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Though Maturing, Hadoop Ecosystem Has Room to Grow
With the recent announcement of Hortonworks offering Apache HAWQ as Hortonworks HDB, the ecosystem around Hortonworks and Hadoop is continuing to evolve. As a 10-year old, Hadoop has become a critical foundation for many Big Data initiatives at most global enterprises even when its relevance is questioned time to time with latest innovations in Big Data technologies.
Let us understand what the introduction of HDB as part of the Hortonworks stack means for enterprises in the context of the Big Data movement:
- There is a need for SQL based access to Big Data. It validated the need for SQL based solutions to rapidly access the data that is being locked up in Hadoop. As more enterprises invest in creating Enterprise Data Lakes and filling it up with more data, it is important to find an easy way to get the data out of the lake and do relevant queries and analysis to deliver value back to the business.
- IT needs to play a bigger role in delivering value from Big Data. It has highlighted the need for enabling IT organizations to play a bigger role in delivering value. Depending on the dynamics of organizations within an enterprise, the ownership and access to data can be tricky. Businesses may sponsor data scientists to derive benefits from advanced analytics but IT organizations may not have access to the same investment to hire their own data scientists for supporting their applications.
- Do more with Big data to get more. Thus far the major focus has been on complex analytics and MapReduce algorithms that are essentially batch processing in nature. As analytics workloads come to bear via either MapReduce jobs or SQL based solutions on top of Hadoop, there is a realization within IT that they can do more with Big Data to enable some of the operational workloads and potentially consider less critical transactional workloads that can be hosted within their data lake. This realization is slowly sinking in as businesses demand more from their Big Data investments and IT is grappling with the methods to deliver to those demands.
- ANSI SQL is a must. As many open source projects backed by different vendors started offering SQL support, many developers were content with partial or limited SQL support as they tested out what they could do with their Big Data investment. Initially, applications were fairly advanced and typically delivered by ISVs or solution providers. As more IT apps are leveraging Big Data and the enterprise Data Lake, it is a must to have a more complete support of ANSI SQL to modernize or transform existing SQL based apps that can leverage this consolidated enterprise data in the Data Lake.
- Bring Analytics into the Database. Uncovering and leveraging insights to serve customers better; deliver new services; and generate more revenue is the promise of Big Data. However, stars need to be aligned before the promise of Big Data is fulfilled. A key aspect in delivering new insights is to apply advanced analytics to enterprise data held in a central Enterprise Data Lake. In order to achieve that, data movement and duplication has become a major bottleneck for many an IT organization. Also, with the advent of SQL engines on top of Big Data platforms, the increased expectations from IT organizations and data scientists alike is to be able to deliver analytics from the database using SQL based queries as well as the ability to run complex algorithms via extensible User Defined Functions (UDFs).
- Proprietary RDBMS vendors' support for Hadoop falls short – Many a proprietary RDBMS vendor have announced their support for Hadoop, more to bring data out of Hadoop to their proprietary storage formats to run queries. This defeats the purpose of an enterprise data lake, and adds to the complexities and latencies associated with data movement and duplication at several layers. It can be a nightmare for IT organizations to keep all this data in sync.
- Performance demands are growing. SQL engines are being put to a test as the data volume, variety, and velocity continue to increase and commensurate with that so does the complexity of queries with the number of joins required or the type of data (structured, semi-structured and unstructured) being processed by the Big Data apps.
The State of SQL Engines for Hadoop
Coming back to choosing HDB or Apache HAWQ versus other SQL databases for Big Data, it is important to note the problems customers are experiencing with the current solutions:
- Improper memory management hurts performance and destabilizes clusters even for the simplest of queries
- Inefficient use of parallelism resulting in poor response times or throughput
- Inability to join a large number of tables pushes developers to write complex and inefficient MapReduce jobs
- Lack of sophisticated query optimization techniques resulting in subpar query performance
- Not being able to support updates especially while reading (only being able to access immutable data)
Esgyn Core Tenets
With EsgynDB, we have an unfair advantage of being a mature, 4th generation SQL engine that addresses the above mentioned challenges. Here are the fundamental tenets at EsgynDB:
- Democratize Big Data and High performance computing – while Big Data initiatives currently demand new skillsets, it is our belief that building, maintaining and leveraging Big Data needs to be democratized, by enabling enterprises to take advantage of existing resources to get the benefit. Our open source contributions via Apache Trafodion puts the power of a mature 4th generation SQL engine in the hands of the SQL developer community, to transform existing SQL-based apps to leverage the data from enterprise data lakes.
- Accelerate Value from Enterprise Data Lake – as more customers deploy data lakes and wonder how to derive value from them, we believe SQL based solutions are the only answer to this quandary.
Bring all workloads to one single SQL Database – Esgyn is driving this transformation by addressing all workloads, including reads, writes, joins, operational queries, ACID transactions and analytics. Most SQL engines in the market focus on analytic workloads instead of enabling far more value from Big Data.
- Accelerate Value from Enterprise Data Lake – as more customers deploy data lakes and wonder how to derive value from them, we believe SQL based solutions are the only answer to this quandary.
- Minimize / eliminate data movement and duplication – Once the data lake is created and data is flowing in, there shouldn't be a need for data movement out of the lake for a specific app. EsgynDB reduces the need for data movement and duplication. This has been a major constraint for operational data stores and BI projects, though it might have been played well for proprietary RDBMS vendors. By hosting operational workloads with EsgynDB you reduce data movement and duplication from proprietary operational systems. Also, you don't need to aggregate or duplicate data out of the Data Lake since EsgynDB allows fast processing of the data using SQL right on the same Big Data platform.
- When it comes to SQL Engines, experience and maturity matters. While it is great to see considerable innovation in the Big Data space, Esgyn is proud of its Tandem and HP roots, where we spent the last couple of decades and hundreds of millions of investment to perfect a SQL engine that ran all types of workloads for global enterprises. Rome wasn't built in one day!
- SQL Engines need to optimize for different Big Data storage formats. In a proprietary RDBMS, the vendor optimizes the integration of the query engine with the storage engine to enable faster parallel processing to deliver superior functionality and performance. When it comes to open source Big Data solutions based on Hadoop or other storage formats, it is the job of the SQL query engine to have an optimized integration with the storage engine to deliver on the performance promise. EsgynDB with its unique pluggable data management framework approach, delivers on this promise by deep integration with HBase, Hive, ORC, each of them optimized for relevant data models, workloads, and performance characteristics.
Before You Choose
Before you decide on a specific SQL engine for Hadoop, ask the appropriate questions. Our team has put together two resources to that effect.
- Download the checklist to compare SQL Engines
- Download the SQL Engine Requirements paper to know what questions to ask your SQL on Hadoop vendor.

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Dorset walk: Bere Down and Elderton Clump
PUBLISHED: 12:39 18 December 2013 | UPDATED: 12:18 05 October 2017
A crisp winter's day during the Christmas holidays is perfect for savouring the high downs and superb views of this ancient landscape, says Edward Griffiths
The high downs fields on this very pleasant walk afford some superb views in all directions. Any mud patches are more than compensated for by flint farm tracks and grassy bridleways alongside hedgerows with ivy 'flowers' and colourful spindle berries.
Recent archaeological digs in the area prove that these downs were settled back in the Iron Age, and later still by the Romans. Excavations by Bournemouth University revealed an enclosed late Iron Age banjo enclosure and a Roman masonry building. The banjo enclosure is roughly oval, having a long narrow entrance with parallel ditches, and this was the first such site found in Dorset. It probably represents a wealthy farming community with round houses and animal pens, granaries, storage pits and outbuildings, and there's still more to be uncovered.
The BBC's 'Domesday Reloaded' project in 1986 refers to Elderton Clump as: 'Obviously a place of some importance in prehistoric times, since there are many remains of the Iron Age in the vicinity. It was also the meeting place of a number of prehistoric tracks, and the Roman road to Dorchester passes close by'. Now it's your turn to walk these high downs and enjoy the views across this ancient landscape.
• Distance: 5 miles (8 km).
• Time: 3 hours.
• Exertion: Not strenuous - mildly undulating on field and farm tracks. Some mud after rain.
• Start: West Street, Bere Regis (Grid Ref: SY846949). There's a car park in Manor Farm Road, or park unobtrusively in West Street.
• Map: OS Landranger Sheet 194.
• Public Transport: First 387.
• Dogs: On leads in fields with livestock and also on roads.
• Refreshments: The Royal Oak and the Drax Arms for reasonably priced lunches and evening bar meals. The Drax Arms also serves cooked breakfasts from 10am.
The walk
1 Do visit St John the Baptist's Church before you leave Bere Regis. Then walk west along West Street until you reach Butt Lane on the right. Walk up here, between cottages and past the Congregational Chapel, opened by Mr Backway in 1930. Continue into the hedged Jubilee Trail (J/Tr) signed bridleway. Over to the end gateway, carefully cross the A35 Bere Regis By-Pass onto the opposite sunken grass track, which starts rising gently. Past a J/Tr and bridleway-post at a right opening, continue between hedges into a large field.
2 Follow the right hedge across, with views to Muddox Barrow Farm through a right gap. At the farm's right track, your track becomes firm flint. Keep straight on, through twin J/Tr-gates. Up to the hilltop mobile phone mast, there are superb views clockwise from East Field Farm right and Charborough Park tower, nearer Woodbury Hill, the distant ridge overlooking Purbeck, Black Hill above Bere Regis, Hardy's Heath and the downs above Piddle Valley. The track, open left and hedged right, continues straight on with the twin-pines of Elderton Clump ahead. Through twin J/Tr-gates, continue down the fenced track, with the left valley descending to farm buildings. At the next tracks' T-junction, the Jubilee Trail turns left. Cross over to the bridleway-gateway into the field. Follow the right fence and hedge up towards the twin pines.
3 Through the far corner bridleway half gate, bear half left as shown by the arrows, past the twin pines and down the field, aiming for the line of the hedge seen left of the electricity pole. Through the bottom hedge into the second field, keep straight across. Through the facing bridleway hedge-gap to 'that' hedge-line, keep straight on with the hedge on your left. Up to a wide left opening, go through the facing hedge gap. Cross the field to 1½ bridleway gates onto the road, with two pointers. Don't go through, but double back left up along the right hedge. Look out for the barrow in the hedge. Continue to the corner bridleway-gap.
4 Through here, follow the right hedge again over and down the field and into the next field, rising now against the right hedge to the corner bridleway half-gate. Through here, where you meet the Jubilee Trail again, turn left and follow the left hedge grass track, through a gate into the second field and on to a four-way bridleways' crossing. Through the facing J/Tr half-gate, follow the left hedge again to a wide opening. At the two-way bridleway-post, turn left along the left hedge to the corner J/Tr half-gate. Don't go through, but turn right along the left hedge/fence.
5 Descending, pass the left opening and go through the facing gate. Follow the hedged track to the two-way bridleway pointer onto the lane. Follow the lane to the Milborne St Andrew road at the 'Bere Down Farm' notice. Keep straight on along the road, with sparse traffic, passing left and right barns and two bungalows. Here, join the pavement, crossing to the left side before the By-Pass exit slip road, and go under the bridge. Stroll back into Bere Regis, passing the stone commemorating Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee in 2012.


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Why Does God Allow Suffering?
Everyday we see so many forms of suffering. People who are bad and who are good, people who are young and who are old are all suffering. So why does God allow this to happen?
The problem of pain has troubled theologians for centuries. Critics have used it in attempt to disprove the existence of an all-loving and all-powerful God. We've all struggled justifying our faith in the midst of suffering. While some pain is punitive as a result of sin, some pain is redemptive as in the miracle of childbirth. Other pain seems to have no explanation and just doesn't make sense. In fact, our English word absurd came from the word surd meaning irrational or beyond meaning. Job must have felt that way when he suffered. It's interesting that God never explained his suffering to him, yet loved and honored him nonetheless. Faith may not explain it completely, but it does transcend suffering. True faith endures suffering while maintaining a right view of the character of God.
Essentially, we would all agree that suffering is a result of sin. The Bible says in Romans 5:12 (NIV) "Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, and in this way death came to all men, because all sinned." Consequently, we live in a fallen and sinful world and are subject to suffering even when it may not be our fault. Keeping an eternal perspective helps when suffering. Knowing that this isn't heaven but that one day God will deliver me from suffering into His eternal kingdom gives me perseverance. It also helps to know that Jesus suffers with us when we suffer. Hebrews 4:15 says "We don't have a priest who is out of touch with our reality. He's been through weakness and testing, experienced it all—all but the sin."
The real question is not why God allows suffering but how can we respond to it? The writer of Hebrews goes on to say, "Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need." Hebrews 4:14-16 (NIV/KJV)


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|Carter, Hugh A. (Alton), Sr., 1920-1999
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Worm farming (vermiculture) is the act of breeding and raising earthworms. There are many benefits to farming worms, mostly centering around their role in soil fertilization through aeration and composting. Worms are also bred for use as fishing bait.
Hugh A. Carter, Sr. served in the Georgia State Senate from 1967 to 1981, succeeding his first cousin Jimmy Carter. He also owned a bait shop and antique store in his native Plains, GA.
The collection consists of instructional guides and order forms pertaining to earthworm farming and raising crickets. Three manuals are authored by Charlie Morgan, and several others were penned by Hugh A. Carter of Plains, GA.
Earthworm farming guide collection, ms 3855, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.


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This week's episode of "Underground" focused solely on Harriet Tubman, played by Aisha Hinds, as she gives a speech to a group of white abolitionists. Series executive producer Anthony Hemingway explained to Variety the creative decision behind the episode, which takes place almost entirely in one location with Hinds having the overwhelming majority of the lines.
"In doing the research, [Misha Green] and [Joe Pokaski] found that in the 1850's Harriet Tubman was actually doing public speaking," said Hemingway, who also directed this episode. "That was how they found her way in. They said, 'Harriet Tubman is going to do a TED Talk!' Of course we label it and hashtag it 'TUB Talk.' It was fun to learn that at at time when she was being sought and hunted, she was willing to give and share and risk her life to do this public speaking in front of like-minded people to encourage them to keep fighting for the cause."
Hemingway also said that Green and Pokaski had been looking for a chance to do an episode all about Tubman since before production began on Season 2 of the WGN America drama series. "We all talked about it at the beginning of the season, but once you really start to do it you have to say, 'Now this is serious,"' he said. "You can't tell this story without giving the right capacity and space to honor and respect the legacy and the heroics of Harriet Tubman. They really wanted to give her this platform that was very much like going to the theater and having her be on stage and come at it from an unusual approach."
Hemingway also had nothing but praise for Hinds , who joined the show as the legendary Underground Railroad conductor this season. "We shot this episode in three days, and Aisha only had the script a week beforehand, which is a testament at how well she was a vessel for Harriet to really tell this story," he said. "Aisha really understood the responsibility that was necessary and what it meant to really take on this call to duty. She excellently and exceptionally championed it and took it on. She evoked such a chilling performance. She and I have been friends outside of just working together for a long time. During casting when I was coming to find who Harriet was, she was the first person in my mind."


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The Society for Cardiovascular Patient Care (SCPC) began certifying hospitals for atrial fibrillation in 2011, with the primary goal of assisting healthcare facilities to better evaluate and manage patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). In addition, the SCPC sought to improve the quality of AF care by encouraging education regarding atrial fibrillation for both healthcare providers and patients.
Our interest in this process began after reading about the Genesis HealthCare System, which was featured in 2012 in EP Lab Digest® for achieving the first AF certification in the United States.1 Recognizing that Centura Health was committed to these very same goals, providing quality cardiac care and improving education with all aspects of heart care, including atrial fibrillation, we began to plan for certification. Porter Adventist Hospital, one of the hospitals in the Centura Health care system, had previously demonstrated their commitment to such optimal levels of care, achieving both Heart Failure Accreditation and Chest Pain Center Accreditation from the SCPC in 2012.
Centura Health consists of 15 hospitals in Colorado and Western Kansas. Seven of the 15 hospitals are located in the Denver Metro area. Centura Health care facilities and hospitals in the greater Denver metropolitan are integrated with the goal of developing systemwide approaches for the optimization of cardiovascular care. To facilitate integration of individual hospitals into a single overarching system, physician directors from each subsection of cardiology were appointed. Sri Sundaram, MD, FHRS, with South Denver Cardiology, was appointed the systemwide director of clinical cardiac electrophysiology and put in charge of improving the quality of electrophysiology care provided at Centura hospitals in the Denver area.
The AF certification article in EP Lab Digest® prompted us to contact the SCPC to discuss the certification process. Recognizing that this certification would showcase our expertise in the care of atrial fibrillation, provide a unified systemwide approach for AF care, and consequently improve quality at all Centura hospitals while also allowing for cost savings, we approached the Centura Health Cardiovascular Council with our plan. The council consists of chief executive officers from each of the individual hospitals in the Denver Metro area, as well as cardiovascular service line directors, cardiac cath and EP lab directors, cardiovascular nursing leaders, and other key physician leaders. We felt it was critical to obtain the cooperation of all potential involved parties to achieve the certification. AF certification can only occur at hospitals with advanced state-of-the-art electrophysiology labs. For this reason, Porter Adventist Hospital was chosen as the site to pursue atrial fibrillation certification.
Porter Adventist Hospital has a very active electrophysiology department. There are four cardiac electrophysiologists that practice primarily at the hospital. In 2013, approximately 500 EP cases were performed at Porter in two full-time electrophysiology labs. One lab has a Carto 3D mapping system (Biosense Webster, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company) while the other has a NavX 3D mapping system (St. Jude Medical). Of these 500 cases, approximately 250 were various ablations, 100 of which were AF ablation procedures. The volume of cases is increasing every year, and this trajectory is projected to continue as a result of strong physician leadership, excellent team cohesion, and superior patient outcomes. In addition, a state-of-the-art hybrid operating suite and cardiac catheterization lab are also being utilized for device implantation. Porter currently has 11 lab staff members who are all trained in both cardiac catheterization/intervention and electrophysiology; however, due to the industry migration from diagnostic and interventional cardiology to EP, the associated staff has become much more focused on EP advancements. Part of the reason for the increase in volumes at Porter is the result of high-quality care, and in particular with the outcomes of our patients with atrial fibrillation. Achieving certification has been a journey to demonstrate and enhance the superior quality AF care at Porter Adventist Hospital and establish ourselves as a leader in AF care in Colorado.
Steps to AF Certification
A multidisciplinary subcommittee was first established to organize and enact our plans toward fulfilling the criteria needed for AF certification. Porter Adventist Hospital's cardiovascular service line director chaired the subcommittee, which also included emergency medicine physicians and ER charge nurses, nurse managers from the main cardiac telemetry units, Porter Adventist Hospital's EP lab director, Dr. William Choe, and individual members of the EP lab staff. Monthly meetings were utilized toward the goal of completing one component of the Key Elements of certification every month.
The SCPC requires achievement of ten Key Elements to qualify for certification. For example, one Key Element pertains to the treatment of AF patients in the emergency department. ED triage algorithms are delineated in detail, requiring a collaborative approach between the emergency department physicians, the electrophysiologist, and ICU and telemetry unit nurses. Criteria were established for four possible dispositions: discharge home with cardiology follow-up, admission to telemetry, admission to regular medicine floor, or admission to an ICU. Another Key Element was ED integration with emergency medical services (EMS). To address this, the ED physician on the subcommittee, Mark Prather, MD, presented educational didactic sessions to EMS personnel. In addition, interactive question and answer sessions focused on atrial fibrillation were organized between attending electrophysiologists and EMS. Another Key Element addressed was global education. The electrophysiologists discussed the AF protocols with nursing staff on the individual hospital units, using interactive lunch time sessions. Grand rounds on the topic of atrial fibrillation were also presented by the EP attending. Multiple in-service sessions were provided to the EP lab staff about the triage decisions and the eventual decision to perform AF ablation.
The certification process also addressed process improvement as a Key Element. In order to appreciate the areas of improvement that were needed, outcomes of patients admitted with a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation began to be tracked and then reported on a monthly basis. Prior to this, the data was not regularly reviewed. By reviewing this data, areas of improvement could easily be targeted.
These approaches to patient care established as the standard of care as part of the certification process were applied broadly, not just at Porter Adventist, but to all hospitals in the Centura system. The certification process also calls for guidelines for care for patients in the emergency department. For instance, early cardioversion in the emergency department can lead to significant improvement in co-morbidities that may be associated with atrial fibrillation. Patients that present within 48 hours of the onset of atrial fibrillation, and with appropriate CHA2DS2-VASC scores, can be cardioverted immediately in the emergency department, rather than waiting for three to four weeks to achieve therapeutic anticoagulation. This allows optimal patient care and satisfaction, as they do not have to suffer longer with atrial fibrillation symptoms, but rather can be treated sooner to optimize their quality of life. With the application of these guidelines, patients received ideal care at all of the hospitals in the Centura system in a more timely manner.
Another example rests on harnessing the power of a common electronic medical record (EMR) among all hospitals in the Centura system. Physicians on the subcommittee representing multiple hospitals developed detailed order sets for stable and unstable atrial fibrillation with therapeutic options based on national guidelines. Rate control agents and appropriate, high-yield tests were featured prominently on the order set. Other order sets developed included transesophageal echo, cardioversion, pre and post ablation, pre and post device implant, and tilt table testing to allow for uniformity of optimal care. This process was set in place not just at Porter Adventist Hospital, but also at the other hospitals without active EP labs. As such, a systemwide approach to atrial fibrillation was formulated based on the guidelines for care provided in the certification process.
Implementation of such systemwide approaches to AF care can also result in cost savings for the healthcare system. For instance, early triage decisions based on guidelines can lead to more timely treatment. Rate control agents can be started in the emergency department and be continued on arrival to the hospital floor. This frequently leads to achieving rate control and even conversion back to normal rhythm prior to evaluation for a cardiologist. Cost savings from $2,000 to $25,000 per patient have been estimated with this approach.2,3 In addition, anticoagulation that was driven by the CHA2DS2-VASC scoring system has also led to sooner treatment and likely to fewer strokes.
After approximately 18 months of regular monthly meetings, all of the Key Elements required for certification were completed and the application was submitted to the SCPC. Within one month of submitting the application, a decision was rendered and certification was achieved. However, our work is not done; further quality measures will continue to need to be monitored and adjusted throughout the years in order to stay up-to-date with the most recent evidence-based practice and to maintain certification.
Disclosure: The authors have no conflicts of interest to report regarding the content herein.
- Atrial Fibrillation Certification Program at Genesis Health Care System. EP Lab Digest. 2012;12(2):1,10.
- Saccheti A, Williams J, Levi S, Akula D. Impact of emergency department management of atrial fibrillation on hospital charges. West J Emerg Med. 2013;14:55-57.
- Cohn BG, Keim SM, Yealy DM. Is emergency department cardioversion of recent-onset atrial fibrillation safe and effective? J Emerg Med. 2013;45(1):117-127.


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It is your responsibility to ensure that you and the members of your party do not behave in a way which causes offence or danger to others or which risks damage to property belonging to others. In such circumstances all suppliers (e.g. hotel managers, airline pilots) and the Company have the right to terminate arrangements made on your behalf, in which case the Company's responsibility to you ceases immediately and there can be no refunds, no payment of compensation and no reimbursement of any cost or expenses you may incur as a result. Further, you will be liable to reimburse the Company for any expenses whatsoever it incurs as a result of your behaviour.12. Supplier's Conditions:
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It is not always possible to include all departure taxes on your ticket - in some cases departure taxes must be paid locally and these are payable to the Government of the country departed and are non-refundable.17. Pre Travel Advice:
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|The Arduino MEGA has 16 analog sensor ports and 53 digital sensor ports.
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Explore creative options of printing a plate with a press. Starting with monoprint, the method of painting an image on a plate and printing the resulting image on paper with printing inks, you will be familiarized with a printing press, and further learn to manipulate your plate with engraving methods, such as dry-point and etching on copper. You will be encouraged to experiment by combining the learned techniques of monotype and etching in one print or be free to focus on mastering one of the techniques.
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Should We Measure School Climate?
How do school leaders, teachers and staff focus on the whole child when they are concerned about scores? How do educators weed through what is important to the daily lives of students, as well as provide them with what they need to be successful outside of the school walls? Data has become the new 4 letter word that teachers hate to hear, but that may not be the data's fault.
Jonathan Cohen, the Director of the National School Climate Center (NSCC) has long said that "Data should be used as a flashlight and not as a hammer." Unfortunately, in too many states (and too many schools) data is being used to hammer teachers and school leaders. After a few years of increased accountability, is it possible for educators to find a happy medium where data is concerned?
One of the byproducts of accountability and the Common Core Implementation, especially with the use of data, is what happens to the school climate when the focus is on numbers instead of effective instructional practices and school safety. While school culture may focus on the values, goals, attitudes and practices of a group, school climate is something different but it's equally as important.
According to NSCC, "School climate refers to the quality and character of school life. School climate is based on patterns of students', parents' and school personnel's experience of school life and reflects norms, goals, values, interpersonal relationships, teaching and learning practices, and organizational structures."
Out of all of the areas that schools are charged to "measure" school climate may be one of the most important. We all want students to be engaged in the school environment, and school climate assessments will help gauge where we are and what we need to work on. I understand that schools are pretty saturated with assessments, but now more than ever, we need to understand how our students, teachers, staff and parents are feeling about their climate.
Are they safe? Do they feel valued? Yes, I understand that critics think that we deal with children with "kid gloves" but the truth is the more students feel valued the better they do in life.
Too many students are at risk of being defined by a number and school climate is one of those areas that we should want to assess. We need to understand whether the school climate feels safe or whether it really is safe and nurturing for all students. When all is said and done, academics are important but so is social-emotional learning.
School Climate Assessments
Many schools feel overly assessed but the positive aspect of school climate assessments it that it offers schools data that they can use. Too often high stakes testing doesn't offer schools any data and the data schools do get often revolve around one type of learning. School climate is much larger than that and helps schools have a more holistic or whole child view.
According to the NSCC "the
The following are the subscales of each of the four indicators, which is referred to as The 12 Dimensions of School Climate Measured:
In the End
Sometimes as a school leader I feel like a "plate spinner." Plate spinners are those people who have 5 or 6 plates lined up individually on long sticks and they are spinning one after another. As soon as one plate is fully spinning...another one looks as though it is going to fall to the floor, breaking into pieces. Being a teacher or school leader feels like that some days.
We have a lot on our plates, but school climate needs to be the plate that everything else sits on. It's just that important. School climate assessments can help a whole school community understand where they are doing well and what they can do better. Many times we don't know what we don't know and school climate assessments can help address that. In addition, the information that comes out of the school climate assessment helps provide next steps for leaders and staff.
School climate can easily be addressed through a principal's advisory council (PAC) or stakeholder group structure in the building. An organization like the
Peter is the co-chair of the National School Climate Council, which is a volunteer position. Connect with him on Twitter.


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Dr Juliana Lazzari
Although born and bred and still living in Canberra, I have pursued my interests in natural resources, agriculture and ecology in a number of ways including through my work in the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, as a woolclasser in NSW and Qld, as a volunteer picking avocadoes on a kibbutz in Israel, and now as a PhD student in fire ecology at the ANU.
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The interaction of fire and fragmentation
Fire has the potential to cause local extinction of fire-specialists through cycles of fire suppression followed by widespread fire. Fire in isolated remnants may cause extinction of species that require a specialised habitat. This local extinction has the potential to lead to regional declines if species cannot recolonise due to habitat fragmentation.
Since European settlement 35% of Australian mallee vegetation has been cleared for agriculture which has resulted in a fragmented landscape. In the study area, the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, 56% of the landscape has been cleared.
The clearance, fragmentation and changed fire regimes of these low, multi-stemmed open woodlands has impacted on mallee reptile fauna. Although many reptile species in small remnants are potentially vulnerable to extinction, there is a lack of information about this risk. Reptiles in these mallee remnants have not been surveyed and there are limited fire histories for mallee on private property. This makes it difficult to identify potential interactions between fire and fragmentation.
The project findings will provide land managers with currently unavailable information, facilitating the management of small remnants of vegetation for biodiversity conservation.
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Doughnut Economics by Kate Raworth
Kate Raworth argues with her theory of Doughnut Economics that the aim of economic activity should not be endless growth. It should rather constitute of meeting the needs of all within the means of the planet. She states that instead of economies that need to grow, whether or not they make us thrive, we need economies that "make us thrive, whether or not they grow". Robert Dur, Professor at Erasmus School of Economics, disagrees with Kate Raworth in an article in the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.
According to Dur, Raworth is making a caricature of economists. He argues that not one economist believes that economic growth should be the aim of economic activity.


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When I was ten, my mom had left my dad, my two older brothers and I. I knew my daddy was sad. He'd stay up for hours just sitting in his chair staring out the window. My brothers and i tried to make him happy, but nothing worked.
He spent alot of time with my brothers, but never me. He took them fishing and to the movies, but never me. In fact, daddy never talked to me or looked at me until i turned thirteen. When I turned thirteen, my dad seemed happier for some reason.
He actually started to ask me how my day was, check up on my homework progress, and give me money for shopping. I didn't know why he suddenly changed towards me.
One day, I was out by the pool sun-bathing and daddy was cutting the grass. My brothers were at a friends house for the weekend, so Daddy and I were alone. I was in a brand new bakini I had gotten for my birthday. Daddy told me he picked it out. It was perfect. Lime-green with black flowers. I loved it. I guess i was absently stroking my leg when Daddy walked up, because he blushed a little bit. He asked if i could go inside and old the clothes, so I went inside.
As I got to the laundry room, I noticed that there wasn't any clothes to be folded, so I started to turn around and go tell Daddy, but he was already inside.
"Daddy, there aren't any clothes," i said. "Oh, I know. I just didn't want anyone to see us." His eyes lingered on my breasts then moved down towards my pussy. "See us do what?" I asked.
I was confused, but I noticed him looking at my body and began to walk towards him. "Oh, baby girl, you are growing up." he reached a hand out and brushed the top of my boob. "You know Daddy's lonely, baby, so you should keep me company." Daddy grabbed my hand and led me to his bedroom.
"What are we doing here, Daddy? Can't we watch TV in the livingroom?" I wasn't stupid or anything. I knew what Daddy wanted. I wanted his attention for so long, and now he was going to give it to me. And I was long over due for him. "We can, baby, but we can have way more fun in here." Daddy sat down and pulled me with him. He laid me down beside him and began to touch my body. Daddy took off my top and started to suck on my delicate pink nipples, flicking them ever-so-slightly with his wet tounge.
He rubbed them and squeeezed them. He started to touch himself too, which i thought was unfair to him, so I started to touch his private part for him. It was warm and big in my little hands. I rubbed and tugged at it, feeling it grow inch after inch in my hand.
Soon, it got too big for his shorts, so he stopped touching my titties and took them off. By then, my nipples were rock hard and my little girl pussy was on fire. I must have soaked through my bakini bottoms because Daddy said, "Oh, good. My baby is allllll wet for her big daddy." I nodded and touched my Daddys hard cock.
It was about ten inches long and very thick. I started to touch his big throbbing dick, and Daddy told me no. "But Daddy!!!" I protested.
"I want to touch it. I want to feeeeel it." "I know, baby, but daddy wants to touch you first.
You're already so juicey. Daddy wants to feel your tight wet pussy. Now take off your bottoms so Daddy can feel it." So, like a good little girl, I slid my bottoms down over my feet, exposing my ripe young pussy.
Little blonde hairs whipsed over my pussy lips, drenched with my juices. Daddy liked the way it looked alot, his cock grew at least another half-inch.
Daddy started to rub my little girl pussy with his thumb my juices over flowing onto his bed sheets. He started to tease my hole with the tip of his fingers.
going in just slightly, then pulling back out and circling my baby-clit with his finger. Then he moved his face to my pussy and started to lick my wet virgin pussy. He slid it tounge over my clit, flicking his tounge over it. Oh it felt so good, i let out a lound moan. He laughed a little, and I blushed. "I love hearing my little baby moan. Oh, yeah baby. You like it when Daddy licks your clit?" I nodded. "Good girl. Want daddy to stuck is tounge in your little wet pussy?" I nodded again.
Daddy's tounge circled my clit and slowly moved to my pussy-hole. His tounge was hovering about it, then he plunged it into my baby-pussy. Wiggling it so fast, I came in my Daddy's mouth. He devoured my cum and dug deeper into my little cunny. "OH DADDY!!!" I screamed. "Oh yes!!! I want more, Daddy!!!" I said to him. And like a good Daddy, he kept going. This time, he sucked on my clit while he fingered me. Sliding his finger in and out of my little cunt sent me flying into Orgasmville.
I think I came twice while he fingered me and sucked my little clit. He finally stopped eating my pussy and fingering his little girl. He slid up on top of me and, remembering how i got so wet when we started, he began to suck on my nipples again, flicking them with his long tounge. Daddy's cock was so huge by then, and it was rubbing on my leg.
It aroused me even more having it touch me so close to my pussy. I could feel it throbbing against my skin, so i reached down and grabbed it. Daddy liked this, so he told me to kiss it. And like a good baby, I kissed it. Daddy pushed my head down further and said, "Put it in your mouth.
Try to swallow it for Daddy. Show Daddy that you love him. Suck my cock, baby." I took it in my mouth and started to suck it, taking it deep into my throat and gagging a little.
I took it in so far, i didnt know if it would be able to come out.
Then Daddy told me to lay back down, so I did. He moved back on top of me and spear my legs and ran his fingers over my slit, dipping into my pussy occasionally, and circling my clit. "Want daddy to put his huge cock into your sweet little pussy?" I nodded. He teased my clit with the head of his cock for a minute before shoving it hard into my pussy. Once he got in, he laid still, licking my neck and biting my ears.
Then, when he thought it was ok, he began to pump his cock further into my little pussy. He fucked me hard, then soft. He pumped his dick into me fast, then slow. At last, he told me that he was going to cum. "Can Daddy cum inside you, Baby?
Want Daddy's love stuff in your pussy? Like you came in Daddy's mouth?" I said, "Oh yes, Daddy!!! Do it!!! I want you to put your love juice in me!!" Daddy gave a few last vigorous pumps before he blew his cum all into my pussy. After he was done, he moved his head back down between my legs and began to eat my pussy again.
He ate me out and fingered me until I came two more times. Once we were done, it was dark. We curled up together and fell fast asleep.


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Daydreams and Myth
Here you will find a collection of short fiction based on daydreams and mythology. Hear Merlin muse about his life from beyond the grave or discover what might lie in store for humanity. Spend a few minutes inside the mind of a child at play, or follow a woman's guilt-ridden nightmare. The choice is yours.
Several items in this collection were printed under the author's maiden name. They've been revised and edited for inclusion in this book. One is an excerpt from her debut novel, and still others are brand new and exclusive to Daydreams and Myth.
Stories include: "A Day in the Mind of a Child," "The Eternal Outcast: A Meditation of Merlin," "From the Ashes," "Variable X," "Icarus Awakens," and "True Nightmares." You'll also find a bonus at the back of the book, the first chapter of England's upcoming novel, The Icarus Project.


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BRIDGEPORT, CT – Source4Teachers, a leading provider of educational managed service solutions for K through 12 school districts, created a public private company partnership with the Bridgeport Public Schools. Working with the Bridgeport Public Schools is Source4Teachers first partnership in the state of Connecticut. Source4Teachers will provide its extensive expertise and resources to recruit, hire, place and manage qualified substitute teachers within the Bridgeport Public Schools, which serves an estimated student population of 23,000 through 29 elementary schools, two alternative programs, one learning center, and the Bridgeport Regional Vocational Aquaculture School.
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I spent a great deal of the Easter holidays at the local skateboard/scooter/BMX ramp park with my five year old son as he pushed to the limits his new stunt scooter (and his parents). He deftly wove in and out the generally much older boys who congregated there; following them around; hanging on the edges of their conversations at the tops of the ramps; getting in their way as they performed all sorts of fancy tricks, while he mastered his more modest bunny hop. He was largely invisible to them, but there was also a nice sense of them looking out for him too when they occasionally bumped into him. We had our little routine of picking up a coffee (for Dad) and 2 doughnuts from the 'Old McDonald's' drive through (despite me telling him it is just called McDonalds, he still insists on calling it Old McDonalds, which he says sounds better. I think he's probably right) and then heading to the park. I sit on the bench out the way, while he does his thing. It was a rather unnerving glimpse ahead to the teenage years (he loved the guy who came along with his spray paint at one point and did some rather lame graffiti. 'I want some of them!' he said as we headed back to the car later with me trying to explain what it was the guy had been doing).
Anyway, in my quiet vigil I sat and sketched the unfolding activities. After initially drawing some of the poses of the figures, I eventually became more drawn to the architecture of the ramps and the surrounding parkland, as the top drawing demonstrates.
This is my boy doing his scooting thing (all 3 figures are him), and was my first drawing…
Today is the anniversary of my younger brother, Stu's death from cancer five years ago. He never met my two children, but I often wonder what he would have made of them. I miss sharing these experiences with him, and feel much more alone these days.


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New Delhi: The third edition of the JK Cement SwachhAbility Run, 2018 successfully culminated in Jaipur recently. Over 17,500 people from all walks of life participated enthusiastically, making the run a resounding success.
The JK Cement SwachhAbility Run, was flagged off on October 7th in Kota, before moving to Udaipur, Jodhpur, Ajmer and Jaipur. After the run, the participants including divyangs (people with disabilities) helped run a cleanliness drive in each city. The run also saw active participation by school children, where about 138 schools participated. JK Cement SwachhAbility Run ventured into Rajasthan in 2018, home to JK Cement's flagship plant in Nimbahera and an important white cement manufacturing unit, housed in Gotan.
Raghavpat Singhania, Special Executive, JK Cement Ltd said, "The JK Cement SwachhAbility Run epitomizes the values and ethos of JK Cement – of giving back to the society. It gives us immense pleasure to witness the overwhelming participation over the past three years. We are sure that the run will continue to go from strength to strength. The enthusiasm of everyone including the students and divyangs was infectious and we look forward to taking this movement to greater heights in the times to come".
The JK Cement SwachhAbility Run draws its inspiration from the spirit of selfless service, epitomized by The Indian Army. It is the brainchild of Kargil War veteran and India's first blade runner, Major D P Singh, and stands in support of two extremely important causes–Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flagship initiative of Swachha Bharat and inclusion of people with disabilities as equals in the society. Major DP Singh who has participated in over 22 marathons lead from the front and also participated in the run.
The event included two categories of runs–5km and 3km. 5 km run which is a timed race, is open for all to participate. However to encourage more participation towards the cause, 3 km run was done alongside, especially for school children and for anyone else who wished to run a shorter distance.
JK Cement Swachhability Run has also partnered with non-profit organisations like 'The Challenging Ones' and 'Flags of Honour' to drive this initiative.
JK Cement is an organization that cares. It operates on a business model built with sensitivity as one of its cornerstones and an organizational commitment for a better world – for customers, stake-holders, employees and last but not the least, for the community at large.


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How Long Would You Last in a Zombie Apocalypse?
Zombies are everywhere but in real life, taking over our TV screens, comic books and crawling the web. We always joke about an apocalypse, but never really get down to the bottom of this faux-nomenon — if zombies were real, how long would you last?
A survey technology company called Qualtrics put that question to the test with a zombie-themed survey. Participants were quizzed to calculate how long you would last in a zombie apocalypse, and then use that data to compare your score with everyone else's.
In order to bring fantasy into a reality, the questions ranged from your response to an infected loved one, to your preferred zombie-fighting tool. Of course, it's very hard to figure out exactly what you would do in a certain situation that you have never been in.
According to Qualtrics, more than 800,000 survey-takers responded. Mashable created this infographic to share some of the fascinating data that came out of the survey.
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Improving First-Party Bank Fraud Detection with Graph Databases
By Bryce Merkl Sasaki
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The Hicksville School Foundation is now accepting nominations for the Crystal Apple Awards. The Foundation's Crystal Apple Awards will be presented at the Hicksville School Foundation's fundraising event, Donkey Basketball, to take place on Monday, March 7, 2016, in the school gymnasium. One award will be presented in each of four categories:
1. Elementary Teacher of the Year
This category includes regular or special education teachers, Pre-K through 6, who have taught in the district for at least three years prior to the current school year.
2. Middle School – High School Teacher of the Year
This category includes regular or special education teachers Grade 7 through 12, who have taught in the district for at least three years prior to the current school year.
3. Outstanding Support Staff Member
This category includes employees who serve the district in a non-teaching capacity, including administrators, aides, bus drivers, cooks, custodial/maintenance staff, secretaries, and school nurse.
4. Keith McDonald Outstanding Community Partner
This category recognizes an individual, organization, or business from the community who has made an impact on the district through an investment of time, talent, and treasure for the good of Hicksville Village Schools.
Nominating Procedure
All district residents, students, parents, Hicksville HS alumni, and school employees are invited to nominate any district teacher, support staff member, or community member to receive the Crystal Apple Award by filling out the included nomination form and submitting it by 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 12, 2016.
Nominations become the property of the Hicksville School Foundation. Nominations will be considered by the Board of Directors of the Hicksville School Foundation, and those members will make the final selection of the award winner for each category. Awards will be presented on March 7, 2016 at the Hicksville School Foundation event. In honor of all four award winners, the Hicksville School Foundation will present a $500 honorarium to the Elementary Teacher of the Year and to the Middle – High School Teacher of the Year to be used for a project within their classrooms. The nomination form should be turned in by 3:00 p.m. on Friday, February 12, 2016 to the Superintendent's Office or by sending it to:
Hicksville Village Schools
Attn: HSF Nomination Form
958 East High Street
Hicksville, OH 43526


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Ask the Dolans: 6 Signs You're in Debt Trouble
Ken and Daria Dolan are widely known as America's First Family of Personal Finance.
Dear Ken and Daria: I'm worried that I might be in over my head when it comes to how much debt I'm carrying. How can I tell?
Well, the fact that you are even asking the question is a good sign in itself that you need to get your debt under control. But most people ignore the warning signs until it's too late....so good for you for tackling it head on, right NOW!
Here are some signs you are in over your head...
- You are at or near the limit on your credit cards
- You are paying bills late that you used to pay on time
- You are only making the minimum payment on your credit cards
- You are tapping into your savings to cover your bills
- You don't know how much you owe
- You worry all the time about being able to pay your bills
If any of that sounds familiar, it's time to take action!
Your very first step is to get a true handle on how much you owe (here's a handy worksheet that can help).
If you are in over your head, contact a non-profit consumer credit counselor NOW before you end up dealing with collection agencies and damaging your credit long-term.
A good source for help is the non-profit National Foundation for Consumer Credit at www.nfcc.org or 1-800-388-2227 to speak with a counselor near you. The initial consultation is free; after that, you will pay a monthly fee of up to $50 while you are in the program.
Well worth it to protect your credit.
Do you have a question about credit? We'd love to hear from you and will do our best to answer it here. Click here to shoot us an email.
Ken and Daria Dolan of Dolans.com have hosted their own national radio program for 22 years, anchored their own television shows on CNN, authored six books on money matters, served as money contributors on CBS This Morning and have now launched a comprehensive web site and free e-letter at Dolans.com.


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Editors' Instagram Pictures: Fashion, Beauty & Celebrities
Sugar Diary: Our Week in Pics
Sugar Diary: Our Week in Pics
When we look back at the pictures we've shared on Instagram over the past week, they kind of scream "Summer" to us. From beautiful tropical prints (on nails and clothing!) to an amazing surfboard being gifted to FabSugar editor Ali and bright and beautiful makeup colours hitting Alison's desk, everything has us craving to be out in the sunshine. Of course, we've gotta work (shame) so when we weren't checking out cool new season collections, eating cupcakes or testing products, we were writing up about Kate Middleton's pregnancy, learning about clever developments in the science of beauty and celebrating the approaching end of the year with some of our mates. There's so much more that kept us busy — click through the gallery to check it all out!


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INVESTIGATIVE REPORT: An in-depth investigative story based on good investigative reporting techniques; obtaining and using public information as a foundation for news stories; including Interviews of both 'experts', scientists, and 'witnesses' as well as possible suspects; all the while conducting yourself in an ethical and professional manner with an emphasis on producing stories that make a difference.
Investigative Report... A Murder at Westlake High School
Breaking news: Sometime between 4 and 8 pm on Monday May 16th a murder occurred in the Biology Store room located in Room 102 at Westlake High School. The victim's identity is currently unknown; as several teachers have gone missing over the weekend and have not yet been located. Report by Emma Schulze '17
A Police announced that based on blood type, bone analysis and the height of the victim that the victim is Westlake High School science teacher, Mr. Raymond Szczerba. Report by Kevin Julian '17
Forensics indicate that from soil samples and fingerprints two of the suspects are science teachers, Mr. Schyler smith and Mrs. Lauren Cherchia all three teachers are known to share the storeroom and lab coats. . Report by Nick Colabatistto '18.
The victim's identity is currently known as science teacher Mr. Raymond Szczerba. At the time of the murder several teachers were missing but have been located. In conversation with Tania Greco we learn that faculty are shocked and dismayed. Report by Taylor Garritano '17.
This was the call that started it all, on Monday May 16th Mr. Raymond Szczerba was brutally murdered with a broom stick. There were four main suspects, Science teachers Schyler Smith, Lauren Cherchia, Math teacher Brian McClintock and Social Studies Teacher Stephanie Hopkins that were all found to have no alibi the night of the murder. Report by Spencer Knowles '16.
A Press Conference was held with Forensics Students Brianna Zambardi, Mike Marron and Mike Withus who explained to the media how they discovered the identity of the murderer. As we see the murderer being arrested, we hear their side of the story.


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The Los Angeles Times has obtained a copy of a list compiled by researchers at the University of California of nearly 1,500 older concrete buildings across the City of Los Angeles vulnerable to collapse in the event of a major earthquake.
Buildings on the list still need to undergo more extensive testing to determine their safety. The list only covers concrete structures in the City of Los Angeles.
Are other cities outside of Los Angeles putting together a similar catalogue of at-risk buildings?
Mary Comerio, Professor Emeritus of Architecture, UC Berkeley; Lead scientist of the concrete buildings study
Thalia Anagnos, Professor of Engineering, San Jose State University; Researcher of the concrete buildings study