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C3 - Exchanging materials
Everything from osmosis and alveoli to stomata and transpiration :)
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So, you're probably gunna know a lot about osmosis already from the previous unit, so I won't do it in too much detail, but here we go..
Osmosis is the movement of water only, so if a questions talking about exchanging gases, we're not interested.
To make it complicated, we say osmosis is the movement of water particles from a dilute solution (loads of water) to a more concentrated solution (not so much water, more of the other stuff).
This all happens through a partially permeable membrane, so it lets water through, but not solute molecules because well, they're too big.
Therefore, osmosis will gradually dilute the more concentrated solution.
This doesn't just happen in humans, although most of the questions will probs be about that. It also happens in plants, eg, at root hair cells water moves from the soil into the cell by osmosis.
If you're finding the whole dilute thing confusing, just think of robinsons squash. The more water you put in it, the more dilute it is, the less taste it has. If it's got less water in it, it's more concentrated (more yummy).
We say water moves along a concentration gradient, not against it, because it's going from a high to low concentration.
Kk, diffusion is pretty much the same as osmosis but it's not about water. It's about gases, so CO2, oxygen etc. It still works along the concentration gradient, going from a high, to a low concentration.
A good example of this happens in our lungs with the alveoli. Call me a geek, but I love the alveoli, they sound complicated but the stuff is so easy to learn you just sound smart.
So there's millions of these alveoli in your lungs, they're kinda like air sacs and they're really close to your blood capillaries. This is really efficient placing for the exchange of carbon dioxide and oxygen in your lungs because being close to the capillaries means there is an excellent blood supply. Alveoli also have a massive surface area (but this can be ruined by smoking, oh dear) and moist surfaces. I'll explain why these things are good on another card.
So we know CO2 is poisonous, so we know that CO2 is diffused out of your blood and into the alveoli, ta for that one alveoli. And we all know oxygen is useful, for respiration and such, so oxygen diffuses from your alveoli into your blood. Your blood then becomes oxygenated and everyone's happy
ALSO, it's important the blood circulation is good because if the blood near the alveoli gets too concentrated in oxygen (even more than in the alveoli), oxygen will start diffusing back into the alveoli! And that would just be terrible.
Pay attention A* people, this is the higher tier stuff.
Some substances are transferred against the concentration gradient, this is called active transport. So, substances move from somewhere dilute, move to somewhere where there's more of them. For example, in humans, sugar can be absorbed from the intenstine through active transport. Or, if you're more of a plant person, there's a low concentration of nitrate ions in the soil, but a high concentration in the root hair cell. But the cell still wants these useful ions so it 'pulls' them in against the concentration gradient anyway.
Seeing as they're working against the gradient, it's like working against a strong current, so they need more energy. This energy comes from respiration.
Just remember, against gradient and uses energy and you'll be fine and dandy.
Because we're so clever we have organ systems which are specialised to help the exchange of materials. Eg, the villi in your small intenstine, y'know, those hairy things and the alveoli in your lungs.
Just remember, it's good to have:
Large surface area cos, well it's pretty obvious, the bigger the surface area the more room there is for exchange, soooo, more of it happens. Hence the little hairs on villi and the bumpy surface of alveoli (bad description but find a pic and you'll know what i mean).
Good blood supply because of what I explained on the other card about how blood has to keep moving away from the exchange point to ensure the concentration gradient remains the same. And also, more blood supply, more exchange.
Moist surfaces so gases can dissolve more easily.
Fish also have specialised gills. There's loads of them layered over eachother (surface area), they're kept moist under water and instead of good blood supply, they have to have water constantly passing them, so they absorb the oxygen from the water.
Leaves, as we know, are broad, thin and flat with loads of internal air spaces. This gives them a big surface area for efficient photosynthesis.
Leaves have stomata on their undersurface which are a bit like little holes. They let carbon dioxide in (for photosynthesis) and oxygen out (result of photosynthesis). This exchange is reversed when the plant is respiring, obviously..
When a plant photosynthesises it loses water through transpiration. Water vapour from the internal leaf evaporates through the stomata. Transpiration is quicker in hot, dry, windy conditions. The conditions have to be dry because transpiration occurs along the concentration gradient, so it moves from a dilute solution in the leaf, to the air where there is less water. Thus if it's humid or raining, there may be a higher concentration of water in the air than there is in the leaf, meaning less transpiration.
Stomata are really clever. They change their size in order to keep the plant alive. If transpiration is happening too fast (quicker than the root hair cells are taking back up water) then the stomata will close up so less water is lost.The size of the stomata is controlled by a pair of guard cells. If too much water is lost the plant can be dehydrated. The plant will also wilt, to decrease it's surface area.
In a drought, there may be no photosynthesis at all cos the stomata close up.
Just remember, that no transpiration, no photosynthesis.


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Like George hiding his graded papers and then lying about what scores he was getting.
Or, George telling me (again) that I am the worst parent in the history of all parents who ever lived.
Or, George doing his best to triangulate Joe and I (RAD term - basically means he tries his hardest to get Joe and I fighting or disagreeing with each other).
Or, George picking at his fingers until they bleed and them blaming me somehow.
Or, when I get an email from George's teaching telling me that he announced to the class that Joe and I worship Satan.
Yes...you read that correctly. Joe and I worship the D man, himself.
And so the oppression just kept piling on. And I felt as if I were drowning.
God started sending me little messages. First, they came from the radio. Then, they came from a Bible study. And finally, a message from our nightly family devotionals. The messages were tweaked a bit here and there, different words and different applications, but for me the message was the same.
But, my God, I want to give up! I want to throw in the towel, raise the white flag, surrender...this is truly too much! My heart hurts every time I look at my family and see the destruction one broken little boy can cause to very healthy people. My marriage takes a hit every time Joe and I disagree about how to handle George - which is OFTEN when George is causing problems every hour of the day. My relationships with other women are...well...non-existent. I just can't relate to anyone else around here - and even if there was someone out there suffering like I am, I am not sure I would want to sit around and have a pity party. So instead, I stick to myself.
Psalm 116:1-2, "I love the LORD , for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live."
This is where I have to start. Knowing that God hears me...sees me...knows what I am going through. And then, He sent me messages.
Don't waste this! I am up to something you can't see.
But, I don't WANT this. And I WANT to see what you are doing.
Just wait upon me.
Wait? Who wants to wait???
I realized that if I fail to wait on the Lord, I will miss out on what He is doing with my life...and with George's...and probably the rest of my family! If I fail to wait, I will never see the tapestry He has been weaving. If I fail to wait, I will stop changing...which means I will fail to look more like Jesus. God is giving me a testimony to share, a testimony that will someday bring Him great glory! And during the wait, I am charged with using this life and this time to bring glory to Him! I told God that He can use my life...so how can I now tell him that what He has given me is something I no longer WANT?
Then, in our devotional, we read about a famous speech Winston Churchill gave to some students as he recounted Great Britain's first 11 months into WWII. He said, "Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never -in nothing, great or small, large or petty - never give in..."
As Joe read these words to our family, I was moved knowing that yet again, God was sending me a message. Never...never...never...never....never...give in. George is worth the fight. God's glory is worth the fight. Our testimony of God's goodness is worth the fight.
And then I heard today, words spoken by John Piper, "Don't waste your cancer." Of course, we don't have cancer, but the premise is the same. Don't waste this RAD!
I must not waste the opportunity God has given me to grow more intimate with Him. I think about those moments when I am laid out prostrate on the floor of my bedroom crying out to God with a broken heart. I have never felt more intimate with God in those times. Or when I look at George and wonder how I am ever going to get through this. Those are the times that I clearly hear God whisper in my soul that He is with me.
I must not waste the opportunity to share our story. My hope is that through this little blog, I can teach others about what RAD is, what it does to a family, and how one might minister to other adoptive families who are parenting a child with emotional issues. I must not waste the chance to be honest and transparent, even if it reveals the ugly parts of my heart.
I must not waste the opportunity to be sanctified. Oh how I want to be more like Jesus without the pain - but frankly, I just don't see anymore how that is possible. I must walk through the dark days holding on to His hand to learn that it is Jesus who sustains me. I must confess and repent of my selfishness in order to burn away the chaff that is useless and weighing me down. I can only learn patience by living with someone who drives me up a wall. I can only learn how to love the unlovable by parenting a child who most days, does not want to admit he loves me or needs me. I can only become more forgiving when I am giving many opportunities to be betrayed, and thus facing the choice to forgive...again.
These days, I feel a bit like Moses. I have been given a task and have been asked by God to see it through. Moses was overseeing the Israelites as they battled Amalek. While Moses had his hands raised above the battlefield, in prayer to God, the Israelites were winning. When Moses lowered his hands, they began to lose. Lately, I don't have the strength to keep my hands raised over the battlefield. But the beautiful part of this passage in Exodus is that Moses' brother and friend stood beside Moses. And then,
When Moses' hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up--one on one side, one on the other--so that his hands remained steady till sunset.
I need that right now - and I am humble enough to admit that I need someone to help hold my arms up as I face this battlefield. So, I write this to ask, will you pray for me? Will you help me? Help me to not waste this RAD.

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Lucky man survives after his car plummets 100ft from Brighton cliff
A DRIVER has survived what seems the impossible after his car plunged around 100ft off a cliff on to rocks below before rolling into the sea.
The 33-year-old man not only escaped the black Ford Focus but came out without any serious injuries too, police said.
Officers were called to the scene late last night after the driver had lost control of his car on the A259 in Roedean, near Brighton, Sussex.
As the vehicle strayed off of the cliff, the driver seemed doomed but somehow the car ended up scraping the rocks and flipping into the sea - softening the blow.
More than 22 emergency service workers were called to help save the man as he remained stranded in the water.
He is now said to be treated at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
"Incredibly a man escaped without serious injury after his car went over the cliff near Roedean just after midnight and ended up in the sea."Chief Superintendent Nev Kemp
A Newhaven Coastguard spokesman explained how specially trained rescuers helped bring in the man using ropes and ladders.
He said: "The casualty was secured into Newhaven Coastguards rescue stretcher and then using some of our cliff rescue equipment, we were able to slide the stretcher up the ladders.
"With nine members of various agencies on the three ropes and two of the Newhaven team at the top of the ladder, we were able to bring the casualty up from the beach where they were handed into the care of paramedics."
He confirmed one rescuer made his way to the vehicle to check for any other people.
Chief Superintendent of Sussex police, Nev Kemp, tweeted after the incident: "Incredibly a man escaped without serious injury after his car went over the cliff near Roedean just after midnight and ended up in the sea."
A spokesperson for Brighton and Newhaven Lifeboat crews, who were also sent to the crash site, said: "With approximately 22 emergency service workers from various agencies as well as two lifeboat crews this was fantastic team work leading to a swift extraction of the casualty."


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The Parklander ATV range will handle rough terrain with its four-wheel independent suspension. A two-speed auto transmission, with park and reverse, makes driving the vehicle easy. Other features include heavy duty adjustable shock absorbers, four-wheel disc brakes and a good turning circle. The tow bar can take up to 350kg.
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The Tourism Education Futures Initiative (TEFI): Activating change in tourism education
Sheldon, PJ, Fesenmaier, DR and Tribe, J (2011) The Tourism Education Futures Initiative (TEFI): Activating change in tourism education Journal of Teaching in Travel and Tourism, 11 (1). pp. 2-23.
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The Tourism Education Futures Initiative (TEFI) seeks to provide vision, knowledge, and a framework for tourism education programs that promote global citizenship and optimism for a better world. This article provides background on TEFI, its inception, its development and its future. The article argues that a fundamental shift in tourism education is necessary to respond to global challenges impacting tourism at a fundamental level. These shifts demand higher levels of responsibility and stewardship by graduates and industry leaders. TEFI attempts to address the complexity and diversity of the shifts required by educational institutions and industry. TEFI's work began by defining a set of foundational values for tourism education programs worldwide (stewardship, ethics, knowledge, mutuality, professionalism). TEFI is now addressing other important shifts needed to provide an education of quality and relevance to tomorrow's tourism industry.
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It's about time! If you didn't get out and run this weekend, you must have been tied down! Maybe the winter was too long. Maybe it was the tease we got a few weeks ago during the Shamrock Shuffle. Whatever it was, I offering my thanks to meteorologist Jerry Taft! There is much to write about, but I want to start with one of the most exciting races I've seen in the last few years.
The last couple years that I have made my annual trek to Des Moines for the Drake Relays and have needed an sweatshirt and a raincoat. This weekend, I packed all those things but found myself having to make a stop at the mall for some shorts! It was great weather for the 18,000 fans who filled the stadium. For the runners, the conditions were a little windy, but otherwise perfect for a track meet! And a lot of the athletes took advantage. There were some memorable performances at the Drake Relays this year, but the best memory I had was of Alan Webb running the mile.
As you probably know, Alan Webb broke Jim Ryun's high school mile record a few years back. He has run in the Olympics and has run some other great races, but generally has not yet lived up to the tremendous potential he showed in high school. Saturday he was in a strong field, but he left them all behind. The Drake Relays record was held by Steve Scott, and was set back in 1979. He ran a 3:55, which is fast for early in the season, no doubt. But it was destined to fall yesterday. There was a pacer who took Webb through two and a half laps at a fast pace, but the final 600 meters was all on him. And he pushed it! He finished in 3:51:71 which was the fastest time in the world this year, and easily broke the Drake record. It was a couple seconds off of his all time P.R., but, as he said afterward, it was easily the fastest time he's run before May!
Earlier that day, I got a chance to run myself. It was a little redemption for my self esteem after my slow Boston marathon. It was the Drake Relays On-The-Roads half marathon. It was such a nice day the miles just rolled along, and I ran really easily on a hilly course at about 7:45 pace. I know you are not really supposed to race so soon after a marathon, but I couldn't resist signing up and running easily. I met a couple other people on the course who had also run Boston, and we all agreed we enjoyed the weather in Des Moines much more than Boston. I am posting pictures of Boston and my finish yesterday just to show the contrast!
I am also proud of my friend Henry Hamilton. We ran Track and Cross-Country together at Drake some 20 years ago, but Henry (who is now a judge in Milwaukee) has not run much in the last decade or so. He signed up for the 8k, though, and finished strong. He also served as the official 'blog photographer', taking some of the pictures in this space. All this after staying up late for two straight nights before the race enjoying our college reunion festivities! Way to go Henry! Next up, a marathon! Or not.
Anyway, it was also great running weather in Chicago, and my wife was at the Fleet Feet Ravenswood run Sunday. I'll write more about that later in the week. Til then, see you on the roads!


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Joseph Patrick Kennedy, patriarch of America's greatest political dynasty, is widely remembered as an indomitable, elusive, fatally flawed figure. In The Patriarch, historian David Nasaw reveals a man far more complicated than the popular portrait. Drawing on never-before-published materials from archives on three continents, Nasaw examines those parts of Joseph Kennedy's life that have long been shrouded in rumor and prejudice. Trained as a banker, Kennedy was also a Hollywood mogul, a stock exchange wizard, a shipyard manager, the founding chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and ambassador to London during the Battle of Britain. A loving and attentive father, he raised his nine children to devote their lives to service and to be as confident and stubborn as he was.
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Narkomfin housing block; and Melnikov's own house. The Melnikov buildings were not in brilliant nick but it didn't look too hard to bring them up to scratch given the will and the money (MAPS has the former, but not much use without the latter); whereas the Narkomfin building is in a bad state, and its future looks uncertain, in spite of the efforts of the grandson of its architect (who met us on site) to rescue it.
Most of the important buildings are recognised with very smart cast bronze plaques, but apart from that not well looked after. In the case of Melnikov's house, which is still occupied by his granddaughter (whom we also met), there is a dispute about its future that appears still to be continuing along the lines reported by Rowan Moore last year.
An unexpected highlight of the trip was a visit to the All Russia Exhibition Centre, now mainly a very popular park, but populated by a weird collection of Socialist Realist inspired pavilions and monuments, mainly from the 1950s, including this one dedicated to agricultural productivity, its sparkliness a rather poignant contrast to the decay of the (mostly badly built) Constructivist buildings of the 20s and 30s.
Early Modern, one suspects, is a minority interest there as here. In London, the Grade 1 listed 1930s Finsbury Health Centre - designed by the Moscow-trained, Constructivist-inpired Lubetkin, and as idealistic in its social programme as its Russian cousins - languishes in just as unloved a state.


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Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS)
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ELAINE L. CHAO, Secretary of Labor,
Civil No. 04 CV 6724
United Federation Of Security Officers
Plaintiff Elaine L. Chao, Secretary of Labor, alleges as follows:
Nature of the Action
- This action is brought under Title IV of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, as amended, Act of September 14, 1959, 73 Stat. 519, et seq., 29 U.S.C. §§ 481-484, hereinafter referred to as the Act.
Jurisdiction and Venue
- This Court has jurisdiction over this action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331, 28 U.S.C. § 1337, 28 U.S.C. § 1345, and 29 U.S.C. § 482(b).
- Venue lies in this district pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1391(b) and 29 U.S.C. § 482(b).
- Plaintiff Elaine L. Chao is the duly appointed Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor. Plaintiff is authorized to bring this action under section 402(b) of Title IV of the Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959, 29 U.S.C. § 482(b).
- Defendant is, and at all times relevant to this action has been, an unincorporated association maintaining its principal office at 540 North State Road, City of Briarcliff Manor, County of Westchester, State of New York, within the jurisdiction of this Court.
Factual Allegations
- Defendant is, and at all times relevant to this action has been, an independent labor organization engaged in an industry affecting commerce within the meaning of sections 3(i), 3 (j) and 401(b) of the Act (29 U.S.C. § 402(i), 402(j) and 481(b)).
- By letter dated December 17, 2003, to the Secretary-Treasurer, the complainant, Maureen McGreevey, a member in good standing of defendant, protested the defendant's failure to hold an election.
- Having invoked the remedies available for three calendar months without receiving a final decision, the complainant filed a timely complaint with the Secretary of Labor on March 30, 2004, within the thirty days required by § 402 (a)(2) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. § 482 (a)(2).
- By letters dated May 20, 2004, June 22, 2004, July 8, 2004, and August 1, 2004, the defendant agreed that the time within which the plaintiff may bring suit be extended to July 2, 2004, July 16, 2004, August 6, 2004, and August 20, 2004, respectively.
- Pursuant to section 601 of the Act (29 U.S.C. § 521), and in accordance with section 402(b) of the Act (29 U.S.C. § 482(b)), the plaintiff investigated the complaint and, as a result of the facts shown by her investigation, found probable cause to believe that a violation of Title IV of the Act (29 U.S.C. § 481 et seq.)had occurred.
- Section 401(b) of the Act, 29 U.S.C. § 481(b), was violated when defendant failed to elect its officers not less often than once every three years by secret ballot among the members in good standing.
- The violation of section 401(b) of the Act (29 U.S.C. § 481(b)) found and alleged above affects the election of the offices of President, Vice-President, and six Board of Directors of defendant.
Prayer for Relief
WHEREFORE, plaintiff prays for judgment:
- directing the defendant to conduct a new election for the offices of President, Vice-President, and six Board of Directors, under the supervision of the plaintiff;
- for the costs of this action; and
- for such other relief as may be appropriate.
Dated: New York, New York
August 19, 2004
United States Attorney
By: /SIGNED/_________
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Southern District of New York
86 Chambers Street
New York, New York 10007
Telephone: (212) 637-2745
Facsimile: (212) 637-2686
Solicitor of Labor
Acting Associate Solicitor
for Labor-Management Laws
WILLIE B. WHITE Attorney
U.S. Department of Labor


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One of the coolest and most engaging public art and music displays is now happening in Barcelona. More than twenty pianos can be found in Barcelona's streets, plaças and parks for anyone to play at anytime for however long they choose to play. "Play Me - I'm Yours" (even the name is provacative) is the work of artist Luke Jerram. "Play Me - I'm Yours" will be in Barcelona until March 26, 2010 and is part of the renowned International Music Competition Maria Canals now in session.
"Play Me - I'm Yours" has been touring internationally since 2008 in cities like London, Birmingham, Belfast, Sao Paulo, Sydney and many more. And I am quite proud that my hometown of San Jose, California will be hosting "Play Me - I'm Yours" in September 2010 as well.
To find a piano to play, here is a map. Visitors can also post their pictures and videos of their performance on the "Play Me - I'm Yours" website by clicking on the location of their piano.
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While Justin Bieber's coolness has never been in question, we like to think that he makes a conscious effort to remind the world that he's still too dope to offer lame goodbyes like "Later, gator" or "Toodles." Instead (especially now that he is basically an official rapper), he channels Nicki Minaj's "Super Bass" with the ever-so-appropriate "back coupes up and chuck the deuce up" strategy. Well played, bro.
Before hitting "The Today Show" stage in New York this morning, the "Baby" singer sported his perfectly styled new 'do while peace-ing out from his swarming adorers. Sure, Biebs is giving his fans obvious deuces, but we'd like to think he's actually flipping them two good reasons why everyone should watch the 2011 MTV EMA this Sunday. Reason one: Hello, he's performing (along with the likes of Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars). Reason two: His UHHH-dorbz girlfriend, Selena Gomez, is hosting the gigantic shindig. Forget attacking our inboxes with those annoying event invites promoting gigs on Facebook, guys, the Biebs prefers concise sign language.


text: As the only bluegrass artist in the known universe to tour arenas, Alison Krauss has cajones and a track record. The same puerile purists who think she drowns some authentic sound in soda pop probably aren't too keen on her work with Alan Jackson and the Babys' John Waite either. But the Illini fiddler, singer and producer and her band Union Station, which is maxed out with geniuses like Jerry Douglas, Ron Block and Dan "Man of Constant Sorrow" Tyminski aren't playing to the bluegrass choir, and they aren't Phishing either. Krauss can sashay between deathless fiddle tunes and Beatles covers, and never lose the whip-crack speed and grand hooks of the bluegrass elite.


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Blog PHP Life and Development MySQL dumps with the PHP CLI (Command Line Interface)
I am sure many UNIX purists out there might scream that I could use a straight shell script to accomplish the same thing. I agree, of course I could. But I am a PHP developer and I tend to like to do things in PHP. To each his own I say. With that said, the application described here is probably best suited for small to medium sized databases running on moderate hardware. Anyhow, the application consists of two classes which are both included in the source code and in this article.
It should probably be said that this application was written for a UNIX / Linux (LAMP) environment. It won't work for you if you are not running a version of UNIX or Linux. Of course you could modify the script to suit your needs but it currently relies on common unix utilities so if you are looking to dump your databases on a Windows system, with slight modifications, this application can work for you too.
You can download or view the source code by clicking the appropriate link below. You will find all three classes mentioned above in the file named 'class.xml.sitemap.generator.php'
As with most PHP scripts, you must include the file which contains the classes, in this case, you first instantiate the class dump_databases and pass it a few configuration variables for your system as shown below:
Being that this script was designed to be ran on the command line you will notice the script interpreter cal at the top of this script. This is what allows you to execute the script as you might any other shell script. Be sure you don't forget to include it in your own script. Of course you can always execute the script manually with the 'php' command.
Next, you need to add the database information for those database you plan to dump. This is accomplished by instantiating the 'database' class while passing the constructor three arguments: the name of the database, the database username and password as shown below. You can add as many databases as you like (or as many as your system can handle I should say). Once you have added the databases you want to dump, the only thing left is to call the process() method which will take care of the rest.
Now save your file, make sure your file is executable, then simply run the script as shown below:
Not withstanding any permission issues and assuming you entered your database information correctly, you should see output similar to the above, you should also receive an email at the address specified for the email administrator and you will find your database dump files zipped up in the database dump directory you specified when creating the initial object.
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Alternative Class A Program Master of Science in Education Teaching Field: General Science (6-12)
Core Requirements (32 semester hours):
ESE 500 Research and Statistics in Secondary Education (3)
ESE 505 Education Methods, Assessment, and Technology in Secondary Schools (3)
ESE 510 Secondary Practicum One and Tutoring Lab (2)
ESE 523 Teaching General Science (3)
ESE 534 Secondary Practicum Two (3)
ESE 561 Foundations of Secondary Education (3)
ESE 573 Critical Inquiry in Biology and General Science (3)
SPE 500 Survey Course in Special Education (3)
ESE 567 Literacy Theory and Practice (3)
*ED 595 Internship in Education (3)
ED 596 Reflective Practices in Education (3) (Must be taken concurrently with ED 595.)
Teaching Field Requirement (15 semester hours):
By faculty advisement, select 15 graduate semester hours from the general science area to include at least one course from two of the following areas: biology, chemistry, Earth and space science, and physics. For Earth and space science courses, see course descriptions in the geography section of this Bulletin. At least half of the 15 semester hours selected must be numbered at the 500 level. A student may transfer no more than three semester hours in the teaching field. This major requires a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the course work in the teaching field. Transfer credit cannot be used to raise the GPA in this teaching field course work to the required 3.0.
*ED 595, Internship in Education, is equivalent to undergraduate student teaching and requires a semester long internship in the public schools. This must be scheduled during the last semester of course work.
Undergraduate Requirements:
ED 300 Introduction to Teacher Education (2)
Students must have an undergraduate degree in biology, chemistry, physics, or Earth and space science OR complete 32 semester hours of undergraduate course work with a minimum of 19 semester hours at the 300-400 levels with any combination of courses from areas covered by the certification OR pass the appropriate Praxis II content exam.
For the degree in the composite field of general science, additional undergraduate course work must be taken to remove undergraduate course deficiencies in related teaching fields. Deficiencies are determined with a formal evaluation of the students' transcripts.
Students must have the approval of their advisers in professional studies BEFORE registering for undergraduate course work required to meet the undergraduate requirements/deficiencies specified for the composite degree.
49-79 Total Undergraduate and Graduate Semester Hours
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Students must meet eligibility requirements for the alternative class A teacher certification program.
Completion of this program leads to eligibility for class A (master's) teacher certification in general science (6-12).
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Successful completion of the appropriate Praxis II examination(s) is required prior to internship for all alternative class A programs.
Successful completion of the appropriate Praxis II examination is required prior to internship for all alternative class A programs. Successful completion of the appropriate Praxis II content exam will satisfy the 32/19 content area requirement and/or the 4 x 12 requirement in all Alternative class Aprograms. Please see your academic advisor for more information concerning this option.


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Barcamp Bolgatanga 2016 is a free networking forum which brings people together for a day of discussion, demos and dialogue on Bolgatanga, Ghana and beyond. It takes place on October 1, 2016 at SSNIT Conference Room in Bolgatanga.
The theme for this year is "Empowering Young People for Global Competitiveness."
What to expect at Barcamp Bolgatanga?
- Mentoring by professionals or entrepreneurs.
- Networking with like-minded individuals – you could find your business or project partner
- Celebrating some of the best of our community and beyond
- Breakout sessions that you can also lead
Frank Bruce, the Coordinator for this third (3rd) Barcamp in Bolgatanga, said, "Barcamp Bolga has shown the way by connecting people with distinguished business leaders for a day of networking, mentorship, and ideas sharing for the development of Bolgatanga and the region as a whole, while empowering the youth to aspire to achieve".
The GhanaThink Foundation has successfully organized 62 BarCamps in Ghana as part of its Barcamp Ghana program since 2008. BarCamp Bolga 2016 will be the third time it is held since 2014 and it will showcase entrepreneurs and innovators in the Upper East Region.
Leonard Hagan of the Barcamp Ghana team said "Over the years we have prepared ourselves by laying very strong developmental ideas through entrepreneurial ventures and partnership. I believe it's now time for us the youth to learn how to sustain our ventures by being globally competitive and not locally alone. I look forward to seeing more of the youth at this year's Barcamp Bolgatanga."
The 2016 Barcamp Bolga theme explores how young people can make themselves relevant in today's highly competitive environment. Discussions will focus on what students, professionals and entrepreneurs in Bolgatanga and the Upper East region can do to stay relevant in the job market.
This Barcamp will feature multiple user-generated breakout sessions in topics relevant to the Upper East Region and beyond.
There will be a speed mentoring session where mentors will give insights and answers to questions from attendees.
Some of our confirmed mentors include:
Baba Yabco (CEO of YABCO Foods), Roger Lari (CEO of MOAB Consult), Albert Azongo (An award winning radio presenter on A1 Radio), Humul Tahiru, (Sports Journalist A1 radio), Leonard Avonsigi (NCA), Akwasi King (Manager Nestlé Ghana Ltd, Bolga.), Fati Abigail Abdulai (National Coordinator Widows and Orphans Movement), Hillary Adongo (An Agric Entrepreneur), Melanie Aardalsbakke (Researcher), Salifu Fatawu (Tanga FC Manager).
To register for Barcamp Bolga. Contact us via barcamp at www.ghanathink.org for sponsorship or partnership opportunities.
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Religion for Atheists
A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of ReligionBook - 2012
From the author of The Architecture of Happiness, a deeply moving meditation on how we can still benefit, without believing, from the wisdom, the beauty, and the consolatory power that religion has to offer.
Alain de Botton was brought up in a committedly atheistic household, and though he was powerfully swayed by his parents' views, he underwent, in his mid-twenties, a crisis of faithlessness. His feelings of doubt about atheism had their origins in listening to Bach's cantatas, were further developed in the presence of certain Bellini Madonnas, and became overwhelming with an introduction to Zen architecture. However, it was not until his father's death -- buried under a Hebrew headstone in a Jewish cemetery because he had intriguingly omitted to make more secular arrangements -- that Alain began to face the full degree of his ambivalence regarding the views of religion that he had dutifully accepted. Why are we presented with the curious choice between either committing to peculiar concepts about immaterial deities or letting go entirely of a host of consoling, subtle and effective rituals and practices for which there is no equivalent in secular society? Why do we bristle at the mention of the word "morality"? Flee from the idea that art should be uplifting, or have an ethical purpose? Why don't we build temples? What mechanisms do we have for expressing gratitude? The challenge that de Botton addresses in his book: how to separate ideas and practices from the religious institutions that have laid claim to them. In Religion for Atheists is an argument to free our soul-related needs from the particular influence of religions, even if it is, paradoxically, the study of religion that will allow us to rediscover and rearticulate those needs.
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I like how his meaning was to say that the religious world cannot live without the non-religious world and vice versa. I don't believe in extremes, and it's good to have both, like two wings on a bird.
Food for thought, but more of an appetizer than a main course.
The book's strongest portions are the ways it points out how modern secular society neglects community and spirituality and shows how customs and ceremonies of more religious societies in years past tended to these needs. What the book does not do well is present how they can be addressed by nontheistic spiritual institutions.
That said, anyone interested in nontheistic spirituality and the history of atheism would enjoy this book. Just don't expect a clear guideline on how to practice it in your daily life.
"The most boring and unproductive question one can ask of any religion is whether or not it is true." So commences this book by Alain de Bottom, who was "brought up in a committedly atheistic household", but who notes that his staunchly secular father is buried in a Jewish graveyard. The author clearly loves the good ideas, rituals and social and artistic arrangements of religions - specifically Buddhism, Catholicism, and Judaism, all three of which religions he demonstrates a convincingly deep knowledge. He claims that a well-rounded atheism would benefit to learn from these religions in areas of building community, making relationships last, overcoming feelings of envy and inadequacy, and identifying personal meaning. His analysis is insightful and often humourous, if perhaps his suggestions for specific transfer of ideas is at times weak. An easy read but challenging ideas.
In the first few pages, I was sure I was going to give this book 4 or 5 stars. The Introduction and the first chapter, on "community", really resonated with me. I thought I was reading a book about how atheists can participate in religious activities without having to believe the supernatural elements underpinning them. But what it became was a book about how atheists could adapt religious approaches to education, art, travel, and other activities to a future, utopian secular society. It's less a "how-to" manual for the here-and-now than a rumination on what might be.
That's not to say there isn't food for thought here. Alain de Botton argues that people are lazy, self-centred, forgetful, and generally... common. He says religions figured this out centuries ago and, over time, developed methods for instilling social cohesion, good behaviour, kindness, and similar virtues in a population that is inherently resistant to such things. He paints a rather dismal picture of human nature, but if you accept that picture, his arguments for how to mould human nature into something a little more peaceful and socially aware does, sort of, make sense. I can't imagine how such drastic social changes would ever be enacted in modern societies, however.
Ultimately, this is not a very practical book; there's not much you can do with de Botton's arguments other than agree or disagree with them.
Raised as a Catholic and having moved leftward as an adult to the United Church, I believe that the author over-idealizes Christian religion and under-emphasizes the hypocrisy of fundamentalist religions. However, he does make some very good points about the fact that we can still learn some valuable things from various religions. I especially like his assertion that universities should move towards more emphasis about teaching about relationships, death, etc and how we can learn from all of religions, literature, cultures, etc about such things, rather than just focus on a dryer study of the history of the classics etc
Although I am a big fan of Alain de Botton, I am not a fan of "Religion for Atheists". I didn't even finish the book, which is really saying something considering I love his books. The book is neither here nor there with respects to his position. He admits that religious doctrine is untrue, but that we can still learn a lot from it-community, kindness, education, tenderness, how to combat pessimism, perspective, art, and architecture - these are the things that religion has "given us" and that we should refrain from being too harsh with the institution, despite is evident folly. I disagree. We as humanity didn't learn these things from religion - religions took them from humanity. Kindness? Are you serious? De Botton truly must read the Scriptures more closely.
Religions have used secular virtues to control their populations and do what they felt was the work of their Lord. They have stolen ideas, stories, beliefs, and rituals and traditions to "win souls", not to enhance society. Why else would they, as de Botton pointed out, build their churches directly on top of Pagan temples? We have nothing to learn from religion because all that religion has learned it learned from the everyday lives of people. Religion should be grateful to humanism, not the other way around. His argument is like saying a dog should be happy to learn about the art of survival from its ticks and fleas.
Some of de Botton's earlier books have been useful but this one is just a beat-up. The original thoughts he has are mostly just silly.
A worthwhile read for people on any point of the debate. Provides remarkable insight into the value of much religious practice.
"...a wonderfully provocative book."
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West Texas Intermediate dropped for a fourth day, slipping below $100 a barrel, as the dollar headed for its biggest monthly gain against the euro since last February, curbing the appeal of the commodity. Brent decreased in London.
Futures fell as much as 1.2% in New York to the lowest since July 15. A stronger U.S. currency often dims the appeal of using dollar-priced commodities such as crude for protecting against inflation. WTI (NYMEX:CLQ14) also fell after data yesterday showed U.S. gasoline (NYMEX:RBQ14) supplies rose to the highest level in four months. The U.S. is considering further punitive measures on Russian business to deter President Vladimir Putin's support for separatists in east Ukraine.
"The U.S. dollar is starting to push higher, that weighs on commodity prices including oil," Jens Pedersen, an analyst at Bank A/S in Copenhagen, said by e-mail. "Sanctions on Russia have not had an effect on current supplies from Russia," and this is also weighing on prices, he said.
WTI for September delivery slid as much as $1.18 to $99.09 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange and was at $99.63 at 1:45 p.m. London time. The volume of all futures traded was about 3.2% above the 100-day average for the time of day. Prices are down 5.5% in July, the most in nine months.
Brent (NYMEX:SCQ14) for September settlement fell as much as $1.01, or 1%, to $105.50 a barrel on the London-based ICE Futures Europe exchange. The European benchmark crude was at a premium of $6.68 to WTI, from $6.24 yesterday.
Dollar Gains
The U.S. currency has risen versus all of its 16 major counterparts in July as reports have shown gross domestic product rebounded and durable goods orders increased. The dollar was little changed at $1.3380 per euro at 1:55 p.m. in London.
Rising pressure on Russia, the world's largest energy exporter, comes after investigators seeking to reach the crash site of Malaysian Air Flight MH17 were blocked again yesterday from going to the area by fighting between pro-Russian rebels and government forces.
Gasoline Season
U.S. gasoline stockpiles expanded by 365,000 barrels last week to 218.2 million, the Energy Information Administration said yesterday. Average consumption shrank 0.5% over the past four weeks to the lowest level since May, even as the country's peak driving season started with the Memorial Day holiday on May 26.
Crude inventories dropped 3.7 million barrels to 367.4 million in the week ended July 25, said the EIA, the Energy Department's statistical arm. Supplies at Cushing, Oklahoma, the delivery point for WTI, decreased by 924,000 barrels to 17.9 million, the lowest since October 2008.
Stockpiles of distillates, a category that includes heating oil and diesel, expanded by 789,000 barrels to 126.7 million, the highest level since September 2013.
"This should be a period of peak demand," said Jonathan Barratt, the chief investment officer at Ayers Alliance Securities in Sydney. "The price action is telling us the world does not have an issue with the supply of crude. Oil at $100 is a big level, and I don't think it will give it up so quickly."
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Pedal America "From Liquor Bottle to Water Bottle - Chicago, Illinois" Ira David pedals along The Windy City's magnificent lakefront and downtown neighborhoods to show why Chicago is consistently ranked among the top five bicycling towns in North America. Stops include Museum Campus, Soldier Field, and the Lookingglass Theatre Company. Also, meet one Chicago resident, a former chain smoker and alcoholic, who traded in his liquor bottles for water bottles when he discovered the benefits of bicycling. D
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Dialogue "Gov. Cecil Andrus" On this week's DIALOGUE, host Marcia Franklin talks with four-term Idaho Gov. Cecil D. Andrus and one of his former press secretaries, Chris Carlson. Carlson has written a book about his experiences working for Andrus titled Idaho?s Greatest Governor. The two discuss Andrus' personal and political philosophies, as well as what they consider the highlights of his career. The former governor also weighs in on current political issues, such as the partisanship in Congress, President Obama's performance, the Occupy movement, wilderness designation and salmon recovery.G
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For Bill Maher, the allegations against Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore—a Southern Baptist—offered an opportunity to take a shot at Catholics.
On HBO's Nov. 10 "Real Time with Bill Maher," the host was criticizing statements by Alabama state auditor Jim Zeigler comparing Moore's alleged behavior to Mary and Joseph and the birth of Jesus. Maher said, "Using Jesus to justify child molestation? I mean, even Catholics went, 'Tried it, doesn't work.'"
Nothing could be further from the truth. The abuse of minors by a tiny percentage of Catholic priests was in clear violation of the unequivocal teachings of the Catholic Church. It was never "justified" by using Jesus. Rather, the Church has responded with an aggressive campaign to protect children and root out abusers that today should be a model for all other institutions beset by sexual abuse scandals.
Then there was Maher's obligatory resort to coarse, vile obscenity. Here was his take on the chastity of the Holy Family:
"Joseph and Mary didn't f***, isn't that the whole point of that story?"
And the whole point of Maher's tired act is to shock and offend people of faith.


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DMS provides a variety of guides, documents, forms and tools, along with answers to frequently asked questions, for our federal and state agency customers, as well as for individual and business debtors and for employers.
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DMS Fact Sheets
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For administrative wage garnishment, annual debt certification, authorization for the release of information, Cross-Servicing and Injured Spouse Claim and Allocation.
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"The rigorous training provided by the ISP stimulates students' ideas for building powerful AI systems for biomedical informatics."
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Cross-Domain Recommendation is a new eld of study in the area of recommender systems. The goal of these recommender systems is to use information from other domains to provide recommendations in target domains. In this work, we focus on content-based cross-domain recommendation, specifically job recommendation. Instead of defining the notion of domain based on item descriptions, we introduce user-based domains. We dene meta-data features, such as current job function of users and current user industry, as domain indicators. We introduce \indicator features" to segment users into different domains and propose an efficient method of feature augmentation to implement domain adaptation among various meta-data features. The logistic regression algorithm used in this work is chosen due to its simplicity of implementation, flexibility of utilizing different kinds of features, and extensibility. We experimented based on both online metrics, such as precision, recall, and accuracy, and online metrics using A/B testing. The results show the effectiveness of our cross-domain content-based method in a real-world study.
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He was a foe without hate; a friend without treachery; a soldier without cruelty; a victor without oppression; and a victim without murmuring. He was a public officer without vices; a private citizen without wrong; a neighbor without reproach; a Christian without hypocrisy and a man without guile. He was a Caesar without his ambition; Frederick without his tyranny; Napoleon without his selfishness; and Washington without his reward.
Benjamin Hill on Robert E. Lee
Dave Griffey at Daffey Thoughts notes that Mark Shea has embraced the leftist crusade of purging the nation of all things Confederate:
Why should we have a monument in our capital named for a hypocritical racist slave owner? Or for that matter, why should our capital be named for one? Mark Shea explains. Mark isn't advocating the eradication of Washington's name from his home state, or the destruction of the Jefferson Memorial, or the closing down of Independence Hall, or moving the presidential residency from a building built on the backs of slaves.
Nothing in his post, however, could be used to condemn such actions. In fact, the post could be used to defend such actions. As a Believer, I'm a little bothered by the sudden emergence of the 'erase the Confederacy and everyone in it' movement that has gained steam since the Charleston Shooting. Mark himself decried the sudden removal of Confederate symbols from museums and other historic locations.
Nonetheless, he seems fine with the removal of monuments for even such luminaries as Robert E. Lee, who often was compared to Erwin Rommel, a brave and noble man on the wrong side of the debate. Sure, you could argue there is a dearth of high schools or statues celebrating Rommel, but that is because for the longest time, people actually believed that the American South, if not America, and Nazi Germany were different animals. Now, of course, those differences are eroding. Since there is typically good and bad in most people, places, and things, deciding to weigh all equally on the Nazi Comparison scale seems a dangerous trend.
In fact some could argue, as Mark appears to, that there was little moral difference between the North and South. Perhaps the rest of the US was every bit as bad. And if so, then why keep anything honoring it or those who fought for it? No more God bless America? Just God damn America? Perhaps. Given that in my lifetime I watched a concerted effort to stop seeing such historical luminaries as Attila the Hun, or such civilizations as the Vikings or the Mongols in purely negative ways, I have a hard time seeing the reverse trend when it comes to America.


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EDM stands for Electronic Dance Music. When a song doesn't fit into a certain category, it's called EDM. Varien is has mainly focused on dub step, but he's made morphine, which was also in Monstercat 011, and it is one of the most interesting songs I've heard in a while. Varien loves "layering" his tracks, so there are very subtle additions to the song that make it sound fuller and richer. In the beginning, he uses sound loops of aggressive strings and orchestras to make the song sound more intense. I usually don't like Varien's works because he focuses more on heavy metal and dub step, but this one really caught my ear because he slowed it down to 100 bpm but kept the dubstep and metal influences intact; not an easy thing to do. If you like it, you can get it on iTunes or Monstercat's own site. If you want to see how he made the song, he's given a full rundown.
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New Blog Location
Obviously.... there are no snow trails here at Rays Retreat now. Although, we do still have some snow piles! ...
Sparky and I are trying a new blog location titled Rays Retreat Ramblings. It has a long address, sorry about that! didn't realize it was going to be so long until after we had started the new location.
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Dune View Cottage is the perfect destination for a group of friends or a family for that Norfolk holiday by the sea, sleeping 6. Just a 15 minute walk to the beach with your bucket and spade ready for a paddle!
Our change over days are usually Friday or Monday however if you would like a different length stay or arrival/departure dates please ask and we will accommodate your request where possible
It is located 1 mile down the lane from the main Dairy Barns and is next door to Willow Farm Cottage One of the great things about this cottage is that there is now a secret door under the stairs which although locked when the cottages are booked individually it can be unlocked when a group book the cottages together, meaning we can accommodate 12. So if you want to go away with friends and family but still like to have your own space its the perfect solution. Lets face it the children will just love the whole secret door idea!
You are most welcome to bring your dogs to stay at Dune View the garden is fully fenced and there are lots and lots of places to walk nearby and on the farm.
There are 3 large bedrooms upstairs accommodating up to 6 people with 2 king size beds in the master and middle bedroom whilst the other bedrooms is a twin.
Downstairs you will find the bathroom with bath and shower, dining room, fully fitted kitchen (dishwasher & washing machine) and comfortable lounge with WiFi throughout. There is also a porch by the back door so an ideal place to leave all your boots and beach kit! Please note the staircase is quite steep so not suitable for guests with limited mobility.
Towels and linen are provided for 6 people. It also has a large enclosed garden with views across farmland to the sand dunes with a patio area and barbeque ideal for those warm summer evenings just right for enjoying a glass of wine or playing outside with the children. You may even spot the beautiful barn owl who lives nearby.
Dune View Cottage is fully central-heated and double glazed so is also ideal for a winter retreat to get away from hustle and bustle of everyday life, You can curl up on the sofa after a long walk on the beach with a good book and on a clear night see the most amazing display of stars in our dark Norfolk skies.
High chair, stair gate and cot are available on request. Dune View Cottage is non-smoking.
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Saveur, the nation's premier dining magazine, recently named New Jersey as the best state for foodies. They love New Jersey so much that they're devoting an entire month of coverage to the Garden State and have called us the "unsung hero of American eating." I couldn't agree more. We've got some serious dining diversity and a solid mix of truly unique restaurants. Here are 20 that you absolutely have to check out, in no particular order.
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Have you seen the recent viral video from KLM Airlines, the flagship carrier of Netherlands, in which an adorable Beagle named Sherlock, reunites passengers with the items they left behind? If you haven't yet, you need to RIGHT NOW! In an adorable display of what should only be interpreted as an example of the most extreme lengths that KLM Airlines goes to return lost and found items to their owners, the advertisement shows Sherlock, the search dog, running on to planes, identifying the scent and sprinting through the airport to track down passengers and reunite them with their lost items before leaving the airport.
Widely known as one of the best airlines in the world in terms of user experience and customer service, KLM has a social media team that is as savvy and engaging as any brand out there. Fielding up to 40,000 questions via social media every week and known to respond within an hour**, KLM noted that many of interactions and requests relate to missing items and decided to set up a dedicated Lost & Found team. Their creative team at DDB Worldwide described them as "a bit like detectives as they sometimes track down passengers before they even realize they've lost something." The team "uses all available information like seat numbers, phone numbers and public social media details to reunite passengers with their belongings" so they decided to create a persona known as Sherlock the Beagle(sorry folks, Sherlock the beagle is unfortunately fictional ) to represent all the above and beyond lengths they will go to for their passengers.
As an airline passenger from time to time, I think I can speak for many hoomans like myself and say that airline travel can be pretty damn stressful these days. Whether its fighting traffic to get to an airport on time, navigating security, enduring obnoxious delays or losing luggage, airline travel has become a dreadful experience. Combine that with the insanely ludicrous policies and fees we are subject to as pet owners trying to bring our furry four legged family members along any American based airline and well, you just have a tinder box of highly agitated and angry customers before you even walk into the airport…
If only the US Airline Industry could take a page out of the KLM playbook and relate to such a common frustrations, engage with customers and do a better job empathizing the across the board feelings we have towards them and our own experiences, giving us one less thing to worry about during the process it would be like a winning the lottery(I've never won anything but I have to imagine the shock and elation have to feel similar). Until then, I'm totally buying into KLM and Sherlock regardless if he is made up or not because thats the world I want to live in….
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**editor note: their website says 79 minutes as of 12:22pm EST Oct. 1.. (an hour or 79 minutes who's counting. its better than never)


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Golden lines of grain flow across sunlit dales to the Vistula River, a fertile region in southeast Poland. The harvest looks good this year for the few Polish farmers with large land holdings. But for the average Polish farmer, the picture is anything but golden.
Amazingly, small farmers throughout the country recently complained of an acute shortage of one essential for harvesting:
(A ship later arrived in Poland with 3,000 tons of string, the daily Zycie Warszawy reported.)
Absurd as it may be, this recent shortage of string for Polish farmers is just another reflection of government policies that through the 1970s favored large state farms at the expense of private peasants who produce up to 75 percent of the nation's food.
Those policies are slowly changing, perhaps too slowly for the economic well-being and political peace within Poland. Of some 2.9 million private farmers, 1.7 million have 12 acres or fewer, and of those, half have under five acres. In contrast, state farms average 8,100 acres and have in the last decade received first deliveries of farm equipment -- from mechanized equipment to hand tools like pitchforks, hammers, and hoes.
Tadeusz P. is one of those poor farmers with the kind of subsistence holding that accounts for more than half of Poland's agricultural land.
He wears an old shirt with big rips, trousers cobbled with patches, and no socks under his oversized, clumsy shoes. He has 12 acres of land (split up in four widely scattered plots), a 30-year-old harrow, and one horse, which looks better cared for than he does.
"We cannot even get decent working clothes," he said. He sounded resigned rather than bitter.
Farmers like Tadeusz P. don't have any capital.He works his land alone. He has three children. The eldest, a daughter of 10, looks after his two cows. The family has no proper house, and they cannot afford to build one. They live in no more than a barn. They have a 20-year-old, black-and-white television.
In July 1981, a new poLlicy initiated at the so-called "renewal" congress of the Communist Party would guarantee that agriculture receive not less than 30 percent of overall nattional investment. That figure has yet to be met. Last year it was 23.7 percent.
Production of farm tools has increased, with no fewer than 400 factories turned over to manufacturing agriculture equipment with emphasis on supplying the small landholder. But there still seems to be a long way to go before the modest needs of a million farmers like Tadeusz begin to be met.
A recent press report described a commune of relatively substantial farms in the district of Ciechanow, where only 140 of 500 requests for machinery were met in the last 18 months. The "little men" fare less well. In the same district, only 12,000 of some 30,000 requests for tractors could be met.
Even when a farmer is fortunate enough to get a tractor or the building material he needs, said the Christian Social Association paper Tygodnik Polski, his troubles are by no means over. Even buckets, chains, nails, and farm boots were hard to come by. Often, the paper said, a farmer wastes his time in a queue when he should be out in his fields.
"Getting a par of rubber boots," said Tadeusz and his friends, "is a miracle."
Poland had a mediocre harvest this year -- between 20 and 21 million tons of grain, down from 21.2 million tons in 1982. But even a good harvest would not have solved the problems plaguing Polish farmers. Sanctions by Western nations, for example, which cut imports of essential feedstuffs, are one of the main factors behind the steady decline in the country's cattle and pig populations.
There are other factors, however, implicit in the whole attitude toward farming since World War II and the abandonment in the 1950s (under peasant refusal to cooperate) of Soviet-bloc-style collectivization.
Even after the '50s, farming's potential was never realized because priority was given to industrialization. There has always been a lack of harvesting machines, storage facilities, and other modern equipment.
A recent United States expert report based on Polish sources estimated that during the successive phases of production, storing, and processing, nearly 4 million tons of grain are lost annually.
The report made these further points:
* Due to lack of machinery, 30 percent of spring grains are sown at less than optimal times.
* As much as 40 percent of the potato crop -- the most important in Poland -- is lost because of inadequate storage.
* Three million liters of milk and 50,000 metric tons of meat are lost annually because there is not enought fodder and other feed for the animals.
The program the government started in 1981 has its merits. But there are questions as to whether it can ever work to the benefit of the 2 million poor farmers who have no more than a dozen acres, often of inferior soil.
Stronger guarantees of land ownership and the right to inherit have just been written into the Constitution. But that did not seem to mean much to Tadeusz and other such small farmers.
Can the various aids reach tjem in time and their farms evern become economic units, especially with the average age of owners already into the 60s and their sons and daughters steadily drifting away to the towns? Many peole doubt it.
It is said that 62 percent of the farm equipment produced last year went to private farms, compared with 41 percent in 1981. But obviously it was the bigger private farms that received most of it.
In the long term, the government apparently wants to see those sorry subsistence units absorbed and agriculture as a whole reduced to some 500,000 productive farms.
Although that plan has something to be said for it, to some Poles its seems a shrewd ploy to secure some kind of "collectivization" after all. The creation of 500,000 potentially viable farms shouldm make for some improvement. But they would still be limited to the 125 acres allowed under present law.
This consolidation would still make no distinction between the dedicated, efficient farmer and the less conscientious one. And that has always been the incentive Polish agriculture has needed most of all.


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October 17, 2018 - Latest: What has happened to markets this year? by Darius McDermott
9th June 2015
Motorists are throwing nearly £1bn away every year as a result of not paying upfront for car insurance.
According to research from MoneySuperMarket.com, those who pay for their car insurance every month could save £62 each – or £992m – collectively as a nation by switching to an annual payment.
The comparison site's analysis found 43.8% of drivers pay for their insurance monthly, at an average cost of £514 a year. However, those who pay for their insurance once a year are spending an average £452 – £62, or 11% less.
Therefore, those drivers paying monthly could collectively save almost £1bn a year simply by changing the way they pay.
Kevin Pratt, insurance expert at MoneySuperMarket.com said: "The cost of motoring is hefty, so it makes sense that so many people spread the cost of car insurance and pay monthly to ease the financial burden. However, it could end up costing you more in the long run.
"A handful of insurers refrain from charging more for monthly payments, but more often than not an additional cost will be applied if you opt for paying monthly rather than annually. The analysis clearly shows there are significant cost benefits overall to paying annually."
Pratt pointed out that cash strapped motorists could consider other financially savvy ways to spread the cost of their premium.
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CMED receives more than 3,000 applications for 104 spots in second class
Central Michigan University's College of Medicine fielded more than 3,000 applications for its second class.
This year's class and every class in the future will be comprised of 104 students. Thus far, 96 spots have been filled. This is an increase from the 2,765 applications for 64 spots last year.
The average grade point average for the accepted students is 3.65, which is the same as the inaugural class of 64 students that started in August. The average Medical College Admission Test score is 30 – two points higher than last year's average and above the national average of 25.2.
Jim Knight, CMED's lead communications official, said each application undergoes a holistic review process, which balances the applicant's qualitative and cognitive capabilities.
"Our team looks at more than just what applicants received in undergrad and what they scored on their MCAT," Knight said. "It's not just a standard interview – we're looking for how people think and very specific attributes that will make a successful physician. We're looking for some different things: How they think, whether they show compassion and altruism, what preparation they have, and whether they're leaders."
While personal characteristics play a major role in determining who is accepted, geographic location helps out, too. Approximately 90 percent of CMED's inaugural class is comprised of Michigan natives, and Knight said about 80 of the newly accepted students are from within the state, as well.
"We don't want to lose the idea of our mission, which was to fulfill a shortage of physicians in Michigan. We think the way we interview and how we get our students will help fill that shortage," Knight said.
CMED's building was constructed with 104-student classes in mind, Knight said. From the classrooms to lecture halls, a 104-person capacity is noted.
"The way the building was built, even the main auditoriums, were set up for 104 students," Knight said. "The rooms were set up for groups of eight, which, when you get enough groups, equals 104. Even from the start, our building was constructed to do this. We don't want to get too big, because we want to do a really good job."
Students will remain at the Mount Pleasant location for the first two years of school and then move to one of CMU's two Saginaw locations and other hospitals throughout mid-Michigan and the Upper Peninsula for residency training.


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Although food experts have been warning us not to eat raw cookie dough for several decades now, diners in NYC will now be able to safely eat as much cookie dough as they please. A recent online article that I read today shines the spotlight on a new shop and eatery located in the Greenwich Village section of NYC that actually specializes in raw cookie dough.
The cookie dough shop is playfully named DO (pronounced dough), and is slated to officially open for business this week. The shop is utilizing heat-treated flour and a pasteurized egg product, in order to produce raw cookie doughs that are safe to eat.
Situated on La Guardia Place near 3rd Street, DO is a cute and clean establishment that seats 15 people. You can go in and order scoops of cookie dough in different-colored waffle cones or in cups, and enjoy a cup of their high quality coffee. In case your taste buds prefer a more traditional treat, an assortment of fully baked cookies are usually on hand at this unique food establishment.
You can create your own sundae, with your choice of ice cream flavor, baked cookie, and cookie dough flavor. DO offers a luscious cookie dough ice cream pie that is anchored by a chocolate chip cookie crust, and is topped with cookie dough.
If you're a fan of cupcakes, the cupcake-shaped baked cookie dough treats are a must-try item. Filled with a choice of Nutella or sprinkles, these sweet gems are like no cupcake you've seen before.
The small, thick ice cream SanDOwiches served at DO feature a sturdy rectangle of cookie-dough ice cream encased by flattened pieces of raw chocolate-chip cookie dough. Frosty, delicious milkshakes are served at DO, and lots of tasty toppings are available.
New York is opening a new restaurant that will serve cookie dough that is safe to eat raw. DO (pronounced dough) is set to open in about a week. The eatery serves as great news for people who have been scared away from eating cookie dough due to the FDA warning that the dough is unsafe to consume due to raw flour and eggs.
Kristen Tomlan is the founder of DO and found a way to ensure that the cookie dough is harmless, since the dough contains heat-treated flour and pasteurized egg product. Tomlan also launched an online company that offers dough in several different forms, including cookie dough that has been scooped into cones and cups like ice cream. The dough has also been flatted and frozen to resemble a cooked dessert that can be made into an ice cream sandwiches. Tomlan also offers half-baked brownies or mixed into Blue Marble ice cream for tasty milkshakes and sundaes.
DO will open in Greenwich Village and will offer 15 menu options for customers. Toby's Estate coffee will also served at DO, and there will be lots of packaged flavors to choose from, including cake batter, confetti and chocolate chip. The cookie dough is also packaged into pint-sized cartons to resemble ice cream, and can easily be scooped out for customers to enjoy. There's even a cookie dough cupcake stuffed with Nutella and topped with buttercream frosting that is also made from cookie dough.
The address for DO is 550 La Guardia Place near 3rd Street.