I had hoped to really be half way through by now but then the whole snake thing happened but I'm going on vacation at the end of the week so my review is coming soon. Click on the link above if you want to read a preview.
The second book is one of those juicy stories that is so good you want to wait to read it because you want to savor it and enjoy every second of it. It's a story I'm familiar with but I want the book to be as good as what I already know. I imagine it to be like Grey Gardens reversed. From butt poor normal to mega wealthy crazy and I can't wait to read it. Click on the image below for a preview.
Unfortunately, I haven't read either of them completely yet. Only a few chapters of the first one. I promise to give you a full review once I do.
So long as I don't get distracted by anymore snake skins.
Do you get easily distracted by nature? How bout by snake skins?


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Forums › Bugs & issues › AxCrypt ios app › Reply To: AxCrypt ios app
Hello Jim,
Can you tell us a bit more about the problem? What kind of file is it (pdf, doc, jpg, … etc)? Can you open unencrypted files of the same type?
Where is the file stored on your phone?


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We need a better t-shirt
Fred Starr recollects...We need a better t-shirt
Was it the feeling that metallurgists were a rather dull bunch and taken for granted by the rest of the engineering profession, or was it the prospect of more money elsewhere that led me to drop the subject as soon as I got my degree? There was certainly an attraction in being a shift engineer on the most advanced gas-making plant in Britain. It looked like a refinery – making gas from a light oil called naphtha. As with any plant of its type, the various units, boilers, naphtha heaters, steam reformer and catalyst vessels were fully integrated. In theory, to boost gas output, all that was needed was an increase in naphtha flow to the reactors. Then, in theory, all the rest of the plant would begin working in concert. In fact, to get the best out of it, one needed to twiddle with all the controls, and have the courage to let temperatures start climbing. As a metallurgist, knowing what the equipment could take, and having faith in the plant designers, I knew that any temperature overshoot would not last long. So I was one of the first to get the plant working as it should.
Despite the need to twiddle, it seemed miraculous for the equipment to be in such dynamic balance. When I switched back to metallurgy, where most of my time was spent among chemical engineers and heat exchange specialists, I came to realise how it was done. Although the design of chemical plants was a calculation-based procedure, most of it was underpinned by rules of thumb about rates of mass transfer, the effectiveness of heat exchangers, allowable pressure drops, turbine isentropic efficiencies, etc. By 1980, the mathematical part, known as process flow analysis, had been taken over by computer programs. The heuristic rules of thumb remained secrets of the cognoscenti. If these were not right, a process flow analysis was classic rubbish in, rubbish out.
My last proper job, at the EU's Institute for Energy in the Netherlands, was back to chemical engineering. They knew me of old as a metallurgist, but more importantly as someone who knew something about the gasification of coal at high pressure. Our team worked on several approaches to making hydrogen from coal, while capturing CO2, in the approved environmentally acceptable manner. We all gained from one another, and I did some process design myself. I am most proud of my CRAPPY Coal Project, where we were inevitably quizzed on the acronym. In truth, the process was intended to use low melting point, high-ash coals. Coals that a sensible power plant operator would regard as cheap, but 'crap'.
Chemical engineering is one of the best-paid technical professions, having the confidence to laugh at itself. One t-shirt proclaims that, 'We do precision guesswork – based on unreliable data – provided by those of questionable knowledge.' Another shows a typical chemical plant diagram, representing equipment and flows, confirming the wearer to be a qualified chemical engineer. Only such as they can read the hieroglyph.
With our own profession, there is still a diffidence about metallurgy, a reluctance to broadcast our existence. It's made even worse by us now being just one facet of materials science, a subject which didn't exist when I was at university. So it's not surprising that our t-shirts don't say anything very funny or striking. Just a pedestrian 'Metallurgical Engineer' or similar. At the very least we should try to raise a smile among ourselves. Would you wear these at your next conference?


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This February, start your Black History Month lesson planning with Share My Lesson's expanded collection. You'll find lessons, worksheets and activities to teach your preK-12 students about key events and individuals whose accomplishments continue to influence us today.
You'll also get ideas and resources for integrating African American history and culture into all aspects of the yearlong curriculum including features for literature, history, biographies of notable Black Americans, film, music, art, migration/immigration, the struggle for civil rights both past and present, racism and current events.


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Helen Flanagan, a British actress, has caused controversy on Twitter after publishing a picture of herself pointing a gun to her head on the day the first victims of the Sandy Hook massacre were buried.
She posted the sexy picture, in which she is simply wearing a black bra, alongside the message "Head f***." On Friday, twenty children each of whom were aged between six and seven, and six adults, were shot dead by Adam Lanza in their classroom in the quiet town of Newtown, Connecticut.
An angry father who was at a shrine to the victims in Connecticut said, "It's just ignorance when the eyes of the world are on what happened here, to be posing with a gun like that is insensitive and stupid."
Garrett Gloss, a Newtown native who was looking to commemorate the victims by adorning 26 lights in the town's library said, "This is plain wrong. You can't do this. It looks she is just trying to get her name out there."
Another angry commenter called her an "insensitive b**ch," whilst an offended individual also wrote, "You are sick & should be disgusted. cannot believe your stupid gun photo."
Flanagan, who recently starred in the British reality TV show, I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here, has since removed the image, which was photographed in October and has failed to comment on the issue but did recently tweet, "I was so hungover yesterday."
What do think of Helen Flanagan's images? Do you believe that they are insensitive or just an example of ignorance?


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PCT2U Guide to QTS
Deregulation of Teaching Qualifications in the UK
There is a lot of confusion surrounding what is required to be a qualified teacher in UK schools these days as the traditional PGCE route along with QTLS training in schools was deregulated and funding removed by the UK government. Now you don't legally require a PGCE to work in a UK school, in fact to become a qualified teacher you can just take our online Diploma in Education and Training course without any prior degree level qualification and obtain QTS to become a fully qualified teacher.
Due to the deregulation of teachers qualifications in the UK you can progress to QTS through us starting from the (AET) Level 3 Award in Education and Training onto the (CET) Level 4 Certificate in Education and Training and up to the (DET) Level 5 postgraduate Diploma in Education and Training. Once the DET has been obtained you can then get employment in a school and you will be able to claim the UK qualified teachers pay-scale. The UK Academy sector doesn't have any entry requirements for dual professionals joining the teaching faculty as long as you commit to train as a part of your CPD either on the CET or DET routes to gain your QTS. There is also no requirement to obtain the QTLS recognition through the Society of Education and Training as this is not mandatory and is merely a professional formation that reviews your teacher training portfolio. Again the actual government funded route for QTLS was discontinued by the UK government as something that was no longer required in UK schools. It is now a CPD route that is reviewed by inspectors of teachers working in schools and a part of this teacher training portfolio is the CET and DET routes to then obtain the QTS pay-scale.
In 2015 a government consultation was concluded and it was found that deregulation of regulated qualifications would occur so there is no longer a QCF framework or GLH's applied to qualifications. Now we have an RQF framework and this includes TQT as a requirement not GLH and now defines regulated qualifications further to this consultation. For more information on changes to regulated qualifications please visit here: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/after-the-qcf-a-new-qualifications-framework
You must have qualified teacher status (QTS) to take up a teaching post in England in a:
- maintained primary school
- maintained secondary school
- maintained special school
- non-maintained special school
Maintained schools form part of the state-funded schools system in England (including primary, secondary and special schools for pupils with special educational needs). In maintained schools funding and oversight is generally through the local authority. They make up the majority of schools in England and are mostly either community schools or voluntary controlled schools (where the local authority employs the school's staff and is responsible for admissions) or foundation and voluntary aided schools, where the school's governing body employs the staff and has responsibility for admissions.
The Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA) is the competent authority in England for the teaching profession. On behalf of the Secretary of State we're responsible for the award of QTS. We also award QTS to trained teachers from the European Economic Area (EEA).
Once you have QTS, and are employed to teach in a maintained school in England or Wales, you will be paid under the school teachers' pay scales. You will be subject to the performance management arrangements in schools in the same way as any other qualified teacher.
Teachers who trained in England
When you have finished your training, the initial teacher training provider will inform us of your results. This applies to all teacher training routes and to those awarded QTS following the assessment only route. If successful, we'll award you QTS and update your record on the database of qualified teachers. Your QTS certificate will be available online from the teacher self-service website.
Teachers who trained in Wales
If you completed your initial teacher training in Wales, you'll be awarded QTSby the Education Workforce Council (EWC). QTS awarded by the EWC is automatically recognised in England and the information is held on the database of qualified teachers.
Teachers trained or recognised in Scotland or Northern Ireland
If you trained in either Scotland or Northern Ireland you must apply for QTS to take up a teaching post in a maintained school or non-maintained special school in England.
Overseas trained teachers (OTTs) who qualified outside of the European Economic Area (EEA) who have gained recognition as a teacher in either Scotland or Northern Ireland can also apply for QTS in England.
EEA nationals
If an EEA member state recognises you as a qualified school teacher you can apply for QTS in England under the terms of Council Directive 2005/36/EC.
If you trained outside the EEA you can also apply for QTS in England. An EEAmember state needs to recognise your qualifications and you will need 3 years of experience as a teacher in that state.
Swiss nationals are also eligible to apply for QTS in England.
From the 19 December 2016 teachers who are recognised in the EEA but who are only qualified to teach pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) can apply for partial qualified teacher status in England. A teacher with partial qualified teacher status can be appointed to a qualified teacher post in a special school or to teach pupils in a specialist unit in mainstream schools. Partial qualified teacher status also exempts a teacher from the requirement to serve a statutory induction period in England. This change is due to an amendment to Council Directive 2005/36/EC. EU Member States must recognise qualifications when they entitle a professional to work in specific areas of a regulated profession.
If you're not sure if you're eligible please contact [email protected].
For more guidance on routes to QTS please contact us on 020-33974548 or email us at [email protected]


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Case: IT-96-21-Abis
Judge Mohamed Shahabuddeen, Presiding
Judge David Hunt
Judge Fausto Pocar
Judge Asoka de Zoysa Gunawardana
Judge Theodor Meron
Mr Hans Holthuis
Decision of:
14 December 2001
Zdravko MUCIC (aka "PAVO"), Hazim DELIC
and Esad LANDZO (aka "ZENGA")
The Office of the Prosecutor:
Mr Norman Farrell
Counsel for Accused:
Mr Tomislav Kuzmanovic and Mr Howard Morrison for Zdravko Mucic
Mr Salih Karabdic and Mr Tom Moran for Hazim Delic
Ms Cynthia Sinatra and Mr Peter Murphy for Esad Landzo
THE APPEALS CHAMBER of the International Tribunal for the Prosecution of Persons Responsible for Serious Violations of International Humanitarian Law Committed in the Territory of the Former Yugoslavia since 1991 ("the International Tribunal");
BEING SEISED of the "Motion of Appellant Zdravko Mucic for Provisional and Temporary Release", filed by Counsel for Zdravko Mucic ("the Appellant") on 7 December 2001 ("the Request"), in which the Appellant seeks provisional and temporary release for ten days during the Christmas holidays (from 23 December 2001 until 2 January 2002) so that he may take care of his father;
NOTING that, on 9 October 2001, the Appellant was convicted and sentenced to imprisonment for 9 years for the willful killing of nine detainees and willfully causing great suffering or serious injury to another under Article 7(3) of the Statute, for the torture of six detainees under Article 7(3) of the Statute, for willfully causing great suffering or serious injury to three detainees and inhumane treatment of another under Article 7(3) of the Statute, for inhumane treatment of six detainees, for willfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health by virtue of the inhumane conditions in the camp under both Article 7(1) and 7(3) of the Statute, and for the unlawful confinement of civilians under Article 7(1) of the Statute1;
NOTING that, on 15 October 2001, the Appellant filed his notice of appeal against the sentence imposed on him by the Trial Chamber;
NOTING that sub-Rule 65(I) of the Rules of Procedure and Evidence provides that the Appeals Chamber may grant provisional release to a convicted person pending an appeal or for a fixed period if it is satisfied that: (i) the appellant, if released, will either appear at the hearing of the appeal or will surrender into detention at the conclusion of the fixed period, as the case may be; (ii) the appellant, if released, will not pose a danger to any victim, witness or other person, and (iii) special circumstances exist warranting such release;
CONSIDERING that, since the Tribunal has no power to execute its own arrest warrants, Rule 65(I) places a substantial burden of proof on the applicant for provisional release to prove that the three requirements laid out in this Rule have been met;
CONSIDERING that the Appellant did not surrender voluntarily, but that he was arrested in Austria on 18 March 1996 and that he was transferred to the UN Detention Unit in the Hague on 9 April 1996;
CONSIDERING that the Appellant has failed to submit to the Appeals Chamber any guarantee or assurances from competent authorities that, if released, he will appear at the hearing or will surrender into detention at the conclusion of the fixed period;
CONSIDERING that the Appellant merely refers to the fact that he has sought a report from Mr McFadden, Commander of the UN Detention Unit, regarding his conduct during his detention, but that no such report has been provided to the Appeals Chamber;
CONSIDERING that the Appellant has failed to establish any "special circumstances" which would justify his provisional or temporary release;
FINDING that no guarantees or assurances that he will appear for the hearing have been provided to the Appeals Chamber, and that the Appellant has failed to establish special circumstances which would warrant his release;
FINDING that the Appellant has not satisfied the Appeals Chamber that the criteria of sub-Rule 65(I) have been met;
HEREBY DENIES the Request for provisional and temporary release.
Done in English and French, the English text being authoritative.
Dated this 14th day of December 2001,
At The Hague,
The Netherlands.
Mohamed Shahabuddeen
Presiding Judge
[Seal of the Tribunal]
1 - Prosecutor v. Zdravko Mucic, Hazim Delic and Esad Landzo, "Sentencing Judgement", 9 October 2001


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Felekech Petros is a single mother who works several jobs to support her son, elderly mother and her younger sister, who is currently in nursing school.
Petros and her family came to the United States from Ethiopia in 2002 and for the past six years the family had been living in an overcrowded, two-bedroom apartment.
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Genrewold, who hopes to be a civil engineer, slept on the couch in their old apartment. Now, he also has his own room with privacy and space to study.
The family, along with many volunteers, spent 500 hours working side-by-side since March to complete their new home.
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The home was also made possible through the financial support of River City Bank, Youth Build and Wells Fargo.