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Abigail Shrier and the Dangers of Making Psychological Assertions from Limited Data
Erin Holve, Opinion Columnist
October 11, 2020
This article focuses on a straight, white, cis female opinion writer discussing the book a straight, white, cis female opinion writer wrote concerning transgenderism. I can't possibly see how this article could get into any difficult territory. What could possibly go wrong when two women...
GSEC hosts second day of queer and trans conference
Rayanne Painter
April 17, 2019
The second day of the trans and queer conference was hosted by the Gender and Sexuality Equity Coalition on Saturday in the Bell Memorial Union. This conference was the first of many events to kick off the GSEC's Gender and Sexuality Week.Queer program coordinator Drew Belisle began the conference by touching bas...
Stonewall Alliance hosts teen dance for Trans week
Josiah Nicholl
April 8, 2018
Stonewall Alliance, an organization committed to providing support for the LGBTQ community, partnered with CAVE on Saturday to host a free dance for teens. The Stonewall Trans Week Team Dance lasted from 7 p.m. until 10 p.m. at the First Christian Church and was for teens aged 13-18. The theme of the da...
Trump limits transgender troops from serving in the military
Karen Limones
April 3, 2018
It seems that every time we are given a specific opportunity, a new policy is created for a different opportunity to get taken away. Among those, President Donald Trump announced a new memo that reaffirms a policy against transgender troops services. According to Newsweek, Trump decided transgender people were a disruption and left the military "burdened with the tremendous m...
Trans conference spurs political discussion
Michael Fritz
April 4, 2017
"The personal was political" at the 4th Annual Trans Conference held at Chico State on March 26. Attendees and panel members discussed trans rights topics such as health care access, education and the lack of discussion of gender and sexual diversity in politics in four different workshops."Appealing insurance plan coverage...
It's time to recognize the 3rd gender
Dylan Dewit
February 14, 2015
Despite consistent social activism and progress, the binary of gender identity proves to be one of America's most inappropriately ingrained conventions. We simply cannot break away from the limitations of male and female. Let's say students are registering for classes at Chico State.They are asked ...
Unisex bathrooms provide privacy for all
Julianna Eveland
January 31, 2014
When I first heard about the recent changes Chico State made to accommodate transgender students by adding unisex bathrooms in the Bell Memorial Union I was taken aback. I was unfamiliar with this concept and although I have no ill feelings towards people who identify with being transgender, I found ...
New restrooms welcome everyone
Mozes Zarate
January 22, 2014
Construction of the first of three gender-inclusive restroom in the Bell Memorial Union wrapped up Monday afternoon. The restrooms were funded by the Associated Students at Chico State and cost around $140,000 to build, said Kory Acosta, vice president of Facilities and Services. The intention is to accommodate gender variant st...


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The October LAS meeting will be a field trip to the Little Thompson Observatory in Berthoud.
This will be a chance to learn about their public observatory and the outreach programming they do. Their 16" and 24" scopes will be available for viewing through after a brief presentation.
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Federal court in Anchorage was busy today with a state lawmaker pleading not guilty and a prominent businessman pleading guilty as part of the FBI's ongoing corruption probe. Plus, Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne is proposing changes to the Endangered Species Act, but environmental groups are calling it an attack on some of the act's most essential provisions. Those stories and more tonight on Alaska News Nightly, broadcast statewide on APRN stations.
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Cowdery pleads not guilty, Weimar pleads guilty in corruption cases
Steve Heimel, APRN – Anchorage
State Senator John Cowdery pled not guilty to bribery and conspiracy charges in federal court today. He was indicted a month ago.
Bush proposing radical overhaul of Endangered Species Act
Libby Casey, APRN – Washington, DC
The Bush Administration is proposing changes to the Endangered Species Act — changes that would be the biggest revision in 20 years to a law that protects America's threatened wildlife. The new regulations would cut out some of the reviews agencies have to undergo when they propose construction or development projects. The proposal also says it's not possible to link the emissions of greenhouse gasses to impact on wildlife — and so that shouldn't be taken into account. The full details of the proposal will be released later this week, but Interior Department Secretary Dirk Kempthorne announced his plans today, calling them "common sense changes."
Class action lawsuit may extract gold from NovaGold
Paul Korchin, KNOM – Nome
NovaGold Resources has been hit with a class action lawsuit over its mothballed Galore Creek mine in British Columbia and related statements it made during a takeover attempt by Barrick Gold Corporation.
Search for two missing Juneau men fruitless so far
Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO – Juneau
There's still no sign of two Juneau men missing since Saturday on a flight from Young Lake on Admiralty Island. But today's weather has been better for an air search for State Deputy Revenue Commissioner Brian Andrews and his 24-year-old son Brandon Andrews.
Investigation finds costly Indian Health Service mismanagement
Lori Townsend, APRN – Anchorage
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) recently concluded a year-long study of mismanagement within the Indian Health Service (IHS). The investigation was spurred by complaints alleging IHS property was being misplaced or stolen at IHS headquarters and agency offices across the country. Although the GAO has the authority to conduct investigations on its own, two U.S. House committees asked for the audit.
Delta Junction school may not open with student computers following theft
Dan Bross, KUAC – Fairbanks
The status of dozens of computers stolen from the Delta Junction school remains uncertain. $100,000 worth of computers and other electronics are still in the hands of law enforcement agencies after being recovered from a student charged with breaking into the school in June.
Juneau continues applying conservation lessons learned in power emergency
John Ryan, KTOO – Juneau
Conservation caught on throughout Juneau during the city's energy emergency this spring. Alaska Electric Light and Power in Juneau says its three major classes of customers — residential, commercial, and government — all cut their consumption by 20% or more. The quadrupling of power prices made it very expensive for anyone not to cut back sharply on their electricity habit while Juneau was running on emergency diesel power. But the biggest energy savings occurred in people's homes, not in businesses or government offices.
Tlingit 'warrior' honored in memorial services
Rosemarie Alexander, KTOO – Juneau
Funeral services were held today for Alaska Native leader Andrew John Hope, III at Saint Michael's Orthodox Cathedral in Sitka. Hope died Thursday after a brief battle with cancer. He was 58 years
old. A traditional Tlingit ceremony and an Alaska Native Brotherhood memorial were held over the weekend for the man many people describe as a warrior for his people. Hope was born in Sitka and lived in Juneau for many years.


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We help Small and Medium-sized EnterprisesSMEs to grow Nordic green solutions on global markets through our global investments and the Nordic Project Fund (Nordic Project Fund, provides funding for Nordic SMEs for projects aiming at internationalisation within green growth and the environmental sector. NEFCO is the fund manager.Nopef). For public projects, we offer softer financing options, including grants, technical assistance and project support, to get started. We blend our own loan funds with financing provided through us, to develop and prepare new public green investments, soften our loans and de-risk the investment. By combining different financing sources available to us – our own funds and funds we hold in trust – we leverage and make projects feasible and bankable.
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In the middle of the busiest part of Hammersmith, where the roads, tubes and river converge there is a length of empty space, which is not used. Thousands of people pass through it, over it, or by it but very few ever take the time to stop and look and appreciate the beauty of the space or the amenities it could provide. It is covered, dry, well lit and safe and could be used by many, old and young, resident and visitor for the benefit for the community as a whole.
In the 1720s Century Daniel Defoe wrote about the Hammersmith Broadway area – "In this village we see…a noble square (The Broadway) built as it were in the middle of several handsome streets as if the village seemed inclined to grow into a city. Here we are told they design to obtain the grant of a market and some talk of also building a stone bridge over the Thames….these things are yet in embryo though it is not unlikely that they may be accomplished in time….."
Since then things have changed, there is now a bridge over the Thames, several thousand people live and work in Hammersmith, several multi-national companies including Disney, Coca Cola, L'Oreal and Universal Music have offices here, there is the world famous River Cafe, the Apollo Theatre attracting huge crowds on some nights, and the St Pauls church in the centre of the island. Hammersmith Broadway is a major transport hub with the bus station connecting west and central London, the tube station where three lines converge and a major road network node with traffic converging from the north, south and west and leading into London and the River Thames flowing close by.
Over the top of this confluence is the Hammersmith Flyover, and below it a length of empty space which is covered, dry, well lit and under-used. It is one of the first examples of an elevated road employing reinforced concrete balanced cantilever beam supports with a single central column. It is this stucture which struck us as both beautiful and useful. The initial idea of using the canopy cover from the road as a market space was reinforced by the grid pattern which is laid out by the structure of the cantilever beams. The deck spine and wings are of hollow pre-stressed concrete design, but there are decks which can be also made with wood with materials from companies as Timbertech which specialize in this.
There are several thousand people teeming around the space but hardly anyone using it. All of these people would appreciate somewhere to buy or sell, stop and talk, sit and watch. And those that do not have time to stop would enjoy the sights, smells and colour provided by the W6 PopDown market.
Our proposal is to provide a free market, a venue that is both colourful and useful, playing on the juxtaposition of the flyover and the under, using cars passing overhead and hanging underneath. The market stalls would be made up of recycled old cars and mobile steel boxes which would be adapted to provide colourful and practical market stalls. The cars would be stored between the cantilevered beams supporting the flyover and would be lowered and wheeled into position as required.
This market would be a place where anyone at anytime of day or night could set up a stall and sell their wares, they might be families selling home made brownies, pensioners selling knitted dolls to tourists, lunchtime food sellers feeding starving music executives and busking bands serenading passers by. It would also provide an opportunity for start up businesses dipping a toe in the water to test reaction to their ideas and so improve their business plan.
It is a market that is adaptable and could appeal to all sections of the community, those who get up early and those who go to bed late. The market would provide a meeting point for people, a focus for residents and an attraction for visitors. As a space it should be appeal to passers by, interesting to travellers, and could become an added attraction for visitors attending other events in Hammersmith, so encouraging people to spend longer in Hammersmith. It would provide more interest and activity in the middle of Hammersmith encouraging community spirit and appealing to both businesses and residents alike.
The market would provide market stalls on site which are mobile, secure, robust and practical as well as being attractive available for a peppercorn rent. For the stalls, we will be using recycled old cars, slung beneath the flyover, within the ribs like peas in a pod. They will be lifted and lowered into position using electricity generated by the river. They would be decorated by both the stall holders as well as local schoolchildren and students as a community art project. The cars can be replaced and updated as required. There will also be mobile steel boxes which can be wheeled into place from their hibernational location and will provide a comfortable vending station in which stock can be stored out of hours by those with ambition.
Much of the infrastructure is in place, the area is well lit, it is paved and already covered. The major construction work would be the lift system to raise and lower the cars from their storage position under the flyover between the beams to their selling position on the ground.
The market will be accessible to all, it is all at street level close to a major transport hub, has bicycle parking and is within minutes of the Thames Path.
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DALLAS — J.C. Penney is living up to its name with its newest campaign. Yep, it's selling items for — one penny!
Don't jump in the car just yet. The "Get Your Penney's Worth" sale kicks off Sunday.
Here's how it works. You buy an Arizona-brand item at full price and the second Arizona item is yours for just one-cent. And get this, the campaign lasts through the end of the year… taking place on select days.
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I had a chance today, at a news briefing at the Pentagon, to ask Secretary of Defense Gates and Admiral Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs, about plans to escalate the war in Afghanistan. I pointed out the contradiction between President Obama's campaign pledge to add "two or three brigades" of troops and the US commander's determination to add 30,000 troops, two or three times as much as Obama had promised to add.
Significantly, in their answer, Gates and Mullen stressed that no decision has yet been made about adding troops. That's important, because it opens a window — yes, it's a small one — for opponents of expanding the Afghan war to persuade the White House that it's not a good idea.
Here's the transcript of my exchange with Gates and Mullen:
Dreyfuss: During the campaign, President Obama said that he would, when elected, send perhaps two to three additional brigades of troops to Afghanistan. Lately, actually since the election, we've heard talk about as many as 30,000 troops — significantly more than that — going to Afghanistan. Have any decisions been actually made, pending this review that the president has talked about, in terms of how many American forces might go to Afghanistan this year?
Gates: No final decision has been made. Part of — part of what the president made clear was that they intend to look at Iraq and Afghanistan holistically. And so I think part of the — one of the things that the president will expect before making decisions is what the implications are not just for Iraq, but for Afghanistan. And I expect, as I say that, to be part of those decisions to be forthcoming pretty soon.
Do you want to add anything to that?
Mullen: I — I really wouldn't add a lot except to say that these are the level of forces that the commander has asked for. So again, we've looked very carefully at how to do that. There have been some recommendations that have been made up the chain of command, but no decisions yet.
And consistent with what I said before, I think a very deliberate process now, but rapid as it can be, to both recommend and have the president make this decision — these decisions.
Dreyfuss: Are there detailed plans that you've already seen for what these 30,000 troops would do — in other words, where they would be deployed specifically in terms of what provinces and cities, and what their tasks would be? Or is it just a ballpark estimate about what these —
Mullen: No. I — consistent with how the commanders on the ground have acted for years now is when they come forward, they come forward and have a very clear plan of what they want the forces to do. And that's certainly the case here as well.
It's clear to me that even though Gates and Mullen say that no decision has been made, they are pushing for the additional troops. And it seems pretty clear that Obama has decided to add at least some troops to the mix.
Another reporter asked if the new administration has any idea of what its goals in Afghanistan are. "What is our end state? When are we done there?" she asked.
Here's Gates' complete answer, which, you'll notice, was framed in terms of the commitment of "three to five years" for even the limited goals he outlines:
I think one of the — one of the points where I suspect both administrations come to the same conclusion is that the goals we did have for Afghanistan are too broad and too far into the future, are too future-oriented, and that we need more concrete goals that can be achieved realistically within three to five years in terms of reestablishing control in certain areas, providing security for the population, going after al Qaeda, preventing the reestablishment of terrorism, better performance in terms of delivery of services to the people, some very concrete things.
So I think that that's — that's a starting point. But you know, the president, I think, has referred — I think referred last night to the need for a comprehensive assessment on Afghanistan. And what we have — you know, I mean, we have a — we have a NATO campaign plan. We have an RC [Regional Command] South campaign plan. We have a commander's campaign plan. We have General Petraeus's study. And we have the Afghan review that was conducted in the last administration at the White House.
So I think all of these pieces will be inputs into the — into the review that this administration will take in terms of determining what those nearer-term goals should be and how we get to where we — where we can achieve them.
Meanwhile, across the river, at the State Department Hillary Clinton was introducing Richard Holbrooke, her hawkish adviser, as her special envoy for Afghanistan (and Pakistan). Holbooke was looking at "long-term," not short-term goals, in Afghanistan, though he avoided saying anything of substance, really. It's his job to pull together all elements of US policy for a coordinated strategy in the war in Afghanistan and spilling over into neighboring Pakistan. Here's what Holbrooke did say:
We know what our long-term objective is. I hope I will be able to fill out the mandate which Secretary Clinton has mentioned: to help coordinate a clearly chaotic foreign assistance program, which must be pulled together; to work closely with General Petraeus, CENTCOM, Admiral Mullen, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General McKiernan and the command in Afghanistan, to create a more coherent program.
If our resources are mobilized and coordinated and pulled together, we can quadruple, quintuple, multiply by tenfold the effectiveness of our efforts there.
The Times, meanwhile, carries a lengthy piece by Dexter Filkins today on the vast areas of Afghanistan controlled by the Taliban, without any US or NATO presence to deter them. An excerpt:
The Taliban are everywhere the soldiers are not, the saying goes in the southern part of the country. …
The general [Brig. Gen. John W. Nicholson] is going to get a lot more troops very soon. American commanders in southern Afghanistan have been told to make plans to accept nearly all of the 20,000 to 30,000 additional troops that the Obama administration has agreed to deploy. … The commanders here call the current situation "stalemate," meaning they can hold what they have but cannot do much else. …
It is perhaps in Kandahar, one of the provincial capitals, where the lack of troops is most evident. About 3,000 Canadian soldiers are assigned to secure the city, home to about 500,000 people. In a recent visit, this reporter traveled the city for five days and did not see a single Canadian soldier on the streets.
The real point is that it's a stalemate. Obama has pledged to carry out a top-to-bottom review of Afghan policy. If that takes a month, or three months, or six months, so be it. There's no need to rush more troops there just because the generals want them.


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Dr Tane Eunson
Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S., UWA)
- Bachelor of Science in Human Movement (Sport Psychology), 1st Class Honours (BSc. Hons., UWA)
- Bachelor of Science in Psychology (BSc., University of Canterbury, NZ)
Current Team Doctor to:
- Touch Football Australia (Touch) – National Team Doctor
- Peel Thunder (WAFL) - Team Doctor
- Perth Glory (Soccer) – Away Team Doctor
- Perth Glory Youth-League (Soccer) – Match Day Doctor
Former Team Doctor to:
- South Fremantle Football Club (WAFL) – Team Doctor
- Bledisloe Cup (Rugby) – Concussion Doctor
- Western Force U20s (Rugby) – Team Doctor
- Crusaders (Rugby) – Perth Tour Doctor
- Western Force (Rugby) – Match Day and Stitch Doctor
- Australasian College of Sport & Exercise Physicians
- Sports Medicine Australia
- Sports Medicine New Zealand
- Te Ora Māori Medical Practitioner's Society
Publications & Research
- MPhil (UWA) in progress; "The use of artificial intelligence for injury prevention in professional rugby players"
- Honours Dissertation (UWA); "The effect of cue words and self-efficacy on flow states and performance during tennis serving".
- Online blogger/author at Life in the Fast Lane.com
Personal Interests
Tane has had a lifelong passion for sport, having played a wide variety from rugby to volleyball and badminton to rowing, from social to representative levels on both sides of the Tasman. These days Tane plays touch football whilst enjoying running, cycling and kayaking.
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- Concussion
- Injury prevention
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The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018
Building Climate Resilience for Food Security and Nutrition
This year's report shows that climate variability and extremes – even without conflict – are key drivers behind the recent rise in global hunger and one of the leading causes of severe food crises and their impact on people's nutrition and health. Climate variability and exposure to more complex, frequent and intense climate extremes are threatening to erode and reverse gains in ending hunger and malnutrition. Furthermore, hunger is significantly worse in countries where agriculture systems are highly sensitive to rainfall, temperature and severe drought, and where the livelihood of a high proportion of the population depends on agriculture.
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The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018 was jointly prepared by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Health Organization (WHO) and the World Food Programme (WFP).
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Facebook like count as Pushover notification
I was looking for a way to get notified whenever someone likes or dislikes my blog on Facebook. Since I couldn't find a solution, I made one myself.
To be honest, I'm not a big fan of Facebook, but after adding the Facebook like box to my blog, I always wanted to be notified whenever there's a change in the number of likes. I didn't want to check Facebook all the time and since I'm already subscribing to Pushover I thought… Why not make a script that sends me an update whenever there's a change in like count? Consider it done!
After a quick Google search I was happy to see that it's actually possible to get the number of likes without using the official API. I wanted to keep the script as simple as possible and not having to care about authentication was a blessing. I intend to make another post with the script in case anyone is interested once my blog hits 100 likes. 🙂


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Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father 2008
You will not come out of this movie the same person you were going into it. Get ready to cry your eyes out, scream in anger, and rejoice that such a powerful love can exist in our world. DO NOT READ ANY SPOILERS OR SUMMARIES BEFORE VIEWING! This loving documentary about the father of a young boy is one of the best movies of this decade.
It will ruin you forever but you have to watch it. The best documentary ever made, full of heart, love and sorrow.
Honestly a great movie. I can't say anything without spoiling it but you never really know where the movie is going next.
I thought I was one of those people that never cry until I watched this movie. I think everyone should watch it, but no one should rewatch it. But yeah, EVERYONE should watch it.


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- Do you know why the RIAA call copying files without their permission 'piracy'?
Back in the 1960s, radio in the UK was completely run by the BBC, the state-licensed monopoly broadcaster. The way round this was to broadcast from outside the UK, after the fashion of Radio Luxembourg.
Radio stations on boats, of which Radio Caroline was the most famous and longest lasting, were called 'pirate radio' because they were operating in international waters, beyond the reach of national laws.
This history of Radio Caroline contains this interesting incident, which may prove inspiring to those currently labelled pirates….


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I set up the roku app on my #samsung smart tv before setting up a roku account. Now I can't link my tv to my roku account without a link code. I believe I used the link code when I set up the app on my tv. How can I retrieve the code?
Thanks for the post.
Can you please provide us with more clarification regarding your issue?
Please be aware that The Roku Channel app on your Samsung TV shouldn't need a link code to set up as a link code is only needed to activate a device.
Are you trying to link another device to your already existing Roku account?
Please keep us posted.
I have the same problem, I want to order a channel but it won't allow me unless I supply a link code. But I don't have one with the samsung smart tv app. Please help
OK, we are all referring to the Roku Channel app that can be installed on a Samsung Smart TV. This differs from activating a Roku device. I've never bothered with this particular app, so I can't say where or how to find the settings menu, or if there is even one.
Here is the information that Roku offers on their support site for using it on a Samsung TV.
Getting The Roku Channel on your Samsung TV
The Roku Channel can be added to Samsung TVs running Tizen operating system version 2.3, 2.4, 3.0, or 4.0. To install the channel, connect your TV to the internet and access the Samsung Smart Hub interface.
Note: The steps below may vary for some Samsung models. For more help, refer to the Samsung website or contact a Samsung product expert.
When you launch The Roku Channel for the first time on your Samsung TV, you can begin watching free movies and TV shows immediately. When you sign in or create a free Roku account, programs you start watching on your Samsung TV can be resumed on other devices signed in to the same Roku account, like a Roku streaming device or smartphone, tablet, or computer.
If you ever need to remove The Roku Channel from your Samsung TV, open the Smart Hub interface, find The Roku Channel in Settings, and select Delete.
Notice that it says you can watch without signing into your Roku account. That tells me there must be a settings menu somewhere within the app to add your Roku credentials. You might need to delete the app from the TV, reboot, then install the app again to get the first time login.


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What is the most effective way to remove armpit fat?
I am 19 years old, very active and have a lot of muscle mass on my body, 5'4 and 155 lbs. All of the woman in my family have armpit fat. I have tried to work out and do specialized work out to remove my fat, but I have given up because nothing has changed, not one bit from working out. I love my body and life, I just hate my armpits.
My family has now now concluded that it is hereditary from my great grandmother.
What is the most affordable and best way to remove armpit fat that shows in my bras, swim suits, tank tops?
Hi! Sorry to hear about that stubborn armpit area. I would have to examine you, but this could be fat or it could be extra breast tissue. Both can be treated with liposuction but very large extra breast tissue sometimes needs to be removed by cutting it out. See a board certified plastic surgeon for more information.


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At Monad we practice software design and development on big software systems or just on an individual software components. At Monad software design and development means: surveying, specifying, defining, designing, implementing, testing, deploying and maintaining, or a combination of these. Monad can offer you the best software design and development that money can buy. In our way of work we combine following things:
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Together with you, we will survey your needs and do technical specification. After the technical specification we design, prototype, implement, test and deploy the software in short cycles. We exercise continuous communication with you to assure that we are developing the software in the right direction and that you always have the latest and bug free version of the software. Don't hesitate to be in contact if you have software design needs in your company!
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For the first time, the Australian truck market has access to a big banger from MAN.The change which has made it possible for MAN to make this foray into the market comes from a change of policy back in Germany. In the past, high horsepower MAN engines have been V8s and, as such, not viable here, due to excess mass over the steer axle. The decision to develop a 15 litre six cylinder has been crucial for potential sales here.
The new engine comes as a next step for the current engine line up. MAN came up with a completely new engine concept over ten years ago with the 10 litre D20. Later came the 13 litre D26 and now the 15 litre D38.
Rated at 560 hp (412 kW) in the horsepower stakes and with 2700 Nm (1991 ft lb) of torque, this engine has the capacity to handle the task with plenty to spare. The 12 speed Traxon transmission is the, well proven, ZF automated manual with an MAN control system overlaid. There is also an optional ZF Intarder available, offering up to 600 kW of retardation if needed.
Innovative design concepts are included in the design, like the top down cooling system, which introduces the coolant at the top of the engine, around the combustion chamber and injectors. This means , at its coolest, it meets the hottest part of the engine first.
The common rail fuel injection system runs at 2500 bar. The wiring loom on these trucks are encased in foam, inside the conduit, to eradicate chafing and rubbing between cables.
MAN are also adding to the plethora of new acronyms on a truck with the introduction of CRT on the D38. This stands for the Continuous Regeneration Trap, as opposed to a DPF. The continuous regeneration is said to give the system a longer working life.
"The design of this vehicle is as important as when we talk about the engine, says Roger Penske, Chairman Penske Automotive Group. "We talk about an automated manual transmission. We don't buy a manual in the US now, for two reasons. One, from the driver perspective and, two for the residual value.
"The metrics we've seen and the feedback we've got on the vehicles has been quite positive. I think we have to be a better company, here in Australia, from a service perspective. We look around the country and see our service locations number being able to grow over the next eighteen months. Even though the market is down, we need more market share and we need to invest in our service locations."
If the MAN brand is set to grow, this is the Penske group's opportunity. Any growth will be from a low base, but the new model looks to be a good platform to build on. It ticks all of the boxes as truck and, if the promised increase in service locations eventuates, it should be able to perform. Penske's purchase of the Detroit network gives it plenty of outlets and the possibility to exploit the strengths of this new player in the market.


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Bhutan Overview
Bhutanbo͞otän´ [key], officially Kingdom of Bhutan, kingdom (2015 est. pop. 787,000), 18,147 sq mi (47,000 sq km), in the E Himalayas, southern Asia. It is bordered on the west, south, and east by India and on the north by the Tibet region of China. Punakha is the traditional capital; Thimphu is the official capital and largest city.
Sections in this article:
- Introduction
- Economy
- Government
- Land and People
- History
- Bibliography
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In his book "We Are All Weird", Seth Godin offers a short but interesting manifesto on how the age of mass (mass marketing, mass manufacture) is fast disappearing as the concept of "normal" becomes obsolete and the audience/customer splinters into thousands of tribes (another of his concepts).
Godin's primary audience is business people, of course, but in this book he does offer a brief look at education, which is probably the "mass" institution in this country that is the most resistant to change.
At the end of that section, Godin offers a simple proposal for transforming American education.
A different approach to education is almost impossible to conceptualize and seemingly impossible to execute. The simple alternative to our broken system of education is to embrace the weird, to abandon normal. To acknowledge that our factories don't need so many cogs, so many compliant workers, so many people willing to work cheap.
It's simple but it's not easy. It's not easy because we can't process weird, we can't mass produce students when we have to work with them one at a time or in like minded groups. We can't test these kids into compliance and thus we can't have a reliable, process-oriented factory mindset for the business of education. No, it's not easy at all.
When we consider whom we pay the most, whom we seek to hire, whom we applaude, follow, and emulate, these grownups are the outliers, the weird ones. Did they get there by being normal students in school and then magically transform themselves in to Yo Yo Ma or Richard Branson? Hardly. The stories of so many outliers are remarkably familiar. They didn't like the conformity forced on them by school, struggled, suffered, survived, and now they're revered.
What happens if our schools, and the people who run them, and fund them, stop seeing the mass and start looking for the weird? What if they acknowledge that more compliance doesn't make a better school but merely makes one that's easier to run?
My proposed solution is simple. Don't waste a lot of time and money pushing kids in directions they don't want to go. Instead, find out what weirdness they excel at and encourage them to do that. And then get out of the way.
Ok, so maybe you don't like the idea of calling your students "weird". Substitute "unique" instead. Godin's ideas still make a lot of sense, although maybe with less impact.
I know I've ranted many times in this space about all the many "leaders" proposing reforms to the education system modeled on business principles. However, this approach is more about relating to the needs of people than about reforming traditional business methods.
Although many policy makers may view learning as an assembly line process, it's really all about many, many unique, individual people in our classrooms. And any experienced teacher will tell you they're all weird.


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A new book published by a professor touting the health benefits of golf pilates is gaining attention.
A book that combines golf and pilates in gaining attention for the unusual combination and apparent health benefits. Professor Lee Sung-min, the head of the Department of Life and Sports Science at Suwon Science College is the mind behind the book.
In Golf Pilates, Lee presents ways to make the most out of those leisurely trips to the grassy lawns of a golf course. In particular, the professor puts to use the resistance practices of pilates to improve the golfers' skills in the game. And Lee should know, he has been golfing for 24 years.
According to Lee, players need strength, balance, and flexibility to have any chance on course. Moreover, improving these qualities can improve people's skill and the ideal training to do so is golf pilates.
Park Hee-young, who currently works at the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) lends credibility to Lee's books. "If you train core muscles with a pilates, your body changes, your swing changes, and your range increases," she said, revealing how ordinary golf fans can improve their skills without injury.
As golf grows as a hobby, more people are also getting injuries relating to the sport. Some golfers suffer back or other pain in their torso when by using muscle groups that they don't normally use. The author advises golfers to start golf pilates right away if they want to play golf for a long time without injury or pain.
Further, Lee claims that the exercises are easy and convenient. All you need is a small device and a mat. By following the 57 different exercises and training their core muscles players can expect to be swinging machines in no time.
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MURRAY, Ky. — Below is information regarding recent news, notes and accomplishments from Murray State University for the week of Oct. 29–Nov. 2.
Several chemistry faculty members and students from Murray State presented research at the national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), which took place Aug. 19–23 in Boston, Massachusetts.
ACS is the world's largest scientific society with members at institutions across the globe, including an active chapter at Murray State. During the conference, Murray State faculty members and students represented the University as presenters, judges, session organizers and volunteers.
"This venue allowed for our students to present their research to a larger global audience, to network with fellow students and to explore job/graduate program opportunities," said Dr. Bommanna Loganathan, professor of chemistry at Murray State. "For faculty, this conference provided opportunities to be up to date in their area of research, to network with peers for possible research collaborations and to bring their experience back to their classrooms."
Professors of chemistry Dr. Daniel Johnson and Dr. Kevin Miller served as organizers and presiders for a symposium titled "Ionic Liquids in Polymer Science and Engineering: From Molecular Design to Energy and Beyond." In addition to serving as its organizers, both Johnson and Miller led individual sessions during the symposium about their respective fields of study. Johnson was joined in his presentation by Murray State chemistry students Landon Fike of Kirksey, Kentucky, and Mustafa Alhussain of Qatif, Saudi Arabia, who served as co-authors on the project.
Meanwhile, professors Dr. Bikram Subedi and Loganathan joined Dr. Daniel Burgard of University of Puget Sound–Washington in organizing a joint one-day special session on "Wastewater Based Epidemiology – Challenges and Opportunities." Subedi chaired the session and gave two oral presentations, while Murray State student Tara Croft of Benton, Kentucky, presented a poster of her collaborative research with Subedi titled "Estimation of the Consumption of Illicit Drugs During Special Events in Two Communities in Western Kentucky, USA, Using Sewage Epidemiology."
Subedi also served as a chair for the Publication and Publicity Committee of ACS's environmental chemistry division, coordinating more than 20 scientists and judges from academia, government and various industries from around the world to evaluate student presentations.
Additionally, Loganathan and his international counterparts — including Dr. Juliette Legler of the Netherlands, Dr. G. Malarvannan of Belgium and Dr. Kenneth Sajwan of the U.S. — organized and presided over the ACS's environmental chemistry division's special symposium titled "Environmental Obesogens: Exposure Pathways, Mechanism of Action and Trends." Loganathan presented a talk on "Global Trends of Persistent Organic Pollutants and Obesity" during the same symposium along with a corresponding poster that specifically evaluated Kentucky's trends.
Faculty and students are appreciative of the support provided by Dr. Kevin Revell, chair for the Department of Chemistry, and Dr. Claire Fuller, interim dean for the Jesse D. Jones College of Science, Engineering and Technology.
Dr. Daniel Wann, psychology professor at Murray State, served as the keynote speaker for the 2018 Mawson Scholar Series Presentation at the University of Kansas in October.
In his presentation, titled "The ABCs of Sport Fandom: What We Know and Where We Should Go," Wann discussed the affective, behavioral and cognitive reactions of sports fans, highlighting the importance of understanding sport fandom and examining its future.
Wann has been a faculty member at Murray State since 1991. He teaches courses on social psychology, including a course on sport psychology and a course on the psychology of sport fandom. He has written two books — including "Sport Psychology" and "Sport Fans: The Psychology and Social Impact of Fandom," with an update to the latter now available — and has published numerous articles in academic journals, given several conference presentations and served as a specialist for the media. He was a founding member and director of the Sport Fandom Special Interest Group within the Association for Applied Sport Psychology.
Wann is a graduate of the University of Kansas, where he earned his PhD in social psychology.
The Speech and Debate Union Travel Team at Murray State competed in a three-day national qualifying regional tournament in October with more than 15 colleges and universities in attendance, including University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Tennessee Tech University, Morehouse College, University of Southern Mississippi and more.
Participating Murray State students brought home several individual awards in addition to the group overall receiving the top prize: the Grand Championship Award.
"The Grand Championship win is significant because usually programs with 20+ students win the overall award and because we beat the first place U.S. champion Morehouse College program," said Dr. Crystal Coel, director of the Speech and Debate Union, head of Elizabeth College and faculty member in the Department of Organizational Communication. "We won with just 13 students competing."
Individual awards from the competition include the following:
— Rachel Fischer (Regents College) of Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and Josh Sanders (Springer-Franklin College) of San Antonio, Texas, placed first as National Parliamentary Debate Association (NPDA) team champions and were a semi-finalist team in TIPDA debate
— Christopher Stewart II (Regents College) of Eddyville, Kentucky, and Brennan Hughes (Springer-Franklin College) of Russellville, Kentucky, placed sixth as an NPDA quarter-finalist team
— Yoshi Lindsey (Regents College) of Hardinsburg, Kentucky, placed sixth in Poetry – Day One and in Poetry – Day Two
— Michaela Molnar (Springer-Franklin College) of Naperville, Illinois, placed fifth in Dramatic Interpretation – Day One and second in Dramatic Interpretation – Day Two
— Kyle Heideman (Clark College) of Louisville, Kentucky, placed fourth in Persuasion – Day One and second in Persuasion – Day Two in addition to being named the category's top novice for both days
— Josh Sanders placed fourth in After Dinner Speaking – Days One and Two
— Kaylea Wilson (Regents College) of Memphis, Tennessee, placed third in Informative – Day One and second in Informative – Day Two in addition to being named the category's top novice for both days
— Rachel Fischer placed fifth in Impromptu – Day Two
— Brennan Hughes and Michaela Molnar placed first in Duo – Days One and Two
— Callie Anderson (Springer-Franklin College) of Richmond, Kentucky, placed sixth in Program Oral Interpretation – Days One and Two in addition to placing fourth in Prose – Day One and first in Prose – Day Two, where she was also named top novice
— Shirley Ransdell (Regents College) of Paducah, Kentucky, placed fifth in Informative – Day Two
— Brennan Hughes placed fourth in Radio Broadcasting – Day One
The group overall won third place in Debate Sweepstakes, fourth place in day one of Individual Event Sweepstakes, second place in day two of Individual Event Sweepstakes and first place in Overall Combined Grand Sweepstakes, which was the result of combined scores from all three days.
Adding to the Grand Sweepstakes with second and third place rankings in speaking events from the preliminary rounds were Brayden Borrell and Eli Fenwick.
Ryan Goke, assistant director of the Speech and Debate Union, serves as the team's head debate coach. Madison Hutto, president of the Speech and Debate Union, serves as head individual events coach with Zachary Harris and Elizabeth Moss serving as additional individual events coaches.
Students and faculty members in Murray State's telecommunications systems management (TSM) program visited the Verizon Switch Center in Chandler, Indiana, in October to see the industry they are studying in the classroom in action.
The Verizon Switch Center processes and monitors approximately 1 million calls from Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky. Dr. Abdul Yarali, professor of TSM, and Carlos Lopez, lecturer of TSM, led the group of 20 students to the center on Oct. 23. While at the Verizon Switch Center, the group received a complete tour of the facility from Dennis Robertson, regional manager for Verizon, and Joe Ballard, senior radio-frequency (RF) engineer.
"This field trip is designed so that our students will experience a more holistic, integrated picture of the information that, in the classroom, may have only been presented in a textual and abstract way," Yarali said. "This visit exposed our TSM students to new experiences."
Dr. Abdul R. Yarali, professor of telecommunications systems management (TSM) at Murray State, will travel to London, England, in the summer of 2019 to share his research at the Computing Conference 2019.
Yarali will share a paper titled "Uncovering the True Potentials of the Internet of Things (IoT)." To research and write the paper, Yarali collaborated with Dr. Michael Ramage, director of the University's Center for Telecommunications Systems Management, and two Murray State students: Manu Srinath, a graduate student from India, and Nicholas May, an undergraduate online student.
Their research explores the potentials of IoT — which examines artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data and more — as the foundation for the fourth industrial revolution. The paper also discusses cybersecurity and privacy issues that are important considerations for users with connected devices.
While attending the Kentucky Art Education Association (KyAEA) Conference on Oct. 13 with Dr. Rebecca Williams, assistant professor of art education, three Murray State art and design students were awarded the Allan Perkins Art Education Scholarship in the amount of $500 each.
The scholarship recipients from Murray State include Emily Netherton of Louisville, Kentucky; Kimberly Kinsland of Paris, Tennessee; and Tiffany Day of Harrisburg, Illinois.
"I am thrilled for these teacher candidates to have received the Allan Perkins scholarships," Williams said. "Not only are they exemplary students within my courses, but they also each serve as members of the executive board of Murray State's National Art Education Association (NAEA) student chapter. With these scholarships, KyAEA is making a solid investment in the future of art education in our state."
The Allan Perkins Art Education Scholarship is offered to three students each year by the Kentucky Art Education Association. Scholarships are awarded based on students' goals as future art educators as well as their service to the field, grade point average and financial need. The scholarship applications are juried by a committee. This year, art education students from Murray State brought home all three of the scholarships.
In addition to receiving the scholarship awards at the conference, Netherton, Kinsland and Day each presented their personal research projects during the conference's Student Chapter Roundtables session. Netherton discussed the role of art therapy in the classroom, Kinsland demonstrated how canva.com can be used as an innovative curricular tool and Day provided an overview of the various levels of student-choice that teachers can build into their art programs.
The Sigma Alpha organization at Murray State, a professional agriculture sorority, was recognized in August at the national organization's conclave in Dallas, Texas.
During the national event, the chapter received first place in the region for three different categories, including Outstanding Service Program, Outstanding Leadership Program and Outstanding Scholarship Program. The group also received the National Outstanding Leadership Award.
"I am very proud of the Alpha Upsilon chapter — they are a pleasure to work with," said Rhea Ann Wright Holland, academic services coordinator for the Hutson School of Agriculture. "These ladies are dedicated to seeing Sigma Alpha grow at Murray State, and it is great to see them recognized for their efforts at the national level."
Murray State students in the fall 2018 class of the Sigma Alpha agriculture sorority include Madison Hutto (Henderson, Kentucky), Victoria Phillips (Centralia, Illinois), Danielle White (Lewisburg, Kentucky), Loni Saum (Versailles, Kentucky), Katlyn Marshall (Mount Vernon, Indiana), Lexie Mills (Greenville, Illinois), Sammie Arnold (Shelbyville, Kentucky), Mackenzie Hoffman (Altamont, Illinois), Mary Grace Jackson (Princeton, Kentucky), Brianna Barnes (Rineyville, Kentucky), Casey Bell (Trenton, Illinois), Summer Cunningham (Boaz, Alabama), Shelby Shank (Maineville, Ohio), Whitney Stanton (Elizabethtown, Kentucky), Caroline Terry (Lebanon, Tennessee), Kassie Maierhofer (Marseilles, Illinois), Sarah Frank (Highland, Illinois), Whitney Teeter (Clarksville, Tennessee), Callie Anderson (Richmond, Kentucky), Carrie Ann Followell (Gravel Switch, Kentucky), Lacie Folz (Evansville, Indiana), Madison Kelly (Hopkinsville, Kentucky), Haley Thompson (Louisville, Kentucky), Amanda Stricklin (Harrisburg, Illinois), Abby Lyell (Hickory, Kentucky), Alexis Burnett (Brookport, Illinois), Allison Burris (Columbia, Kentucky), Ally Grote (Bowling Green, Missouri), Ashley Robert (Dahlgren, Illinois), Bailey Webster (Fredonia, Kentucky), Bethany Pearson (Olmstead, Kentucky), Cali Franklin (Crestwood, Kentucky), Courtney Franklin (Paris, Kentucky), Emily Cole (Warrenton, Virginia), Gillian Gattenby (Crestwood, Kentucky), Grace Nally (Bowling Green, Kentucky), Jessie Collins (Morgantown, Kentucky), Leah Collins (Bowling Green, Kentucky), Margaret Bright (Westfield, Indiana), Morgan Grannas (Jarrettsville, Maryland), Paige Martin (Evansville, Indiana), Presley Adkins (Ashland, Kentucky), Rhiannon Branch (Iuka, Illinois), Samantha James (Bowling Green, Kentucky), Samantha Thomas (Fairdale, Kentucky), Shawndulynn James (Lexington, Kentucky), Shelby Abbott (Nortonville, Kentucky), Sophia Reese (McKenzie, Tennessee), Taylor Rogier (Highland, Illinois) and Tiffany Cobb (Smithland, Kentucky).
Murray State faculty Amanda Grossman, Wayne Tervo and the Epsilon Nu chapter were recognized as a superior chapter by the Beta Alpha Psi Board of Directors. Beta Alpha Psi is an international honors organization for accounting, finance and information systems professionals.
"We are very proud of our Epsilon Nu chapter, which continues its long-standing superior status for over 30 consecutive years," said Amanda Grossman, professor in the accounting department of the Arthur J. Bauernfeind College of Business. "The student members of our organization attend numerous professional meetings with potential employers, provide tutoring to underclassmen and assist community members with tax returns by participating in the accounting-run Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program."
"Recognition as a superior chapter is a significant accomplishment," added Alexandra L. Miller, president of Beta Alpha Psi. "Under the leadership of both Grossman and Tervo, the Epsilon Nu chapter has far exceeded the baseline requirements of Beta Alpha Psi and has excelled in the areas of academics, professionalism and leadership."