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The Oxford Home Schooling Geography Key Stage 3 programme is split into three one-year courses (Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9). Each of these one-year courses consists of seven exciting modules, and each of those modules contains at least one tutor-marked assignment. There are a total of around twenty lessons in every course.
As well as the extensive course materials, there are links to an array of supporting films produced by Twig World, designed to illustrate each topic.
The Geography course matches the National Curriculum at Key Stage 3 and is designed to put each student in an ideal position to embark on Geography I(GCSE) in years to come.


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Get out your pen and paper (or your keyboard) and let your imagination soar! Create an original poem (maximum 2 pages in length) in any poetry style. Poems can be submitted via the library's website any time between Saturday, April 1, 2017 through Friday, April 28, 2017. Our judges will read each poem and determine 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners. There will be prizes for all winners!
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This function is an R interface for dnainvar in the PHYLIP package (Felsenstein 2013). dnainvar reads DNA sequences and computest Lake's invariants (Cavender & Felsenstein 1987; Lake 1987).
an object of class
path to the executable containing dnainvar. If
optional arguments to be passed to dnainvar. See details for more information.
Optional arguments include the following:
quiet suppress some output to R console (defaults to
quiet = FALSE);
weights vector of weights of length equal to the number of columns in
X (defaults to unweighted); and
cleanup remove PHYLIP input & output files after the analysis is completed (defaults to
cleanup = TRUE).
More information about the dnainvar program in PHYLIP can be found here http://evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip/doc/dnainvar.html.
Obviously, use of any of the functions of this package requires that PHYLIP (Felsenstein 1989, 2013) should first be installed. Instructions for installing PHYLIP can be found on the PHYLIP webpage: http://evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip.html.
At present, this function merely prints the results of dnainvar to screen.
Liam J. Revell, Scott A. Chamberlain
Maintainer: Liam J. Revell <[email protected]>
Cavender, J.A., Felsenstein, J. (1987) Invariants of phylogenies in a simple case with discrete states. Journal of Classification, 4, 57-71.
Felsenstein, J. (1989) PHYLIP–Phylogeny Inference Package (Version 3.2). Cladistics, 5, 164-166.
Felsenstein, J. (2013) PHYLIP (Phylogeny Inference Package) version 3.695. Distributed by the author. Department of Genome Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle.
Lake, J.A. (1987) A rate-independent technique for analysis of nucleic acid sequences: evolutionary parsimony. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 4, 167-191.
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I'm not a monarchist by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, I've very often had a negative take on what the British royal family represents historically and in the present (in my eyes). That said, and putting aside the media hysteria, the upcoming wedding between Will and Kate does temper my view for now. For one thing, an event like this does provide a common (more cheerful) bond for the nation as a whole - something that's built out of the more positive than negative. And because I don't live in the UK these days it does fill me with a sense of pride in all that pomp and ceremony that the little island is still very good at throwing into a party. And, of course, we have to wish the happy twosome well - they are just another young couple starting new lives together, albeit very much in the public eye.
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Driver: Sammy Swindell
Team Website
One of the most recognized names in American motorsports, Sammy Swindell grew up watching his father behind the wheel at many of their local Memphis, Tennessee dirt tracks. In 1971, at the age of fifteen, Sammy took to the dirt at Riverside Speedway in West Memphis, Arkansas. In his rookie season, the oldest of two racing Swindell brothers won eleven feature events.
From an engineering standpoint, he's been on the leading edge for years. His driving record speaks for itself. Few people demonstrate excellence at either skill, but Sammy Swindell combines the two like a director. It is a very unique talent!
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Driver: Angelle Sampay
Team: Team Liberty Racing
Angelle Sampey has won the NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle championship three times (2000-2002). Since her debut in 1996, she has earned an all-time class record 45 top-qualifier awards and 41 event victories, the most wins for any female in both NHRA competition and professional motor sports as a whole.
Driver: Dan Stevenson
Team: Stevenson Racing
Driver: Steve Johnson
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Team: Bob McKee Engineering
Below are several links to articles about Bob McKee's accomplishments:
Driver: Bob Curran
Team: Curran Racing
BOB CURRAN, Owner/Driver - "Sponge Bob" began his NMCA EZ Street racing career in 2001 with a rough start when he left the line in 3rd gear at the NMCA opener in Moroso. He quickly learned from his mistakes and by July he was kicking ass and taking names in front of the hometown crowd in Joliet capturing his first #1 qualifying spot and walking away with the mph record. Bob ended up finishing 5th overall and was determined to put the #1 on his windshield in 2002. That's exactly what he did. In an uphill battle of Chevy versus Ford, Bob banged heads with Phil Hines' Mustang all season eventually claiming the championship. He's now looking forward to the move to Limited Street.
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For the first time in history, the Dally M medal was shared between Johnathan Thurston and Jarryd Hayne after the pair were announced as joint-winners on Monday night.
Thurston and Hayne were declared winners at a ceremony at The Star.
Thurston joins Andrew Johns as the only player to have won the award three times. The Cowboys half last won the award in 2007.
Hayne – who returned from the US on Monday morning – was on hand to collect his second Dally M.
Hayne was also named fullback of the year and representative player of the year, while Thurston won the five-eighth of the year award and the Provan-Summons People's Choice Award.
Penrith's Ivan Cleary was named coach of the year, while Wests Tigers halfback Luke Brooks won the rookie of the year award. Manly's Jamie Lyon took out the captain of the year honour.
Englishmen Sam Burgess and James Graham were the only grand finalists to make the team of the year. Other team of the year award winners include Lyon, Daly Cherry-Evans, Beau Scott and Semi Radradra.
Dally M Player of the Year: Jarryd Hayne (Parramatta Eels) and Johnathan Thurston (North Queensland Cowboys).
Captain of the Year: Jamie Lyon (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles)
Coach of the Year: Ivan Cleary (Penrith Panthers)
Peter Moore Award for Rookie of the Year: Luke Brooks (Wests Tigers)
Best Representative Player: Jarryd Hayne (Parramatta Eels)
Fullback: Jarryd Hayne (Parramatta Eels)
Winger: Semi Radradra (Parramatta Eels)
Centre: Jamie Lyon (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles)
Five Eighth: Johnathan Thurston (North Queensland Cowboys)
Halfback: Daly Cherry-Evans (Manly Warringah Sea Eagles)
Lock: Sam Burgess (South Sydney Rabbitohs)
Second Rower: Beau Scott (Newcastle Knights)
Front Rower: James Graham (Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs)
Hooker: James Segeyaro (Penrith Panthers)
Top points scorer: Johnathan Thurston (North Queensland Cowboys)
Top try scorer: Jarryd Hayne (Parramatta Eels)
Holden Cup Under 20's Player of the Year: Kane Elgey (Gold Coast Titans)
Provan Summons People's Choice Medal: Johnathan Thurston (North Queensland Cowboys)
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by Duane CampbellThe Mexican American Digital History Project ( sponsors of this blog) and a broad group of allies have been working for over a year to add Chicano history to the California History/Social Science Framework, the document that determines what goes into textbooks in California.
For details see here. http://choosingdemocracy.blogspot.com/2015/04/teachers-we-need-your-letters-on.html
We are pleased to inform you that the Quality Instructional Materials Commission of the California State Board of Education have posted their proposed revised framework and it includes most of what we wanted.
You need to read the specific appendices for grades 9-12.
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All lives matter! All life matters!
Original work, submitted by Mustafa Life, currently incarcerated at Pennsylvania's SCI Houtzdale.
As I look in the face of the elders in the struggle like Maroon Shoatz and Mike Africa of the MOVE 9, I realize that they are indeed elders. These warriors are still around pushing the information about this rotten ass system and their sacrifices are those that very few today are willing to do, in the name of the struggle. Today, many non-struggle people don't know their names and especially the names of people who are in the belly of the beast. Many are or have been locked in the holes, special management or super max type confinement, and so people don't know or care.
However, let it be clear, especially from those who do know who they are, that we need to let them know that we care, we appreciate what they contribute. More important, let them know that we are continuing to move forward on our level of activity to fight against oppression for those who are oppressed. Those of us in the belly of the beast, who are conscious, it is our duty to connect with and stay connected with these elders and help them when and how we can. Sure, some are shot out, brains seem to be not as sharp as before, but that doesn't and shouldn't take from what they have done. Many have plans to help in the next stage.
As I continue to hear about the Black Lives Matter movement I applaud those in it and I cannot wait to come out to help support in any way that I can. However, let us all remember that the MOVE organization has been shouting all lives matter for over 40 years and while their men and women was having their infants heads crushed by police boots, their women's stomachs battered when babies was in them and Philadelphia police dropped C-4 on their homes, many still thought the police was just doing it to MOVE, not themselves. So white people are still on the side. Remember, the police will eventually get around to you and yours. Then what?
These same vicious killer cops are helping to keep in power those in authority who find it okay to pollute your streams, air and land, saying a certain level of poison is okay. These same killer cops are helping to keep in power, in authority those same people who bail out corporations and serve eviction notices to you and I and will throw us out our homes. All because we can't pay due to loss of the jobs that those same corporations have shipped to other countries. These same vicious killer cops are helping to keep in power the same people who lock people up 20, 30 and 40 years, release them with no aid, expect them it make it and get mad when they go back to jail and they try to keep them locked up forever.
As a new revolutionary I know and understand that we need to discontinue trying to get justice from a system built on injustice. I know that no matter what laws, rules and regulations they come up with their way will never be right. You cannot make what is wrong right no matter how hard you try. This the coordinator John Africa of MOVE taught.
Brothers and sisters of all races, if you are tired of supporting this rotten ass system, come about the Tribe of Life through writing me. If you are tired of inequality between gender and races, learn about the Tribe of Life. If you want to sacrifice for your own and all of life, come learn about the Tribe of Life. I respond to all letters I get within a week. If you don't receive a response, resend. Sometimes the prison try to say I'm not there.
All power to life!
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Predictive analytics for a smarter IoT
Welcome to a world where data from anything in our physical world can be used to make life better, safer, and closer to magic than ever. By applying smart algorithms, we can make the best use of everything from smart home appliances to industrial equipment. And data can be controlled, shared, and monetized in new ways. Cascadence helps make this possible by bringing a breakthrough level of data efficiency—from edge sensors to OEM headquarters—with intelligence at each key point of the ecosystem.
Why Cascadence?
Cascadence is an exceptionally efficient solution for predictive analytics and machine learning. Instead of pushing massive amounts of data to the cloud, Cascadence actively distributes intelligence to the sensor endpoints at the edge. Our in-memory platform puts fast data processing in small storage devices. This enables data to be summarized at the edge and intelligently cascaded to stakeholders in secure, permission-based views.
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Created by Toumetis and already in use in some of the world's premier IoT applications, Cascadence is a flexible platform that has broad application across sectors within the Internet of Things:
- home security and automation
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Unlike many IoT analytics providers, Toumetis is highly versed in mobile development. With over five years developing mobile applications for Fortune 500 companies, we bring exceptional mobile development experience to the Cascadence IoT solutions we develop. Our mobile interfaces incorporate the conventions mobile device users expect for visualization, notification, and interaction—as well as integration with back-end systems that access and process mobile device data.
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Toumetis brings a flat team structure that enhances direct collaboration and eliminates inefficiencies—to take your Cascadence IoT solution from concept to completion in weeks or months, not years. Our consulting, development, and data science approaches have been honed through years of real-world experience with major companies across many business sectors. Our team brings decades of experience in applied data science through the entire development life-cycle from project set up to production deployment.
Who's using us?
Here is a partial listing of recent and current Toumetis customers and partners.
Cascadence™—a product of Toumetis, Inc.—is a flexible platform providing predictive analytics and machine learning solutions for IoT. Our architecture distributes efficient in-memory algorithms to the edge and cascading intelligence from the edge to any node to provide custom views of actionable data in a revolutionary way. Our teams in UK, Spain, and the US bring rapid development and deployment to data mining and analytics combining best practices in data science and mobile development.
*Source: "Internet Of Things (IoT) Predictions From Forrester, Machina Research, WEF, Gartner, IDC" Forbes, January 27, 2016


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AUGUSTA — Secretary of State Matt Dunlap has appointed a new small business advocate.
Dunlap, a Democrat, selected Peggy Schaffer to become the office's Small Business Advocate. Schaffer, who served as the legislative liaison for Department of Economic and Community Development, will replace Jay Martin. Martin had been selected by Republican Secretary of State Charlie Summers.
Summers created the small business advocate position. The advocate, an appointed position, serves at the pleasure of the secretary of state, who is elected by the Legislature.
House Republicans blasted Dunlap's decision, saying Schaffer had "no business experience."
Rep. Amy Volk, R-Scarborough, said in a statement that Dunlap's pick appeared to be "political patronage or favoritism." The Maine Republican Party also blasted Schaffer, citing critical comments that she had made from her Twitter account about Gov. Paul LePage and a Republican lawmaker.
"I'm being criticized by the Maine Republican Party, what a surprise," Dunlap said.
Dunlap said he wasn't concerned about Schaffer's previous statements about the governor or other Republicans. Dunlap said that Schaffer's had the right to make those comments, but that she would have to be less partisan now.
"She works for me now and this office is committed to doing its work in a nonpartisan way," Dunlap said.
Dunlap said Schaffer brought a "wealth of experience in state government and economic development" to the position.
"This experience makes her a perfect choice to assist small businesses in Maine with any regulatory issues they have in dealing with state agencies," he added.
Schaffer, served as the chief of staff for Senate President Libby Mitchell in the 124th Legislature and the Senate Democratic Office for the 123rd Legislature. Schaffer worked for the Department of Economic and Community Development for eight years. Dunlap credited her developing several programs, including the Maine Rural Development Authority, Maine Microenterprise Initiative, and the Maine Technology Incubator program. She was also involved with programs at the Maine Technology Institute, the Research and Development Evaluation and Maine Technology Asset Fund.
Schaffer has a Bachelor of Science in Public Administration from the University of Maine at Augusta, and a MBA from Thomas College.
Dunlap, in his statement, praised Martin for his work.


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The Ducknipple Tastic boots go very nicely and also have color change choices.
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Phone and Pay offer parking payment in hundreds of parking locations across the UK, where you see the Phone and Pay logo.With the Phone and Pay parking app you can now pay for your parking and even extend your stay on the go without returning to your vehicle – making your life much easier. You can also register to use the service and view your parking history, useful if you need a reminder of parking location numbers!The features include:· Locate your nearest parking facility via GPS· Store favourite locations
· View recent bookings – including a 2 touch "book again" facility
· Add, remove, edit, select or delete vehicles from your account
· Set a default vehicles on the account
· Park 2 vehicles on the same account simultaneously
· Include an email address for a one-touch instant payment receipt
· Add, remove, select or edit multiple payment cards - ideal for those who use the service for both business and pleasure.
· Change your pass code and SMS settings instantly
· Once-touch share your location with friends or colleagues
· View our FAQ's, terms and conditions and our helpful video on how "Phone and Pay" works
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Outrageous Gen. Tata: President's Briefer Told CENTCOM Official to Alter Intel on ISIS
'Tantamount to Treason': Gorka Condemns Distortion of ISIS Intel
Trump Doubles Down: Obama, Hillary Are the 'Founders of ISIS'
Trump on Uproar Over 2nd Amendment Remark: 'Give Me a Break'
U.S. Army Brigadier Gen. Anthony Tata (Ret.) appeared on "The Five" today to reveal some exclusive information about the White House's role in CENTCOM's distortion of intelligence to downplay the threats of ISIS and Al Qaeda.
Tata revealed that a source verified to him that he was directed by an individual from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, who conducts the president's daily briefing, to stop producing "products of record" that did not fit the administration's narrative of a defeated Al Qaeda and a non-threatening enemy in ISIS.
Tata said that the president's briefer told this individual to call him on a secure line if he had any intelligence that portrayed ISIS in a stronger light than what the president had characterized to the public, which would not leave a paper trail.
He said that this distortion of intelligence on ISIS essentially led to the U.S. ignoring the growing threat and giving the terror group two years to take root.
"It could have been the president saying, 'Don't tell me this.' Or it could have been the briefer going back after a rough meeting saying, 'Hey look, don't give me anymore of this stuff. I don't want to bring it to the president.'"
Watch more above.
Tucker Carlson Goes Off on 'Unfair' Media: 'You Are Working for Hillary!'
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Rand Paul: Hillary Clinton Should Be in Prison
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HBD Siddharth Malhotra: Some OMG facts about the Delhi hunk
Siddarth Malhotra; who became a heartthrob right from his debut film Student Of The Year, turns a year older today. The actor threw a midnight bash for his industry friends which also doubled up as his house warming party. The party saw Bollywood's who's who in attendance including Sonakshi Sinha, Jacqueline Fernandes, Gauri Khan, Karan Johar and many more… On his birthday today; here are some facts about the Bollywood macho that might just may you say OMG!


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There's nothing better than an easy-to-make, delicious fall soup. This soup was made entirely with organic produce from my Community Shared Agriculture "CSA" share and features delicious butternut squash that is rich in beta-carotene and vitamins A and C, which help to boost immunity and fight off the flu and cold this season.
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Reboot Sushi Wraps – Recipe Of The Week Ingredients2.6 Sushi can be one of those polarizing foods; it is a healthy treat that many love while others cringe at the thought of eating raw fish. Well, here's your chance to taste and enjoy this delicious and nutritious meal full of just raw veggies! This quick […]


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Maxxis Ikon Tyre Black 29 x 2.2 Single Compound Single Ply Wirebead
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Developed for cross country racing on hardpack or loose over hard terrain. As you can expect it is a light-weight super-fast rolling tyre so you won't be giving any to the competition on the climbs or on long gruelling straights. Considering it's low knob height it still performs admirably if it starts to rain half way through your ride. Using a larger high-volume casing the Maxxis Ikon is able to be run at lower pressures to give provide more traction than its competitors. Using triple compound rubbers and the very robust EXO protection in the sidewall the Maxxis Ikon is a premium product. In the 2.20' size the Ikon is perfect on an XC bike front or rear or run it on the back with an Ardent Race up front for a touch more traction. 2.20' size runs Maxxis' lightning fast 3c Maxx Speed compound too. In the 2.35' size it makes a great high volume rear tyre on a trail bike when teamed up with either an Aggressor Minion DHF or Minion DHR 2. The 2.35' size utilises Maxxis' grippy 3C Maxx Terra compound or the hard and quick 3C Maxx Speed Features: Light-weight and fast rolling Best suited to harder surfaces Sizes for XC bikes or trail bikes EXO protection and 3c Triple compound rubbers 26 x 2.2 - 3C Maxx Speed - EXO - TR Kevlar Folding - 540g 27.5 x 2.2 - 3C Maxx Speed - EXO - TR Kevlar Folding - 600g 27.5 x 2.35 - 3C Maxx Terra - EXO - TR Kevlar Folding - 705g 27.5+ x 2.8 - 3C Maxx Speed - EXO - TR Kevlar Folding - 770g 27.5+ x 2.8 - Dual Compound - EXO - TR Kevlar Folding - 770g 29 x 2.2 - 3C Maxx Speed - EXO - TR Kevlar Folding - 640g 29 x 2.35 - 3C Maxx Speed - EXO - TR Kevlar Folding - 740g 27.5 x 2.2 - Single Compound - Single Ply - TR Kevlar Folding (Skinwall) - 590g * We're Australia's #1 retailer of MTB parts, clothing and accessories! Orders ship next business day. Note orders may incur NZ customs duty or tax - see whatsmyduty.org.nz.
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Well there's a f*cking surprise: the final report from the administrator (TSA) of the bust South London Health Trust (SLHT) is out. Following consultation on the proposals to break up the trust, the most controversial of which was to downgrade Lewisham's A&E and maternity services (despite Lewisham not being connected to the SLHT), the recommendation is still to downgrade Lewisham's A&E and maternity services. Didn't this already happen in West London?
There has been outcry in south east London over the plans. Thousands turned out in pouring rain to protest and more than 8,000 people responded to the consultation – of those who answered the question on Lewisham, 90% were against (PDF). Lewisham GPs are opposed (despite p.31 of the report headlining the relevant section "The changes have support from GP commissioners"; this could be because for any reconfiguration to go ahead, GPs must be in favour. One of the many appendices says "it would not be appropriate to give undue weight to any particular locality". In other words, suck it up Lewisham). A consultant at Lewisham calls the plans "a travesty". There are also major concerns about the impact on hospitals outside those covered by the report: the TSA assumes Lewisham residents will go to Queen Elizabeth A&E in Woolwich. In reality, because of the way public transport works, they're more likely to head to King's College in Denmark Hill.
Many of these concerns appear to have been ignored, though £37m has been allocated to expand A&E services elsewhere. We don't want to get all tinfoil-hat about this, but we'd like to draw your attention to something said by a panel member at one of the consultation meetings, that the decision to close Lewisham had already been made.
It's not just Lewisham A&E: maternity services at the hospital will be downgraded to a midwife-led unit, meaning certain high-risk births can't take place there and any labour that develops complications will need blue-lighting elsewhere. Queen Mary's at Sidcup will have no inpatient surgery. And then Greenwich Council (PDF) poured cold water on the underlying point of whole plan, the finances:
we are concerned at the suggestion that the proposed efficiencies to be realised are based upon the highest performing Trusts elsewhere in the country. No information is provided to enable us to understand the demographic of the populations of those Trusts. We are also not clear as to what the Trusts in the benchmarking group provide in terms of clinical provision, such as the balance of A&E services, elective surgery etc. These seem to us to be key questions in ascertaining whether the efficiency targets are achievable.
Health Minister Jeremy Hunt has to make a decision on the report by 1 February. Labour's shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has been pointing out that the TSA's remit didn't cover Lewisham and that Hunt shouldn't approve the plans. If you want to make your voice heard, there's another demo planned for 26 January.
Update: Ross Lydall notes in the Evening Standard that Jeremy Hunt has asked for legal advice about whether the administrator exceeded his remit, and on Twitter that the plans would cost £665.8m to implement – sparked by £207m of debt.
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RFP in Immigration Research: Due March 1, 2013
Proposals due: March 1, 2013
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Proposal Topic Areas
The National Center for Border Security and Immigration (BORDERS), headquartered at the University of Arizona, announces a competitive research opportunity to address current challenges in immigration studies. This effort, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of University Programs (OUP), invites qualified researchers to propose projects that will provide DHS stakeholders, policy-makers and the public with contemporary and innovative research that addresses current research challenges in immigration studies.
Immigration continues to be a complex, hotly contested topic in the US. In this climate, fact-driven non-partisan research is essential to better inform federal stakeholders, policy makers and the public at large. Through this Request for Proposals (RFP), BORDERS encourages proposals for research that will inform the public as well as assist the government in effectively managing the nation's immigration system.
BORDERS is seeking proposals in the following five broad topic areas:
- Impacts of Enforcement on Unauthorized Flows
- Population Dynamics
- Immigration Policy
- Immigration Administration
- Civic Integration and Citizenship
Sample topic areas and research questions within the five broad areas are listed below:
Impacts of Enforcement on Unauthorized Flows
Detention and Removal Policies:
- When considering the consequence delivery system instituted by DHS, how does administrative detention compare with detention following misdemeanor prosecution and conviction? For example, how do these compare in terms of the cost effectiveness of the deterrent effect on further attempts by foreigners entering the US illegally?
- How effective has the Secure Communities program been in meeting enforcement goals compared with other Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) programs? How does it compare to the 287(g) program, or the Criminal Alien Program (CAP)?
Migration flows:
- What are the impacts of increased federal enforcement on unauthorized immigration in the following areas: US economy; Social networks; Temporary work program changes; Conditions in Mexico as source, transit and destination country?
Population Dynamics
Estimation methods:
- How can we improve estimates of the Entered Without Inspection (EWI) population in the US?
- How can we improve estimates of the visa overstay population?
- How can we improve emigration estimates?
Characteristics of the unauthorized population:
- What are the characteristics and demographics of the unauthorized population in the US? (e.g. age, gender, country of origin, income, education, profession, family ties, internet access, etc.) How do unauthorized Mexicans compare with non-Mexicans in these respects?
Projecting future flows:
- Sending country conditions analyses: How can we better predict future migration flows to the US? Study should consider countries other than Mexico and if focusing on labor-based immigration, focus on both ends of the skill spectrum (low and high).
- US demand analyses: How can we better predict future demand within both the family and employment categories? For employment categories, an examination of visa types would be useful (e.g. H-2A for seasonal agriculture; H-1B for high skilled, etc.)
Immigration Administration
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA):
- What are the lessons learned from the Immigration Reform and Control Act of (IRCA) of 1986 that can be applied to the administration of DACA?
- What can we learn from the following differences in DACA applicants: age, gender, country of birth, US residence? Are demographic differences determining why some are applying while others are not?
- What are the benefits or new challenges experienced by DACA applicants?
- What are the lessons learned from DACA for a broader regularization program?
- What are the public fears/criticism regarding data sharing in the DACA program? How do they compare to the actual protocols and policies in place? Are there gaps/issues/areas of concern?
Fraud detection:
- How has the US Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology (USVISIT) system strengthened fraud detection among immigration enforcement and/or immigration services activities?
- Has the online automated visa system, DS-160 US Visa Applicant Online Form, improved fraud detection among visa processing activities? In what ways can this enhanced visa fraud detection improve immigration services processing or immigration enforcement?
- What are the motivations behind fraud and how does one get people to admit to fraud?
- What methods could be used to improve fraud detection in immigration services? What lessons can we learn from other agencies
- How do the specific enforcement mechanisms of state-level mandatory E-Verify laws differ? What can be learned from these differences about the effectiveness of administrative vs. enforcement approaches?
- As DHS makes the transformation from a paper-based to an electronic benefit administrative system, what can be learned from a comparative case study of transition by other government agencies into electronic benefit administrative systems? Lessons learned may include: user exhaustibility, usability, customer and officer receptivity, efficiency, perceived benefit to agency, etc.
- How does internet access and usage compare among immigrants in the US? How might the transformation by DHS agencies to an electronic system affect immigrants' abilities to apply for benefits?
Immigration Policy
State and local immigration policy:
- What are the impacts of state and local level laws aimed at restricting growth in unauthorized immigrant populations on the number of unauthorized immigrants in the states that pass them? What are the economic and fiscal consequences of these population impacts? What, if any, are the social impacts of these laws on the broader immigrant populations in the states that pass them?
Immigration policy comparative analyses:
- How does US immigration policy compare to other nations with high levels of immigration? Comparisons may be made between the following categories of immigrants: employment based, family-based, emergent factors (refugees/asylees).
Role of temporary work programs:
- What factors explain the increased use of seasonal work programs (H2s) at a time when low-skilled migration is otherwise declining steeply? How do these programs affect overall admission strategies?
US-Canada Relations:
- What are the metrics for evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of the Beyond the Border Action Plan?
US Mexico Relations:
- How does the extent to which Mexico has control over its southern border impact US immigration policy? Are there opportunities for bi-national cooperation in controlling migrant flows to the north from Central and South America?
- How can studies of international transit migration inform best practices for the US-Mexico relationship?
Civic Integration and Citizenship
Transition issues:
- What are the incentives and deterrents for Legal Permanent Residents (LPRs) to naturalize?
- What factors influence or potentially predict LPR's decisions to stay permanently in the US? Do levels of LPR integration in the US (political, civic, social, etc.) effect their migration decisions?
Non-traditional receiving communities:
- What unique challenges, or advantages, do migrants in non-traditional areas of the country have regarding civic participation compared with those in traditional gateway communities?
Proposal and Evaluation Criteria
Each project will be funded at approximately $100,000 (including all direct and indirect costs), with a total of $380,000 available funds. The performance period is one year and will begin on June 1, 2013. Applicants will submit a 15 page proposal (12 point font, double spaced, including figures and references; MUST USE provided template) that addresses the following:
- Research question
- Research description
- Methodology
- Data needs – outline the data you will use in this project and how you will obtain it (publicly available, available for purchase, federal data, etc.). If you are relying on federal data sources, please explain in detail how you plan to gain access to these, as their release is not a condition of the award.
- Relevance to DHS
- Timeline/Milestones
- Qualifications of PI (short paragraph, details provided in CV)
In addition (not included in the 15 page count), all applicants must submit:
- a detailed budget (template provided in excel spreadsheet)
- budget justification
- NSF-style CV (2 pages) for the PI
Proposals must be submitted in PDF electronic format to BORDERS at the following email address: firstname.lastname@example.com by midnight on March 1, 2013.
Applicants are encouraged to review the notes from an Immigration Research Workshop hosted by BORDERS and Georgetown University's Institute for the Study of International Migration (ISIM) in October 2012. The purpose of this workshop was to bring together DHS stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to discuss the agency's current needs for immigration research. Based on these presentations, participants identified the most critical gaps in immigration studies and formulated research questions to address them. The outcome of this effort is this Request for Proposals (RFP) from BORDERS that solicits new immigration projects that are highly relevant to DHS stakeholders and the public at large. The notes are also attached.
A panel of reviewers from the academic community and DHS will evaluate the proposals. The following are the merit-based criteria for evaluation: scientific quality (25%); feasibility (25%); relevance to DHS mission (25%); appropriateness of budget (15%), and qualifications of proposed investigators (10%). Awardees will be notified by the end of April, 2013.
BORDERS is a consortium of 16 premier institutions whose mission is to provide scientific knowledge, develop technologies and techniques, and evaluate policies to meet the challenges of border security and immigration. BORDERS' stakeholders include Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), Office of Policy (OP), U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA).
Q: When is this proposal due?
A: The proposal is due by midnight EST on March 1, 2013
Q: When will awards be announced?
A: Awards will be announced by the end of April, 2013
Q: Where can I find the proposal and budget templates and is it mandatory that I use them?
A: The templates have been attached to this webpage (at the top and bottom of this page) and you must use them
Q: Where will I submit my final proposal?
A: Proposals must be submitted to email@example.com - You will receive an email confirming your submission.
Q: What is the performance period for this award?
A: The performance period is June 1, 2013 – May 31, 2014
Q: Where can I find the workshop notes from the Georgetown Workshop?
A: The summary notes from the DHS stakeholders' presentations are attached to this webpage
Q: Can the funds be awarded to independent contractors?
A: No, all applicants must be associated with an accredited college, university, ThinkTank, or non-profit. If you are unsure if your institution qualifies, please contact BORDERS.
Q: Should I include IDC in my budget?
A: Yes. This RRP calls for standard, IDC costs. Please follow your institutional policy regarding these costs when completing your budget.


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Birthdates which occurred on your SELECTED date of January 25:
0749 Leo IV (the Khazar) Byzantine emperor (775-80)
1477 Anna de Bretagne wife of Maximilian of Austria & Louis XII
1509 Giovanni Morone Italian theologist/diplomat/cardinal/"heretic"
1540 Edmund Campion London, saint/Jesuit martyr (December Rationes)
1615 Govert Flinck Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob)
1626 John van de Cappelle Amsterdam, landscape painter
1627 Robert Boyle Ireland, physicist/chemist/author (experiments with color)
1634 Gaspar Fagel lawyer/pension advisor of Holland (1672-88)
1693 Anna Ivanova Romanova daughter of Ivan V/empress of Russia (1730-40)
1708 Pompeo Girolamo Batoni Italian painter
1728 Antoine Court de Gébelin French vicar/writer
1736 Joseph-Louis comte de Lagrange, Turin, French mathematician
1741 Benedict Arnold General /traitor (US revolution)
1750 Johann Gottfried Vierling composer
1759 Robert Burns Alloway Scotland, poet (Auld Lang Syne)
1766 Hans Freiherr von Gagern German advisor to Dutch king Willem I
1770 Francis Burdett British politician
1777 Elias Canneman Dutch liberal minister of Finance (1813-14)
1796 William McGillivray Old Aberdeen, naturalist
1806 Daniel Maclise Irish painter
1814 Francis Harrison Pierpont Governor (Union), died in 1899
1826 Rembt van Boneval Faure Dutch MP
1834 Pablo Hernandez Salces composer
1839 Seldon Connor Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1917
1841 John Arbuthnot Fisher Ceylon, 1st Baron Fisher/admiral of the fleet
1844 Frederick E Kitziger composer
1851 Arne Garborg Norwegian playwright (Bondestudentar)
1851 Jan Blockx Belgium, opera composer (Sea Bride princess of Herberg)
1858 Giuseppe Radiciotti composer
1860 Charles Curtis (R) 31st US VP (1929-33)
1866 Emile Vandervelde leader of Belgian BWP party
1874 Hewlett Johnson [Red Dean of Canterbury], English bishop
1874 [William] Somerset Maugham Paris, novelist/poet (Of Human Bondage)
1880 Francis George Scott composer
1881 Emil Ludwig German biographer (Diana, Son of Man)
1881 Gustave Frederic Soderlund composer
1882 Virginia [Adeline] Woolf London, author (Jacob's Room, To the Lighthouse)
1884 Edward Kilenyi composer
1885 A J Else Mauhs German/Dutch actress (Eline Vere, L'aiglon)
1886 Wilhelm Fürtwängler Berlin Germany, conductor/composer
1887 Diego Valeri Italian author/poet (Le Gaie Tristezze)
1889 Vladimir Vladimirovich Scherbachov composer
1891 Dame Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies Britian, actress (Cleopatra)
1891 William C Bullitt 1st US ambassador to USSR
1896 John Moores British gambling magnate/multi-millionaire
1898 Joachim Wach German/US philosopher/sociologist (Understanding)
1899 Ace Goodman Kansas City MO, comedian (Easy Aces)
1899 Paul-Henri Spaak Belgium, statesman, leader in European integration
1900 Mildred Dunnock Baltimore MD, actress (Baby Doll, Nun's Story)
1900 Theodosius Dobzhansky Ukraine, geneticist/writer (Mankind Evolving)
1901 Eric Brown architect
1902 Gerard P M Knuvelder Dutch literature historian (Vocation, Kitty)
1903 "Sleepy" John Estes rocker
1904 Frans Goedhart Dutch journalist/founder (Het Parool)
1904 Géza Frid Hungarian/Dutch composer/pianist
1908 Lord Iliffe English publisher (Coventry Evening Telegraph/Autocar)
1908 W H V "Hopper" Levett cricket keeper (England in 1 Test in Calcutta)
1910 Harold Watkinson politician/businessman
1910 Hendrik Willem Hans Osieck composer
1911 Julia Frances Smith composer
1912 Lucius E Burch Jr US lawyer/civil rights leader
1913 Witold Lutoslawski Warsaw Poland, composer (Jeux Vénitiens)
1915 Michael Duane educationalist
1918 Ken Mayers actor (Robbie Robertson-Space Patrol)
1919 Edwin Newman New York City NY, newscaster/journalist/author (NBC-TV, Comment)
1919 Patricia Louise Dalton chair (Sherlock Holmes Society of London)
1921 Alfred Reed composer
1921 Russell Reading Braddon Australian author
1922 Jules P de Palm Antilles writer
1922 Raymond Baxter British TV host/author (Fast Lady)
1923 Eva Zeller writer
1924 Lou "The Toe" Groza AAFC, NFL tackle, kicker (Cleveland Browns)
1925 Eric Dempster cricketer (New Zealand slow bowl of mid-50's, bowling average 109.5)
1927 Gregg Palmer San Francisco CA, actor (Scream, To Hell & Back)
1927 Antonio Carlos Jobim composer
1927 Seung Sahn Zen teacher (Korean line)
1928 Eduard Shevardnadze Soviet Georgia, foreign minister of USSR (1985-91)
1931 Dean Jones Decatur AL, actor (Ensign O'Toole, Company, Love Bug)
1931 Harold Lloyd Jr actor (Frankenstein's Daughter)
1931 Paavo J Haavikko Finnish writer/poet/husband of Marja-Liisa Vartio
1931 Stikkan Stig Anderson, music entrepreneur
1933 Corazón Aquino President of Philippines (1986-92)
1934 Elizabeth Allen Jersey City NJ, actress (Laura-Bracken's World)
1936 Dan Schaefer (Representative-R-CO, 1983- )
1936 Diana Hyland Cleveland Heights OH, actress (Peyton Place, 8 is Enough)
1937 Don Maynard NFL receiver (New York Jets), #13
1937 Kathleen Tynan Halton writer
1938 Betico Croes Arubian politician (Status Aparte)
1938 Etta James [Jamesette Hawkins], US singer (Roll With Me Henry)
1941 Elzie "Buddy" Baker race-car driver
1945 Leigh Taylor-Young Washington DC, actress (Peyton Place, Alice B Toklas)
1946 Ronnie Brandon rocker (McCoys)
1946 Josephine M Verspaget sociologist/Dutch MP (PvdA)
1946 Silvio Blatter writer
1950 Michael Cotton rocker (Tubes)
1950 Gloria Naylor US author (Women of Brewster Place)
1951 Steve Prefontaine Coos Bay OR, 5K distance runner (Olympics-4th-1972)
1953 Malcolm Green rocker (Split Enz-I Got You)
1954 Condredge Holloway Alabama, CFL quarterback (Ottawa, Toronto)
1954 Richard Finch rock bassist (KC & Sunshine-That's the Way I Like It)
1956 Andy Cox Birmingham England, rock guitarist (Fine Young Cannibals-She Drives Me Crazy)
1957 Martha Elizabeth Thomsen Moses Lake WA, playmate (May, 1980)
1957 Edmund Theodore Sylvers rocker (Sylvers)
1957 Jeff Gossett NFL punter (Oakland Raiders)
1957 Jenifer Lewis actress (Girl 6, Meteor Man, Sister Act)
1958 Dinah Manoff New York City NY, actress (Elaine-Soap, Carol-Empty Nest)
1958 Gary Brian Tibbs London, rock bassist (Adam & The Ants, Roxy Music-Let's Stick Together)
1958 Harti Weirather Austrian alpine skier
1961 Michele Tobin Chicago IL, actress (Fitzpatricks)
1962 Chris Chelios Chicago IL, NHL defenseman (Chicago Blackhawks, Team USA)
1963 Carl Fysh rocker (Brother Beyond-Can You Keep a Secret)
1963 Joe Lloyd Highland Park IL, Canadian Tour golfer (1993 Space Coast)
1963 Suzanne Klemann Dutch singer (Loïs Lane-I Wanna Be)
1964 Chip Foster actor/twin of Pepper (Chip & Pepper's Surf's Up Saturday)
1964 Pepper Foster actor/twin of Chip (Chip & Pepper's Surf's Up Saturday)
1964 Bob Sweeney Concord, NHL center (New York Islanders, Calgary Flames)
1964 William Thomas Andrade Fall River MA, PGA golfer (1991 Kemper Open)
1965 Brian Holman Winfield KS, pitcher (Cincinnati Reds, Seattle Mariners)
1965 Esa Tikkanen Helsinki Finland, NHL left wing (Panthers, Canucks, Olympics-B-98)
1966 John [Vo] Velyvis North Adams MA, rower (Olympics-1996)
1966 Mark Schlereth NFL guard (Denver Broncos-Super Bowl XXXII)
1966 Paul Ranheim St Louis MO, NHL left wing (Hartford Whalers)
1966 Pavel Torgajev Nizhnij Novgorod, NHL left wing (Calgary Flames)
1966 Richie Lewis US baseball pitcher (Florida Marlins)
1967 Mario Brunetta hockey goaltender (Team Italy 1998)
1967 Marty Calder St Catharine ON, 62 kg freestyle wrestler (Olympics-12-92,96)
1967 Randy Mckay Montréal Québec Canada, NHL right wing (New Jersey Devils)
1968 Lynette Brooky New Zealand, golfer (New Zealand Open 1993/94)
1968 Roosevelt Collins WLAF DL (Amsterdam Admirals)
1968 Tim De Leede cricketer (Holland batsman 1996 World Cup)
1969 Jesse Harte Rome GA, heavy metal vocalist (Southgang-Tainted Angel)
1969 Heidi Wolfgramm rocker (Jets)
1969 Nolan Harrison NFL defensive tackle (Oakland Raiders, Pitt Steelers)
1969 Penny Moore WNBA guard/forward (Charlotte Sting)
1970 Chris Mills NBA forward (Cleveland Cavaliers, New York Knicks)
1970 Milt Stegall CFL receiver (Winnipeg Blue Bombers)
1970 Pau Coll WLAF kicker/safety (Barcelona Dragons)
1970 Scott Hendrickson CFL guard (Saskatchewan Roughriders)
1971 China Slick rocker (daughter of Grace Slick)
1971 Herman Smith NFL/WLAF defensive end (Tampa Bay Buccaneers, London Monarchs)
1971 Jordan Young Thunder Bay Ontario, Canadian Tour golfer (1992 Purdue)
1971 Kerry Taylor US baseball pitcher (San Diego Padres)
1971 Kevin Williams receiver/kick returner (Arizona Cardinals, Dallas Cowboys)
1971 Konstantin Matoussevich Israel, Men's high jump (Olympics-7th-1996)
1971 Tommie Jones WLAF cornerback (Amsterdam Admirals)
1971 Vincent Brisby NFL wide receiver (New England Patriots)
1973 Anthony Harris linebacker (Miami Dolphins)
1973 Elvis Presley Jr alleged son of Elvis Presley
1973 Marco Battaglia tight end (Cincinnati Bengals)
1973 Rodney Young NFL safety (New York Giants)
1973 Terrell Wade Rembert SC, pitcher (Atlanta Braves)
1974 Jonathan Bryan Colling Boston MA, rocker (4 Fun-Unbelievable Fun Boys)
1974 Adam Meadows offensive tackle (Indianapolis Colts)
1974 Daniel Sproule Australian field hockey halfback (Olympics-96)
1975 John Piersma US, 200m/400m freestyle swimmer (Olympics-4th-96)
1976 Tara Fleming N York Ontario, LPGA golfer (1992 LPGA Corning-10th)
1978 Christine Lakin actress (Alicia Lambert-Step by Step)
1978 Mandy Carraway Miss Kansas Teen-USA (1996)
1980 Amanda Michelle Burns Miss West Virginia Teen-USA (1997)
Deaths which occurred on January 25:
1138 Anacletus II [Pietro Pierleone], Jewish anti-pope (1130-38), dies
1139 Godfried I with the Beard, duke of Brabant/Earl of Leuven, dies
1494 Ferdinand I cruel king of Naples, dies
1547 Lieven Algoet Flemish humanist, dies
1586 Lucas Cranach "the Young" German painter, dies at 70
1640 Robert Burton author (Anatomy of Melancholy), dies
1726 Guillaume Delisle French geographer (Atlas géographique), dies at 50
1733 Reinier V van Hompech Dutch General-Major cavalry, dies
1744 Domenico Natale Sarro Italian opera composer, dies at 64
1820 Joseph F Weigl German/Austria violin cellist, dies at 79
1821 Johan Valckenier Dutch politician/patriot, dies at 62
1829 William Shield composer, dies at 80
1855 Dorothy Wordsworth writer, dies at 83
1875 Leopold Jansa composer, dies at 79
1882 Peter Singer composer, dies at 71
1896 Frans C Baeckelmans Flemish architect (Court of Justice), dies at 68
1896 Frederic Leighton President of the Royal Academy (1878-96), dies
1899 Alfredo d'Escragnolle French/Brazilian writer (Innocencia), dies
1906 Joseph Wheeler II Confederate General, dies at 70
1906 Pierre L Goossens Belgian archbishop of Malines/Cardinal, dies at 78
1910 Léon Walras French economist (School of Lausanne), dies at 75
1917 Edwin Tyler cricketer (slow-lefty played once for England 1896), dies
1920 Amadeo Modigliani Italian sculptor/painter, dies at 35
1921 Mykola Dmytrovich Leontovych composer, dies at 43
1942 Eugene Samuel-Holeman composer, dies at 78
1947 Al Capone Chicago gangster, dies of syphilis at 48
1949 Emil Axman composer, dies at 61
1952 Sveinn Bjørnsson Danish 1st President of Iceland (1944-52), dies at 70
1960 Diana Barrymore actress (Ladies Courageous), dies at 38
1960 Rutland Boughton composer, dies at 82
1963 Wilson Kettle Newfoundland, dies at 102, leaving 582 living descendents
1965 Staff Nees Flemish composer (Maria-oratorio), dies at 63
1968 Virginia Maskell actress (Only Two Can Play), dies at 31
1969 John Zajíc Czech student, self incinerates
1970 Eunice Hunton Carter 1st black female District Attorney in NY, dies at 70
1970 Marie Benavente actress (Paradise), dies at 84
1975 Vivien Kellems TV hostess (The Power of Women), dies at 78
1977 Donald Kerr actor (Devil Bat, Killer Bats), dies at 85
1978 Tango Duke dies in Australia at 42; oldest known thoroughbred horse
1979 J Robertson Hare actor (Fighting Stock), dies at 87
1980 David Newell actor (Dangerous Curves, White Heat), dies at 75
1981 Adele Marie Astaire actress/sister of Fred Astaire (Last Man on Earth, Millie), dies at 82
1981 Richard Talmadge actor (Speed Reporter), dies
1982 Mihail A Suslov Soviet party ideologist, dies at 79
1986 Ernst Schnabel writer, dies at 72
1986 Horace Smith cricketer (1 Test New Zealand vs England 1933, one wicket at 113), dies
1987 Emil Hlobil composer, dies at 85
1988 Colleen Moore actress (These Girls Won't Talk), dies at 87
1990 Alexander Lockwood actor (Duel), dies
1990 Ava Gardner actress (Barefoot Contessa), dies from pneumonia in London at 67
1990 Ian Dudley Hardy entertainer, dies
1991 Stanley Brock actor (Tin Men), dies of heart attack at 59
1992 John Touchstone actor (Across Five Aprils), dies of cirrhosis at 59
1992 Mahmoud Riad Secretary-General of Arab League (1972-79), dies
1992 Nico Schuyt Dutch composer, dies at 70
1992 Vernon William Reed Sr singer, dies after a long illness at 73
1994 Stephen Cole Kleene mathematician (Regular Expressions), dies at 85
1995 Peter Black TV critic, dies at 82
1995 Tom Brugman Dutch puppeteer (Brave Dodo), dies at 62
1995 William Sylvester actor (2001, Devil Doll, Blind Corner), dies at 72
1996 Jonathan Larson composer, dead Aortic aneurysm at 35
1996 Ruth Berghaus choreographer/director, dies at 68
1997 Herbert Eugene Caen columnist, dies at 80
1997 Jeanne Dixon psychic (Gift of Prophecy), dies of a heart attack at 79
1998 Mohammad Yusuf Khan prime minister of Afghanistan in (1963-65), dies
On this day...
0844 Gregory IV begins & ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1139 Godfried II the Young becomes duke of Brabant
1327 King Edward III accedes to British throne
1348 Earthquake destroys Villach, killing 5,000
1494 Alfonso II replaces his father as king of Naples
1533 England's King Henry VIII marries Anne Boleyn (approximate date)
1554 Sir Thomas Wyatt gathers an army in Kent, rebels against Queen Mary
1565 Battle at Talikota India Moslems destroy Vijayanagar's army
1579 Treaty of Utrecht signed, marks beginning of Dutch Republic
1721 Czar Peter the Great ends Russian-orthodox patriarchy
1775 Americans drag cannon up hill to fight British (Gun Hill Road, Bronx)
1787 Shays' Rebellion suffers a setback when debt-ridden farmers, led by Captain Daniel Shays, fail to capture an arsenal at Springfield MA
1799 1st US patent for a seeding machine, Eliakim Spooner, Vermont
1802 Napoleon elected President of the Italian (Cisalpine) Republic
1817 Rossini's opera "La Cenerentola" premieres in Rome
1825 1st US engineering college opens, Rensselaer Polytechnic, Troy NY
1835 Vincenzo Bellini's opera "I Puritani" premieres in Paris
1844 Recontre between Representatives Weller & Shriver, US House of Representatives
1851 Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron)
1854 Aleksandr Ostrovsky's "Bednost ne Porok" premieres in Moscow
1856 Battle of Seattle; skirmish between settlers & Indians
1858 Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" 1st played, at wedding of Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Victoria, to crown prince of Prussia
1863 Battle of Kinston NC
1863 General Joseph Hooker replaces Burnside as head of Army of Potomac
1865 The CSS Shenandoah arrives in Melbourne, Australia
1870 Soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows
1875 Anti-slavery society formed in NY
1877 Congress determines presidential election between Hayes-Tilden
1882 Bilu, a Russian Zionist organization, forms
1885 Vincent d'Indy's "Saugefleurie" premieres
1890 National Afro-American League forms in Chicago
1890 Nellie Bly beats Phileas Fogg's time around world by 8 days (72 days)
1890 United Mine Workers of America forms
1894 James J Corbett KOs Charley Mitchell in 3 for heavyweight boxing title
1902 Aleksandr Skriabin's 2nd Symphony in C premieres in St Petersburg
1904 179 die in coal mine explosion at Cheswick PA
1904 J M Synge's "Ruders to the Sea" premieres in Dublin
1906 Del Valle Inclans "El Marqués de Bradomin" premieres in Madrid
1907 Julia Ward Howe is 1st woman elected to National Institute of Arts & Letters
1908 John Blocks' opera "Baldie" premieres in Antwerp
1909 Richard Strauss' premier of "Electricity" in Dresden
1910 1st stumping by a 12th man in Tests (N C Tufnell, South Africa vs England)
1910 Children initiate idea of planting trees in Jerusalem
1915 Transcontinental telephone service inaugurated (New York to San Francisco)
1915 Giordano, Sardou & Moreau's opera "Madame Sans Gêne" premieres in New York City NY
1916 Montenegro surrenders to Austria-Hungary
1918 Russia declared a republic of Soviets
1919 Founding of League of Nations, 1st meeting 1 year later
1921 Karel Capék's "RUR" premieres in Prague
1923 NVV donates ƒ100,000 to mine workers of Ruhrgebied
1924 1st Winter Olympic games open in Chamonix, France
1929 Bradman scores 340* for New South Wales vs Victoria, 488 minutes, 38 fours
1932 1st commencement exercises at Hebrew University in Jerusalem
1932 Bradman scores 167 New South Wales vs Victoria, 224 minutes, 22 fours
1937 Miami-to-Tampa bus overturned in a canal, kills 13
1937 Soap Opera "Guiding Light" premieres on NBC radio
1938 Ian Hay's "Bachelor Born" premieres in New York City NY
1939 Earthquake hits Chillán Chile, 10,000 killed
1939 Joe Louis KOs John Henry Lewis in 1 for heavyweight boxing title
1940 Nazi decrees the establishment of Jewish ghetto in Lodz Poland
1945 Grand Rapids MI becomes 1st US city to fluoridate its water
1945 Dan Topping, Del Webb & Larry MacPhail purchase New York Yankees for $2.8 million
1945 Japanese occupiers of Batavia arrest Indo-European youths
1945 West Africa 82nd division occupies Myohaung, Burma
1946 United Mine Workers union rejoins American Federation of Labor
1946 Richard Strauss' "Metamorphosis" premieres in Zurich
1949 1st Emmy Awards NBC's "The Necklace", Shirley Dinsdale & Pantomime Quiz (KTLA) win
1949 1st Israeli election - Ben-Gurion's Mapai party wins
1950 73ºF (23ºC) highest temperature ever recorded in Cleveland in January
1951 UN begins counter offensive in Korea
1952 Test debut of Richie Benaud, vs West Indies at the SCG
1953 WABI TV channel 5 in Bangor ME (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953 Yuri Sergejev skates world record 500m in 40.9 seconds
1955 Jill Kinmont hits a tree & breaks her back in Snow Cup Ski Race
1955 Russia ends state of war with Germany
1955 Columbia University scientists develop an atomic clock accurate to within one second in 300 years
1955 US & Panamá sign canal treaty
1956 96.5 cm (38.0") of rainfall, Kilauea Plantation, HI (state record)
1957 FBI arrests Jack & Myra Sobel, charged with spying for the USSR
1959 1st transcontinental commercial jet flight (American) (Los Angeles to New York for $301)
1959 Pope John XXIII proclaims 2nd Vatican council
1961 1st live, nationally televised Presidential news conference (JFK)
1961 Walt Disney's "101 Dalmations" released
1961 Louise Suggs wins LPGA Naples Pro-Am Golf Tournament
1961 Military coup in El Salvador
1964 Beatles 1st US #1, "I Want to Hold your Hand" (Cashbox)
1964 Echo 2, US communications satellite launched
1966 WCMC (now WMGM) TV channel 40 in Wildwood New Jersey (NBC) 1st broadcast
1968 Risse St in the Bronx named for Louis Risse (engineer who pioneered underpasses at major intersections)
1968 Robert Anderson's "I Never Sang for My Father" premieres in New York City NY
1969 US-North Vietnamese peace talks begin in Paris
1970 Robert Altman's "M*AS*H" premieres
1971 Charles Manson & 3 women followers convicted of Tate-LaBianca murders
1971 Himachal Pradesh becomes 18th Indian state
1971 Philadelphia mint's 1st trial strike of the Eisenhower dollar
1971 Military coup in Uganda under General Idi Amin Dada
1971 WHMB TV channel 40 in Indianapolis IN (IND) begins broadcasting
1972 7' Ohio State center Luke Witte is stomped in face during a brawl in a game with Minnesota
1972 25th NHL All-Star Game East beats West 3-2 at Minnesota
1974 Bülent Ecevit forms government in Turkey
1974 Ray Kroc, CEO (McDonald's), buys San Diego Padres for $12 million
1974 South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard transplanted the first human heart without removal of the old one
1975 10th hat trick in Islander history-Denis Potvin's 1st
1975 Parliament disposes of premier sheik Mujib ur-Rahman
1976 Surinder Amarnath scores 124 on Test debut India vs New Zealand Auckland
1978 Muriel Humphrey (D-MN) appointed to fill late husband's Senate seat
1978 Padres trade pitcher Dave Tomlin & $125,000 to Rangers for Gaylord Perry (He wins 1978 Cy Young Award)
1979 22.2-km Oshimizu railroad tunnel holed through, central Honshu, Japan
1979 Pope John Paul II's 1st overseas trip as supreme pontiff
1980 Highest speed attained by a warship, 167 kph, USN hovercraft
1980 Paul McCartney is released from Tokyo jail & deported
1980 Bani Sadr elected President of Iran
1980 Dutch Government demands boycott of Olympics
1981 52 Americans held hostage by Iran for 444 days arrived back in US
1981 Mao's widow Jiang Qing sentenced to death
1981 Super Bowl XV Oakland Raiders beat Philadelphia Eagles, 27-10 in New Orleans; Super Bowl MVP Jim Plunkett, Oakland, Quarterback
1982 9th American Music Award Kenny Rogers win
1983 China's supreme court commutes Chiang Ch'ing's death sentence to life
1983 Infrared telescope satellite launched into polar orbit
1983 Nazi war criminal Klaus Barbie arrested in Bolivia
1985 "Black & Blue" premieres in Paris
1985 Test debut of Wasim Akram, vs New Zealand at Auckland (2-105)
1986 General Tito Okello's government flees Kampala Uganda
1987 75th Australian Mens Tennis S Edberg beats Pat Cash (63 64 36 57 63)
1987 Super Bowl XXI New York Giants beat Denver Broncos, 39-20 in Pasadena; Super Bowl MVP Phil Simms, New York Giants, Quarterback
1988 George Harrison releases "When We Was Fab"
1988 Longest winless streak in Toronto Maple Leaf history (15 games)
1988 Vice President Bush & Dan Rather clash on "CBS Evening News" as Rather attempts to question Bush about his role in the Iran-Contra affair
1988 15th American Music Award Anita Baker, Paul Simon & Whitney Houston
1988 Ramsewak Shankar sworn in as President of Suriname
1989 Michael Jordan scores his 10,000th NBA point in his 5th season
1989 Yank owner George Steinbrenner meets with Pope John Paul II
1989 Augusto Alcalde, 1st South American Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission
1990 Former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is transferred to a Miami jail
1990 Avianca Flight 52, runs out of fuel & crashes in Cove Neck NY, 73 die
1990 West-Europe's strongest hurricane
1991 Manuel Noriega is given access to assets frozen by US government
1991 Brett Hull is 3rd NHLer to score 50 goals in less than 50 games (49)
1991 Mark Waugh scores ton in 1st Test Cricket innings, vs England Adelaide
1991 Soap opera "Generation's" last episode after a 2½ year run
1992 66th Australian Women's Tennis Monica Seles beats M Fernandez (62 63)
1992 Dan Jansen skates world record 500m in 36.41"
1992 Hubble space telescope optics finds NGC3862/3C264
1993 20th American Music Award Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win
1993 Puerto Rico adds English as its 2nd official language
1993 Sears announces it is closing its catalog sales department after 97 years
1994 Accused of molesting a 13-year-old boy, Michael Jackson settles a civil lawsuit out of court
1994 Australia beat South Africa 2-1 to win the World Series Cup
1994 Mine fire at Asansol India, kills 55
1994 US space probe Clementine launched
1995 Jacques Santer succeeds Jacques Delors as chairman of European Committee
1997 71st Australian Women's Tennis Martina Hingis beat Mary Pierce (62 62)
1998 "Grease" closes at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City NY after 1,503 performance
1998 "Patti LaBelle On Broadway" closes at St James Theater New York City NY
1998 Britain's Queen Mother, 97, gets an emergency hip replacement
1998 Helen Alfredsson wins Office Depot LPGA tournament
1998 Spice Girl Victoria Adams (Posh) & soccer David Beckham gets engaged
1998 Super Bowl XXXII Denver Broncos beat Green Bay Packers 31-24 in San Diego; Super Bowl MVP Terrell Davis, Denver, Running Back
1985 "We are the World" is recorded
Religious Observances
Christian : Commemoration of St Ananias of Damascus
Roman Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran : Feast of the Conversion of St Paul the Apostle
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it would NOT be a fitting way to commemorate the 22nd anniversary of the recording of 'We are the world'
or indeed the 680th anniversary of King Edward III's accession to the throne
1886 Wilhelm Fürtwängler
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i like you.
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i agree with the sentiments of my brother. see you at zonino! maybe i'll buy you a drink*
*note the maybe
Happy Birthday
have a good one. x
happy birthday
you big combination of a lemon and a brick
happy birthday, comrade_phil
we of the inner party have long memories
Happy Birthday
(despite the fact you don't like something I like, but I can't remember what it was)
Happy Bithday!
I'm taking the day off college to celebrate. Well, no, actually I'm taking the day off because it's frosty and I'd have to get the bus in. Be happy! And don't be old x
And, well, it's no Lion King Roller Boots, but you know - short notice and all:
Happy Birthday
Have a Pan Galactic Gargleblaster on me :)
Happy Birthday!
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When I was a kid, I always thought tonight's date was about celebrating someone who was brave and daring enough to get rid of a load of greedy MPs, presumably for some noble, selfless cause. We learned the bare bones of it at school, but nothing about the reason behind it.
I came home and asked my mum what "torture" meant. I was about 5.
Then I found out that the celebration marked his failure, not his daring. I thought this a bit of a let-down: why celebrate something failing?
Well, perhaps because the alternative was even worse than what England had going on at the time (famine, witch-hunts, etc). Meh. By this time I found this out, I was about 12.
Later we moved to Glasgow, where nobody likes to talk about it all because it's so divisive. We didn't go to bonfire nights for those four years: things tended to get ugly outdoors on 5th November. Fireworks were better saved for the New Year.
And there my attitude stayed, until a visit, last year, to York Dungeon.
According to the display there, Guy Fawkes was on the rack for ten days and in all that time gave away NOTHING AT ALL. And the only reason they found him in the cellar in the first place was that someone had written a letter to a friend, warning them. No threats, no coercion.
Now at last I can think of bonfire night as having something useful and uplifting to say.
For over 400 years it has served us as a not-so-quiet reminder:
Torture doesn't work.


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necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum
My numbers haven't been the best the past two years due to a lot of prior bottom outs with one hospital visit. Unfortunately I have developed "necrobiosis lipoidica diabeticorum."
If anyone doesn't know…these spot occur when glucose levels are too high for a long period of time. No dermatologists could figure this out until I went to a Med Express and a young nurse told me exactly what it was after searching two years for an answer.
Anyways…I'm on my way to controlling my numbers. I'm getting back down to mid 200s and high 100s. Does anyone know any treatments I could do to help speed up the process of this skin condition? I'd like to wear shorts again one day :'(
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That's very interesting. Mine are red and have holes…since I poked them. I have one the size of an golf ball.
I can't seem to open the jama link…
Howdy Lez
WELCOME to DC
I have NLD myself and have had it for about 10 years. I hate to disappoint someone new here, but what you were told is not correct. My A1c was no higher than 6.5 when I first noticed it. Mine developed at the site of a previous injury to my rt shin. It healed but occasionally would open again if i bumped it the least little bit. During those years I didn't have diabetes. about 10 years ago the colored patches of skin showed up along with the open and scabbed over sores. There was no pain with either the sores or the patches.
This has been discussed on DC several times. The one with the most replies is here ~ http://www.diabeticconnect.com/diabetes-discu...
It is interesting that a lady named Phylstar shared with us a link to a JAMA article. I will bring over that post from that discussion: "Phylstar Hallelujah, I have found a cure. At least I think i may have. Check out this link: linkhttp://archderm.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?...;
If you can't click on this link please copy and paste. This is an article from JAMA (The Journal of the American Medical Association). It's very interesting."
I think you 'll like to check it out and perhaps you'll get to wear those shorts again!
God's best to you
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I attended the first night (18 May) of the production.
La traviata is a dramatic opera that deals 'with real people and real emotions', said the music director, Sam Evans, of Hampstead Garden Opera (HGO)'s new production of Verdi's master opera. It is one of the most performed and has been in the operatic repertoire for more than 150 years. Yet the people who attended its premiere, at La Fenice (Venice) in 1853, did not approve. The censors felt the opera was too contemporary and requested it was set in the 1700s. But regardless of what time and place a director sets the opera, it is Verdi's rich music and its lead characters which remain timeless.


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Chairman of the Nigeria Women Football League, Aisha Falode, has urged the Super Falcons To resist any pressure that might arise from high expectations as the defending champions or from the home fans and inflict a fourth final defeat on the hosts Cameroon in Saturday's2016 AWCON final, Completesportsnigeria.com reports.
Falode, a Member of the CAF Media Committee, told the coach Florence Omagbemi girls that they have the capacity to subdue their Cameroonian opponents to maintain their dominance in Women's football in Africa.
She however warned the Cup holders to completely disregard the record books reiterating that it is vital not to allow the expected capacity crowd to distort their game plan.
"Record means nothing; it is the record of now that means something. That is the record that I want you to push for – that you are the defending champions and that you are worthy of that name," Falode stated in a media statement released by the Nigerian Football Federation on Thursday.
"When you get to the stadium, don't see the crowd, see yourselves and see Nigeria as you play, and by the grace of God, you will carry the day.
"I know that you have started feeling the atmosphere since you got to Yaoundé. By the time you will get to the stadium, you will start feeling it but you should not allow the atmosphere drive you,"Falode advised.
"Let it add pressure to them and it should spur you to go on. There's nothing great as defeating people in their own home, in front of their home crowd."
"Play your own game. Don't be under any pressure. Give it your all. See Nigeria when you play, see the jersey that you are wearing when you play, see the passion of the people at home when you play and the millions of fans rooting for you back home."


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FO to seek ISI help for protecting itself from hackers
ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office will engage the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for protecting itself from hackers following cyber attacks over the past 18 months.
The foreign ministry has sought an allocation of Rs80 million in the next fiscal year's budget for bolstering cyber-security and securing its communications with the country's missions overseas, an official told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Thursday.
The money sought for cyber security is 130 per cent more than the additional expenditure that the FO intends to incur on boosting the physical protection of its premises, which is Rs35 million.
The job will be done by "our premier security agency", the official said in a reference to ISI.
The move comes as the FO strives to counter potential attacks in cyberspace by strengthening its readiness strategy. FO systems have over the past 18 months faced three major attacks. Paucity of resources has been identified as one of the reasons behind poor security arrangements of FO's IT infrastructure.
The request for ramping up expenditure on cyber security implies both a renewed resolve to keep hackers out and a realisation that previous efforts proved to be insufficient.
"We have firewalls in place and our staff is regularly monitoring the situation, but we are continuously under cyber attack … our website, our emails, our servers have faced attacks," the official explained to the senators.
"We have our own security system, but it is always good to get help from those who are experts," the official said in response to a query from a member as he acknowledged the inadequacy of the existing internal arrangements.
The FO has already used the services of ISI for the security audit of its IT systems.
The official said that ISI might outsource part of the job to its "security cleared contractors", because they too did not have a complete in-house facility. But, the FO by itself had never used private firms for this purpose, he added.
Some of the committee members had strong reservations on ISI being given the job.
Trying to address the members' reservations, the official said ISI, despite being given the responsibility for fixing cyber security shortcomings, would only have "limited access".
"They cannot ingress our system, but only check from outside," he maintained adding the different departments had different encryption codes.
The government-run IT and Telecom services provider, National Telecommunication Corporation (NTC), provides internet service to FO. However, because of its poor services, a private company was hired for the new building, whereas many officers also use their private connections, which increases the vulnerability of the system.
FO officials, in private conversations with this correspondent, said that the foreign ministry should focus on "cyber-functionality" before beefing up the security.


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It is conventional wisdom in liberal Democratic precincts that gas prices in America are going up because of revolutionary uprisings throughout the Middle East. That is a convenient myth that obscures the truth about why Americans are and will be paying more at the pump and in their utility bills in the months ahead — energy prices are going up because President Barack Obama thinks that is a good thing.
He was candid on this point during a discussion with a newspaper editorial board during the 2008 presidential campaign. Not only would "utility rates necessarily skyrocket," Obama said, but paying more for energy would be a good thing because "if you can't persuade the American people that yes, there is going to be some increase in electricity rates on the front end, but that over the long term — because of combinations of more-efficient energy usage, changing light bulbs and more-efficient appliances, but also technology improving how we can produce clean energy — the economy would benefit. If we can't make that argument persuasively enough, you — you, uh, can be Lyndon Johnson, you can be the master of Washington. You're not going to get that done."
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