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Project Based Learning Science - Lesson Plans for PBL
Detailed Examples for K-12 Teachers
Putting together a PBL science plan can be enormously time consuming without excellent models. So here are hundreds of free detailed plans for projects for elementary, middle and high school students. The plans are sorted by discipline - astronomy and space, chemistry, engineering and architecture, physics, technology, and earth, life sciences, physical sciences, and... well, "other" for no clear fit. Most of the ones I've listed provide project overviews, guiding questions, procedures and activities, work product descriptions, grading rubrics, and questions for reflection.
The first PBL project I planned many years ago was the creation of a butterfly habitat in the school garden by my 3rd graders. I think the planning took more time than the project, and I didn't have a lot of resources to help guide me. Since then, I've been an avid collector of PBL plans.
I found far more free PBL resources than I ever anticipated, and more than 300 free science-based PBL projects are listed below. Many of these projects would also be considered problem based learning projects.
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Astronomy and Space Sciences Projects
- Fly Me to the Moon Travel Agency | Teach21 PBL
For K students. After learning about the moon and what's need to travel to the moon, the kids create a book, "A Trip to the Moon."
- K-12 Projects | NASA
Several projects, competitions and activities for students at all grade levels. Although not as detailed as many of the PBL projects listed here, the range available include designing, building and conducting experiments in space sciences.
- Project Spectra! | U. of Colorado Boulder
For students in grades 6-12. In this NASA-approved projects, students learn about how light is used to explore our solar system. It culminates with their construction of a spectrometer to interpret actual data.
- NASA - Solar Energy for Space Exploration
For students in grades 6-12. Students propose and defend a design for a solar power system that will support 6 explorers on the moon or Mars. Leading up to that, they develop a solar power system for a home and the ISS.
Are you a PBL Beginner? - This book is tremendously helpful
This book was written by the editor at Buck institute for Education, the ground-breaking organization for helping schools implement project-based learning. If you're a middle or high school teacher just starting PBL, this book gives you the basics to helping you develop your units for success.
Chemistry Projects
- Teach21 PBL | WV Dept of Education
5 projects for students in grades 9-12 in Chemistry, Chemistry II and Conceptual Chemistry. (Select separate category for each from pulldown menu.) Projects include research into the chemical equilibrium of the inner ear, the acidic and alkaline cont
- Chemistry CASES Online | Emory U.
1 project for students in grades 6-8, 57 projects for students in grades 9-12. Among the projects are investigations of poisoning, designing a better cup to keep the heat of the coffee on the inside, designing a periodic table game, and investigating
- Drug Movie | High Tech High
For students in 10th grade. Students learn about prescriptive, over-the-counter, and illegal drugs, then create a 5-minute educational drug movie and accompanying materials.
Earth & Environmental Sciences
- The Weather and You | PB Works
For students in grades K-1. Students investigate daily and severe weather, use weather tools to collect data, and create a class weather observation center and reporting system for the school.
- Schoolyard Habitat Project | PBLU.org
For students in grades 3-5. Students research, design and build habitat in their schoolyard for insects and nesting birds. They install native plant species and remove invasive ones.
- Collaborative Earth & Environmental Projects | CIESE
5 projects for students, grades 4-12. Gather data on water usage, global temperatures, and local ecosystems. Measure the Earth's circumference or design an aquauponics system. Classes around the world collaborate with yours.
- Living in Earthquake Country | DLESE Teaching Boxes
For students in grades 6-12. Use what you learn about seismic waves and our ability to predict the likelihood and severity of earthquakes at specific locations to select the best place to live in the San Francisco Bay area to avoid an earthquake.
- Evidence for Plate Tectonics | DLESE Teaching Boxes
For students in grades 6-8. Students will use the knowledge they acquire about the movement of the earth's continents to defend Wegener's hypothesis that the continents had once been a single land mass that separated over time.
- Projects Space | iEARN
2 projects for students in grades 6-12. These are environmental projects done in collaboration with other classes worldwide.
- CASES Online | Emory U.
32 projects for students in grades 6-12, most for middle school students. Projects deal with weather, oceans and aquatic environments, geology, volcanoes and earthquakes.
- Teach21 PBL | WV Dept of Education
2 projects for students, grades 8-12. The first is an exhibit, brochures, and other materials for local tourist board on the geological composition and points of interest for your town. The second is an investigation of alternative energy sources.
- CASES Online | Emory U.
18 projects for students in grades 9-12. They deal with environmental law, green jobs, closed ecosystems, hunting, environmentally connected diseases, invasive species and pollution.
Image of ChickTech High School Engineering Project by Todd Kulesza, under [Creative Commons 2.0] license, hosted on Flickr.
Engineering and Architecture Projects
- Engineering Adventures | Engineering is Elementary
For students in grades K-5. There are 6 free detailed projects that include making a racing car from recycled materials, engineer aid drop packages for aid relief in other countries, design humane traps to catch toads, and design earthquake resistant
- Who Wants to be a Millionaire? | High Tech High
For 9th graders. Students use their math and physics skills to design an electrical product that turns on and off. They develop an engineering plan, financial plan, and marketing plan to launch their product.
- Collaborative Projects | CIESE
3 world-wide collaborative projects for students in grades 9-12. Reverse engineer a common product; integrate solar and LED technologies to develop lighting for developing countries; or design water purification systems for developing countries.
- The Commons Project | Virtual Schoolhouse
For students in grades 9-12. Students and community volunteers make over a neglected area of the school campus as a student commons. This multi-year project involves design proposals, cost estimates, fundraising, project scheduling, and construction.
- This New House | High Tech High
For 10th graders. Students study sustainable architecture and construct the various plans, a scale model, and a pamphlet explaining their design of a sustainable home.
- The Bridge Project | VirtualSchoolHouse.net
For students in grades 10-12. Students use principals of physics and math to research, test and build a bridge model.
Image by U.S. Navy, Greg Vojtko [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Life Sciences Projects - Projects in Anatomy, Biology, Animals, Plants
- Teach21 PBL | WV Dept of Education
5 projects for students in grades 9-12 in Biology and Conceptual Biology. They include deer overpopulation and ecosystems, the genetics of identical twins, and an evolution presentation to the student body.
- Human Genetics Project | CIESE
For students in grades 6-12. Students determine if the most dominant trait is the most prevalent trait by surveying phenotypic traits of classmates, compiling data, and analyzing it with data from students around the world.
- Anatomy/Physiology CASES Online | Emory U.
14 projects for students in grades 9-12. Projects include topics on skin cancer, forensics, digestive ailments, corneal transplants, and impact of stress on the human body.
- Biology CASES Online | Emory U.
85 projects for students in grades 9-12. Some of the topics include antbiotics, mutation, evolution, avian flu, DNA and genetics, unknown pathogens and enzyme disorders.
- Health Science CASES Online | Emory U.
1 projects for students in grades 6-8, and 10 projects for students in grades 9-12. Topics include getting healthier foods in the school cafeteria, the roles of healthcare professionals in a team, and the obesity epidemic.
- Life Science CASES Online | Emory U.
19 projects for students in grades 6-8. Projects include investigating environmental impact of airport expansion, educating the public on poisonous plants, and developing a plan to improve the ecology of a local pond.
- Microbiology CASES Online | Emory U.
3 projects for students in grades 9-12. They include diagnosis of food poisoning from "carny" food, determination of the causative agent of an infection, and investigation of the life cycle of a microbe.
- San Diego Bay Field Guide | High Tech High
For students in grades 9-12. Incorporating biology, environment and math, high school students study the biogeography of the bay. They create a baseline inventory at several sites, with changes over time, and use this data to produce a field guide.
- A Study of Bones | Early Childhood Research and Practice
For students in grades K-1. Children learn about bone health, broken bones, and X-rays. They make models, draw bones, become bone detectives, investigate how to make bones stronger, and conduct surveys of classmates and teachers.
- Bug Study | U. of Maryland School of Education
For children in grades preK-K. In this 3-phase project, children write bug stories, observe, trap, and collect bugs around school with the assistance of a biologist. Culminating project may be a book, "museum", or exhibit.
- Looking at the Trees Around Us | Early Childhood Research & Practice
For children in grades 1-3. Children examine and record observations on trees near their school. With what they've learned in the classroom and outdoors, they choose to represent the trees in the area visited by making a model, a game, a book, or a m
- Endangered Animals PBL Unit | Scholastic.com
For grades preK-K. Teacher Megan Power thoroughly documents this project, in which her children research endangered animals, create educational materials about them, decide which ones they want to help save, and raise money for the World Wildlife Fun
- Duke School | 1st Grade My Healthy Self Project
For 1st grade students. Children learn all the components that go into making ourselves healthy. Then they convert the classroom into a state-of-the-art wellness center for a day and conduct physicals, offer massages, aeroboics class, and counseling.
- KKits Bacteria | PBWorks
For 10th grade biology students. Culminating project is a 30-second public service announcement for the CDC on how to prevent the spread of infection disease, based on research on viruses and bacteria.
Image by US Marine Corps (unknown photographer), [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Physical Sciences Projects
- Teach21 PBL | WV Dept of Education
5 projects for students in grades 9-12. Projects include ice cream making, using electricity and magnetism to create green toys and tools, insurance underwriting risks for local earthquake events, constructing a flashlight, compass and telegraph from
- International Boiling Point Project | CIESE
For students in grades 6-12. Join students all over the world in boiling some water, recording the boiling point and factors in your location such as elevation, room temperature, heating device, and volume of water. Then analyze worldwide compiled
Image of Student Demonstrates Hovercraft at Engineering Challenge by US Army Corp of Engineers, under [Creative Commons 2.0] license, hosted on Flickr.
Physics Projects
- Physics of Sailing - Sponsored by Oracle | Curriki
For students in grades 9-12. In this six-week project, students apply their knowledge of physics and Newton's Laws to design a sail and keel for a racing sailboat. End product is a digital model or poster.
- Teach21 PBL | WV Dept of Education
3 projects for students in grades 9-12. Develop innovative ideas for soundproofing walls in an apartment complex, present solutions for cars running red lights at busy/dangerous intersections, and a presentation to the school sports team on how they
- Rube Goldberg Project | Envision Schools
For students in grades 10-12. Students build and present a compllcated machine designed to perform a simple task.
- Physics CASES Online | Emory U.
42 problem-based learning projects for students in grades 9-12. Sample projects include determining if speed was a factor in a car crash, planning alternative energy sources for blackouts, designing a roller coaster and a thrilling new amusement park
- APlusPhysics Projects
6 projects for students in grades 9-12. This site provides free online physics courses, as well as a forum and projects that include designing a catapult, evaluating speaker designs, participating in physics podcasts, and designing a Rube-Goldberg m
Image of students using ground tracking system, by U.S. Navy, Greg Vojtko [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Technology Projects
- Today's Machines | High Tech High
For 9th grade students. Take a present-day machine or invention and research a part of it that existed before 1400 C.E. and create a video documenting your findings.
- Molecules Matter | PBL Academy
For students in 7-8. Materials from workshops conducted at Indiana U. in nanoscience. Click "login as guest" button to see materials and project details.
Other Science Projects - 118 projects for elementary, middle and high school
- Scientific Method | CASES Online
These 4 projects for students in grades 6-12 focus on developing their skills in using the scientific method.
- Designing Effective Projects | Intel Education
45 projects for grades K-12 in all science disciplines. Many of the projects focus on problem-based learning, in addition to project-based.
- Project Based Learning | Teach21 PBL
15 projects for students in grades K-8 in a variety of scientific discplines. Although targeted to WV state standards, these are adaptable to similar grade levels throughout the country.
- Felix Mystery | PB Works
For 7th grade students, who put the scientific method into practice by solving a mock crime. They collect evidence, make forensic examinations, interview local police and develop a theory of what happened to Felix.
Use Industry-Sponsored Competitions to Incorporate PBL in Your Classroom
See the Science Buddies Overview of the Top Science Competitions. These competitions are a great source of project ideas.
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This is an amazing resource article. I would love to know more about your classroom management tips for PBL. How do you get the students to buy into the process without being a drill sargent?
it will be helpful for the educators.
Great work!
my 4 primary school girls have developed amazingly well since PBL was introduced
Great lesson ideas! We can use some of the ideas for our germ lessons.
I totally agree with this model of teaching. Great lens!


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Hola! Happy Sunday evening. I'm just sitting here with a glass of Matrix Winery Pinot editing photos and working on blog posts. It's already dark outside and I'm listening to the sound of rain. It's a pretty relaxing night here. Soon I'm going to get started on yet another soup. Tonight's is Split Pea, Bacon, Potato Soup. It's a total keeper. I made it twice last year, and I'm happy to make it again this year.
I'm making soup all week long. Sounds fun, right? Well, maybe to some people but I'm definitely going to be souped out by Friday. Luckily we have dinner reservations at Campo Fina on Friday night with some friends. The reason we're going to be having soup/chili's all week long is because David had his wisdom teeth removed on Friday. All four of them! The bottom two were impacted (of course), so those two were a bit harder to remove. The surgeon said he'll have the hardest time recovering with those two. Overall the surgery went smashingly well. It didn't even take more than 45 minutes from the time they brought him in until the time they called me back and he was waking up.
I doubt David wants me to share this photo with the world, but since he asked me to take a photo of him, I'm sharing it. He was in good spirits when he woke up, but he was also seeing double. haha. He told me he was "on some good shit". I think he was feeling a little gangster on the drugs. The rest of the weekend he's been recuperating and taking it easy. Mostly living on our couch, watching Netflix, and being fed homemade soups. Not to shabby…
Since I do my meal planning on the weekends and I knew David had his surgery coming up, I planned to make him a butternut squash soup on Friday night. This soup was dee-lish-ous! Seriously! You have to try this soup.
I know it seems like a lot of work roasting the butternut squash just to puree it but I really think it helps give it extra flavor that it needs. This soup is really really easy to make. It just takes a little bit of time, though most of it is down time. I love the addition of apple to this soup because it gives it the perfect sweetness. It's also a paleo soup, but you could switch out the chicken broth easily for vegetarian and make it a vegetarian meal. The curry powder in the soup is not overwhelming to me at all, but then again I love curry powder. Feel free to use less if you're not a big fan, or you could eliminate all of it and have an even more basic soup.
I definitely recommend this soup for this fall/winter. It's perfect soup weather right now. Take advantage of butternut squash while it's still available. I'd serve this soup with a salad if David could actually chew. Let me know if you end up making it! I'd love to know what you think.
Curry Butternut Squash and Apple Soup
Inspired by Hungry Healthy Girl
Serves 4-5, depending on serving size
1 medium butternut squash, peeled and chopped, about 4 cups
2 tablespoon olive oil
salt and pepper
1 yellow onion, diced
2 granny smith apples, diced
2 teaspoons curry powder
4 cups chicken broth
1/2 cup coconut milk
1/2 cup pumpkin seeds, to garnish
1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Coat butternut squash with 1 tablespoon olive oil, salt, and pepper. Spread out evenly on one to two baking sheets. Roast for 15 minutes, stir around butternut squash, and roast another 15 minutes.
2. In a Dutch oven or large pot over medium heat add olive oil. Sauté onions and apples until soft, about 10 minutes. Stir in curry powder and cook for about 1 minute. Pour in chicken broth and bring to a boil.
3. Once butternut squash is roasted, add it to the boiling chicken broth. Reduce heat to low, cover pot with lid, and let simmer for 20 minutes. Remove lid, puree liquid with an immersion blender (or blender) until smooth and stir in coconut milk. Garnish with pumpkin seeds if desired.

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This is amazing news!! Way to go reEarth!!
One step at a time: Victory for dolphins in the Bahamas!
19 July 2014 - 8:56pm
Due to the tenacity and perseverance of local Bahamanian grassroots organization, reEarth, a significant legal battle opposing the development of a captive dolphin facility on Blackbeard's Cay, just northwest of Nassau, has been waged and won, marking a small victory in the larger fight for an end to whales and dolphins in captivity.
In this landmark decision, the Supreme Court judgment revoked all import permits and operating licenses for Blue Illusions, the company behind the dolphin facility, and ordered the removal of the eight dolphins currently at the facility. The dolphins were shipped to the Bahamas from Honduras in July 2013, and were being held in shallow and unprotected sea pens. The judgment also determined that government authorities acted illegally in allowing the development to move ahead without following proper planning and permitting procedures under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. More importantly, the judgment challenged the legality of importing dolphins into the Bahamas for anything other than research under the country's marine mammal protection legislation, forecasting longer term implications for the future of other dolphin facilities in the Bahamas.
WDC has provided support to reEarth and its ongoing campaign to oppose the Blackbeard's Cay and other captive dolphin facilities in the Bahamas, and stemming from our broader consultation with the government during its development of its marine mammal protection legislation.
Last February, the Supreme Court of the Bahamas had granted permission to reEarth to bring judicial review proceedings challenging the permits and approvals received by the Blackbeard's Cay project. As a result, those government officials involved in permitting the dolphin facility were forced to make full disclosure of all permit, license, lease and approval applications submitted by the developer Blue Illusions. This ruling was significant and allowed procedural improprieties and breaches of law to be discovered and addressed, including the failure of the planning committee to hold a public hearing, a requirement under the permitting process. This earlier legal action paved the way for the recent Supreme Court decision revoking all privileges to the facility.
The Blackbeard's Cay project has been exceptionally controversial not only because of the inhumane conditions in which the dolphins were being held, but also the documented skirting of proper permitting procedures and forecasted harm to local retailers on Nassau through the diversion of cruise passengers to the cay. Three other dolphin facilities holding at least 70 dolphins already operate within the Bahamas.
Blue Illusions may choose to appeal this decision, but for now, it has been ordered to restore the area to its original use and condition prior to its development of the dolphin sea pen. It is not clear what will happen to the eight dolphins currently at the facility, but options include returning them to their Honduran origin, moving them to another dolphin facility in the Bahamas, or identifying another scenario that might include the development of a sanctuary-type alternative.
The Caribbean is generally a battle zone for efforts to oppose new dolphin facilities, as captures continue to occur in the region primarily in Cuba, and existing swim-with programs seek to expand to other islands. Currently, local organizations and individuals are also leading the opposition against proposed facilities on St. Thomas and the Turks and Caicos, and WDC is doing our best to support them in their efforts to oppose and eliminate dolphin captivity from the region, one facility at a time.
Great, let us start with a campaign against also to release the Dolphins in Lisbon Zoo - Portugal, that were imported from the USA many year ago, around 1995.
STOP the Dolphin show in captivity all over the world NOW.
Let us start ALSO with a campaign FOR THE release the Dolphins in Lisbon Zoo - Portugal, that were imported from the USA many year ago, around 1995.
STOP the Dolphin show in captivity all over the world NOW.
Stop this disgusting excuse for 'entertainment'! It's torture , unnatural and plain cruel!
So great to see some positive action at a legal level.
Freedom for all Dolphins
1 down, several more to go. Let's keep up the good fight. Those dolphins are saying thank you everyone!
This is very exciting news and makes me feel that there is hope that we can empty the tanks WORLD WIDE!
Fantastic news!! Thank you for your hard work!
Brilliant news! Let's hope the dolphins are returned to the wild
Buenísimo hay que Seguir luchando por la libertad basta de sometimiento
Amazing news...
I agree that the living conditions should change but I don't agree on closing it down it's ridiculous but instead they go try worry about VAT, murderers, the poor people and other high major issues of this land. Please re evalute y'all lives.
Thinking that one issue is important doesn't downplay the severity of other issues. Obviously problems surrounding issues such as poverty in the Caribbean and, indeed, around the world should be addressed, but that does not mean that other issues, such as the plight of marine mammals in captivity, cannot also be addressed concurrently. The world is riddled with problems, and no one person can focus on all of them; different people have different passions, and so long as we're all helping to make the world a better place in one way or another, that should be just fine. :)
People have a voice and can complain about injustice and suffering, dolphins do NOT... Someone HAS to speak for them. Captivity is cruel and very harmful. Why would you oppose the closure of this proposed facility?
They only wanting to make money.Total disregard to the dolphins and local traders.
This is fantastic news! Well done. I live in Turks and Caicos and I hope that we will have similar success here against the proposed dolphinariums.
Amazing guys, great news! I only support dolphin / whale sanctuaries like the one from Firmm in morocco which is being carefully planned and studied.....this was an aberration :(
Hopefully UNEXSO on Grand Bahama Island is next. What they are doing to dolphins is so very wrong.
So exciting...everyday we see new movement in our efforts across the globe to save these beautiful highly intelligent cetaceans! I'm praying for more. I see us as a barbaric society. I pray I see the day where there are none in captivity. Orca's too. My heart hurts to see caged animals or any other in a life of slavery. This is a heartfelt story...much enjoyed!!
They have a Dolphin in the Turks and Caicos that swims free, and if your lucky you will bump into him while out on a snorkel excursion. Jojo has been the islands mascot for years. What the heck are they thinking? The Countries claim is to be "Beautiful by Nature" ....not so much if they continue with this idiotic project.
When does the human are going to STOP with this insane projects? They are beautiful creatures swimming freely in the ocean, as same as whales. The people who capture these magnificent animals should be put behind bars. This is not fare.


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Honda Has to Rethink Its Core Offerings to Rescue it From the Doldrums
It's been years since Honda has produced a car aimed at bringing both budget-minded and affluent automotive enthusiasts to the brand, and with increased competition both foreign (Hyundai, Kia, Volkswagen) and domestic (Ford, Chevrolet), the company has to examine its product line or risk losing the buyers that once made Honda the sporty Japanese automaker. The S2000 is gone, the Civic Si is a shadow of its former self, the CR-Z isn't worthy of the name, and the Acura NSX is God knows how far away from coming to the market. All of Honda's rivals offer something in the way of performance, so how is it that the automaker that gave us the CRX Si has so completely lost its way?
Vettel and Red Bull Take the 2013 Drivers' and Constructors' Championship With Win in India
Although three races remain in the 2013 Formula 1 season, both Sebastian Vettel and his Red Bull team have taken their respective championships with a stunning (if predictable) victory in India. Last week, Vettel's closest competitor in points, Fernando Alonso, admitted that while it was technically possible to pull off a Championship victory, claiming first from Vettel was virtually impossible. Now, with Vettel's commanding 30-second win in India, the German cemented his fourth consecutive Formula 1 title. And while Mark Webber's retirement in Lap 40 added no points to Red Bull's standings, the team has enough to claim the Constructors' title as well.
Dream Garage: Porsche Carrera GT
The first memory I have of Porsche's exotic is this: I was driving around the Orange County suburb of Irvine at roughly 7:30 in the morning on a Saturday with almost nobody on the road. In front of me, at a stoplight, were two V10 supercars revving their engines and ready to bolt. One was a yellow Lamborghini Gallardo, and the other, a silver Porsche Carrera GT. As soon as I heard the throaty bellow of those massive 10 cylinder, mid-engined coupes, I was hooked. The light turned green, they both sped away with exhaust notes trumpeting the departure of two of the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, while I was stuck with the less-than-ideal combination of piss poor fuel economy and tepid performance of my 2000 Mustang. One day, I thought. One day. Now the Carrera GT is mine, albeit in my non-physical Dream Garage, and one day I will break it out of its fantastical state.
Autoweek Lifts the Covers Off the Presidential Limo, The Beast
It may look like a stretched Cadillac sedan, but it's not. It's got armored doors eight inches thick. And there are 12 of them, each costing more than a Bugatti Veyron. The presidential limousine, nicknamed "The Beast," is an 18 foot-long Cadillac DTS atop a General Motors truck chassis, one with so many safety features that the car nearly breaks the scales at about 15,000 pounds. Autoweek has interviewed a source described only as a "veteran agent" of the Secret Service, who spilled a few details about the armored limo, a vehicle so iconic that the band Nico Vega wrote a song about it.*
Lamborghini Curses the World With Topless Veneno
Did you love the Lamborghini Veneno like I didn't? Well then, today's your lucky day, because Lambo has announced the production of a completely roofless version that will unleash another nine Aventadors with a bodykit onto the world. The Aventador and its Veneno cousins share a 6.5L V12, which makes 750hp in the limited production cars and 700-720hp in the pedestrian Aventador. $4.5 million is the cost of this Beast, but eccentric billionaires won't likely care about the sticker as long as they have something that nobody else in the Hamptons/Dubai/Monaco has. And therein lies the Veneno Roadster's target market: those craving a unique product above any car objectively or subjectively better than a Veneno. Maybe no comparison matters, because after all, even though topless cars are meant to be seen in, none of these cars will see the light of day save for the short trip from trailer to climate-controlled storage space.
Honda, Renault, and Mercedes Unveil Formula 1 Turbo V6 Engines
As previously reported, Honda is returning to Formula 1 in 2015 by way of supplying a turbo V6 for McLaren after the team retires the Mercedes engine after next year. Two days ago, Honda released an audio clip of the new motor revving. It's no V8, but this isn't an Accord six cylinder either. The turbo-6 makes it into McLaren's 2015 car, which will most likely be called the MP4-30 if current naming trends continue.
The video of the Honda engine is below, along with previews of the 2014 Mercedes and Renault engines.
Nürburgring Overload: Camaro Z/28, Porsche 918 Spyder Test at the Green Hell
Everybody loves testing their new sports car at the Nürburgring. Over the last decade, the 'Ring has become the de facto test track for manufacturers to not only hone suspension and handling setups but also to attempt to stake their claim at the top of the lap time leaderboard. The race to the top is useless for 99.99% of the world, but it is certainly thrilling to watch so many compete in a non-race atmosphere. Any assertion to a specific car's dominance at the 'Ring is fleeting for the simple fact that automakers will push the envelope further and further to challenge that dominance. That being said, the Porsche 918 Spyder is, for now, the ruler of the 'Ring as far as easily available production cars go, with a lap time of 6:57 (a pair of Radicals are faster, but good luck even optioning one at either spec). Here is the 918's speed run, as well as a recent blast through the Green Hell by the Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, which clocked a better time than the Porsche Carrera S.


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David Bass has been obsessed with the Grand National since watching the race as a six-year-old. Now he can make Aintree history if Doncaster winner The Last Samuri puts his rivals to the sword in today's race. Tom Richmond reports.
DAVID BASS is still pinching himself that he is riding one of the favourites for the Crabbie's Grand National – still the world's greatest steeplechase.
This is the jump jockey entrusted with the mount on The Last Samuri who was a runaway winner of Doncaster's prestigious Grimthorpe Chase early last month.
Yet Bass can still remember vividly the moment when he became obsessed with the most arduous race of call.
It was 1994 – the year Richard Dunwoody, one of the greatest jockeys of all, prevailed on Minnehoma after a thrilling tussle up the long Aintree run-in with the doughty Just So.
"I was just six. I used to be quite obsessed with Dunwoody," Bass told The Yorkshire Post. "My dad used to get home each year, draw the curtains and take the phone off the hook.
"I used to love it and I got my love for the race off him. I wasn't riding at that point, I may have had a pony, but I definitely didn't think that the day would come when families would tune in to watch me ride the National."
Yet this only tells part of the story.
The likable 27-year-old, who is enjoying a career best season thanks to his association with horses like top novice hurdler Barters Hill, was not born to be a jockey.
Quite the contrary. His mother Rowena is a vicar who teaches and plays the harp; his father Philip teaches the viola and violin in Northampton and his youngest sister Elizabeth is a nationally-acclaimed harpist.
Bass, who grew up in Northamptonshire, could have followed in the family footsteps as he was a drummer with a punk band. Yet racing's gain became music's loss, even more so after the then-teenager started going to point-to-point races with his father and grandfather Albert before a family outing to Stratford Racecourse convinced him to go to the British Racing School to train to become a jockey.
He soon became an integral member of top trainer Nicky Henderson's team in Lambourn – Bass has ridden for the Queen and partnered Sprinter Sacre when the superstar steeplechaser made a winning debut over larger obstacles at Doncaster.
He's now on the 50-winner mark for the current campaign thanks to his association with Ben Pauling, the trainer of Barters Hill, and Kim Bailey, who has sent The Last Samuri last autumn when businessman Paul Rooney removed his under-performing horses from the yard of former National-winning trainer Donald McCain.
Bailey, based near Cheltenham, is no stranger to Aintree glory. His Mr Frisk prevailed in a course-record time in 1990. The trainer also won the Gold Cup and Champion Hurdle with Master Oats and Alderbook respectively before his career went into a tailspin before being revived by horses like Harry Topper, victorious in Wetherby's 2013 Charlie Hall Chase, and The Last Samuri.
The 62-year-old's infectious enthusiasm – he writes a daily blog which he describes as a "p*** take on life" – has clearly rubbed off on Bass after they were challenged by the Rooneys to win the National with his horse.
Third to Sue and Harvey Smith's highly-regarded Wakanda at Newcastle, the most important race of The Last Samuri's campaign came at Kempton's Christmas meeting when an eyecatching win against a competitive field secured a sufficiently high handicap mark which guaranteed a place in today's 40-runner field.
However, the horse was seen to even better effect when winning the Grimthorpe Chase by 10 lengths from The Druids Nephew who heads back to Aintree looking to atone for last year's mishap when he parted company with jockey Aidan Coleman while leading the field.
Yet, because the National weights were confirmed before the Grimthorpe, they do not reflect the emphatic manner of the Doncaster win. If they did, The Last Samuri would be saddling an additional 12lb rather than a very competitive 10st 8lb – more than a stone less than the weight allotted to last year's victor Many Clouds.
No wonder Bass can't wait for the potential ride of his life – and the chance to join his racing heroes like Dunwoody who won the first of his two Nationals 30 years ago on West Tip and whose colours will be carried today by the Philip Hobbs-trained Onenightinvienna.
"I'm very excited," he said. "I've had two rides – Shakalakaboomboom two years ago. He was pulled up, he was probably past his best, and The Rainbow Hunter last year who gave me a great ride before falling five out.
"It's such a hard race just to get into. To get a ride in the race is good. To have a ride on one with a good chance is brilliant.
"When The Last Samuri was at McCains, he was seen as a potential National horse. To be honest when he first came to Kim's, he was quite highly strung and quite buzzy. The lad at the yard, Charles, rides him at home and has done a great job switching him off.
"At Newcastle, he needed the run but he's just kept improving – Kempton and then Newcastle. He's just got better.
"He's a careful jumper and I don't see the trip being a problem."
Yet Bass is the first to admit that he is only in this position thanks to the whole team at the resurgent Bailey yard, including the trainer, his assistant Matt Nicholls and former National-winning jockey Jason Maguire who became racing manager to The Last Samuri's owners after his career was bedevilled by injuries, including one life-threatening fall two years ago.
"Kim has been there and done it, which gives you confidence," explained Bass. "He knows what it takes. He's got a very good assistant with Matt. Every trainer needs a good back-up team.
"The thing with Kim is that he's brilliant with the PR side. Even people not interested in racing read his blog, even if it is just for the jokes. It's mad. He's brilliant at getting new owners and the quality of horses in the yard is only getting better."
As for riding advice, Bass will seek the counsel of Maguire who prevailed in 2012 on Ballabrigg. In a twist of irony, this horse hailed from The Last Samuri's former yard.
Maguire is so enthusiastic that he can be regularly heard screaming at his riders at the final fence.
Yet Bass is also conscious that the race has changed out of all recognition since Ballabriggs won.
Modifications to the fences mean that more horses seek to save ground by going down the inner at Becher's Brook and the Canal Turn, the sharpest bend in racing, rather than spreading out across the whole course when his hero Dunwoody was navigating his way around Aintree on Minnehoma and West Tip.
It only adds to his sense of anticipation as the jockey's whole family travel to Aintree to watch the race live rather than hide behind the back of the sofa. "It's the first time I will have God on my side!" joked Bailey when he learned that his rider's mother is a member of the clergy.
As for David Bass, he has been waiting two decades for this one chance to make National history. "People ask which race you most want to win and I have always said the National," he added.
"Some will say the Gold Cup but, to me, the National is one of my earliest memories and is the race that got me hooked."


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The first suggestion is to delete the current Exchange Server relationship and re-create it. Another solution suggests to un-check the email option in Activesync, reboot the phone, re-check the email option and sync. The latter seems to have the most success.
We couldn't find anything official from Google on the cause of these errors or of a "official" solution. If we hear of anything we'll pass it on.


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The family of a Sheffield 17-year-old who was tragically killed by a train have made an emotional tribute to their 'dearly loved son'.
Josh Vaughan was hit by a train at Chapeltown railway station on Wednesday at about 9.15pm and died.
The Ironstone Crescent youngster was a Sheffield Wednesday fan. His death is not being treated as suspicious.
Josh's grieving family released an emotionally charged statement today. It said: "Sadly on Wednesday, 7 January, at around 9.15pm, our dearly loved son Josh Vaughan, aged 17, was struck by train and tragically died at Chapeltown railway station.
"We would like to thank everyone for their kind wishes, support and floral tributes and would be most grateful if you could allow us to grieve privately.
"We know Josh will be sadly missed by many people."
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Heartbroken friends also paid tribute to Josh Vaughan. His Ecclesfield Comprehensive schoolfriend Alistair Johnston, 16, said he and his pals were hugely shaken when they heard about the tragedy.
"It was a massive shock when we heard," he said.
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Ecclesfield Comprehensive head Joel Wirth said: "Josh was a popular young man with a ready smile and a good sense of humour.
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"The death of any young person is first and foremost a family tragedy and we would like to pass on our deepest condolences to Joshua's parents and relatives at what must be a time of immense difficulty."
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| résumé
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L A R R Y G I L M A N, P h D
w r i t e r & e d i t o r
Grant writing
Patent writing
Editing of articles, books, or essays in medicine, science, and technology
Science, medical, and other writing for general and expert audiences
PhD, Dartmouth College, Engineering Sciences, 1995
MA, Northwestern University, English Literature, 1996
Graduate coursework in fiction writing at Columbia College, Chicago, 1997–2000
2006–present. Grant writer. Clients include researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center and green-energy startup SustainX, Inc. Over $20 million has been awarded to grants on which I have worked: e.g., here and here.
2007, 2012–2013. Development editor of books on architect Le Corbusier and on post-WWII British urbanism by Prof. M. Christine Boyer, William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Architecture, Princeton University.
2011–2012. Editor of career retrospective book by George Ranalli, dean of the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York.
2009–present. Patent writer for DOE and NSF grant awardee SustainX, Inc.
2007. Author of over 100 topic-specific articles in the reference work Climate Change: In Context, Thomson Gale, 2008, winner of a 2009 RUSA Award from the American Library Association.
2007. Science content advisor for Astronomy and Global Warming subject areas, Gale Group Science Resources educational database.
2006–7. Major contributor of articles to The History of Scientific Thought (Thomson Gale, 2007).
2006. Sole reviewer and updater for revised editions of World of Computer Science and World of Invention (Thomson Gale).
2004–2005. Development editor for The Solar Revolution by Travis Bradford (MIT Press, 2006), a nontechnical book about the future of photovoltaic power.
2004 to present. Editor for scores of medical and scientific articles for authors submitting to peer-reviewed journals. Clients include San Francisco Edit, Inc. and researchers at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center.
2003–2004. Development editor, co-writer, art editor, typesetter, indexer, and copyeditor for Alternative Breast Imaging: Four Model-Based Approaches (Springer, 2004), a collection of technical essays about novel breast-cancer im-aging technologies. Worked with authors at the Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College to take the book from manuscript fragments to camera-ready copy (see remarks by co-editor P. Meaney under What My Clients Say).
2003–2004. Guided manuscript development of Recombinant Urbanism: Conceptual Modeling in Architecture, Urban Design and City Theory (Wiley-VCH, 2004), by Prof. Grahame Shane, professor of architecture at Columbia University. Did substantial rewriting, content editing, and copyediting. The result was deemed "one of the very best manuscripts I have read in the field in the last few years" by one independent prepress reviewer.
2002–2004. Wrote content for educational CD-ROMs on breast cancer and diabetes for Healthmark Multimedia, Inc., Washington, DC, including dramatic skits demonstrating legal/psychological issues for a CD-ROM for the American Psychological Association.
2002–2007. Manuscript editor for essays on visual art for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland (formerly the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art).
2001–2005. Wrote over 200 articles and co-wrote over 100 articles for the Gale Group's Real Life Math, World of Computer Science, World of Mathematics, World of Physics, World of Earth Science, World of Water Science, and World of Anatomy and Physiology, all encyclopedias intended for high-school students and college undergraduates, as well as for the Encyclopedia of Neurological Diseases, intended for medical students.
2002. Copyedited The Next Jerusalem: Sharing the Divided City, Michael Sorkin ed., Monacelli Press, 2002, a collection of essays on visionary architectural proposals for the Jerusalem area. Work included manuscript editing and substantial rewriting of English-as-a-second-language contributions.
1997–2002. Copyedited numerous psychology and psychiatry articles for peer-reviewed journals issued by Elsevier, American Psychiatric Press Inc., and Pro-Ed.
1997–2003. Content-edited or copyedited medical titles including Cardiovascular Pathophysiology, Metabolism, Medical Molecular Genetics, Endocrine Pathology, Medical Neuroscience (chosen one of 250 Best Health Science Books of 1999 by Doody's Rating Service), Microbial Pathogenesis, Pharmacology, and Policy and Politics in Nursing and Health.
1999–2000. Part-time faculty, Fiction Writing Department, Columbia College, Chicago. Taught Fiction Writing I and Introduction to Fiction Writing.
1996. Consulting engineer for the Dartmouth College Medical School, Hanover, NH. Built and programmed system for digital acquisition and statis-tical analysis of data from clinical cardiac ultrasound machine.
1988–95. Researcher and doctoral candidate at the Thayer School of Engineering and at the Dartmouth College Medical School. Studied applications of clinical ultrasonic backscatter to cardiac tissue characterization.
1985–88. Engineer for Bell Communications Research, Morristown, NJ. Specialist in digital loop carrier systems.
"The King of the Mice," in "God is Dead" and I Don't Feel So Good Myself, Wipf & Stock: Eugene, OR. 2010. Short fiction.
Over 100 topic-specific science articles for the two-volume reference work Climate Change: In Context, Brenda Wilmoth Lerner and K. Lee Lerner, eds. 2 vols. Gale Cengage, 2008.
"'Little House on the Red Planet," Turnrow, 2007. Long essay on the space colonization movement.
"Burn Less World," Orion, July/August 2007. Short essay on reading aloud.
Articles on Calculus, Imaging, Linear Math, Zero-Sum Games, and six other topics in Real Life Math (Thomson Gale, 2005).
Alternative Breast Imaging: Four Model-Based Approaches, Kluwer, 2004. Edited by Keith Paulsen, Paul Meaney, and Larry Gilman.
"First-Order Statistics of Pulsed-Sinusoid Backscatter from Random Media," Larry Gilman, IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control, Vol. 44, No. 4, July 1997.
"Non-Rayleigh First-Order Statistics of Ultrasonic Backscatter from Normal Myocardium," Larry Clifford [Gilman], Peter Fitzgerald, and Douglas James, Ultrasound in Medicine and Biology, Vol. 19, No. 6, 1993.
"Bodhisattva," short story, Hair Trigger 23, 2001.
"Jenny Riordan," novel-in-progress excerpt, Hair Trigger 22, 2000.
"Sugar Daddy," Red Rock Review, Summer 1998. Winner of the Mark Twain Award for Short Fiction.
Third-place win, Astrobiology and the Sacred National Fiction Competition, cosponsored by the University of Arizona College of Science, 2007.
Albert P. Weisman Memorial Scholarship, Columbia College, Chicago, 1998, to support research for novel-in-progress.
Mark Twain Award for Short Fiction, 1998.


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Angelo M. Codevilla
From Conservapedia
Angelo M. Codevilla, a member of President-Elect Reagan's Transition Teams, is a prolific author on foreign affairs and military policy.[1] He has taught at Boston University, Grove City College, and North Dakota State College. He has written several books and is a regular contributor to the Claremont Review of Books. As a critic of nations-building, he respectfully offered an alternative strategy to deal with the threat of Islamic terror.[2] His criticism of the early policies of the War on Terror and nations-building were not welcomed, at the time, by many notable and respected conservatives[3] but seem prescient in retrospect.
External links
- Articles on The Claremont Institute
- Articles on The American Spectator
- Articles in Foreign Affairs
- Victory: What it Will Take to Win Nov. 28, 2001
- Terror War Cannot Be Won Until Fear is Gone, Dec 19, 2001
- Angelo M. Codevilla Responds, Sept 9, 2002
- No Victory, No Peace, Nov 26, 2003
- ↑ Angelo M. Codevilla. The Claremont Institute.
- ↑ Angelo M. Codevilla (Nov 28, 2001). Victory: What it Will Take to Win. The Claremont Institute.
- ↑ Angelo M. Codevilla (Sept 9, 2002). Angelo M. Codevilla Responds. The Claremont Institute.


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As OperaUpClose's activities and ambitions continue to grow, we are seeking to appoint an exceptional individual to the new role of Head of Development & Finance, to work closely with the Artistic Director/Chief Executive and board to deliver our ambitions.
OperaUpClose is an ambitious, inclusive, Olivier Award-winning touring opera company. We produce high quality, innovatively staged, unintimidating and affordable English language productions. We commission composers to write new orchestrations, and librettists to write new English versions of classic large-scale operas, working with exciting directors to create productions that challenge and excite and, where necessary, explode some of the sexist, racist or other outdated baggage which hampers otherwise great works of art. We produce a biennial world premiere chamber opera, and a programme of work for young people.
Our mission is to show that opera is a vibrant, living artform that everyone can enjoy and be inspired by. There is a place for people of all genders, ethnicities, backgrounds and economic means as part of the audience; as performers; and behind the scenes, at our productions. We encourage people who are unfamiliar with opera to try it by strategically breaking down barriers that prevent them from doing so. We provide opportunities for existing opera audiences to engage with classic operas in new ways and discover new music and artists. We want to diversify the audience and makers of opera, which in turn will result in the most exciting, resilient and relevant artform for the future.
Working from offices in London you'll be part of a small team dedicated to touring high quality opera, participation and audience development programmes across the UK and beyond. The Head of Development & Finance will be charged with ensuring the long-term financial sustainability of OperaUpClose. Alongside the AD/CE, you will develop a strategy that meets the financial and artistic requirements of the organisation over the next decade and provide executive leadership, management and business planning. You will be responsible for fundraising for OperaUpClose's ambitious programme, raising at least £225k per year from grants, individual giving and sponsorship.
OperaUpClose encourages applications from people of all backgrounds but particularly welcomes applications from candidates from BAME backgrounds as they are under-represented within our staff team.
Job Details
Job Title: Head of Development & Finance
Salary: £27,000
Holidays: 20 days per annum
Reporting to: Artistic Director/Chief Executive
Line managing: Administrator
Role Profile
Development (c. 3 days/week)
Create and implement fundraising strategy
Hold relationship with ACE (with Artistic Director/Chief Executive)
Hold relationships with major Trusts & Foundations (with Artistic Director/Chief Executive)
Research potential Trusts & Foundations for funding
Lead on writing funding applications
Sign off all funding applications
Manage team as regards writing funding applications, especially Administrator
Oversee Individual Giving / Friends and Patrons programme
Manage team as regards individual giving, especially Administrator
Secure corporate sponsorship
Lead development sub-committee meetings
Development reporting to the board
Finance (c. 1 day/week)
Annual budgeting & tracking
Oversight of company finances including cashflows, quarterly accounts etc.
Financial reporting externally (HMRC compliance etc.)
Create & track production budgets with Producer
Create production sales targets with Producer
Lead finance sub-committee meetings
Financial reporting to the board
Management (c. 1 day/week)
Work with Artistic Director/Chief Executive on company strategy
Implement and monitor business plan
Update business plan & keep relevant
Ensure that OperaUpClose and its staff comply with all legal obligations and the highest ethical standards expected of charitable organisations
Lead on HR, including:
- governance & compliance (including policy updating)
- recruitment
- health & safety
Approve contracts with theatres
Line manage Administrator
Chair team meetings (in AD/CE's absence)
Report to board and attend board meetings
Contribute to participation programme
Attend some performances
Act as an ambassador for OperaUpClose and develop its national and international profile
Person Specification
Knowledge of and passion for the performing arts
An understanding and appreciation of OperaUpClose's work
Arts Council fundraising success, either with Grants for the Arts or NPO
Trusts & Foundations fundraising success
Knowledge and experience of preparing annual budgets
Knowledge and experience of preparing cashflows
Knowledge and experience of preparing management accounts
Knowledge and experience of preparing production budgets
Experience of negotiating contracts for touring productions with venues, or (as a member of venue staff) negotiating contracts with visiting companies
Professional experience as fundraiser or producer for performing arts events
Commitment to making theatre and/or opera accessible to all
Positive, flexible and responsive approach
Knowledge of and passion for opera
Individual Giving experience
Corporate fundraising / sponsorship experience
Experience working in a small team
Experience working for a company turning over c.£500k per year
Experience creating strategy and business plans
Experience and knowledge of legal requirements and safeguarding for small businesses/charities
Knowledge of Quickbooks accountancy software
Charity administration experience
Experience managing staff
Experience working with a board of trustees
How to apply
Please download the Job Pack below for further details. Application is by cover letter and CV. Your cover letter should be no more than two pages of A4, and should describe why you are interested in the role, how you match the role profile and person specification. Please email your cover letter and CV, along with a completed Equal Opportunities monitoring form, to firstname.lastname@example.com, with 'Head of Development and Finance Application' as the subject line.
Deadline for applications has been extended until 5pm on Monday 17 April 2017


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Warner Home Video has announced that Smallville: The Complete Series will hit DVD this fall. No specific date was given, but here is the press release and art:
After 10 incredible seasons, Smallville: The Complete Series will arrive on DVD this fall. This ultimate collector's set for the ultimate fan features over 192 hours of content – including all 218 episodes, over five hours of newly added special features such as an unaired, never-before-seen Superboy pilot from 1961, a 90-minute series retrospective with all new interviews, the 2010 final Comic-Con panel and more!
In addition, exclusive printed materials include a Daily Planet newspaper, written by DC Comics, that highlights the important storylines developed during the 10-year run of the show and an episode guide with never-before-seen production art (storyboards/sketches) and behind-the-scenes photos. Smallville: The Complete Series is presented in highly collectable new packaging consisting of two lay-flat picture books that hold 62 discs.
"It's been an unbelievable 10 season run for Smallville, still one of the most popular series on television and one of our best-selling titles on DVD," said Rosemary Markson, WHV Vice President, TV and Special Interest Marketing. "The fan base for the franchise is not only huge, but loyal and they're going to love this ultimate collector's edition."
Soaring toward the end of its 10th and final season, this modern retelling of a hero's legendary origins blends realism, action, heart and humor as Clark Kent completes his epic journey by claiming his birthright as the world's ultimate hero – Superman.
Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Based on DC Comics characters, Smallville was developed for television by Alfred Gough & Miles Millar. Its executive producers have included Gough & Millar, Brian Peterson, Kelly Souders, James Marshall, Michael Tollin, Brian Robbins, Joe Davola, Todd Slavkin, Darren Swimmer, Greg Beeman, Ken Horton and Tom Welling. The series is from Tollin/Robbins Productions, Millar/Gough Ink and Warner Bros. Television.
The two-hour Smallville series finale will air on Friday, May 13, 2011, at 8pm on The CW Television Network.
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Events related to the Yalta Conference held at the Livadiya Palace in Livadiya, Crimea, Ukraine. Rubble in Yalta. Street scenes show Russian civilians reading anti-Nazi posters.
National leaders of Great Britain, United States of America and Soviet Union meet during the Yalta Conference at Crimea in Ukraine. Foreign secretaries of the three Allied nations Stettinius, Eden and Molotov meet at Malta. General George C Marshal meets with the secretaries. Meeting of the secretaries at Montgomery house at Malta. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill disembarks from a plane for Yalta Conference. U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt arrives with his daughter. The dignitaries review an honor guard. Soviet Premiere Joseph Stalin arrives and the Big Three during the meeting at conference hall in the summer palace of Czar Nicholas. Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin pose for a group photograph and military generals stand behind them. (World War II period).
Yalta Conference preparations in Crimea, Soviet Union during World War II. A few Russian Signal soldiers making wire splices during preparations prior to the Yalta Conference. A reel roller holding telephone wires hung beside the soldiers. One of the soldiers holding a wire. A soldier climbing up a pole on a road which leads from Sevastopol to Yalta. He climbs up to string wire. Signal troops atop a truck with wire laying equipment. The truck parked on the side of the road. Several trees on the side of the road. The truck moves along the side of the road stringing the telephone wire. Two soldiers behind the truck positioning the wires laid. The reel roller with the wires atop the truck. Two soldiers beside the roller.
Events related to the Yalta Conference held at the Livadiya Palace in Livadiya, Crimea, Ukraine. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and his entourage arrive by jeeps at the Palace. Army General accompanied by three women makes way toward the Palace. Exteriors and interiors of the Palace. General Secretary, Community Party of Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin and his party arrive at the Palace. View of the conference being held inside the Palace.
Events related to the Yalta Conference held at the Livadiya Palace in Livadiya, Crimea, Ukraine. General Secretary, Community Party of Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin and aides exit the place after the conference. British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill smokes a cigar. He is accompanied with his daughter. Dignitaries leave in their cars. Churchill and aides exit the place and leave in their cars.
Allied leaders at the Yalta Conference in Crimea, Soviet Union during World War II. Interiors of Livadia Palace in Crimea. Officials confer and look at papers. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives at the palace. Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin also arrives. Churchill's daughter Sarah Churchill in an army uniform as she talks to Anne Boettiger and Kathy Harriman.


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Time Warner Cable provides more services than its name suggests. You can bundle cable Internet as well as digital phone service if you become a Time Warner customer. By default, Time Warner provides features such as call forwarding, which allows you to send phone calls to your land line to a different number when you are away from your home or business. You can disable call forwarding by typing a specific number code into your phone's keypad after pressing the star key.
Pick up your corded phone or press the "Talk" or similar button on your cordless phone.
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&i;`Charles Brown began his ongoing study of cliff swallows in 1981 in southwestern Nebraska, where the birds return in May from their wintering grounds in Argentina. All summer he, his wife, and several student assistants net and observe the birds, sometimes wading in mud up to their knees. In this chronicle of his fifteenth field season, Brown conveys his fascination with these swallows.'&o; Natural History Magazine
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I remember when writing a letter by hand was considered a very personal and kind of a special art form.
However, texting has grown to be the preferred means of communication, most certainly in our personal lives but in the business world as well. When used appropriately, it benefits sender and receiver with ever quicker communications. If someone is busy at the moment, a text is a great and a discreet way to ask them to call me when they are available.
But, when used in business, a co-worker who sees you texting friends may one day be promoted and become your boss. Not a good image for him or her to have of you.
Never text friends on the job. It may seem you can get away with it. After all, you're not on the phone, so a little surreptitious thumbing isn't going to get noticed. Yes, you bet it will. Break time, or lunch are the best time to respond to important texts just as you should use those times to respond to voice messages.
Watch out for what you write wrong. Inane mistakes abound. Avoid getting caught in an auto-correct mistake by always rereading your text before sending it. One family member once wrote my fear, instead of my dear family.
The grandma rule applies to texts as well as to e-mails. If you wouldn't send that message for grandma to read, then you shouldn't send it in a text. The time you send that private text is the time it suddenly goes viral, at least viral within your office, and you're stuck with damage control.
What is acceptable content for a text? Apply the journalism "Who, What, When, Where" rule. If it's something factual about who, what, when, or where, it's fodder for a text, but if it's about why or opinion, then it may be time to pick up the phone, say it in person., or just keep it to yourself.
Focus on the person you are with. Whether you are meeting, or having a drink with a client or colleague, make sure you put your phone away and on vibrate so it won't disturb your conversation. They'll appreciate that you think he or she is more important than your phone.
If you run out of power, or your mobile device crashes, pick up a piece of paper and a pen and write someone a letter, or hand written note. They will be extremely impressed.
Finally, never, ever try to text while driving, or crossing the street. Period end of sentence and story!!!


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Credit Cards
Procurement, Procurement Travel and Corporate Card Guide
This is a quick overview of the different credit cards available and the policies for them.
Procurement Card
Procurement, Procurement Travel and Corporate Credit Card Guide
The procurement card enables cardholders to perform more effectively and focus on the value-added aspects of their jobs by reducing:
- Time needed to purchase and receive
- Number of requisitions and purchase orders
- Reimbursements from petty cash
- Invoicing problems
- Number of checks issued
Additional information regarding the procurement card is available on the Procurement Card page.
Forms, Policy, Program Manual:
- Procurement Card Application E-Form
- Procurement Card Policy
- Procurement Card Program Manual
- PCard & PT Card Log Submission Instructions
- PCard & PT Card Log Delegating Instructions
- Procurement Card Transaction Summary Log
- Only for logs with billing periods prior to 03/11/2016
**All Procurement and Procurement Travel card logs starting with 03/11/2016 billing cycle will be generated with BP Logix and an email will be sent to the cardholder with a link to the log.
Procurement Travel Credit Card
The UW-Eau Claire Procurement Travel Credit Card program's purpose is to implement a statewide Enterprise Travel program. Under the program, several mandated contracts and related policies have been established for all business-related travel by state employees. The following components are now in place:
- Contracted travel agencies
- Car rental companies
- In-state lodging
- State credit cards for payment of certain travel-related expenses
Documents and Forms:
- Procurement Travel Credit Card Policy
- Procurement Travel Credit Card Manual
- PCard & PT Card Log Submission Instructions
- PCard & PT Card Log Delegating Instructions
- Procurement Travel Credit Card Application E-Form
If you have questions about travel and the Procurement Travel Credit Card program, contact the ASK Center, 36-3131, email@example.com.
US Bank Corporate Travel Card
The Corporate Travel Card may be used for all reimbursable travel expenses related to official State of Wisconsin business. The Corporate Travel Card may be used for non-reimbursable expenses that are reasonably incident to business-related travel expenses. The employee must pay for all travel expenses charged to a personal liability Corporate Travel Card and apply for reimbursement through the Travel Expense Reimbursement (TER) process. The Corporate Travel Card may not be used for personal expenses.
US Bank Corporate Travel Card Application eForm (Personal Liability)
- Corporate Payment Systems Customer Service 1-800-344-5696
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- Corporate Payment Systems Customer Service 1-800-344-5696
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Dr. Ode Young brings innovation in beauty to Kerrville, Texas and the Texas HIll Country. With each individual's specific needs and goals in mind, Dr. Ode uses the latest in cosmetic science and technology, along with her artful eye, to design personalized treatment plans to restore, compliment and maintain each client's youthful skin and healthy appearance. We believe in simple steps to enhance natural beauty along with education to ensure long term success of investment.
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We have been diagnosing and treating adult patients with sleep disorders for over 20 years at Royal Brompton Hospital.
Our service for sleep-related problems is one of the largest in Europe.
Royal Brompton Hospital has an international reputation for its work with patients experiencing sleep disorders, and for its pioneering work in domiciliary ventilation (providing respiratory support at home).
The centre is led by consultant in respiratory medicine Professor Anita Simonds.
Troublesome snoring
Restless leg syndrome
REM sleep behaviour disorder
Idiopathic hypersomnia
Circadian disorders
Difficulties with going to sleep and staying asleep
For many, this means excessive tiredness during the day, which can affect concentration, work and family life. In others, sleep is simply unrefreshing.
Sleep facilities in our centre for sleep are state-of-the-art and all studies are analysed by our highly experienced team. After an individual consultation, we offer a range of diagnostic studies including:
Respiratory sleep studies
Detailed polysomnography studies
Assessment of sleepiness (multiple sleep latency test, Osler wake test)
Sleep-wake activity levels (actigraphy)
Home studies
After diagnosis, we will suggest treatment that best suits the individual patient. This may include lifestyle changes, medication, or treatment with equipment such as continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) therapy.
We work closely with colleagues (ear, nose and throat surgeons) to assess upper airway problems and how these can be resolved in patients who snore.
The specialist facilities enable the team at Royal Brompton Centre for Sleep in diagnosing sleep disorders in patients with conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases (COPD), cystic fibrosis, curvature of the spine and neuromuscular disorders (e.g. muscular dystrophy and motor neurone disease).
Many patients with these conditions develop under-breathing during sleep, which is associated with high levels of carbon dioxide in the blood (nocturnal hypoventilation). Clinicians at Royal Brompton Hospital pioneered the use of non-invasive ventilation in adults and children with nocturnal hypoventilation. The hospital now cares for more than 1,600 adults and children using small portable ventilators at home.
This therapy has revolutionised the outcome in these conditions by considerably extending life expectancy and quality of life for these patients.
The Royal Brompton Centre for Sleep is in the Old Fire Station building, which is in South Parade.
You can click on the postcard map below to enlarge the image.
You can find Royal Brompton Centre for Sleep using Google Maps.
Royal Brompton Centre for Sleep
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The Atmos Orbit vaporizer is in stock and ready to ship! The Orbit is Atmos' most advanced aroma vape pen to date. The Orbit is exclusively for use with dry blends and promises to generate "true vapor" without causing combustion.
The Orbit is a bit larger than your typical pen style vaporizer (mod size) but still comes closer to being truly pen size than any other model we've seen to date. Unlike bulky, generic vapes that claim to be pen size but are obviously not, the Orbit actually provides the look, experience, and feel of a true vape pen.
For starters, the Atmos Orbit features a patent pending ceramic heating chamber with an embedded heating element unique to this model. This cutting edge chamber allows your dry blends to heat to the point of vaporization without causing your material to combust. Under the hood, the Orbit vaporizer outputs 7.4 volts and draws its power from dual PCB/IC protected 900mAh batteries.
Before using your new Orbit for the first time, be sure to charge it for 1.5 to 2 hours. While charging the power button light will glow red and then turn to green once fully charged. The Orbit can be used while charging, but not until after the first 30 mins if battery has been fully discharged. You will know it is time to recharge your Atmos Orbit when the power button flashes rapidly or you notice a substantial decrease in vapor output.
To begin using the Orbit press the power button 5 times in quick succession to unlock. Once unlocked unscrew the blend chamber connector and you will notice the white LED light in the blend chamber has activated. Always remember to lock the battery when not in use, so this light does not slowly drain remaining battery life!
Gently load your finely ground aroma blend into the chamber until filled loosely, being careful not to overload or pack tightly (this will affect airflow). Once unlocked and loaded, replace the blend chamber connector/mouthpiece and press and hold the power button for 3-5 seconds then release. Once the power button is released it will begin to heat up. When the power button turns from red to green you are ready to start vaping blends like a pro!
The Orbit will heat up within a minute and stay activated for 5 minutes, when its safety feature will deactivate it. Reactivate or deactivate heating at any time by holding the power button for 3-5 seconds and releasing.
The Orbit's build blends durable, high quality materials with futuristic style and refined luxury. The Atmos Orbit's body has a sleek, streamlined shape designed to feel comfortable in the hand. Its exterior shell is made from anodized, scratch resistant material that helps keep it looking like new and avoid noticeable marks from the inevitable bumps and bruises you incur on your vaping voyages. The base of the Orbit sports a leather like surface and stainless steel trim, further adding to the luxurious feel of this dry blend vape pen.
Aside from the unit itself, the Orbit Kit comes complete with a metal hand tool for loading and emptying your material, a small brush to clean the heating chamber, and a high quality wall adapter. The Orbit is currently available in Black or Brown.
"The Orbit Empowers You" So order yours today and launch your vaping experience into outer space with Atmos.
Quick Tips:
- Don't overload your Orbit, less is more with the Orbit. Proper airflow and clear airway path are key.
- Be sure to brush off the bottom of the chamber cap screen and clean out the blend chamber in between each session.
- The top half of the Orbit will get hot to the touch while using. Hold by the base, this part always remains cool.
- Allow your Orbit to cool for a bit every few heating cycles.
- Do not put liquids or concentrates in the Orbit's chamber, this will damage or break the vaporizer and void your warranty.
- The included charger is specially designed to recharge your Orbit. Using other chargers may damange your vaporizer.
EZVapes.com is an Atmos authorized dealer and sells only genuine Atmos products.
- 1 x Atmos Orbit Vaporizer
- 1 x Wall Charger
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The Atmos Orbit has a sturdy aluminum build.
Under 1 lb
Manufacturer's Warranty:
The Orbit is covered by a limited 1 year warranty from manufaturer defects with a 5 year replacement program from AtmosRX. EZVapes.com is an authorized Atmos seller.
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See "Freebies" tab for info on free bonus items and discounted upgrades.
Additional Information:
This item is an aromatherapy or "dry herb" vaporizer, and is intended for adult use with legal herbs/aroma blends only. This device does not simulate tobacco smoking. It does not contain and is not for use with tobacco, e-liquid, or any other product containing nicotine.
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Annual wild pony swim between islands lasts 18 minutes
CHINCOTEAGUE, Va. – The 92nd annual Chincoteague pony swim has finished up.
The Daily Times of Salisbury, Maryland, reported Wednesday that the crossing lasted about 18 minutes.
The wild ponies of Maryland's Assateague Island swam across to Chincoteague Island in Virginia. A flare that lit the sky at 6:47 a.m. signaled the beginning of the swim. It ended about 7:05 a.m.
The event draws thousands of tourists each year and was memorialized in Marguerite Henry's novel "Misty of Chincoteague."
An auction on Thursday of a portion of the herd will benefit the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Department. After the swim ended, crowds watched as the ponies were paraded down Main Street to carnival grounds where the auction was planned.