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I have a quiet son. Ever since he turned 1.5 years, I have been concerned with him reaching his language "milestones" and speaking in general. It seemed that up till a few weeks ago all he could do was make animal-like sounds to protest, gain attention, and point out things. He could sound out more "words" when he was a year old than he could now (at 22 months), and I wondered if he had forgotten the words, if they just didn't register as "words" to him, or if he's just extremely confused with all the languages we have at home and that he's been exposed to with his grandparents.
To explain, my husband and I decided that we would share the language teaching responsibility with me focusing on English (since it's my native language), and him focusing on Mandarin (since it's his native language). We speak both languages at home, and my Mandarin isn't too shabby, but I do have an accent and my vocabulary is rather limited. A good example is how a friend had bought our son a cricket last night after dinner, and I put the little straw cage in my son's hand and said "cricket". Then, my husband asked me to teach him the Chinese equivalent, and all I could think of was the Disney version of Mulan and how I'm pretty sure there is a word for Cricket, but what was it again? Didn't it have a pinyin-like name? If you wondered, it turns out they're called guo guo (which he proceeded to confuse us with by teaching a dialect version, qu qu). This is exactly why Trish Hull from Beijing LIH Olivia's Place Pediatric Clinic does not recommend teaching your child a language that is not your native tongue. You're just not that good at it.
At the MOPS talk, Hull also dispelled the myth that bilingual or multi-lingual children acquire language at a slower pace than mono-lingual children–a belief I've always been dubious about given how how I had acquired three languages by age three. The dispelling of this myth did mean that I no longer had a valid excuse for my son's grunts and yelps. Luckily, the talk did end with ways parents and caretakers can assist children in better developing language.
Takeaways on bilingualism or multilingualism:
- Multi-lingual children do not normally experience language development delays. You're supposed to add up the words from each language to total the number of words a monolingual child can say.So, in my son's case, by age 2 he should be able to say 50 words, but he might only be able to say 10 words in English and 40 words in Mandarin (let's face it, Mandarin words are shorter and thus easier to learn).
- Children don't just "pick up" a second or third language through immersion, but they have to be taught with interactive in-person methods, e.g. a play teacher rather than a television show.
- Mixing languages in one sentence or phrase is completely normal for bilingual and multi-lingual children.
I can attest that it's probably not something you "grow out of".
- Bilingualism does not automatically mean "native proficiency" in both languages.
I have been called trilingual since I was a child, but since I only "studied" two languages in school, the third language (Mandarin) remains at a pretty low level. Of course with practice, my accent has been reduced, I've learned more idioms, and I've improved my vocabulary, but it's still not at the same proficiency level as my English and Finnish.
- The one parent, one language method (which is basically what we are trying to do) is not the only, or necessarily the best, method to teach your child many languages. In the end, it's more important that parents talk to children in a natural way and feel comfortable conversing with their kids.
- Families who live in a third culture should not worry about speaking the "majority language" at home to train their children.In California, for example, I have many American born Chinese (ABC) friends with parents from Taiwan who try very hard to keep the "home language" English, even though English is a second, or even third language for them. In the end, studies show that your child benefits more from your native language, and will learn the majority language at school regardless. I, for example, took up Finnish almost completely at school (well, I had my grandparents) since my dad spoke English to me.
Once we had established that bilingualism and multi-lingualism does not cause language delays, we learned about simple tips and tricks for parents and caretakers (including your ayi) can help your child's language development:
- Talk to your kid–a lot! Interact with him and explain what you're doing while you're doing it!
- Sing nursery rhymes and simple songs as the repeating words and rhythm and rhyme help with language learning.
- Follow your child's lead and mimick his language rather than trying to enforce your own.
- Read books aloud, even if he only lets you read two pages!
- Teach new words by pointing things out, reading signs aloud, etc.
- Aim language at your child's level (don't forget to increase the level as he grows!)
- Speak naturally.
- Have daily routines in place and teach the words for them.
- Be an "in tune parent" (more on this later).
- Learn your child's communication style (and your own) to better understand how to communicate with him (more on this later).
If you have concerns that your child is not meeting his or her language milestones, trust your gut feeling and seek out a speech therapist. Olivia's Place (previously called Elliot's Corner) provide pediatric therapeutic services and educational outreach. They often host workshops and presentations for parents raising children with developmental challenges.
For me, our son returned from his grandparents with an arsenal of sign language commands that took me days to decipher. Luckily, he's been picking up the spoken equivalent, especially in Chinese, now that he's not confused by the various dialects he was exposed to from my husband's family (Chengdu/Sichua/Chongqing dialect…). He can now say at least 20 Mandarin words, and he understands when I confirm what he wants in English (he can now say "yea" and "no"). It's been such a relief for us since good communication means he's a lot less frustrated, we are a lot less confused by what he wants, and it's a lot easier to teach him new words and concepts when he's able to communicate that he doesn't know or understand what we're saying (he asks "A-ah?!")
MOPS is a faith-based community group for moms of preschool aged children, hosting international (English language) meetings twice a month, a bilingual English-Chinese group meeting once a month, and Chinese group meetings once a month. The meetings often have speakers give talks/presentations or host workshops, followed by a discussion session in small groups, and often end with arts and crafts. MOPS events have childcare available with RSVP and a small fee (RMB 20).
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|Poet and activist Allen Ginsberg
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1 Voice Over IP - Is your Network Ready? Carrier Grade Service When was the last time you called the phone company just to say, I am just calling to say thank you for my phone service being so reliable? People have come to take this reliability for granted. The truth is phone companies work to have an uptime of %. Matching this statistic is a unique challenge to the VoIP (Voice over IP) services being introduced in today s market. With everything moving towards IP, can this medium be used to actually create a carrier grade service? What defines a carrier grade service? Of the uptime statistics, a true carrier grade service includes Reliability, Availability and Scalability. A Five 9s uptime means that the service can only be down 6 seconds per week. In a VoIP environment, one must also add security, manageability and interoperability. The additional factors are necessary as the voice transmissions are carried over network links in conjunction with data services. Voice grade services can not be sporadic. A voice communication must have the continuous available capacity from the beginning to the end of the conversation. Need to Know Definitions LATENCY represents a delay caused by the actual transmission. One can think of throwing a ball. The latency would be the time between when it was thrown to when it is caught at the receiving end. Long latency is not acceptable in voice grade transmissions. With high latency, a transmission would be more like an old radio voice transmission where a person would have to say Over at the end off each sentence, signaling the other person to speak. In voice networks, delay of less than 150ms is considered acceptable. This delay can be noticed if two people are using a VoIP system with high latency while looking directly at each other. The result is like watching an old Godzilla movie. You will hear the speaker slightly after you watch their lips move. LOSS is another unacceptable factor in voice transmissions. In a typical voice transmission, a CODEC 1
2 (Coder-Decoder) changes the voice waves into digitized packets for transmission. The packets are then formed for transmission on the network. VoIP packets carry very small samplings of the voice conversation, typically 20ms. Some loss will not greatly degrade the understandability of the conversation, however a loss over more than 1% will. Loss can occur in congested, overworked, or bursty networks. JITTER is a hurdle for voice quality. Variations in packet delay cause packets to be received in sporadic patterns or out of order. When VoIP is run on a congested network with bursty traffic, jitter will be harder to compensate for sending and receiving stations. Voice traffic is buffered at the receiving end to help compensate for jitter. In effect, the conversation is stored until enough of the transmission is in memory to play for the receiver. TCP/IP delivers packets based on several routing algorithms. In order for VoIP to work properly, special attention must be paid to not only the paths that the packets take, but also the capacity and health of the network. Excessive jitter makes a conversation undecipherable. New layer 3 switches offer relief as they are able to understand prioritization. SEQUENCE ERRORS occur when the packets arrive at the receiving station in a different order than they were sent. TCP/IP packets include keys to their position. A sending station, whether it be a PC or any other TCP/IP device, breaks the packets into datagrams for transmission. These datagrams are assigned a sequence number. If datagrams travel different paths on the network due to congestion, hardware failure, or cabling issues cause frequent retransmission, the packets will be received out of order. A high level of sequence errors will cause an audible degradation of the conversation. Knowing the above factors, how does one plan for VoIP. Traffic is measured in Erlangs. The term is named after the A. K. Erlang, a Danish telephone engineer who pioneered queuing theory. An Erlang is expressed as the number of calls per hour times the duration of the calls divided by 60 (minutes in an hour). This figure also includes call attempts and hold time or any time the channel is busy with call activity. Digital voice signals are compressed which allows one channel to carry multiple lines of traffic. Statistics for Erlangs are generally obtained from the PBX or call manager currently in place. In sizing a network enough bandwidth must be present to address the maximum number of calls that will be loaded on the network. In analyzing network traffic for loading purposes, it is noted that traffic is highly dynamic. Different times of day carry different traffic loads. So how do you shoot this moving target? Guaranteed Throughput In a typical IP packet carrying data only, transmission through the network is fairly simple. The data packet is formed, sent and received. Small delays or retransmissions are accepted. But voice traffic can not tolerate errors. Voice packets need a mechanism to move at a higher priority so that their transmission is, in effect, 2
3 guaranteed. Today, this is accomplished by setting the QoS (Quality of Service) bit in the IP header. All IP headers have a TOS or Type of Service byte. This attribute was built into the protocol several years ago and has more recently been redefined as the DiffServe Code Point (DSCP) field. Quality of Service is a term which refers to a set of parameters for both connection-mode (TCP) and connectionless-mode (IP) transmissions which provide for performance in terms of transmission quality and availability of service. It encompasses maximum delay, throughput and priority of the packets being transmitted. The first bits of the ToS byte reset with QoS information. The syntax is specified by the H.323 standard (ITU- International Telecommunication Union) which governs how audio, video and data communications travel within an IP network. These transmissions may be CCTV, Video Conferencing, VoIP, etc. New standards are being developed using the SIP (Session Initiation Protocol), Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP), Magaco/H.248 which will be explained later in this article. In a telephone conversation over the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) when a person dials a number, a circuit is set up between the sending telephone and the receiver. This circuit is available for the entire conversation until the telephone is placed on the cradle. The circuit is maintained even through silence on the line. In IP transmissions, there is not a circuit, per se. The packets are routed over a network to the receiving workstation. If the call is to be placed outside of the network the conversation will still be routed to the point that the PBX or Gateway puts the call on the PSTN. The gateway typically is accompanied by a gatekeeper that handles the prioritization of voice and video traffic where transmissions are assigned a higher priority to address the necessity for quality at the receiving end. If a network had unlimited bandwidth potential, Quality of Service would not be an issue. In today s networks, however, there are transmissions of documents, applications, , backups and a myriad of other data. Adding voice services requires some attention. To build QoS into a system one must address construction of the framework. Applications and appliances must be able to set and understand the QoS bit, or recognize the other transfer mechanisms if using another standards. It would be rather pointless to build the capability into a system if a network s edge devices such as routers did not understand or prioritize these requirements. Traffic Cops There are several applications called traffic shapers on the market today. The applications work by acting much like a traffic cop. They will slow less important traffic and allow priority movement of datagrams that have a higher priority. The problem with these applications, however, is that they offer a single point of failure in a network. They may have issues with scalability for networks over a certain number of devices. Routers and 3
4 Layer 2 switches throughout a network that understand this bit will provide both redundancy and in the near future multicast abilities. In Layer 2 type switches, IEEE has developed two standards (802.1p and 802.1q) to address quality of service. A Layer p compliant switch has the ability within the MAC layer to group LAN packets according to their traffic class. There are eight classes defined which network managers map to their specific applications. Priority seven is the highest value and is generally used for router to router communication and path information within the network. VoIP, videoconferencing and other delay-sensitive applications will use values five or six. The lower numbers are used for other types of traffic from multimedia all the way down to what is classified as loss eligible traffic. These switches also must understand multicast traffic. In the application mapping, a value of zero indicates that no value has been set. It is up to LAN administrators to determine the settings of these bits in their applications. With new layer 3 switches and routing capabilities, this task can be done on an address level within the router tables reducing or eliminating the need for traffic shapers and complicated mapping tables. The 802.1q standard allows network administrators to break up larger LANs into smaller segments or VLANs (Virtual Local Area Networks). DiffServe another QoS Technique Another means of identifying QoS is through setting the DiffServe (Differentiated Services) bit (this is actually a better mechanism by design). The first bits of the TOS (type of service) byte or DiffServe Code Point (DSCP) field in the IP header are set using one of three per hop behavior mechanisms. A hop is defined as packet movement from forwarding point to another (router to router, router to switch, etc). The advantage of this bit is that it is understood by all Layer 3 devices throughout the internet including routers and Layer 3 switches. It will allow traffic to travel via various paths until it reaches its destination. This bit is set as a request by the initiating application. In order to assure end to end quality, all routers and switches within the given paths must adhere to this setting and forward the packets accordingly. The bit can be reset at each domain as the packet enters that domain. There are five categories of service covered in the DiffServe Code Points: 1. Relative Priority Marking 2. Service Marking 3. Label Switching 4. Integrated Services/Resource Reservation Protocol 5. Static per-hop Classification 4
5 Other Standards SIP Session Initiation Protocol SIP proposed by the IETF (Internet Engineering Task Force in RFC 2543) is an application layer protocol to overcome the limitations of H.323 QoS and DiffServe as described above. H.323 operates in a connectionless mode where no end to end session or circuit is created for the duration of the conversation. SIP handles setting up the sessions and encompasses user location, availability, redirection, and multiparty (conference) abilities in Layer 7 (the application layer) of the OSI protocol stack. Further, it allows VoIP gateways, PBX s and other communication systems devices to interoperate making it far more scalable. This is accomplished by means of the following: RSVP (Resource Reservation Protocol) RTP (Real-time Transport Protocol) RTSP (Real-time Streaming Protocol) SAP (Session Announcement Protocol) SDP (Session Description Protocol) This protocol has less overhead as it reuses the same header information from HTTP. Also, because it is connection oriented, multicast, unicast and other connection dependent conversations are more reliable than they would be with dependency on QoS only. Name mapping and redirection are built into the protocol making it possible to have one URL (Universal Resource Locator). It is now possible to dial a person s phone by keying in their address. MGCP Media Gateway Control Protocol This standard is proposed by the IETF in RFC 2705 for the convergence of audio signals carried over the Public Switched Telephone Network to datagrams which travel over the internet. It addresses the way Media Gateway Controllers (MGC) and media gateways communicate using SGCP (Simple Gateway Control Protocol) combined with IPDC (IP Device Control). It actually works in a master/slave configuration. This standard is in line to be replaced by Megaco/H.248. Megaco/H.248 This standard is co-sponsored by the ITU-T Study Group 16 and a subset of the IETF called Megaco. This standard specifies specific protocols for all devices and divides the gateway functions into subcomponents. This standard also allows for devices to function with clocked type devices found in the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) to provide more affordable call switching techniques. 5
6 Voice over ip - is your network ready? There is no fast answer for this question. At this point, the first thing to do is plan. Determine your requirements, the health of your network and infrastructure, the vendor with whom you will be working, and the priorities of your applications on your network. Moving to VoIP is much like building a house. It won t be worth much if the blueprints aren t well designed. Even the best plans can suffer when the hardware is not speaking the same language. It is not just as simple as putting a VoIP system on an existing network. There may be a need to replace older electronics, certainly if hubs exist in the network due to their lack of intelligence and antiquated technology. Older versions of Layer 2 and Layer 3 switches may need to be replaced if they do not understand how to route your packets properly. Other key factors to consider are whether your systems are open enough to allow you a variety of phones for later connections to your network. There are certainly cost advantages, particularly when a company has multiple offices in multiple states. IP Telephony is a non-tariffed service, meaning there is no toll charge for the calls. This makes the return on investment for these systems quite attractive. It would be in your best interest to call your phone service provider and see what VoIP services they are planning to offer in the future months. The latest trend on the carrier side is to become an ELEC (Ethernet Local Exchange Carrier) which would eliminate your need to supply the gateway to the PSTN, as this would be provided by your phone company. If they plan to offer this service, find out what standard they will be supporting prior to making your decision. Revisit your Infrastructure Years ago, anything would run on CAT5 cabling, phones would run on CAT3 or worse. The infrastructure became an installed and forgotten entity in the network environment, unless of course an expansion or failure occurred. Electronics vendors will request a certain category of copper or fiber, but what people often forget is that all connectivity and network cabling is not equal. Further, a network can be crippled by an improperly or poorly installed infrastructure. Someone gave me a great analogy to this problem, You can buy faster, more expensive cars, but if the road is in disrepair they won t last very long. And certainly, they won t be able to drive at the speeds to which they are capable. This is also true for your network. New installations are generally CAT6, and CAT7 is already here. 10G over copper is being addressed with 10G over fiber already approved. For more information on these standards, you may visit our website and look at our 10G ip product information. There are many more applications that play on your network playground, with the numbers growing daily. The cost savings to companies are making these applications increasingly popular. What steps do you take? First, you should have a certified installer look at your cable plant. Terminations, cabling runs and labeling should
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Easy access to many downtown attractions including The World of Coke, Centennial Olympic Park, CNN Center, and more.
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About the CompanyAdamsons have been operating in and around the North East for many years and in fact have concentrated their efforts mainly in Gosforth and Jesmond. Many of the iconic buildings in Newcastle are attributable to Adamsons.The company is run by Jonathan Prime who has almost 30 years experience of dealing in property.
We are a small independent company and for this reason can react quickly to the ever changing market conditions. In addition each development is unique and blends into the urban landscape. This is especially the case when you consider the many 'brownfield' sites that have been developed with their inherent challenges.
On the pages of our website you can see details of our current developments and some examples of building schemes which we have produced in the North East. These provide a view of the quality and attention to detail which Adamsons are renown.
The Contact Us page has our full contact information including email address and feedback form. If you wish to speak to a member of the team please call us on
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NTW 2018 DJs
(Welcome Milonga 6/29)
This is Rene's third year DJing at NTW. He has been a dancer of Tango for 11 years, and has been actively DJing since 2012. Rene has DJed at various venues in the Bay Area, as well as Sacramento and Chico.
DJ SAbah
(Sat 6/30)
Sabah got addicted to Tango in the late nineties. It started with dancing and now it includes being a DJ. Tango music occupies his thoughts and energizes his spirit and he is in constant search for good music. Although he tries to vary the music he plays, He is heavily influenced by the style of dance in Buenos Aires as well as the music played at the milongas there so feel free to call him old fashioned he said. He lives for Golden age music. The emotional impact of the music is what he looks for in addition to the musicality.
DJ Varo
(Sun 7/1)
As an avid dancer himself, Varo has a deep appreciation for tango music as a crucial part of the overall milonga experience for each dancer.
As a DJ, Varo strives to create a musical atmosphere that inspires dancers and connects with them on the emotional level. While DJ-ing, he is always connected to the dancers-either by observing the energy and the interactions of the dancefloor, or dancing in the middle of it.
In addition to selecting good tango songs, Varo pays detailed attention to the structure of the playlist. He comprises the tandas and the relationship of tandas to each other in a way to establish a harmonious flow of the energy, and to develop emotional-energetic contrasts with a tasteful climax and rise that resonate within each dancer.
Varo regularly DJ's at milongas in Los Angeles and Southern Calfornia. He has DJ'd along with Otros Aires and Narcotango.
He is also invited to DJ tango at festivals all over the US.
(Mon 7/2)
Georges Naasan has been dancing tango since 2002. His journey debuted in Lebanon, at a time where there was no tango community or milongas to attend. He took classes with traveling teachers and taught what he learned at the American University of Beirut. Along with a few friends, he founded the first milonga in Beirut and ran it for a few years before he moved to the United States in 2007. He continued to develop his tango skills with various teachers that travelled to Cleveland and later to the Bay Area. In the summer of 2014, he was the recipient of the gold medal in Argentine Tango at the Gay Games. He started DJing in 2015, and quickly became one of the bay area's prominent local DJs. He has travelled for DJing in various US cities including San Diego, LA, and New York. In 2016, he was invited to DJ at the Beirut Tango Marathon. In 2017, he DJed at the Portland Tango festival and in 2018 at the Tucson Tango Festival. Georges has learned much of his tango dancing and DJing skills from various mentors that he met along his journey and to whom he is ever grateful.
(Tue 7/3)
Felipe Martinez is a full time professional tango teacher based in San Francisco. Besides teaching and touring around, he is an accomplished DJ with years of experience working at milongas and festivals.
He has played music at most important festivals in the US like Portland, San Francisco, Baltimore, Denver, Washington DC, Atlanta, Houston, Fort Bragg, Austin, Houston as well as in many other communities like Providence, New York, Los Angeles, Montreal. He DJs regularly in the Bay Area at The Beat (practica) and El Valenciano (traditional milonga) and has also played music in Europe (Spain, Germany, Istanbul) and Buenos Aires, where he was invited to play music at El Beso and Villa Malcolm Club in several occasions. He was also invited to DJ in Asia at the Seoul Tango Festival (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), the Bali Tango Festival and the Taipei Tango Festival, as well as in Tainan, Taichung and Tokyo. Felipe's musical selection is based on the classics that ensure a great atmosphere for dancing.
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From collecting vintage audio for critical listening in a wide variety of music, Vincent found his passion for Tango in Los Angeles 2007. As an active Tango dancer himself, he used music to paint a picture in every milonga he DJed. Vincent DJs tango festivals since 2012 from coast to coast in the USA included Los Angeles, San Diego, the San Francisco Bay Area, Tucson AZ, Portland, Ashland OR, Albuquerque NM, Seattle WA, Denver CO, Chicago IL, Providence RI, Tampa FL, Las Vegas, NV, and more coming.....


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This Bavarian car maker has many fans all over the world and most of them will be very interested to see new sport coupe that BMW prepares to launch. According to company's spokesman, this new model will be a new entry-level high-performance coupe and it will come as 2016 BMW M2. This model, which is some kind of a successor of 1M limited mode, will have all necessary characteristics that one sports car need. It will have very aggressive look, exciting interior, which will be full of hi-tech features, excellent performances and it will also have great fuel economy, which is nowadays important as much as other mentioned characteristics.
2016 BMW M2 redesign
Like every model from this company, 2016 BMW M2 will be characterized by very attractive design. Although it will use the same design language as other BMW model, it will have its unique characteristics too. Beside standard design tweaks that separate "M" from "standard" models, it will also use the F21 platform, like future 2-Series models. The 2016 M2 will be made of some extra lightweight materials, which are reserved for only few models like M3 CRT or i8. Big part of the construction of these vehicles is made of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastics, which provides significant weight savings. This big weight reduction guarantees not only great driving experience, but also big fuel savings.
2016 BMW M2 engine
With "M" models, it is pretty much all about performances. This model definitely won't be an exception. The 2016 BMW M2 will use the same engine that can be found in 235i model. It is a 3.0 liter straight six twin turbo engine, which will probably be slightly tuned up for this occasion. Coupled with all-new DCT semi-automatic transmission, 2016 M2 will be able to produces somewhere around 380-400 horsepower. In terms of performances, this means that this coupe will be able to sprint from 0 to 60 mph in less than 4.2 seconds, while top speed will be over 150 mph.
2016 BMW M2 release date and price
It is still early to predict some more precise launch date, but we expect that 2016 BMW M2 will be available in late 2015, with a price of 55.000 dollars.


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Cardiff University of South Wales
Cardiff University of South Wales, The University of South Wales (USW) is a major player in UK higher education.
With campuses in Cardiff, Pontypridd and Newport, the University is renowned for its partnerships with major employers.
These partnerships are one of the many reasons that 94% of our students are in employment or further study within six months of graduating.
The University competes equally for students and reputation with the UK's major regional universities. We help our region compete head to head for investment and growth with major city regions such as Bristol, Manchester, London and Tyneside.
As one of the UK's biggest universities by student number, our size allows us to invest in develop new courses and facilities. We have a major presence in all of the cities in the region.
Our Chancellor the Rt Revd and Rt Hon Lord (Rowan) Williams has said that the University is "both a substantial presence in Britain and in the global higher education community, and a major force for change in Wales."
The University of South Wales offers a wide range of courses, from Animation to Aeronautical Engineering, from International Wildlife Biology to the MBA.
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or dorr
Also dor·bee·tle [dawr-beet-l] /ˈdɔrˌbit l/. a common European dung beetle, Geotrupes stercorarius.
any of several insects, as the June bug, that make a buzzing noise in flight.
Origin of dor1
before 900; Middle English dor(r)e, Old English dora; compare Middle Low German dorte drone
noun Archaic.
mockery; scorn.
Origin of dor2
1545–55; < Old Norse dār mockery; compare German Tor fool
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for dor
Contemporary Examples of dor
"Every time a rocket was launched, my phone went haywire," said Dor Eldar, a 22-year-old dance instructor from Tel Aviv.The Israeli App Red Alert Saves Lives—but It Just Might Drive You Nuts
Itay Hod
July 15, 2014
If the thought of DOR enters a man's head, he is not a Navy SEAL.Navy Seal Training: The Start of Hell Week
Marcus Luttrell, Patrick Robinson
May 8, 2011
Historical Examples of dor
And, in fine, Dor must be regarded as an anticipator of the Entente cordiale.In the Heart of Vosges
Matilda Betham-Edwards
Another thing for which Dor is praised is his wonderful memory.
So it is that Dor never learned, in the true sense, to draw.
The artists of Dor's time and country were very clear in their opinion.
As Dor piloted us to the open street, we asked him where his mother was.Johnny Ludlow. First Series
Mrs. Henry Wood
any European dung beetle of the genus Geotrupes and related genera, esp G. stercorarius, having a droning flight
Word Origin for dor
Old English dora bumblebee; related to Middle Low German dorte drone 1
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After successfully migrating from 64- to 32-bit systems six years ago, the University of Sydney's NHMRC Clinical Trials Centre will now look at migrating back to 64-bit over the next four years as commodity processor vendors begin to push the technology.
The centre's IS manager Paul Vlagsma, said although the transition back to 64-bit is "inevitable", migrations won't become prevalent for another three to four years.
"I don't see us moving to 64-bit for another three or four years. It's inevitable and is going to happen and I think AMD is on the right path by supporting 32-bit in hardware. Opteron will offer investment protection."
Vlagsma said that back in 1991 the centre transitioned from DEC VAX systems to Alpha-based MicroVAXs running OpenVMS which was a change from 32- to 64-bit.
"Everything doubled in size, the operating environment, the instruction link, memory, and every program doubled," he said. "We had two million lines of code compiled. We were also stretching our disk space a bit. This took about a year and a half."
Then in 1998, a migration from 64-bit Alpha systems to 32-bit Intel was made as "by 2000 we were hoping to go to 64-bit Windows on Intel because we knew Microsoft was going to drop Alpha support".
"The upgrade will happen as databases are getting bigger but it will take a long time," Vlagsma said. "You used to write off your systems in three years but these days it's four to five years since software is not bloating as much."
Regarding 64-bit platforms, Vlagsma said by delaying the release of 64-bit Windows, Microsoft is "not in a hurry" and 64-bit and Linux would be Oracle's "best path forward".
When asked why the industry has gone from 64-bit to 32- and is now set to go back again, Vlagsma said: "It was a failure of DEC to appreciate that minicomputers were out and microcomputers were in. They took a long time to migrate from DECNet to IP so they didn't follow where the market was going. Meanwhile Intel was riding on the back of the PC boom. Alpha was a very fast chip compared to Intel."
Sun Microsystems' national product manager for enterprise systems, Robert Becker, said the industry is right on a transition which is great news for end users.
"Opteron is the perfect hardware technology to bridge 32- and 64-bit computing without a price premium. It's about future-proofing the architectural decision," Becker said. "I wouldn't advise waiting as that will present more migration challenges later and fixes will become harder which puts the business at risk. Go ahead with a migration now."
AMD's technical manager Michael Apthorpe seconded this by saying if users want to go from 64-bit RISC to 64-bit AMD it's a software, not hardware, decision.
"End users can migrate from Unix to Linux on AMD but it will depend on the applications, as they tend to be specific," Apthorpe said. "I don't know why end users are going back to 32-bit as they should consider going to Opteron's x86-64 architecture. We have our technology already to market so if customers want to migrate to 32-bit and then wait to transition to 64-bit AMD technology allows them to do this."
Apthorpe said Oracle on Opteron is available in 32-bit with 64-bit in testing.


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This past weekend it was a year since I signed for the allotment.
The weather hasn't been nice enough to do much the last few days but we did have a walk up yesterday and reflected a little on what we need to do (which is a lot)
Our plan was just to grow on the bit that we had cleared last year and we achieved that - not hugely successfully but we did get things growing.
My plan of covering some of the plot with cardboard to smother the weeds paid off and I will be putting some more down over the top and cover some more sections over the coming weeks.
The one thing that has really annoyed me is how little, if anything, the council do on this site. You can see on the above picture the state of the path that runs alongside my plot fence. There are two overgrown empty plots to the side of the path and then a farmers field. The field has now been sold off and houses are being built on it. The farmer hasn't planted anything for the last two years because he was in the process of selling it so the weed seeds have taken over. Even to clear the pathway wouldn't make much difference to the spread of those weeds. I planted a lot of hedgerow plants on my side of the chicken wire fence we erected during the winter. They have really struggled to become established with the weeds. I have a battery strimmer which has kept the plot under control to a degree but when you are faced with such an overgrown jungle at the side it is disheartening. My plan for the coming year is to try and either buy or hire a petrol strimmer or brushcutter and get the immediate area next to the fence under control. It will die off soon anyway so next spring I will be prepared (hopefully) with the big guns to try and stop the spread onto my plot.
I did a bit of a photo collage of before and after looking up and down the plot. It doesn't look like much from the photos but we have put up the fence, cleared one side and planted, planted some fruit trees/bushes, had a decent strawberry harvest and probably lots I've forgotten about.
One thing I'm happy with are the rosa rugosa bare rooted plants I bought in the winter. They have produced a lot of red rosehips. I've harvested a few and will sow them in the coming weeks and have left the rest for the birds. Hopefully some will self seed. I may try some on the other fence where the bad weeds are because these have flourished even with an invasion of nettles.
The one thing I set out to do when I got the allotment was having homegrown sprouts on Christmas day. I don't have a photo but they are on their way to being ready and that makes me happy.


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Nabors Mourns Loss of Former Chairman and CEO Isenberg
Nabors Industries Ltd. (NBR) announced that former Chairman and CEO Eugene Isenberg passed away on March 16. Isenberg served as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer from 1987 until late 2011. During his 25-year tenure, Isenberg grew Nabors from bankruptcy to an S&P 500 index company with an enterprise value exceeding $9 billion.
"Our thoughts and prayers go out to Gene's wife, Ronnie; his two daughters, Diane and Lynda; his beloved grandchildren and his entire family," said Chairman and CEO Anthony G. Petrello. "Gene was a pioneer for Nabors in many ways. He was very forward-thinking and all of our employees are grateful for his leadership. He was responsible for establishing the principles that steered the company from a minor player to the largest land driller in the world, a feat more remarkable since it was accomplished during one of the most challenging periods in the inherently cyclical drilling industry. His financial acumen, drive, aggressiveness—and humor—were all legendary. He was a teacher to many. His quests to succeed and his demands to perform stretched everyone, motivating them to meet his high expectations. His legacy includes the vibrant company made up of 29,000 highly skilled people that we have today."
Isenberg received a bachelor's degree from the University of Massachusetts, a master's degree from Princeton University and completed the Program for Senior Executives at MIT . He began his career with Exxon Corporation in 1952 and subsequently was Chairman and principal shareholder of a steel building products company prior to joining Nabors.
In 1974, New York -based Anglo Energy acquired control of Nabors Drilling. After a decade of ownership, a decline in the economy and a depressed oil and gas energy market forced Anglo into bankruptcy. Isenberg and the well-known value investor, Marty Whitman, acquired a sizable position in the company in 1986 and subsequently convinced creditors to trade debt for equity, strengthening the company's financial position. They took control of the company and changed the name from Anglo to Nabors, a brand that enjoyed a strong reputation in Alaska and Canada .
In 1987, Nabors was an Alaska -based driller with 320 employees. Through a combination of well-priced strategic acquisitions and internal growth, the Company grew to where it is now – a leading worldwide service company with operations in 25 countries.
Outside of Nabors, Isenberg served as a member of the Board of Governors of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ), and the American Stock Exchange. He was also a member of the National Petroleum Council, which advises the U.S. Secretary of Energy.
Isenberg often noted that his success far surpassed any expectations he had when he was younger. He, therefore, offered philanthropic support to causes he believed in, particularly education, medicine and the performing arts. Isenberg was a particularly strong advocate of education, often making resources available to those unable to afford or access quality education. He held leadership positions in numerous educational and philanthropic organizations. He was President of the UMASS ( University of Massachusetts) Amherst Foundation where he endowed three professorships in environmental science, technology management and engineering. The UMASS Isenberg School of Management was named in recognition of these contributions, as well as significant other contributions he made toward facilities and scholarships.
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Florida is home to the largest LEGOLAND park in the world. Built on the shores of Lake Eloise, LEGOLAND has a theme park, water park and botanical gardens that are definitely worth a visit!
In typical theme park style, the park is broken into 11 distinct areas:
- THE BEGINNING is main entrance area of the park that has a ride called "Island in the Sky" which gives you a great view of the entire property from above
- FUN TOWN contains a carousel, a greenhouse and a 4-D theatre that plays 3 different movies on rotation throughout the day
- MINILAND has mini replicas of many famous locations including New York City, Washington DC, Las Vegas and the Star Wars universe
Get your picture taken in Miniland!
- DUPLO VALLEY is the part of the park that caters to the littlest guests
- LEGO KINGDOMS contains two small roller coasters and a multi-level tree house called Forestman's Hideout
- LAND OF ADVENTURE is where you'll find a wooden coasters called "Coastersaurus", a safari trek where you'll see lifesize animals made entirely out of LEGO and the "Lost Kingdom Adventure" is an interactive ride where you can shoot laser blasters at targets
- LEGO CITY is where you can participate in driving, flying and boating school
- IMAGINATION ZONE is where you get to build LEGO robots and racers
- LEGO TECHNIC contains racing boats, a roller coaster called "Project X" and a bicycle-style ride called "Technicycle"
- PIRATES' COVE is where you can see a live water ski show
- LEGOLAND WATER PARK contains a wave pool, various slides, a water playground, a build-a-raft river and a splash pad for toddlers
For more details, you can visit the official website: http://florida.legoland.com/