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Primary Menu Tag Archives: history The city of Bangalore was officially established in the year 1537 by Kempegowda I. Most historians agree that the establishment of Bengaluru city was a stroke of genius. Its geographic location secured it from earthquakes, and its height above sea level gave it strategic importance, in terms of both military and governance needs. The city prospered and grew rapidly under the rule of the Kempegowda bloodline. Kempegowda II gave the city a large number of monuments. The watch towers that we see today at Lalbagh, Kempambudhi tank, Halasur tank and near Mekhri circle were built by Kempegowda II. The Kempegowda tower, as the watch tower is now popularly known as, is the insignia of the BBMP. The contribution of the Kempegowda rule to the development of Bengaluru is immeasurable. It is interesting to see then, that the name ‘Bengaluru’ was not coined by Kempegowda I. The story behind the name stretches across several centuries and civilizations. The earliest reference to the name ‘Bengaluru’ appears in the ninth century Ganga inscription on a ‘hero-stone’ (vira kallu) found in Begur. The inscription makes a reference to the battle fought at ‘Bengaluru’. The name is believed to owe its origins to the Ganga rulers. Bengavalu was the name of the hamlet that the rulers built for their security guards. Bengavaluru, the name of the guards’ residences is believed to have morphed into Bengaluru. The city has had other names-Deverayapattna in the 16th century and Kalyanpura. During the British rule, the city came to be known as Bangalore. At the 2005 golden jubilee celebration of Suvarna Karnataka, UR Anantha Murthy proposed that the city’s name be changed to Bengaluru. In 2006, BBMP passed the resolution to implement the change of name. On November 12, 2006, the then Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy declared ‘Bengaluru’ to be the city’s official name. Several legends actively compete with facts in the narration of the history of Bangalore. Among the most popular ones is the story, set in the 12th century, of the tired Hoysala King Veera Ballala who was offered boiled beans (benda kallu in Kannada) by an old woman. In praise of the boiled beans, he named the town Bendakaluru (town of boiled beans). Such stories add a highly interesting dimension to a city’s history, but are not backed by any evidence. From Bengaluru to Bangalore and now to Bengaluru again, the name has turned a full circle. From the era of Kempegowda to being the Silicon Valley of the country, the city has come a long way. Knowledge of a city’s history is crucial to city governance. Appreciating the city’s history will fuel a sense of pride and love for the city among its officials and as a result, empower them to work efficiently. The History of Bangalore city was covered by Suresh Moona in the B.CLIP classroom sessions Local governance has existed in India since the Vedic days. The Indus Valley civilization had well planned towns and governing bodies that took care of civic infrastructure. Municipalities were established by the East India Company in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras, and were later empowered to enact their own bylaws. Lord Ripon instituted a major reform in 1882 paving the way for representative form of governance in municipalities. This resulted in elected councils in several municipal bodies – including one in Bangalore as described below. Municipal governance in Bangalore Bangalore Town and Bangalore Cantonment, analogous to modern wards, had separate committees with several divisions, with two councillors for each division. By 1892, both these municipalities were free from direct British rule and elections were introduced. The Cantonment municipality, unlike Bangalore town municipality, saw communal representation of councilors. This arrangement continued until independence. This period saw Bangalore Town municipality under the administration of eminent personalities such as Arcot Srinivasachar, K P Puttanna Chetty and A S Nagarkar. Post-independence In 1949, City of Bangalore Corporation Act merged the two municipal committees in Bangalore and all their constituent divisions were brought under a single corporation. The resultant body was what we now know as Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike, or BMP. At the same time, there was another corporation in operation in Karnataka- Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Council. The State Government of Karnataka intended to bring these two bodies under the purview of same act. Hence the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act -1976 (KMC Act) was introduced. This act with its various amendments continues to govern the Bangalore Corporation even today. One of the major amendments done to the KMC Act was the Karnataka Amending Act 35 of 1994, after which Bangalore Corporation got reconstituted with larger urban area under its jurisdiction, and an election commission was set up for running the elections to local bodies in the state. A finance commission was constituted to review the financial position of Corporation vis-à-vis that of state government. This was the first time that state government endowed power and authority to local urban bodies in general and BMP in particular. This included powers to prepare and implement plans for economic development and ensuring social justice. The next major change into Corporation came in 2007, when the state government issued a notification to merge the BMP with adjoining 7 city municipal councils (CMC), one town municipal council (TMC) and 111 villages. This resulted in a much bigger area of administration for the Corporation which was rechristened “Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike”, or the BBMP. Electronic City, one of the city’s fastest growing areas, remains out of BBMP’s jurisdiction; in June 2007, BBMP passed a resolution to bring the Electronic City under its administration. However, Electronic City Industries’ association has stiffly opposed this move. This tug of war is went on till March 2013, when a Karnataka state government order declared the creation of an independent Electronics City Industrial Township Authority or ECLIA. Girisha Shankar is an urban policy analyst with the Takshashila Institution and a student of the B.CLIP pioneer batch. Apoorva Tadepalli is an intern at the Takshashila Institution. Archives WELCOME Welcome to the class blog of the B.PAC Civic Leadership Incubation Program. B.CLIP aims to create a pool of good civic leaders who will actively engage in ward level management and administration of Bangalore to improve its governance. Follow this blog for weekly updates on class notes, references, learning aids, and much more. This blog is maintained by the Takshashila Institution. About the blog This is a blog by the Takshashila Institution on the B.PAC Civic Leadership Incubation Program (B.CLIP). B.CLIP is an initiative by the Bangalore Political Action Committee, with the Takshashila Institution as the knowledge and training partner. About Takshashila The Takshashila Institution is an independent, non-partisan think tank on India’s strategic affairs and public policy, registered in Chennai and with offices in Bangalore. It has pioneered modern public policy education in India through its graduate programme targeted at working professionals in the media, politics, NGOs and the corporate sector. Takshashila conducts policy research in a number of policy domains, supports an active community of bloggers and has been publishing Pragati—The Indian National Interest Review, a monthly magazine on public affairs since April 2007.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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With InstaWeather app allows to share information about the current weather or weather forecast over the favorite photos from the iPhone. Features: - Quick and easy to tell a friend about the weather, using colorful images information. - Get access to more than 60 cover - by simply indicate the current temperature and location to the detailed projections with atmospheric pressure, temperature, chance of rain, wind direction and strength. Numbers - This is the most powerful and user-friendly application to create different tables. Features: - Choose from 16 templates Apple, for example, "budget", "Travel Planning" or "training." View and edit files in Numbers '09, Microsoft Excel, and CSV. - Use iCloud, to start editing the table with the point where you left off on another device with iOS. - Drag and drop files in Numbers '09, Excel or CSV to the site icloud.com from your Mac or PC, and they will automatically appear on your devices with iOS. - Organize your data with the help of great charts and tables. SoundHound app is a program that allows you to detect and search music on the radio and through the recorder. Features: - Listen to the search result. - Share the melody with your friends by email, on Facebook or Twitter (support through the general settings of the phone). - Instantly find the lyrics. - View information about the albums. - Listen to a preview of songs. - Learn about the most popular songs of the selected artist. - Read a biography of the required group. - Watch the video clips. - Scroll through the list of similar artists. - Logs favorites. - See photos. Scanbot app is a program that can scan any documents in premium quality. Now you have a great possibility to create a PDF or JPG-copy in high resolution. Submit them by e-mail or upload to Box, Dropbox, Evernote and other cloud storage. Studio 2 app is a powerful program for assistance and making music right from your mobile device. Features: - Import audio from YouTube. - Import MP3, WAVE, AIFF and other formats of the letters. - Import music from your iPod library. - Record hundreds of online radio stations. - Record vocals and guitar. - Apply effects, reverb and delay. - Automate track parameters, such as volume or pan. - To have up to 96 stereo tracks. - Export songs in HD quality via email. - Documents folder or directly open in other applications. - Compatible with Audiobus and IAA. ExcelContacts app it is not only the best, but at the moment the only possible way to transfer your contacts from your iPhone without the help of iTunes! EXTRAS: - Easy to manage your iPhone. - Update, modify and maintain your contacts. - Use Excel, OpenOffice or other software that supports Excel. - Send all contacts from your iPhone in a convenient zip file by email, via USB, or via a web page. - Photo contacts are also saved. - Do not rely on iTunes. - You can also store contacts on Yahoo or other servers to have a backup. - Simple format. Contacts Sync for Google Gmail app allows you to quickly and easily synchronize your Gmail address book and your iPhone, so that you will have access to your contact database wherever you go. This application has a great reliability, ease of use, speed and "two-way synchronization" , which brings together changes to Gmail and your iPhone. Features: - Provides two-way synchronization, which allows collate the changes made on the iPhone, with the changes in the database Gmail contacts AVPlayer HD app is a video player that is made specifically for the iPhone and iPad. It reads a huge amount of computer-based video formats - XVID / DIVX ( including AC3) AVI, WMV, RMVB, ASF, H264, MKV, and more.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Friday - Roatan (West End or South side Roatan) for two dives, lunch then return to dock, sunset cocktail party/dinner ashore Saturday: 8 am Check Out PRIMARY DIVING SITES of the ROATAN AGGRESSOR The Roatan Aggressor dives the best of the Bay Islands. These islands are Honduras' brightest gems offering divers sheer walls, beautiful shallow reefs, spectacular wrecks and offshore sea mounts. These pristine sea mounts represent a Caribbean frontier rarely explored by divers. Here are some of the areas the Roatan Aggressor will visit. ROATAN ISLANDMary’s Place – One of the most famous dive sites off of the south side of Roatan, Mary’s Place has a lush reef with crevasses and tunnels running through it that provide great photo opportunities.Taviana’s Wall - Lots of turtles are found here and this site makes a great night dive with octopus, crabs and lobsters.Wreck of the Aquila- This wreck is home to 15 - 20 large Groupers and a big blue Parrot Fish, as well as a big green Moray Eel that is always willing to come out and play.Odyssey Wreck - This freighter is Roatan’s largest wreck measuring 300 feet long, 50 feet wide, and 85 feet tall. It is one of the largest wrecks in the Caribbean. The SEA MOUNTCoco’s Sea Mount - Coco’s beauty is in the mix of coral and good visibility that divers always enjoy. The ocean floor rises from hundreds of feet to only 40 feet from the surface. These sea mounts are far from Utila and Roatan, therefore, they are rarely visited by day boat divers.UTILA ISLANDBlack Hills – A favorite among all divers, you can count on seeing schools of Creole Wrasse, Atlantic Spadefish, Horse-eye Jack and Southern Sennets at this seamount, along with Scorpionfish, Toadfish and the rare Frog Fish. A resident turtle appears unafraid of divers, as do the Barracuda. Large pelagic fish can be spotted here, such as Manta Rays, Marlin, and sharks including the big boy himself, the Whale Shark!Duppy Waters – A coral garden begins beneath the boat at 20 feet, with walls sloping off into the blue. Eagle Rays, stingrays, octopus and schools of Creole Wrasse and Blue Tang are in abundance.CJ’s Drop-off - This is one for the deep dive enthusiast. Spiny Caribbean Lobster, Golden Tail Moray and schools of Jack are plentiful.Raggedy Cay – This popular site begins at 30 feet and falls away to 130 feet, with Majestic Eagle Rays swooping by and Hawksbill Turtles munching away on soft corals. Octopus can be found around the sand channels along the coral garden as well as Spotted Morays.Old Bank – This is a very nice shallow dive site, where the rare Elkhorn Coral flourishes and smaller critters, like the Fringed Filefish and Caribbean Reef Squid, can be seen along the walls. In the sandy areas, the allusive Yellowhead Jawfish can be spotted peering out of its hole.Cannery Bank – Here’s a prime opportunity to witness large pelagic fish that roam the open waters. There are lots of vibrant color on the mounts, beginning at 25 feet and sloping to 110 feet.Jack Neil Point – Sand, walls and individual coral heads make this a must dive. Long snout Seahorse, Large-eye Toadfish, Flying Gurnards, and octopus make this one of the area’s best night dives.Halliburton Wreck – Sunk in 1998, this artificial reef begins at 65 feet with the wheelhouse and continues down to the vessel bottom at 100 feet. Green Morays, Spotted Drum, Yellowline Arrow Crabs, Channel Clinging Crabs and Bearded Fire Worms are usually seen on this exceptional deep dive, as well as the occasional Porcupine Fish and Pipefish.Hawksbill Bank – The Roatan Aggressor is one of a few that visit this seamount beginning at 40 feet and sloping down to 80 feet. Bluebell tunicates are in abundance, and the rare Fingerprints can also be found. A resident Hawksbill turtle gives the site its name. CAYOS COCHINOSToon Town- Known for its macro life, this dive off Cayos Cochinos is jam-packed with big clumps of bluebell tunicates, small crabs and flamingo tongue cowries, among a long laundry list of headliners from the tinier marine kingdoms.Pelican Point - every kind of reef fish imaginable, including French and queen angelfish, butterfly fish, tangs, and parrotfish. On the outside of the reef, you may see sharks and barracuda patrolling	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
But keeping track of what that cash is buying and where you are spending it? Not so much. And if you’re reading this and just sent a kiddo to prom and/or graduation, I feel your pain. If you’re reading this and have a kid in college, you might be better off just going and reading your bank statements from a decade ago – just to remember how much money you had when you made less money….but didn’t have a kid in college. Where does all your money go? It seems to go a little here and a little there….and before you know it, you’re avoiding purchases until that next paycheck. A December survey by the National Endowment for Financial Education and Harris Poll found that 45% of adults in the U.S. Are living paycheck to paycheck. The truly wealthy don’t have to track their expenses – they can afford to hire someone to do that for them – but for the rest of us, it pays to have some sort of system of knowing where the cash is going. Tracking expenses can be more than a chore, it’s emotionally draining, says Brad Klontz, a psychologist, financial planner and professor at Creighton University. “For most people, sitting down and tracking their expenses is a similar emotional experience to counting calories,” Klontz said. “It often generates negative feelings, guilt, remorse, shame or frustration.”	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Filler words like “um” may seem natural in everyday speech, but they do not belong in formal presentations or speeches. Powerful public speakers work hard to eliminate words such as “um,” “uh,” “well,” “so,” “you know,” “er,” and “like” from their vocabulary so that their listeners can focus solely on their message. Filler words represent verbal static that has to be filtered out by your audience!	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Yoga Dogs (French) 2014 Wall Calendar List Price $14.99Our Price $4.49ID: 201400003683 Yoga Dogs (French) Wall Calendar: This Yoga Dogs wall calendar gives new meaning to "Downward Facing Dog". The Yoga Dogs calendar hosts a year full of images showing popular dog breeds positioned in classic yoga postures with the help of digital technology. These reworked portraits will bend your mind and delight you. Play, Bark...Breathe. Nama-Sit. Nama-Stay. This bilingual calendar features month names, days, and captions in French and English, and includes Quebec holidays. EAN: 9781465019851	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Share this: The Buffalo Sabres lost again Tuesday night when the Florida Panthers won the NHL draft lottery despite having the second-best chance to win the top selection in June’s draft. Buffalo had the best odds to win, but it will pick second. Aside from the top two picks, the rest of the lottery order went as expected. Now that we know the order of the first 14 selections, it’s time to predict which prospects these teams will draft. Here’s an early NHL mock draft, post-lottery edition. Note: The New Jersey Devils were a lottery team but will pick 30th because of the Ilya Kovalchuk contract situation. Picks 14 through 29 will be determined by the results of the 2014 Stanley Cup playoffs. 1) Florida Panthers — Aaron Ekblad, D, Barrie (OHL) Nearly every Stanley Cup champion has its blue line anchored by a franchise defenseman — a player such as Shea Weber, Zdeno Chara or Duncan Keith. Ekblad could be that player for Florida based on his exceptional strength (6-foot-4, 215 pounds), great positioning, a high hockey IQ and tremendous poise with the puck. Very few D-men are as polished defensively at 18 years old as Ekblad, who also shows promise as a dependable penalty killer. In addition to his defensive prowess, Ekblad tallied a career-high 53 points (23 goals, 30 assists) in 58 games for the Barrie Colts in 2013-14. 2) Buffalo Sabres — Sam Reinhart, C, Kootenay (WHL) The Sabres need help at every position, but after finishing the season ranked last in goals scored and second-to-last in power-play percentage, selecting a forward with this pick should happen. Reinhart is an exceptional playmaker with elite offensive awareness and protects the puck well with his balance and poise. He tallied 105 points (36 goals, 69 assists) in 60 games for Kootenay this season. Another reason for Buffalo to select Reinhart is his NHL readiness. He’s capable of making an impact at the pro level in 2014-15 based on his maturity and hockey IQ. A lot of the league’s best teams are built with strong depth down the middle, which is why the Sabres should select Reinhart to form a three-headed monster at center with former first-round picks Zemgus Girgensons and Cody Hodgson. 3) Edmonton Oilers — Sam Bennett, C, Kingston (OHL) The Oilers should trade this pick as part of a package for an established NHL D-man, but if they do make the pick, it should be a forward because there aren’t any defensive prospects worth taking in the top five after Ekblad. Bennett is the best choice because of his fantastic play-making skills, ability to dominate on the power-play and a polished two-way game. He doesn’t make a lot of mistakes and scores clutch goals. He tallied 91 points (36 goals, 55 assists) in 57 games in 2013-14. Drafting Bennett would give Edmonton a solid 1-2 punch down the middle with former No. 1 pick Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. 4) Calgary Flames — Leon Draisaitl, C, Prince Albert (WHL) Calgary took center Sean Monahan with the sixth overall pick last year, and he’s turned into a quality player with superstar potential. This year’s selection should be used to bolster the team’s center depth even more. Draisaitl has a high hockey IQ, impressive skating, a powerful shot and play-making skills that elevate the production of his linemates. The German forward posted 105 points (38 goals, 67 assists) in 64 games this season. Draisaitl doesn’t have amazing strength, but he protects the puck well and is willing to battle in the corners. His hard-working attitude would fit in well with this Flames forward group. 5) New York Islanders — Michael Dal Colle, LW, Oshawa (OHL) The Islanders need to send their 2014 or 2015 first-round pick to Buffalo as part of the Thomas Vanek trade, and because the top prize in the 2015 draft is a potential Sidney Crosby-type player in Connor McDavid, the best choice would be to give up this year’s selection. If the Islanders keep the pick, it should be used on a natural goal-scoring winger in Dal Colle. His accurate shot, great speed and soft hands make him a perfect winger for No. 1 center John Tavares. Dal Colle also would bring some much-needed toughness to the Islanders’ top nine. 6) Vancouver Canucks — Jake Virtanen, LW, Calgary (WHL) Vancouver needs a defenseman, but it would be tough to pass on a power winger with goal-scoring skills and speed such as Jake Virtanen, who reminds a lot of people of Anaheim Ducks superstar Corey Perry. Virtanen scored 41 goals in 71 games for the Calgary Hitmen this season. In addition to his offensive skill, Virtanen also is a polished defensive player who back checks consistently and will engage physically to win possession of the puck. He’s not NHL-ready yet, and might need another year in juniors and one season in the AHL, but he’s exactly what an aging Vancouver offense needs long term. 7) Carolina Hurricanes — KasperiKapanen, RW, Kalpa (SM-Liiga) The Hurricanes likely are headed for a complete rebuild, which would give them plenty of time to let talented players such as Kapanen fully develop. Kapanen, a son of a former NHL D-man, tallied 14 points (seven goals, seven assists) over 47 games in Finland’s top professional league SM-liiga. His high-end goal-scoring skill, blazing speed and impressive vision would significantly upgrade a Carolina offense that ranked 22nd in goals scored and 28th in power-play percentage this season. 8) Toronto Maple Leafs — William Nylander, C, MODO (SHL) Toronto’s eternal search for a No. 1 center should continue with the selection of Nylander, the son of a former NHLer. He has fantastic hands and tremendous play-making ability, and he’s responsible in his own zone. His offensive awareness and speed are breathtaking, and are reasons why he’s one of the most exciting players in this class. Nylander already has proven he can score goals and excel on the power play against professional opponents in Sweden, and he’d only need one more season of development before being ready for the NHL. 9) Winnipeg Jets — Ivan Barbashev, C, Moncton (QMJHL) The Jets have plenty of depth on the wings with talented top-six forwards such as Evander Kane, Andrew Ladd and Blake Wheeler. It’s time to upgrade the depth down the middle, and Barbashev is the best choice for that need. Barbashev tallied 68 points (23 goals, 45 assists) in 45 games this season, and he’s also steadily improving defensively. The Russian forward has developed into a dependable penalty killer, and he’s back checking with more consistency. He’s not a great faceoff man, but his combination of size, strength and skill is quite impressive. Barbashev is close to being NHL-ready and is one of the more complete centers in this class. Ehlers has game-changing speed, an accurate and powerful shot, and the stick-handling ability to move past defenders and protect the puck in traffic. He would be a fantastic fit on Anaheim’s top line alongside superstars Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry, and his elite offensive skill could really benefit the Ducks’ 22nd-ranked power play. The Ducks received this pick from Ottawa as part of the summer trade that sent Bobby Ryan to the Senators. However, if Anaheim is eliminated in the first or second round of the playoffs, it wouldn’t be surprising if it uses this pick as part of a trade to acquire an impact player. 11) Nashville Predators — Nick Ritchie, LW, Peterborough (OHL) Ritchie is a power forward who scores goals and battles hard in all three zones. The Predators play a heavy, defense-first style of hockey, and there’s no doubt Ritchie would be a good fit in this system. He tallied 74 points (35 goals, 39 assists) in 61 games this season, which was almost double his previous career high. Nashville finished 18th in goals scored and relied too much on its defensemen to provide offense. The team needs to take an all-around offensive prospect with this pick. 12) Phoenix Coyotes — Brendan Perlini, LW, Niagra (OHL) The Coyotes ranked 20th in goals scored, lack elite offensive players, and several of its best forwards (Shane Doan, Radim Vrbata, etc.) are in the final stages of their careers. This is why an extraordinary talent like Perlini is the perfect choice at No. 12. Perlini is a gifted goal scorer with a booming shot, soft hands and impressive size (6-foot-3, 206 pounds). He tallied 71 points (34 goals, 37 assists) over 58 games in his first full OHL season. His willingness to play a physical brand of hockey, block shots and back check would allow him to make a smooth transition to Coyotes head coach Dave Tippett’s defense-first style of play. 13) Washington Capitals — Haydn Fleury, D, Red Deer (WHL) The Capitals have plenty of offensive defensemen with Mike Green and John Carlson in their top four, but outside of Karl Alzner, they lack a stay-at-home blueliner who kills penalties well and plays physical. Fleury is a tough kid who skates well, and in addition to his fundamentally strong defensive skills, he moves the puck well and can skate his way out of trouble in the defensive zone. Fleury’s maturity, poise with the puck and good decision-making illustrate how polished he is at a young age. Fleury could play in the NHL as soon as 2015-16. For the Canucks I can see them taking Virtanen and that would be a good pick. He may be a bit one dimensional but he is big, fast, physical and can score BUT I would look at Ehlers (dynamic speed and offense), or Ritchie (big very good good skater for his size with decent offensive skills and shot) As for the Leafs, given what this mock is saying would be available I would take Ritchie, Ehlers, or maybe even Perlini (not knocking Nylander who is talented)	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Samsung Could Be About to Release the Results From Its Galaxy Note 7 Probe Korean electronics giant Samsung ssnlf will reportedly announce the final results of an internal investigation into what went wrong with the Galaxy Note 7 by the end of the year, according to the Investor. The embattled company has been operating in full damage control mode, particularly after posting a 96% plunge in third quarter earnings last month. Part of the damage control operation has been to independently seek answers as to why batteries in some of its products were spontaneously catching fire, and a new round of investigations kicked off earlier this month. While faulty batteries seem to have been the catalyst, the company wanted to determine other factors that could have led to the explosions. Since launching the tablet phone in August, over 4.2 million Galaxy Note 7s have been sold globally, reports the Investor. But the reports of fires and exploding batteries led to a recall then a total discontinuation of the device in October. “We are considering all possibilities to find out the exact cause of the accidents,” a Samsung official told the Investor. The findings of the new investigation will be the deciding factor in whether or not the phones can be re-used, saving huge environmental and financial costs, and could have an impact on the the Galaxy S8 launch next year. For more on the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, watch this Fortune video: The results could also be a deciding factor in whether “heads will roll,” at the company, after Chief Executive Kwon Oh-hyun said Samsung would only assign responsibility after the crisis was resolved, reported Fortune earlier this year. It has been a busy week for the “crown jewel” of South Korea’s largest conglomerate, with the enterprise reportedly considering a major structural overhaul as part of a wider succession plan. Korean electronics giant Samsung ssnlf will reportedly announce the final results of an internal investigation into what went wrong with the Galaxy Note 7 by the end of the year, according to the Investor. The embattled company has been operating in full damage control mode, particularly after posting a 96% plunge in third quarter earnings last month. Part of the damage control operation has been to independently seek answers as to why batteries in some of its products were spontaneously catching fire, and a new round of investigations kicked off earlier this month. While faulty batteries seem to have been the catalyst, the company wanted to determine other factors that could have led to the explosions. Since launching the tablet phone in August, over 4.2 million Galaxy Note 7s have been sold globally, reports the Investor. But the reports of fires and exploding batteries led to a recall then a total discontinuation of the device in October. “We are considering all possibilities to find out the exact cause of the accidents,” a Samsung official told the Investor. The findings of the new investigation will be the deciding factor in whether or not the phones can be re-used, saving huge environmental and financial costs, and could have an impact on the the Galaxy S8 launch next year. For more on the Samsung Galaxy Note 7, watch this Fortune video: The results could also be a deciding factor in whether “heads will roll,” at the company, after Chief Executive Kwon Oh-hyun said Samsung would only assign responsibility after the crisis was resolved, reported Fortune earlier this year. It has been a busy week for the “crown jewel” of South Korea’s largest conglomerate, with the enterprise reportedly considering a major structural overhaul as part of a wider succession plan.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
The program aims to develop ‘college-going ambition’ within the school system by providing scholarships to state colleges and universities to local high school graduates, all funded by partner Yale University. The New Haven Promise, announced in November 2010, was the result of a key question that was circulating in the mayor’s office: What does it take to help move an entire city forward into the next generation? The answer, according to Mayor DeStefano, was simple: “The most powerful way that we as a city can organize and envision our future is around the aspirations and potential of our young people.” The New Haven Promise is part of a broader move towards educational reform as well as a means to revitalize the city by attracting new families to New Haven. Even immigration status will have no bearing on a student’s participation in the program. Says Mayor John DeStefano, Jr., “[This is a] contract that says to kids: If you work hard, you demonstrate academic achievement and display appropriate behaviours, we’ll give you the tools to go to college and therefore inject choice and opportunity in your lives.”	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
God to the rescue By Mark Steele (also published at his blog http://steelefives.blogspot.com/) A few weeks ago at church, we talked about past ‘rescues’ God has made, and what our role is in assisting those rescues. Then we were asked to tell of a time when we were rescued. I shared a critical experience in my recent life, and have written it out here. This was a rescue from my own ignorance. _______________________________________________ Almost six years ago (January 2008), our soon to be 19-year-old daughter let us know that after several years of struggle with the issue, she had determined she was gay. Before that moment we had not thought deeply about this topic, but had just accepted our church’s position that homosexuality was a sin, and to be avoided at all cost. I believe we were outwardly calm, but inwardly in turmoil. We weren’t sure what to understand about our daughter’s sexual orientation, and about her. Was she misguided or sinful? Should we rebuke her? Ignore her state? Do as some others had done, and throw her out or turn our back on her so she wouldn’t adversely affect the younger children in our home? Coexist in love? When we asked our daughter’s bishop about it, the most memorable thing he said was, “Don’t pray for her not to be gay; just pray for her to be safe.” In the midst of our prayer, and thinking, and confusion, Peggy and I took off on our own to Gateway Center in Salt Lake. We talked about our options as to how we should respond to our daughter and this situation. Nothing was clear. Then Peggy noticed a Barnes and Noble store across the way, and suggested we go there. Once we got in the store, Peggy went to the back, as if led to a particular area, and there in a display was a book by Carol Lynn Pearson, titled No More Goodbyes, and it was about our specific situation! Peggy excitedly brought it to me, and I spent the next hour in the store reading through it. It talked about sexual orientation and the church, prescribed a loving approach toward our loved ones with same sex attraction, and included the stories of many who had struggled with this already in their own families, some unsuccessfully as they drove away their loved, leading in all too many cases to despair and even death. Some of her concluding words seared my heart and mind: “When we [Mormons] see a need, we respond. When we are conscious, we act. That new pioneer journey I spoke of in the first part of this book is a journey of consciousness. Now that you have the stories of anguish and of healing, have met our gay loved ones and the parents, sisters, brothers, and friends who have circled the wagons around them, you have journeyed in consciousness and have, I believe, arrived at a new place.” “Now you know.” (p. 275) After further reading and considering the message in No More Goodbyes, we had a new heart. We knew that we should not allow anything to separate us from our daughter and our love for her. Not fear, not anger, not what we thought we understood from our church. This was a gift from God, a new understanding. And a chance to keep things right. This of course didn’t made everything easy. Shelly’s life path was changed, and we grieved the loss of many things we’d hoped for in her life. The science is clearer, but the mind of theology remains murky to us. How does gender identity and sexual orientation relate to the eternities? We have learned to leave that to God. Then we encountered a new round of thought and consideration a couple of years later as Shelly determined she was transgender. A whole new change of direction and expectations! A new name, Jack Kadin. A new set of pronouns. It took us time, and experiences. But six years later, I know we are still a family, working to be knit together in love. And the direction we have taken, faithful both to our son and to our church, still rings true. God had rescued us from a terrible mistake.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
A fighter taking off from the Chinese aircraft carrier – Source: navi.mil An aircraft carrier that navigating upon the waters between the Japanese islands of Miyako and Okinawa towards the Ocean Pacific Ocean- in what was described as a “exercise of routine” by the president Xi Jinping- ; the construction of the second aircraft carrier- a military program characterized as a State Secret-; a budget of defense that has been increased by fifth time to more than 5 trillions of yens (approximately 42.500 million dollars); and the new images of satellite- that show the installation of a few possible defensive “significant” weapon, including anti-aircraft and antiballistic systems in seven of the artificial islands that Beiging has built in the last years in the disputed West Philippine Sea, show the long increase of the naval expansion of small stone in the region of Pacific Asia. Since Chine revealed in 2015 his strategy of naval expansion, that so much secrecy had aroused, it could have been seen putting in March across a strategy that has taken her to “native rejuvenation”. The above mentioned program reflects the desire of Chine of becoming a maritime power capable of guaranteeing the defense of his shores, but also of assuring the projection of his commercial expansion overseas opposite of the “threats” inevitable. This “threats” are the revisionist policy of Japan, the high level of uncertainty in the peninsula of Korea, the independent movement in Taiwan and Tibet, the new president, Donald Trump, in the White House and the increase of the tensions in the West Philippine Sea for the intervention of the external actors. All this has provoked an increase of the tension and the displacement of the principal military effort of China, from ground forces to sea forces and, by extension, the air forces. Traditionally, China has been exclusively a continental power, basing his strategy in the control of the resources and the territories, having as an advantage the denominated “deeply strategy”, it means, the big territory to controlling, which protects them from a fast invasion. But, for the first time in the last century, China is turning in a maritime power basing his strategy in the control of the routes to assure his supply and his markets and to assure his different enemies far from his shores. In the last year, China has returned to coin the Maoist concept of “active defense” that it consists in the idea of a China must never give the “first blow” but if the “next four”. Therefore, it is possible to see the desire of the current Mandarins to reach the status of regional superpower and global power. In addition, it has chosen to use the heartland strategy that consists of going out of the isolation, which is given when you are a continental power, by means of the access to practicable and like that seas to manage to turn into a Thalassocracy – in geopolitical terms, it would be a question of a power been founded on the control of the sea-. The control of the sea tries safety against the invasions and the distant supplies. This way, a power supported in his bases, ports and islands, prefigures the victory of the network on the territories. On the other hand, we can associate this to the control of the sea routes and the control of the all the fluid elements of the economy (such as the flows of information, workers and the capitals). From this point, the only Thalassocracy nowadays in the world is The United States, being this his major worry because it insists on the patrolling the Pacific Ocean under the pretext of guaranteeing the maritime traffic through his military intensification in the West Philippine Sea. Beyond this polemic, which seems to be clear is, that one must possess not only a China in the highest of the economic world power, but also as military power capable of influencing decisively the world matters. Every day turns out to be more difficult to discuss that the XXI century will be the century of the ascent to the summit of a new China. Just his “internal demon” (the enormous social inequalities, the lack of freedoms and juridical safety, the monopoly of the incontestable power of the PCC and the territorial tensions) can stop the above mentioned ascent.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
VIDEO: National prize for Southwick school Glebe Primary School has won the Royal Society’s Young People’s Book Prize 2017 video competition with a brilliant book review film featuring its Chatterbooks reading group. The Southwick school beat almost 100 other entries and won £500 worth of book tokens. For the annual book prize, an adult judging panel selects a shortlist of six books then the overall winner is selected entirely by young people across the UK, involving schools, science centres, reading clubs, community groups, Scouts and Brownies. The winner of this year’s prize was Home Lab by Robert Winston. The video competition tasked groups involved in judging shortlisted books with making a short video about the experience. The videos were judged on creativity, enthusiasm and production by the Royal Society and chairman of the shortlist judges, Professor Christl Donnelly, from Imperial College London. The videos had to feature each of the books, the children’s opinions and some shots of the children judging the books but the rest was up to them.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Mostly recently, Revengeseason 2 delivered the episode of “Masquerade” unto us. And boy, was it ever delicious. Plus, the fashion was amazing. But it’s time for our weekly question…is Revenge new tonight on ABC? Emily and Daniel in “Masquerade” The answer, sadly, is no. But don’t run away all sad just yet… Revenge season 2 episode 19 does have a title for us to ruminate upon… and that title is, “Identity.” The episode will air on April 28, 2013. We also know the episode titles for the rest of the season. They are as follows: “Falcon”, “Truth Part 1”, and “Truth Part 2.” That’s not too telling, considering the show is unlikely to reveal too many big truths to us…ever. However, season finales are the best time to drop some knowledge on fans….especially by way of cliffhangers. And, no doubt, Revenge will have plenty for us to savor and think about over the summer. Thank you, Mike Kelley. But…throw a spoiler or two our way, maybe? Just a tiny one?	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Comforting chatbot February 5, 2014 Chatting with the customer service is now considered normal. But what if 'Eva', 'John' or 'Julia' were capable of not just solving technical problems but also providing us with emotional support? Janneke van der Zwaan investigated this possibility in the NWO research programme Responsible Innovation. She will defend her doctoral thesis on March 10. Someone who is upset, angry or depressed is less capable of taking wise decisions and solving problems. That was the starting point for the research of Janneke van der Zwaan, who will shortly defend her doctoral thesis at Delft University of Technology. Sometimes a person needs a sympathetic listening ear before they can be receptive to good advice. That applies just as much in the virtual world as it does in real life. But an empathic chatbot did not exist yet. Bullied children Van der Zwaan is an expert in the area of artificial intelligence. She developed a prototype for an empathic virtual 'buddy' for children who are being bullied. His name is Robin. 'I was mainly interested in the effects of Robin's appearance and behaviour on his conversation partners', says Van der Zwaan. 'I therefore kept the programme behind the robot as simple as possible. For example, I make use of multiple-choice answers. Chatting in a natural language is in itself already very difficult and that would only obscure our view of the interaction.' Imitating people Robin looks like a sort of SpongeBob who can do two things: chat (according to a preprogrammed question and answer model) and show emotions through his facial expressions. The emotions Robin can show have also been programmed. How can a fully programmed chatbot do something so inherently human as offer comfort? Very simple, explains Van der Zwaan: 'By imitating people.' Models She based the software behind Robin on models for human conversations in which emotional support is provided. Some of these are 'from textbooks', prescribed as an effective method for holding coaching conversations. Others have been acquired from hundreds of informal conversations in which friends, acquaintances or colleagues tried to support each other. From the various models, Van der Zwaan distilled a single conversation model with questions such as 'what happened exactly?', 'how do you feel now?' and 'have you tried this before?' and answers such as 'I am really sorry for you' and 'well done', 'smart, that you blocked this bully', or 'well done, that you talked to someone about the bullying'. Tests Van der Zwaan first tested the comforting cyberbuddy among one hundred students, then among professional care providers and then finally a group of children. The majority of people were convinced that a bullied child would feel better after chatting with Robin. The professional care providers found Robin's appearance too square and unnatural, whereas the children liked this aspect. The professional care providers found the combination of answers and facial expressions particularly comforting but for the students, the children were most happy with the practical advice. First step 'On balance, Robin therefore appears to be a successful empathic virtual buddy', says Van der Zwaan. 'This is still just a first step. The animations can be refined far more and greater variation needs to be brought into the conversations. But the underlying principle works; this study has demonstrated that. Also people who initially felt resistance towards the idea of a virtual character that got involved with human emotions still "came round" once they had talked with Robin.' Taboos Bullying is not the only area where empathic chatbots can play a role. Van der Zwaan: 'I deliberately chose this subject because children find it difficult to talk about it with their parents. The threshold for bringing up the subject with a virtual buddy is far less. There are more such taboo subjects. Examples are abuse, coping with grief or loneliness. A buddy could also be used as a coach for people who are on a diet, need to take medicines or quit smoking.' Further development Van der Zwaan is now looking for investors with who she can develop her prototype further. Of course a virtual buddy can never replace real human contact, she emphasises, let alone treatment. 'However, chatbots can certainly play a role in the first step towards a broader package of support or be a part of such a package, as long as they are warm and empathic. My research has shown that we can construct such "warm" virtual personalities.' Related Stories University of Twente researcher Machiel van der Bijl has developed a system that eliminates the need to test software manually. The system not only facilitates quick and accurate software testing, but it will also save software ... Honeybees can do far more than simply pollinate plants or make honey. The busy creatures also make excellent environmental monitors. This has been demonstrated by Wageningen UR bee researcher Sjef van der Steen. He used ... Nanotechnology can help solve many problems. But it is a technology that involves risks as well, for people and for the environment. In a PhD study conducted at Alterra Wageningen UR and Wageningen University, doctoral candidate ... (Phys.org) —Researchers working at the French National Center for Scientific Research have for the first time, directly measured the Van der Waals force between two atoms. In their paper published in the journal Physical ... Recommended for you It sounds like a science-fiction nightmare. But "killer robots" have the likes of British scientist Stephen Hawking and Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak fretting, and warning they could fuel ethnic cleansing and an arms race. Photos. Messages. Bank account codes. And so much more—sit on a person's mobile device, and the question is, how to secure them without having to depend on lengthy password codes of letters and numbers. Vendors promoting ... A startup team calls their work a product. They also call it a social movement. Many people in the over-7,000 islands in the Philippines lack access to electricity .The startup would like to make a difference. Their main ...	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Getting started, Hello Java 3D! 3.1 Installation 3.2 Your first Java 3D application3.3 Exercises for the reader 3.4 Summary Now the fun begins. It’s time to begin conquering the Java 3D development environment, setting ourselves up for serious Java 3D fun in the chapters to come. I’ll introduce a realistic Java 3D application to test your configuration, and allow you to experiment with some of the features described in later chapters. You’ll look at a simple Java 3D example, SimpleTest, that illustrates building an AWT−based Java 3D application. The SimpleTest example uses the Sun utility classes MainFrame and SimpleUniverse (included with your Java 3D distribution) to hide some of the complexities that we will be delving into in the chapters to come.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Kris Jenner vows revenge on the guy who called CPS Kris Jenner vows revenge on the guy who called CPS Kris Jenner vows revenge on the guy who called CPS October 30, 2012JEREMY FEIST Soooooo … hurricane Sandy. Look, I’m sure most of you don’t live on the east coast, but holy hell, last night was not fun. NO ME GUSTA. Lindsay Lohan was wrong: You cannot get rid of a hurricane with happy thoughts and sunshine dreams. Who knew? Well, everything seems to be on the up-and-up again, so let’s sally forth into the realm of stupid famous rich people being stupid, shall we? First up, here’s a bit from TMZ about how Kris Jenner is vowing to get the guy who called in a fake report to Child Protection Services, claiming that her daughters Kylie and Kendall Jenner were in danger. As we previously reported, the L.A. County Department of Children and Family Services launched an investigation into the K-family last week after receiving a tip from an anonymous caller. The tip was determined to be bogus … and we’re told Kris believes the culprit is a tabloid reporter who was trying to make up a story. Now, a rep for the Kardashian family tells TMZ the accusations are nothing short of “ridiculous” … adding, “It’s such a shame that anyone can make up such hurtful and hideous untruths especially when children are involved.” The rep continues, “We are taking this matter very seriously and investigating to find out who is responsible for fabricating such a terrible story and will take the necessary legal action so that this does not happen again.” In all fairness, we managed to get a transcript of the call to CPS, and here it is in its entirety: CPS: Hello, Child Protection Services, how can I help you?Caller: Children are living with Kris Jenner.CPS: We’re sending our entire FBI squad right now, sir.Caller: Did I mention it’s Kris Jenner?CPS: We’re sending an old priest and a young priest too.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
How to Ask for Support and Create Networks in the Early Stages of Your Career is hosted by BlackRock. ICEDR partner companies may send 6 early career women. The target audience for this program is women in the first decade of their careers in line roles. ICEDR partner business schools may send 1 participant. For high-potential women in the first decade of their careers, this program will help early career women build meaningful and effective relationships at work. The program will feature the latest research on how to ask for support and create networks. Alison Wood Brooks, Assistant Professor, Harvard Business School will deliver a session on “How to Talk: The Transformative Power of Conversation." In addition, we will explore how to build connections through dialogue, stories from women role models, and interactive exercises. Join other HR leaders to discuss the leadership that will be needed to help organizations thrive in the new world of work. You will hear recent work one the topic from London Business School's Julian Birkinshaw and ICEDR's President Doug Ready. ICEDR partner companies may send 4 early career women. The target audience for this program is women in the first decade of their careers in line roles. ICEDR partner business schools may send 1 participant. For high-potential women in the first decade of their careers, QUEST offers a one-day program to give early career women the skillsets and mindsets to grow their careers. The program will feature tactical sessions on the essential skills emerging women leaders must cultivate. Isabel Fernandez-Mateo, Adecco Professor of Strategy and Entrepreneurship, London Business School will deliver a session on “Building Your Career Strategy”, which is a version of the course she teaches at LBS. In addition, participants will benefit from a skill-building session on “Leading Authentically” and will enhance their ability to be the best possible version of themselves. The program will also feature the outputs of QUEST’s “Make It Happen” research that highlights the mindsets high-powered women display. A panel of senior-level women executives will bring this research to life through their career lessons for the next generation of women leaders. ICEDR partner companies may send 6 emerging women leaders. The target audience for this program is women in the first decade of their careers in line roles. ICEDR partner business schools may send 1 participant. For high-potential women in the first decade of their careers, QUEST offers a one-day program to give early career women the skillsets and mindsets to grow their careers. The program will feature tactical sessions on the essential skills emerging women leaders must cultivate. In addition, we will explore the mindsets of high-powered women through dialogue, stories from women role models, and interactive exercises. The ICEDR What Great Top Leadership Teams Do Program is hosted by Shell. Virtually every organization has a leadership team. But what is it that makes a leadership team a great team? What does it do either better or differently from other top teams? What does it feel like in the organization when that top team is operating at peak performance? How do top teams become great? Is it luck- the draw of the cards? Or, do they need nurturing, pruning, and cultivation? During this one-day highly interactive session we will examine the skillsets and mindsets of great top leadership teams, and we’ll look at how these teams work together to build new capabilities and drive change. We will also look at case examples of what companies are doing to build great leadership teams. The session will be highly relevant to today’s challenges, drawing upon recent research and extensive practical applications. We had an extraordinary Global Talent Summit at Fung Academy in Hong Kong April 17-18, 2018, with many of China’s leading companies presenting. We videotaped much of the summit and will be posting edited versions of some of the presentations over the next few weeks. Here are the first videos-check back often for new releases: Looking Ahead: Talent Strategy along the New Silk Road The QUEST Early Career Women's Program - Hong Kong is hosted by Esquel Group. ICEDR partner companies may send 4 high-potential emerging women leaders. The target audience for this program is women in the first decade of their careers in line roles. ICEDR partner business schools may send 1 participant. For high-potential women in the first decade of their careers, ICEDR offers a one-day program to give early career women the skillsets and mindsets to grow their careers. The program will feature tactical sessions on the essential skills emerging women leaders must cultivate. In addition, we will explore the mindsets of high-powered women through dialogue, stories from women role models, and interactive exercises. Partner companies may send 6 participants from all parts of the organization (not just HR). Partner business schools may send 1 participant. Today’s leaders need to demonstrate both vertical and horizontal depth- they must lead their businesses, functions, projects and geographies while also behaving with the broader enterprise in mind. As such, these “next-gen leaders” must possess the skillsets of a business leader and the “mindset” of an enterprise leader. During this day-long session we will explore the skillsets and mindsets of the enterprise leader and look at examples of excellence in practice in developing your next generation of enterprise leaders. The QUEST Early Career Women's Program - London is hosted by HSBC. ICEDR partner companies may send 4 emerging women leaders. The target audience for this program is women in the first decade of their careers in line roles. ICEDR partner business schools may send 1 participant. For women in the first decade of their careers, we offer a one-day program to give early career women the skillsets and mindsets to grow their careers. QUEST research on early career women identifies five factors that rising women stars value. Thus, the program is structured along 5 modules: Know Me: Invest the time to know me as a person, including my passions, interests, and needs both in and out of work.Challenge Me: I need to grow and continue my learning through new challenges and see multiple paths to advancement.Connect Me: I want to interact, collaborate, and build relationships with a dynamic network of peers, leaders, mentors, coaches, and sponsors.Inspire Me: I want purpose from my workplace from which I derive a sense of meaning.Unleash Me: I want to lead initiatives, have my voice heard, and use my entrepreneurial flair. At this interactive program, aspiring women leaders will connect with peers from top firms, take a strategic approach to their professional development, and be inspired by executive women role models. The HR’s Journey to the C-Suite – Becoming an Enterprise Leader Program is hosted by London Business School. Partner companies may send 4 participants. Partner business schools may send 1 participant. We live in a world that is in a permanent state of uncertainty and turbulence. Business leadership success is founded on having the right asset, product, financial and human capital strategy. The Board and CEO look to the top HR team to provide expertise, leadership and guidance on how best to position and re-position the human capital strategy, in order to cope with these ever-changing economic, technological and political circumstances. For those in HR who aspire to be a part of their organizations’ leadership team, learning how to adapt and thrive in this environment is essential for success. Whether you are a senior specialist or HR generalist, understanding and acquiring the skillsets and mindset of an enterprise leader are essential in order to be effective at the highest organization level. This program explores what it takes to progress to an enterprise leadership role and to have a real voice in both the C-Suite and the Boardroom. The QUEST Early Career Women's Program - Washington D.C. is hosted by Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. ICEDR partner companies may send 6 emerging women leaders. The target audience for this program is women in the first decade of their careers in line roles. ICEDR partner business schools may send 1 participant. For women in the first decade of their careers, we offer a one-day program to give early career women the skillsets and mindsets to grow their careers. This program features a world-class faculty team, including Christine Porath, Associate Professor of Management, Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and Betsy Myers, Former Senior Advisor on Women’s Issues to Presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. At this interactive program, aspiring women leaders will connect with peers from top firms, take a strategic approach to their professional development, and be inspired by executive women role models. This research roundtable is hosted by Shire. The target audience for this roundtable is women in the first decade of their careers in line roles. QUEST is moving forward with the next phase of research focusing on "Make It Happen! How Women Leaders Unleash Their Strengths". This roundtable will be led by the QUEST research team and will allow participants to have their voices heard, connect with peers from top companies, and contribute to this important initiative. The ICEDR Global Innovations Summit - Developing Leaders for a VUCA World is hosted by Baker McKenzie and McKinsey. We know the world is changing fast. We know technological breakthroughs have accelerated beyond what we thought possible. We know that demographics and cultural norms are changing the way work is done, as well as the relationships between employees and their organizations. We know that economic power is shifting from West to East. We know that customers have more knowledge than ever before and are therefore more demanding than ever before. But do we know what this means from a talent management, leadership development and organizational design perspective? Are we fully prepared to spot the leaders of the future in this ever-changing world? Are we as agile and resilient as we know we need to be? We will tackle these and other topics at the ICEDR Summit, with fresh research and practical company presentations on innovations concerning the workplace of the future and the leadership capabilities needed to not only survive, but to thrive in a VUCA World. ICEDR partner companies may send 4 emerging women leaders. The target audience for this program is women in the first decade of their careers in line roles. ICEDR partner business schools may send 1 participant. Are you an early career woman leader looking to enhance your business skills and develop strategies to achieve your goals? At this interactive program, you will connect with peers from top firms, take a strategic approach to your professional development, and be inspired by executive speakers. The Building Game Changing Organizations Program is hosted by AGSM Business School.Partner companies may send 4 participants. This program would be especially beneficial to senior level line and HR leaders who are engaged in building next generation organizational capabilities in their companies. Partner business schools may send 1 participant. Game-changing organizations rewrite traditional playbooks. They stand out. They often create disproportionate value relative to their size and resources. They have big dreams but know how to get things done. These organizations have a palpable "buzz" to them. They have a breakaway business model, but they also have a breakaway spirit and organizational culture. Leaders of these game-changing organizations understand the power and importance of telling their companies' compelling stories. They are hard-edged business leaders but they also embrace what others might consider to be the "soft side" of leading: purpose, vision, and climate. They know how to integrate the hard and soft sides of leadership into a powerful formula that makes them game-changers. These leaders and their organizations are purpose-driven, performance-oriented, and principles-led. The weaving together of these three capabilities simultaneously is what helps them get and stay out in front. ICEDR partner companies may send 4 emerging women leaders. The target audience for this program is women in the first decade of their careers in line roles. ICEDR partner business schools may send 1 participant. Are you an early career woman leader looking to enhance your business skills and develop strategies to achieve your goals? At this interactive program, you will connect with peers from top firms, take a strategic approach to your professional development, and be inspired by executive speakers. ICEDR partner companies may send 4 emerging women leaders. The target audience for this program is women in the first decade of their careers in line roles. ICEDR partner business schools may send 1 participant. Are you an early career woman leader looking to enhance your business skills and develop strategies to achieve your goals? At this interactive program, you will connect with peers from top firms, take a strategic approach to your professional development, and be inspired by executive speakers. The Building Game Changing Organizations Program is hosted by London Business School. Partner companies may send 4 participants.This program would be especially beneficial to senior level line and HR leaders who are engaged in building next generation organizational capabilities in their companies. Partner business schools may send 1 participant. Game-changing organizations rewrite traditional playbooks. They stand out. They often create disproportionate value relative to their size and resources. They have big dreams but know how to get things done. These organizations have a palpable "buzz" to them. They have a breakaway business model, but they also have a breakaway spirit and organizational culture. Leaders of these game-changing organizations understand the power and importance of telling their companies' compelling stories. They are hard-edged business leaders but they also embrace what others might consider to be the "soft side" of leading: purpose, vision, and climate. They know how to integrate the hard and soft sides of leadership into a powerful formula that makes them game-changers. These leaders and their organizations are purpose-driven, performance-oriented, and principles-led. The weaving together of these three capabilities simultaneously is what helps them get and stay out in front. ICEDR partner companies may send 4 emerging women leaders. The target audience for this program is women in the first decade of their careers in line roles. ICEDR partner business schools may send 1 participant. At this interactive program hosted by HubSpot, you will discover strategies that will help you - the early career woman - succeed. You will gain insights from two remarkable women leaders - Katie Burke, VP Culture & Experience, HubSpot and Betsy Myers, Senior Advisor, QUEST and former Chair of Women for Obama and former Senior Advisor on Women's Issues to President Bill Clinton. At this event, you will learn how companies are creating cultures where aspiring women leaders thrive, discover how you can bring your authentic self to work, and connect with peers from top firms. ICEDR partner companies may send 4 early career talents (target audience: men and women in first decade of their careers in line roles). ICEDR partner business schools may send 1 participant. Are you an early career leader looking to enhance your business skills and develop strategies to achieve your goals? What is key in your journey from individual contributor to manager? How can you become a better “reverse” mentor and learn from your interactions? At this interactive program, you will connect with peers from top firms, take a strategic approach to your professional development, and be inspired by executive speakers. The annual ICEDR Global Innovations Summit is ICEDR's flagship program and is intended as a learning opportunity for ICEDR's most senior-level audience. Each year, approximately 60 senior-level HR executives from ICEDR sponsor companies and senior Executive Education professionals from ICEDR partner business schools gather together to exchange practices, ideas, and challenges. The Summit is highly interactive, leaving ample time for dialogue so participants are able to discuss the challenges their organizations are facing. The ICEDR NextGen Women Leaders Program is hosted by Baker & McKenzie. ICEDR sponsor companies may send 4 emerging women leaders. The primary audience for this program is women in the first decade of their careers in line roles. ICEDR sponsor companies may also send 1 talent management executive. ICEDR partner business schools may send 1 participant. Are you a nextgen woman leader looking to develop your skills, connect with peers from an amazing group of companies, and be inspired to achieve your goals? Join a peer group of millennial women from world-class companies at the ICEDR NextGen Women Leaders Program. At this program, you will learn insights from ICEDR’s research on millennial women, enhance your business acumen, and discover practical strategies that will help you achieve your goals. What are the mission-critical challenges facing companies in the ASEAN region and throughout Asia Pacific? How can a company’s human capital policies and practices help address these pressing challenges? What are the most successful companies doing to attract, develop, reward, and retain the best talent? Can these practices work for your organization? Many CEOs have come to believe that the best way to achieve competitive advantage is through leveraging human resources strategically. The key question is: do your organization’s high potential HR leaders have the strategic thinking skills, action orientation and business acumen required to help your company achieve its objectives? The Asian Talent Summit has been created to help your organization develop these critical capabilities in your next generation talent management and human capital professionals. Program Topics -Look at the talent challenge through the CEO’s eyes -Understand the megatrends that are impacting every company’s competitive strategy -Understand cutting edge practices in talent management -Address the global/local challenge when it comes to building a game-changing talent strategy -Develop globally-minded managers and organizations -Facilitate enterprise-wide change to create next-generation organizations -Gain insights into new challenges for rising talent management executives The world of work is changing at an ever quickening pace. Buffeted by the winds of disruption, Australian organizations are facing an unprecedented challenge to modernise their human capital practices and remain competitive. In an “adapt or perish” style battle for survival, HR teams find themselves squarely in the front line. However, as a function established to manage processes and policies, HR hasn’t traditionally been called on to innovate. So how will we develop innovation capability to deliver what’s needed in the future of work? In this interactive session we’ll ask and answer some of the big questions on the minds of CHRO’s in Australia today: What is HR innovation? Who does it well? How can we develop innovation capability?	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that by 2050 global demand for fresh water is projected to grow by more than 40 per cent and at least a quarter of the world’s population will live in countries with a “chronic or recurrent” lack of clean water. He told the Security Council yesterday that “strains on water access are already rising in all regions,” noting that three-quarters of the 193 UN member states share rivers or lake basins with their neighbours. “Water, peace and security are inextricably linked,” Guterres said. “Without effective management of our water resources, we risk intensified disputes between communities and sectors and increased tensions among nations.” The secretary-general said the United Nations is ready to engage in preventive diplomacy to keep the competition for water from sparking conflicts. Bolivian President Evo Morales, whose country currently holds the council presidency, noted that since 1947, some 37 conflicts have taken place between countries related to water. “Our planet, the human family and life in all its myriad forms on Earth are in the throes of a water crisis that will only get worse over the coming decades,” he said. “If current patterns of consumption continue unabated, two-thirds of the world’s population will be facing water shortages as a daily reality by 2025,” Morales added. Right now, he said, more than 800 million people lack access to safe drinking water and more than 2.5 billion don’t have basic sanitation. Morales, who presided over the meeting, said the limited availability of fresh water underscores the importance of tackling the issue and ensuring that access to clean water is shared and doesn’t become “a pretext for domestic or international conflict.” British Ambassador Matthew Rycroft said the world has already seen what can happen “when the waters run dry,” pointing to drought in Somalia that is driving acute food shortages and threatening famine and a lack of clean water that is exacerbating the crisis sparked by Boko Haram in northeast Nigeria and sickening thousands. He said the world currently is not on track to meet UN goals for 2030 calling for improved water security, access to drinking water and sanitation, as well as stronger management of water resources shared by countries. In South Asia, Rycroft said, 1 billion people across Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Nepal and Pakistan rely heavily on just three rivers, but “despite facing similar problems posed by water demand and climate change, regional collaboration between these countries is limited.” Rycroft said Britain has provided USD 30 million over the past five years to support a regional approach to “identify and resolve challenges affecting these transboundary waters.” But to tackle the problem globally, he urged the world’s developed nations to also invest in delivering improved water security within and between states. In one example of regional cooperation, Ethiopian Ambassador Tekeda Alemu said that while there are differences between the six countries that are upstream and downstream on the Nile River, those nations negotiated for 13 years to produce an agreement on using its waters. It was signed by all six nations and is awaiting ratification by three of them. “The cooperation between Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan and the signing of the Declaration of Principles by the leaders of the three countries is also another manifestation of regional cooperation that needs to be enhanced further,” he said.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
The Red-eared Slider (RES) is a medium-to-large sized turtle capable of reaching straight carapace lengths of 7 to 9" in males & 10 to 12" in females (note: in rare cases larger red-ears have been found). Male RES are smaller than their female counterparts, reaching ~ 7 - 9" adult SCL. Males have elongated front claws to aid in courtship and mating rituals & their tails are much longer than females. THINK CUTE? THINK TWICE! Many times people believe and are told by the vendors that the hatchling will not grow. WRONG! They will grow into the size of this paper very fast. Those cute turtle lagoons usually sold along the turtle are what we call “Death Bowls”. The images speak for them selves. DIET Throughout their lives, RES are omnivores progressing from predominant carnivore as juveniles to predominant herbivore as adults. Be careful not to overfeed your Slider. Recommended feeding only 2 to 3 times a week for adult turtles and every day or every other day for the rapidly growing hatchlings. Sliders will consume vegetables, greens such as mustard greens, turnip greens, dandelion, spinach, carrots, zucchini and any aquatic vegetation, i.e. duckweed, water lettuce, water hyacinth, etc. They will also consume insects, worms, snails and fish. Many of the commercially prepared turtle diets that exist on the market today are excellent Slider food. You must provide Calcium for proper shell growth. Powdered calcium can be sprinkled on foods. It is suggested that one use calcium supplemented with vitamin D3 if the animal is being maintained indoors and calcium without D3 if it is outdoors. Provision of a cuttlefish bone, which can be gnawed if desired, is also recommended. RECOMMENDED ENCLOSURE TEMPERATURE RANGE (°F) Air Temperature: mid 70's - 80's Basking Temperature: High 80's to low 90's Water Temperature: ~ 72 to 76 degrees for sub-adults & adults, 78 to 80 degrees for hatchlings & smaller juveniles. For single adult male RES could do okay in a 75 gallon aquarium. Single large adult females need a minimum of a 125 gallon tank. This allows them decent room (quality of life) in addition to plenty of water to assist in good health and filtration. Basking areas can be made of anything that will support their weight and is non-abrasive. Smaller enclosures tend to resemble prison cells. Would you like to spend your whole life in the bathroom size prison cell? Predator safe outdoor pond is the BEST! Tuesday, October 6, 2015 In the early fall wild box turtles will begin to search for a protected place to spend the winter. It’s crucial to assess your box turtle’s health before you allow it to hibernate. There are many questions you need to ask and answer before your box turtle can safely hibernate. The first is should you even hibernate the turtle? If it is healthy, then yes. Hibernation helps turtles maintain normal thyroid activity, synchronize their reproduction cycles, and complete their normal life expectancies. Here are do’s and don’ts for successful hibernation: • Do take the time to prepare a proper hibernation place for your outdoor box turtle. Don’t leave it up to chance. • Do choose an area that does not flood or collect run-off water. Your turtles could drown. • Don’t hibernate sick, light weight or young box turtles. Keep them indoors in a roomy, well heated tank and feed them all winter long. • Do protect your hibernating box turtles from foraging wild animals like rats, mice or raccoons and from other pets that may break open their hibernation boxes or dens. • Do check on your hibernating turtles once in awhile. You may find ill turtles above ground or the signs of wild animals foraging for food. Friday, May 23, 2014 May is a busy month for turtles. Turtles wake up from hibernation and it's time for mating, migrating, nesting, and babies. Therefore in 2000, May 23 was designated World Turtle Day. Spring and early summer is a time of turtle nesting and babies. You can see turtles walking on the road or turtle hatchlings around local ponds and creeks. However cute they look and no matter how much your child wants to pick them up and take them home it’s not a good idea. Turtles—sea, freshwater, or terrestrial—are the favorite animals of many people. These attractive creatures continue to beat incredible odds to survive in today’s world of increasing pet and food trade, pollution and shrinking habitat. Please, read some suggestions on how you can help those beautiful and important little creatures, which have been part of our ecosystem for a long, long time on our website:10 Things to Do for Turtleshttp://dfwturtletortoiseclub.blogspot.com/2007/08/10-things-to-do-for-turtles.html DFW Turtle & Tortoise Club is volunteer based and thrives on donations.We provide great community for local turtle enthusiasts and people interested in turtles and tortoises. We educate public, provide consultations about captive care and wildlife rescue in cooperation with other wildlife and turtle organizations. We also offer educational presentations for schools, museums, and youth groups. Feel free to contact us for more information. Wednesday, June 26, 2013 10 Things to Do for Turtles Spring and early summer is a time of turtle nesting and babies. You can see turtles walking on the road or turtle hatchlings around local ponds and creeks. However cute they look and no matter how much your child wants to pick them up and take them home it’s not a good idea. Turtles—sea, freshwater, or terrestrial—are the favorite animals of many people. These attractive creatures continue to beat incredible odds to survive in today’s world of increasing pet and food trade, pollution and shrinking habitat. Here are some suggestions on how you can help those beautiful and important little creatures, which have been part of our ecosystem for a long, long time: 1. Give Turtles a Brake. First, be safe and don’t have an accident; then if possible avoid hitting the turtle. If you can safely stop and you want to do so, move the turtle off the road in the direction in which it was going. If the turtle is a large one, or a snapping turtle, use a stick to nudge him gently across the road without getting too close. Do not pick up a turtle by its tail, as it can cause dislocation of the turtle’s spine. 2. Protect Turtle habitat. Support your local turtle conservation programs. Report any abuse, poaching (of sea turtles, her eggs or hatchlings for example), or any other of your concerns to a local legal agency like Texas Parks & Wildlife department. These activities are violations of U.S. state and federal laws. 3. Don’t take turtles out of the wild. A game warden will fine you if you get caught. Turtles take up to 10 years before reaching sexual maturity to reproduce. Taking a turtle out of the wild will cause great harm to the future population of turtles. When the population is thinned beyond a certain point, adults are unlikely to find each other for mating. Many turtle species lays relatively few eggs and the hatchlings are very vulnerable during their first years to predation. This means not enough turtles can be produced for the population to survive and the population becomes reproductively dead. 4. Enjoy Turtles in the Wild. Never keep wild turtles as pets or buy them from a pet store. The trade in reptiles as pets is responsible for tremendous animal suffering and serious damage to turtle populations. Learn to enjoy turtles by observing them in their natural habitat, where they belong. If turtles live in your yard, why not keep them happy by building a pond and by landscaping with plants that provide protection and food? Edible plants for turtles include tropical hibiscus, dandelion, geraniums, and Chinese lantern. (Make sure that your plants are free of pesticide and herbicide residue.) Piles of leaves, vines, and downed trees make perfect turtle hiding places. 5. Don't release turtles back in wild. Think twice before buy turtle as a pet. Turtles can live 40, 60 even hundred years. They can grow large and need lots of space to roam or/and swim. This is the number one reason of turtles being released back in wild. Turtles kept in captivity for a while often lose the need for hunting since they have been fed and they will not be able to survive in the wild. An even bigger problem can develop, that is releasing the turtle, even in its potentially native habitat, will affect biodiversity of the pond or lake you release it in. Introduction of parasites and illnesses can wipe out entire fish or other local fauna population. For help, contact your local Turtle Club, Herpetological Society, Wildlife rehabilitator or your local animal shelter. 6. Get Turtles out of U.S. Live Animal Markets. Turtles are among the most popular offerings at live animal markets in the United States. They suffer terrible abuse in filthy, neglectful conditions, and are slaughtered by being cut apart while conscious. The vast majority of market turtles are taken from the wild, contributing to declining U.S. turtle populations. Tell state wildlife agencies that you’re concerned about the increasing collection of wild turtles to supply animal markets in the United States and abroad (mostly in Asia). 7.Say NO to turtle racing.Turtle racing is an event that is often held for the entertainment of young children at fairs, picnics, rodeos and socials across the U.S. usually without knowing what harm they are doing to the local turtle population as well as to the individual turtles. Turtles are found and collected in the wild and the overwhelming majority is picked up off of the roads. These “collectors” often exceed their legal limit of turtles. Turtles are piled up in five gallon buckets or cardboard boxes for a time ranging from several days to several weeks without food or water. As a result the turtles are under enormous amount of stress and sometimes covered with urine and feces which could spread disease among the turtles. 8. Don’t Mess with Texas. Pollution makes its way into bodies of water and wild areas, poisoning turtles and destroying their habitats. Always properly dispose of any hazardous materials such as paint or oil. Garbage, such as plastic bags, kills many pond turtles and sea turtles that either ingest it or become entangled in it. Reduce the amount of garbage you produce, recycle, and dispose of it properly. 9. Spread the Word. Educate others about the importance of protecting turtles from commercial exploitation and abuse in your community and throughout the world. Be a voice for turtles. 10. Join and/or support turtle conservation and educational organizations. You can find and join local Turtle & Tortoise Club/society like DFW Turtle & Tortoise club www.dfwttc.org so you can connect with others with great knowledge about chelonians and help with local efforts to protect turtles. Many other organizations like TSA - Turtle Survival Alliance and World Chelonian Trust www.chelonia.org have a great resources and extensive information about captive care and conservational issues. Follow us on Facebook Contact urbanveggie@yahoo.com or join our club on yahoo (link below)(Please check you spam box for answers just in case, thanks)Thanks for your patience :-)When you email us please include your LOCATION and PICTURES of your turtles. Thanks	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
The Ukraine Crisis Is Entering A Dangerous New Phase Yannis Behrakis/REUTERSPro-Russian rebels of the Battalion Vostok take positions outside the local administration building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, May 29, 2014. Russia's professional troublemakers have arrived by the hundreds in Eastern Ukraine. The Vostok Battalion, a Russian intelligence-linked Chechen-founded paramilitary consisting of battle-hardened militants from the most restive regions within Moscow's orbit, has arrived to take charge of Ukraine's pro-Russian rebels. Vostok's presence in Eastern Ukraine signals a subtle and important pivot in Russian president Vladimir Putin's strategy. Russia has drawn down its uniformed forces from Ukraine's border, creating the impression that there's no imminent threat of a conventional invasion. At the same time, experienced irregulars with connections to Russia's intelligence services have helped extend Moscow's reach inside of it southern neighbor. As New York University professor and Russia expert Mark Galeotti explained to Business Insider when reached in Moscow, Vostok consists of militants from Chechnya, Dagestan, and Ossetia — some of the most conflict-torn places in Russia's domain. "They aren't there to replace the militias in Eastern Ukraine. They're there to be the force that essentially controls them in Moscow's name," says Galeotti. Vostok was disbanded after the 2008 Russian incursion into Georgia, in which it participated. The battalion had been managed by a Chechen family with a longstanding vendetta against Ramzan Kadyrov, Chechnya's pro-Russian leader. Now that Vostok can be useful again, it's been allowed to reconstitute itself. Moscow's current objective in eastern Ukraine isn't annexation or direct control. Rather, Putin wants to maintain relative order with an eye towards reaching a favorable accord with the new government in Kiev — one that effectively resets the situation to late 2013, when Ukraine's pro-Moscow government was still planning on joining Putin's Eurasian customs union and spurning any EU or NATO overtures. Under this strategy, Ukraine remains a permanent member of Russia's "near abroad," with its politics operating within parameters set by Moscow. The Vostok Battalion helps advance that goal. "This is a specifically Russian military intelligence operation," says Galeotti. "They stood this force up and its role is to try and reassert some degree of control over the situation. Moscow is beginning to become alarmed how Eastern Ukraine was spinning into chaos and warlordism." Vostok is one of Moscow's instruments in achieving this victor's peace. Their role is "essentially political," Galeotti says: Vostok is Putin's way of controlling other, less disciplined pro-Russian militants. But there are between 300 and 400 Russian fighters from Vostok in Ukraine right now, and they are highly capable soldiers. "They are mainly battle-hardened veterans," says Galeotti. "They are a cut above not just almost all of the other militia, but at the same time they are also more capable than almost any of the Ukrainian regular military."	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
#extendmOOC – Experimenter Module – ACTIVITY 3 I chose it because it reminds us how much education has changed. The box is old and reminiscent of a time when education was all paper and pencil and teachers were the purveyors of all information. Now students can learn almost anything they want from the Internet. Teachers and the education system have to change and evolve to make the learning experience better for all. That’s what I love about the #extendmOOC Experimenter module. We get to play around and try new things and ponder how we can apply them to our practice. It’s fun, engaging and we can make mistakes (and learn from them). Activity 1 – Reflection The first activity asked us to try at least 3 Daily Extends. I tried more because I find them so fun. I like them because they are quick (usually), I get to learn something new and sometimes I can utilize what I learn in my courses. #oext1 challenged us to look around our home/office for an object that allows us to extend the capabilities of a task. I chose three things that fit the bill for me. Here’s my post on Twitter The second #extend I chose was #oext13. For this one we had to Define Yourself in One or More Noun Project Icons. We were to explore the Noun Project site for one or more icons that might represent you. I had never heard of the noun project. It had some great images that I will go back to and incorporate into lessons and presentations. By asking you to give credit to the source, it reminds faculty that just because it’s for education, doesn’t mean you don’t have to give credit (and it is also serves as an example to students when they see you giving credit). the following was my post: @ontarioextend#oext13 – I care about my students and am always thinking about new ways to reach and engage them. Because of this, I don’t get enough sleep and need my coffee to wake up every morning. All this can stress me out….just a bit…#extendmOOC The third one I chose was #oext123. This daily activity brought in the curation and collaboration modules. We collaborated by curating a list of videos on how and why to use ed-tech tools. I actually did 2 posts for this one. I found a great video on one of my favourite tools (Socrative). My post on Twitter: What is Tagboard? Tagboard is a really useful tool for finding tweets about various topics (based on the hashtag you use). It allows you to see tweets in a more visual way that looks almost like a Padlet wall. Our school is taking a deeper look into Micro-credentials, so I decided to make a tagboard that would find any reference to micro-credentials on Twitter using the hashtag #microcredentials. There were some very interesting posts that I will be exploring further. Link: https://tagboard.com/microcredentials/480738 Last week, I was in an online workshop on digital badges and they were talking about how using digital badges to show skills is important in bridging the gap between what employers are looking for and the skills candidates have. This was one of my favourites posts and it confirms what they said in the workshop: This tool allowed me to quickly search posts about specific topics. In this case, it lead me to articles and people who are interested in the topic. This is an awesome tool that I plan to use from now on! Overall, I think this may be one of my favourite modules. I’ve never been afraid to try new things when it comes to technology. I like to bring the students along for the ride and get their input. Sometimes we (teachers) think we know what a student will like or find intuitive. It’s important to get them involved in the process. I find that when they are, those are the activities that are embraced by the students the most. If you look both the diagram and the definition, we are still looking for some of the same skills that we always have, only now we focus on the utilization of technology to achieve the task. For example, one element: “Communications and collaboration. Participate in digital networks for learning and research”. Just because we have technology available to better communicate/collaborate, doesn’t mean we didn’t expect students to be able to communicate before technology was around. Technology has changed the way we communicate and hence, students need to be able to communicate this way. Collaboration once meant that students would have to get together physically in order to collaborate on projects. Now they can do it all virtually and don’t even have to be in the same time zone. As teachers, we can help our students to become more digitally literate by demonstrating effective technology use and/or incorporating it into our assignments. E.g. Utilizing a simulation to enhance understanding and application of subject material. The All Aboard: Digital Skills in Higher Education resource listed some specific examples of what can be utilized. For example, under “Teach and Learn”, things like simulations, digital badges, lecture capture etc. are listed. Quite often, when we hear the words “digital literacy”, we think of knowing how to use a computer. Too often we assume that because students are “digital natives” that it also means they know how to utilize digital tools effectively. I have found that most of the times this is not the case. How many times have you, as a teacher, stood at the front of the classroom and asked: “any questions?” And how many of those times have you been met with blank stares, and silence? Have you, like me, resorted to a “Ferris Bueller” reference: “Anyone…? Anyone…? Bueller…? Bueller…?” only to be met, yet again, with blank stares from the much-younger-than-you-even-think-they-are, born in the post-Bueller era, students in the room? This nugget resonated with me because I know if I ask my students, “any questions”, most of the time, I will get the same response that the teacher in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off did; blank stares. Sometimes, just to see who’s actually listening, I’ve said the exact thing from the movie: ”Anyone…? Anyone…? Bueller…?” and I get laughter (and the occasional student who has never seen the movie). At the very least, it gets students smiling. I learned a long time ago that I needed other ways to check how students were doing. For many of them, asking if there are any questions scares them and they stay silent rather than speak. They think they are the “only one” that doesn’t understand. A number of years ago, I received a grant as part of the HP Catalyst Initiative for a Math project that I proposed. We received 50 touchscreen PC computers and some money to utilize them in my Business Math classes. Each student had a laptop to use in the class and my notes were broadcast out to each device. They saw everything I wrote on their devices as I wrote it. They could add their own notes and save all of it. Two of the best features were the “stop light” and the ability for students to work on a question and ‘send’ it back to me. Photo by Davis Sanchez on Pexels.com The stop light was simple. With a press of a button, I could ask the students if they understood the material (Green), were somewhat confused (yellow) or they didn’t understand (Red). It was quick and no one else knew what they answered except me. There was one instance where ½ of them didn’t understand the material. When I mentioned this, all of a sudden, hands went up. Realizing that they were not the only one confused gave students the confidence to ask questions. We reviewed the material and were able to move on and not leave anyone behind. The other feature allowed me to push out a question to the students, and the students could answer it and send it back to me. Since this was a math question and they had touch screen devices with pens, they could write their answers just like they would on a piece of paper. This gave me the ability to see in detail what they were thinking when answering questions and I could address any issues through feedback that I could write on their submission and send back to them. I could also choose a solution that was correct and display it for the whole class (without a name). When I moved to a classroom that did not have these devices, I had to find new ways to accomplish the same thing. I turned to Socrative to help me get quick feedback on how students were doing. Most students download the app which makes it quick and easy to use. At the beginning of each class, I give students a quick poll with some questions that are based on the lesson from the previous class. I take up the questions they have issues with before moving on. I can see who is having trouble and can use that information to give more individual help as well. Photo by freestocks.org on Pexels.com I would like to find another tool that would allow me to see their process when solving problems. Since most, if not all, students have a smart phone, I was considering using something like Flipgrid to get them to video themselves solving a problem. Another one I’d like to try is goformative. I will have to do some testing to see what works and get feedback from the students on what they liked. I find involving the students in the decision adds to the buy in. That’s how I settled on Socrative. We tried a few things and they told me they liked Socrative the best. Every class I would hear “are we doing a Socrative today miss?” There’s nothing better than having students look forward to doing math!! This is post is my submission for the Ontario Extend MOOC Activity: Like Driving a Car Many concepts I teach build on other concepts learned at the beginning of the course, or on concepts that should have been learned in grade school or high school. Because so many students come with a variety of backgrounds, we find we have to teach concepts such as Order of Operations, exponents and fractions. There are many examples I could use. But I am working on one example in my Business Math 2 course that demonstrates this point. Students have been working with the compound interest formula To work with the formula, the need to understand What each operation/symbol means Order of operations Exponents How to use the exponent button in their calculator We are now moving on to finding i In order to isolate i in the equation, they need to be able to apply algebraic skills to rearrange the formula. know how to take the nth root (and that this is how they can get rid of the exponent) understand that they need to do the correct operations in the right order This is just one concept that depends on understanding previously learned material. I believe that many students struggle in math because they don’t understand the basics. Applying this to more complicated problems is very difficult if they don’t have the foundation they need. This is the last 9x9x25 post and its nice that it aligns closely with the end of the Fall term. It provides an opportunity to reflect on the entire term as we prepare for the end of semester and look toward the holidays and some much deserved time off. There have been lots of ups and downs this semester. I’ve had a number of challenges trying to motivate students to not only come to class, but stay and participate. I’ve also had some great successes where I saw students actively participating and having fun with math. I have found this time writing blog posts for the 9x9x25 challenge a great way to reflect on my teaching in a different way than I am used to. So often, reflecting means looking at how the class went, making notes for next time and moving on. It’s a personal process and it’s usually not shared with others. By taking time each week to write a post, that process became a shared process, especially when others responded through comments. I know it thrilled me when JR reflected on my post. And this week, I found Prof Mel’s post about HyFlex (which I made sure to Like). I am interested in exploring it at our school and should we move ahead, I know one person I will reach out to. The only thing I wish I could have done better is reading more of the 9x9x25 posts. There are so many wonderful posts, it’s hard to read them all! I do have one suggestion for future Challenges (and I hope there will be more). I would like to see more interaction between participants. I am not sure how that would be accomplished. One thought – one or two of the posts we do should have to be as a response to another? This has been a very interesting journey and I am glad I took the time to do it. Now it’s time to start thinking about the next term. A New Year… A New Term… I’ve got lots of plans for this winter, both personal and professional. I will be teaching my first full online course this winter. This is a course I have been working with our Online Learning Center to develop since January and it’s finally going live this Winter. I am very excited and nervous at the same time. I’ve taught hybrid courses before, but never fully online. I am looking forward to starting the @OntarioExtend #ExtendmOOC in January! I’ve enjoyed taking part in the PD offerings through Ontario Extend over the past 7-8 months. I’ve learned so much and “met” (virtually) some great people. One of the highlights of my term will be heading back to Arizona to meet up with the people I have been working with on the ShapingEDU project. The 10 Actions to Shape the Future of Learning that were identified last year are pictured above. If you are interested in the future of learning in the digital age, check out https://shapingedu.asu.edu/home And of course, the winter also brings with it – Ski Season! I get to spend my weekends enjoying the great outdoors with my winter family at Alpine Ski Club in Collingwood. 9x9x25 Post #8 This week’s post is not really teaching related. It’s about balance. Balancing our work life and home life so that we can bring the best of ourselves to our teaching. Sometimes we get so busy with our teaching; prepping, marking, answering emails, lesson plans, helping students etc. that we don’t take time for ourselves. I am guilty of doing this. Taking the time to do something that we enjoy and makes us happy, keeps us balanced. I’ve become very unbalanced over the years. Maybe that’s why I decided to take this challenge. It’s making me do something new and I am really enjoying it. When I first started teaching, I always made time for my crafts, especially scrapbooking and card making. I used to call it my right brain activity that kept my life balanced. I teach mostly math and computers, two activities I associate with being left brain activities. I know there’s research indicating that there is no left or right brain, but I can’t help but think there’s something more to it. There may not be a “left” or “right” brained activity, but I do believe that activities fall into different types of categories (logical, creative, etc.). For me, when I do something that’s more creative and is different than the numerical and logical things I do every day, I feel I’m a more balanced as a person. I think it also helps me be more creative in my profession as it helps me to find creative solutions to problems in my classroom. Unfortunately, I have gotten away from using my creative side. Perhaps it’s because I have more responsibilities outside of work than I used to and they are taking up my spare time. My mom passed away 4.5 years ago and my siblings and I have taken over my dad’s care. He just turned 90 last April. I think this (and getting older) has also contributed to an increasing stress level which in turn has created other problems. In August I decided to start taking care of me. I still help take care of my dad and do all the other things on my plate, but now I also make time for me. I’ve cut out processed foods, gluten, dairy and sugar and limit my wine. I feel so much better. I’ve also decided to make a conscious effort to put creativity back into my life. I signed up for a pottery class for this Friday, a couple of paint classes (chalk paint) and starting in January my friend and I will be taking a 10-week pottery course. I am also looking forward to dusting off my DSLR camera to get some great winter shots up at the ski hill. I could write a ton about how much joining Alpine Ski Club has meant to me and my family (https://alpineskiclub.com). But that’s another post for another day. I find when I take the time to do the things I love, I feel better, I am more positive and I think that helps me be more positive with my students There’s lots of research about the benefits of crafts. According to the University of California, Berkeley, a few of the benefits of crafting include: Who doesn’t want to feel better and keep their mind sharp? Being more creative doesn’t have to be limited to knitting, crocheting or sewing…There are lots of ways to de-stress and head off cognitive decline. “There’s promising evidence coming out to support what a lot of crafters have known anecdotally for quite some time,” says Catherine Carey Levisay, a clinical neuropsychologist and wife of Craftsy.com CEO John Levisay. “And that’s that creating — whether it be through art, music, cooking, quilting, sewing, drawing, photography (or) cake decorating — is beneficial to us in a number of important ways.” (https://www.cnn.com/2014/03/25/health/brain-crafting-benefits/index.html) The other class was quiet, but only because it had very poor attendance. The students were quick to tell me that they had two tests that day and because of that, many of the students were not attending so they could study. I thanked them for choosing to come to class. Perhaps that should be the focus of this week’s blog post. I had 25% of the students show up for that class this week. Yes, 25%. I think the ones that attended class came because they clearly recognize that skipping one class to study for another doesn’t help. They knew that they would get behind in the course material and end up playing catch-up. Unfortunately, most of the students that skipped the class are the ones that are already struggling and needed to be there. Because of this, I made sure that I posted a notice outlining what we covered and gave direction on how they could catch up and be ready for next class. I even posted a video covering the material so they didn’t have to try and learn it themselves. I emphasized that because they missed class, they would need to catch up on their own and that we would be moving to the next topic on Tuesday. As an incentive, I told them we’d be having an in-class assignment on last week’s material. I’m not sure how many of them will actually do the work. That’s the bigger problem. If they can’t manage their time well enough to be prepared for a test (and have to skip class to study) are they going to take the time to do the work to learn the missed material? At the time I wrote this, 10 people had gone to the page with the video link. That’s 25% of the class. Most of them were in class that day and were obviously using it to review. So how do I get those kids to understand that skipping class is not a good idea AND that THEY are responsible for making up the work? Those that attended already get it so saying anything to them is pointless. I did some quick research (Google) and it was interesting that many of the posts I found about skipping class were written by students. One article I found on Students.org, (“Is It Worth It To Skip Class To Study?”) was a first-person account of skipping a class to study. The author made some great points. She said it herself: “Skipping class meant missing out on a lot of knowledge I’d need for future tests”. She went on to talk about the anxiety that goes along with trying to make sure she got the notes and anything else she missed. Her conclusion: She doesn’t recommending skipping class. This is what I try and get across to my students, but so few of them believe it. Skipping class has become an epidemic. When I first started teaching, students rarely skipped class. It was a small percentage. Now, it seems even in-class assignments aren’t enough to entice students. I know things have changed. Many students have too many competing priorities. For example, they take on too many hours at their jobs. Instead of a part time job, they’re trying to work 30-40 hours and go to school full-time. The sad part is, some of them end up failing because they can’t put enough time into their schoolwork and end up paying more in the long run. I think the other problem is that some of the students are just not mature enough to realize that attendance is important. I can’t count how many times I have heard “Did I miss anything important?”. Really? I found post that listed the top 5 reasons why students skipped class (as tracked through their social media posts) Hanging with Friends:37 percent of the Twitter posts referenced skipping class to spend more time with their friends. Too Tired:32 percent of students tweeted that they were sleeping or too tired to go to class. Recreation:17 percent of students indicated a specific recreational event or activity that took precedence over attending class. There were a vast number of specific events mentioned, including sports, watching television and playing video games. Studying:11 percent of students mentioned being too busy with other school work to attend class. The article went on to say: “Studies show that class attendance is the number one predictor of grades in a college course, outranking time spent studying, studying skills, high school grades or standardized tests. Despite this clear connection, even the most optimistic academic studies find that nearly one in five U.S. college students are skipping on any given day—with absentee rates reaching up to 70 percent for some large classes at major state universities.” Although they didn’t list where those studies came from, results from my own classes have shown a similar thing. Below is an example from one of my previous classes. Some of the students in this particular class who don’t show up initially, never showed up. However, the graph does show that as attendance goes down, the average grade on the tests have also gone down. I show the students this chart every term in hopes that it might make them think twice before skipping class. This past week I had a student come to me within issue. Let’s call her “Jane”. Jane was not going to be able to make class today and wanted to find out what she was going to miss. Jane’s a good student and I know it was bothering her she wasn’t going to be able to be in class. I told her that if she had any problems, she could email me an we could either meet or do an online help session. I do online help sessions using a variety of different programs. I have recently started using Zoom. It’s easy to use and since I have a Surface Pro which has a touch screen, I can share my screen and write out the problems in OneNote for students to see while I am explaining them. Jane has attended my online help sessions before, so that gave me an idea. I asked Jane if she wanted tryout an experiment with me. Just before class started, I opened a Zoom session (https://zoom.us/) and invited her to login. I shared my screen with her and taught the class as I would normally. Jane could hear everything I was saying and was able to follow along with the lesson as I wrote on my laptop. Normally during an online help session, I would have students post questions to the chat area. In this case, my screen was being shown on the projector. Since I didn’t want to have Jane’s comments broadcast to the entire class, I needed a different tool for questions. I use Remind (https://www.remind.com/) to send quick text messages to students. This has come in very handy when I can’t get access to the LMS and need to get a message out quick. I can easily send a quick note through the Remind App. It’s a great tool that I have been using for over 5 years. One of the new things it has added over the years is a chat function that allows students to text their teacher without giving away either’s phone number. For this lesson, we used the Remind App for questions. She could ask questions (or answer questions I put to the class), but I could also ask her if things were working well from her side or if she had any questions. Everything worked well and she was so happy that she was able to follow along in the class while she was at home. I got the idea to try this from an article I had read about HyFlex Course Models. According to an Educause report, “HyFlex is a course design model that presents the components of hybrid learning (which combines face-to-face with online learning) in a flexible course structure that gives students the option of attending sessions in the classroom, participating online, or doing both.” (https://library.educause.edu/~/media/files/library/2010/11/eli7066-pdf.pdf ) In a very rough way, this experiment what is a HyFlex delivery model. In the past, HyFlex required expensive technology and a special set up in the classroom. With advances in wireless accessibility, software such as Zoom and Tablet PCs which allow writing on the screen, HyFlex isn’t as expensive a venture as it used to be. The beauty of HyFlex is that it gives students the ability to choose which model works for them. For some students, being in the physical classroom is the best way for them to learn. For others, online, whether it’s in person or watching a video, works just as well. Given that the lesson can be recorded, students have the opportunity to review the material if they are still confused or just want a refresher. I’ve spoken to a professor who used this model and their experience was that 1/3 of students come to class, 1/3 students are online and 1/3 watch the video later. The professor was quite pleased with the HyFlex model. I believe those that disagree with HyFlex cite that students will just not come to class and some of those students do not have the study skills to do the work at home. I don’t disagree. Unfortunately, many of those students don’t come to class anyway. At least having a recording gives them an option should they choose to use it. It’s hard to believe that this is post #5 for the 9x9x25 challenge. We are past the halfway point! Since writing (and hence blogging) isn’t my strength, I sometimes find it hard to figure out what to write about. This week I had to look around the other 9x9x25 posts for some inspiration. If you have been reading my other posts, you will know I have been having trouble with one particular class. In particular, they are very unfocussed. They would rather sit and wait for me to take up a question, then attempt it on their own (even though I encourage them to work together). Most never do any homework outside of class. They come unprepared for class (some have come to a test with no calculator!!) and then beg for more time or a second chance. Some arrive late for class or leave early. I am constantly searching for a new ideas I can try. I find myself reading the other 9x9x25 posts (and other blogs) as often as I can for help. As I reflected on the past week at school, I found myself both frustrated and energized at the same time. One class, continues to frustrate me. Since I’ve already written about them, I will leave that for now. In my other class, which is a level 1 foundational math class, we had some fun and laughs. I love it when the class is positive and engaged!! I was teaching a topic that most students learn in early high school, if not before. Many students have not seen these topics since then. For others, it’s been even longer if they have been away from high school for a while. The topic was ratios, rates and proportions. The nice part about this topic is that there are lots of examples all around us that help students to understand the material. I told them stories about when I go grocery shopping and take pictures for math class. They thought that it was pretty funny (and I am sure they thought it was geeky too). If I can, I like bringing in clips from movies or television and use them as part of the teaching. It’s a fun way to learn math.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
A lack of communication is what led to the protests, says Tim Bennett, the president of Jackson-based Overtime Sports. Bennett has spent the better part of nine years trying to bring a team to Biloxi after leading the movement that brought a Southern League franchise to Pearl, Miss., in 2005. He notes that plans call for the city to be repaid for the bulk of its $21 million investment. Another $15 million would be provided by the state of Mississippi from the $1 billion that five states are sharing as part of the Gulf oil spill settlement from BP. The stadium will be built on a plot of land the city will lease from neighboring MGM Resorts International rent-free for 20 years. To help clear the air and bring the two sides together, Bennett has organized a pro baseball rally this afternoon, in which he plans to explain the history of baseball on the Gulf Coast—the Tigers played their spring training games in Biloxi in 1919 and the Washington Senators did the same from 1930-35—and detail the financial benefits of bringing a stadium to downtown Biloxi. “Baseball is more of a uniter than a divider,” Bennett said. “I’ve had people tell me that this is making a dream a reality.” That dream is not necessarily dependent on getting the ballpark built in time for next season, but getting shovels in the ground as soon as possible certainly improves the odds of the project getting completed. Five of the seven Biloxi city council members who approved the ballpark funding will be replaced by new members in July, and while Bennett says “the project is strong enough to stand on its own,” there is no incentive to give a new group of legislators the opportunity to reconsider the previous board’s decision. In addition the two returning members on Wednesday proposed a new site for the ballpark, located in one of the members’ district. “We’re locked in on our location,” Bennett said. “Like I said before, it’s one of the best in the country, second to none. If I believe that, why would I want to move to a different one?” Local opposition to a city-funded ballpark is what led to the unraveling of the plan to move the Braves’ Carolina League affiliate from Lynchburg to a new $37 million ballpark in downtown Wilmington, which would have been funded primarily through an increase in property taxes. The team and the stadium was to be run by a joint venture between the Braves and Mandalay Baseball—former manager Bobby Cox was a visible supporter on hand for an initial proposal and a rally supporting the project after local activists began to oppose the city’s involvement. Those activists acquired the needed signatures on a petition to bring a voter referendum, and the measure was soundly defeated last November with about 70 percent of voters opposing it. There are no plans in the works to revisit the project. “We’re not anticipating trying to resurrect the effort. This was the effort,” Mandalay CEO Art Matin said at the time. “We have stated why this (plan) makes sense and people in Wilmington have decided not to support it.” On the same day voters rejected a ballpark in Wilmington, residents of El Paso, Texas, voted in favor of a hotel tax increase to help pay for a $50 million ballpark to host the Padres’ Triple-A Pacific Coast League franchise. Groundbreaking for the stadium happened earlier this month and construction is scheduled to be completed in time for Opening Day next season. Bennett has said that he does not expect the project to face similar opposition as what happened in Wilmington, and some of the protestors on Wednesday admitted to be in favor of a ballpark but wanted more opportunity to have a say in how the city spent its money. Bennett said if the project does not hit any roadblocks, an announcement regarding which team would be purchased and relocated to Biloxi could come in the next 30 days.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Episodes 2 With Sara out of commission, the team finds a new Anachronism that leads them to the jungles of Vietnam and right in the middle of the war. Ray, Amaya and Zari pose as journalists and trek through the jungle when they are lead to time-displaced Gorilla Grodd. Meanwhile, Nate and Rory run into someone Rory knows which give a glimpse into his past. With the timeline barely stable, the Legends must tackle two anachronisms at the same time to try and keep Mallus at bay. Sara and Rip team up to stop Grodd from going after a particular target leaving Nate and Wally to stop Amaya from changing her future. Meanwhile, the Legends think they have found a way to destroy Mallus, but they will have to create an uneasy alliance with one of their enemies.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
January 13, 2011 President Obama’s remarks at the memorial for the Tuscon shooting were moving, appropriate, and at times powerful. Taking one step back from the specifics of that terrible event, several portions of his speech have potential meaning for homeland security in general. As the quote from the remarks I used as the title of this post makes clear, bad things happen and the reasons are not always easily identified. Scripture tells us that there is evil in the world, and that terrible things happen for reasons that defy human understanding. In the words of Job, “When I looked for light, then came darkness.” Bad things happen, and we have to guard against simple explanations in the aftermath. This holds true not only for the tragic actions of madmen, but also in the motivation of terrorists of any ideological stripe (think all the talk about “draining the swamp” that produces terrorism following 9/11) and even technological disasters like the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill (find the final report of the National Commission here). Problems that at first seem easily explained can instead be found to be caused by a web of interconnected failures. Simple explanations may not hold true, and assumptions require examination: You see, when a tragedy like this strikes, it is part of our nature to demand explanations –- to try and pose some order on the chaos and make sense out of that which seems senseless. Already we’ve seen a national conversation commence, not only about the motivations behind these killings, but about everything from the merits of gun safety laws to the adequacy of our mental health system. And much of this process, of debating what might be done to prevent such tragedies in the future, is an essential ingredient in our exercise of self-government. So yes, we must examine all the facts behind this tragedy. We cannot and will not be passive in the face of such violence. We should be willing to challenge old assumptions in order to lessen the prospects of violence in the future. Questioning assumptions is in general good practice, and especially vital for homeland security. Are the threats we perceive the ones we should be most concerned about? Do the systems currently in place to prepare for and respond to disasters and terrorist attacks meet the benchmarks set? Is it even possible to set goals or benchmarks for an amorphous subject such as resilience? And the following passage makes me wonder if Homeland Security Watch’s own Philip Palin had a hand in the drafting process: Rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, let’s use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more carefully, to sharpen our instincts for empathy and remind ourselves of all the ways that our hopes and dreams are bound together. Update: To be a little more provocative and question a larger underlying assumption, whither resilience? I understand the concept as a philosophy, can see the importance of the idea for homeland security in general, and can point to particular actions taken in the realm of critical infrastructure….but as an overarching strategy for homeland security at all levels of government across all possible constituents: where is the beef? At this point, aspiration should not count as progress. If a NSS desk is referred to as resilience, shouldn’t it mean something besides continuation and evolution of pre-existing policy?	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Last Activity: Joined: Chloe Reynolds About Me Hello, I'm Chloe, a British womenswear designer currently living and working in London. Since graduating from the Fashion Design BA in Falmouth, I have displayed my collection in an extensive window display for the opening of Westfield Stratford, and showcased in the Elysium Concept show at Oxford Fashion Week. I was also recently a winner of the Art’s Thread/Who’s Next Paris Competition, and was awarded the opportunity to exhibit at the Who’s Next Paris trade show in January. My work has been featured in publications as diverse as Grazia, Volt Magazine, Drapers Online, Tirade, Portafolio, No Cigar and The Creative Book. Currently working freelance as a fashion stylist and costume assistant to the film and television industry, alongside this I'm building up my label ready to launch in the near future. In the mean time I'm collaborating with other creatives, and would like to get in touch with any models looking to shoot with them and also my own lookbooks.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Pages Saturday, June 16, 2012 Please bare with me as I add more bloggers back to the group. So far I am half way down my list of applications and will also begin to add new bloggers to the group as well. Thank you for your patience and Welcome All New and Returning Bloggers! Please check group notices often and keep in mind there is a long list of bloggers who wish to be in this group and follow the rules! Please do what you can to keep yourself current in this group. Wednesday, February 1, 2012 Please leave your link to your blog in the comments of this message so that we can see your work! Also please remember you must send an IM to each designer linking them to your blog when you use one of there items from this group!	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Main navigation 2016 season preview: Sydney Despite finishing in the top four, it was a season to forget for the Swans. Sydney was bounced out of the finals in straight sets, lost stars Lance Franklin and Luke Parker to mental health issues and a broken ankle on the eve of finals, and the club had to manage the racial booing controversy surrounding Adam Goodes. It was a strange year for Sydney. They won 16 games and seemingly had all the tools to mount a premiership tilt, but apart from a six-game winning streak before the bye (including victory over Hawthorn at the MCG), there was an aura of inevitability about how their campaign would finish up. Teams traveling to Sydney no longer felt like it was Mission Impossible; the Swans dropped four home games, including the semi final against the Kangaroos that ended their season. Midfielders Dan Hannebery and Josh Kennedy has excellent seasons, the former winning All-Australian honours, while the development of Isaac Heeney, Harry Cunningham and Jake Lloyd into regular senior players holds the club in good stead for the future. No blockbuster signings this season – the big names were on the way out rather than in. The Swans saw three premiership players in Adam Goodes, Rhyce Shaw and Mike Pyke retire, while Lewis Jetta and Craig Bird were traded to West Coast and Essendon respectively. Those trades helped Sydney earn enough points to convert four later picks into the number three pick required to secure local academy product Callum Mills, who looks like an exciting midfield prospect, but could learn the ropes in defence during his debut season. Former Bulldog defender Michael Talia joined Sydney fresh from an information leaking claim investigation instigated by his old club, while Callum Sinclair arrived from West Coast and will be relied upon to lead the lean ruck division – an opportunity he never had at the Eagles. Both the Paul Roos and John Longmire premiership editions of the Swans were built on the foundation of a strong, disciplined midfield. While changes are afoot in Sydney, the core midfield group remains one of the most hardened and effective in the league. Dan Hannebery is one of the competition’s best on-ballers. He is supported by Josh Kennedy, Kieren Jack, Tom Mitchell and Luke Parker – all able to win their own ball or apply immense defensive pressure at a contest. With the likes of Isaac Heeney, Harry Cunningham, Daniel Robinson and Callum Mills all coming through, there is no danger of that midfield group getting stale. While the Swans are in a bit of a transitional stage (by their standards, at least), there is still a lot of experience at the club – much of it premiership experience. As more kids will likely get an opportunity in 2016, it’s an ideal situation that they’re being blooded while bona fide senior players are still around, and still good enough to keep Sydney a finals threat. While rebounding from the backline is not a worry, the actual defending part of Sydney’s defence is. Ted Richards and Heath Grundy both showed signs they are past their best last season, which is why Michael Talia was brought to the club. But he couldn’t break into the Bulldogs’ best team at the end of last season, so they’ll be relying on his development – particularly if injury hits. The Swans rely on speed of movement, a lot of handballs and a relatively open forward line to hit up one of Lance Franklin or Kurt Tippett. But if you can slow them down, their ball use can be rather sloppy. While Sydney doesn’t lack ball winners, they do want for reliable kickers under pressure. This hurt them in September last year, and is not something easily or quickly rectified. What to expect in 2016 There will be new names, but expect the same Sydney style of play. Even if – at least on paper – the Swans appear weaker than last season, the elite midfield and potent forward options will mean more wins than losses. Even with the arrival of Callum Sinclair, Kurt Tippett is likely to see more action in the ruck, leaving Lance Franklin to roam up forward. Don’t believe the hype about Buddy becoming a midfielder; he’s too valuable for the Swans in the front half. This team doesn’t do bottoming out, and they certainly won’t this season. But the there is a new wave of talent in red and white, which means 2016 might be a struggle by Sydney standards. Already the Swans are dealing with a swathe of senior players either not fit for round one or coming out of an interrupted pre-season. There might be some talented youngsters in the squad, but there is a particularly soft underbelly to Sydney once more than a couple of injuries take hold. A team relying on a great midfield and Lance Franklin inside forward 50 can only get so far, though that could be as far as a sneaky top four finish. More than likely, however, it will be a position in the bottom reaches of the eight.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
In the video currently featured on Walmart.com[2], Lieberman shows viewers how to turn a $3 bag of Great Value Frozen Berry Medley into compote used in recipes for a Fruit & Yogurt Parfait and Dave’s Berry Compote and Angel Food Cake. Roasted Rosemary Chicken with Berry Balsamic Sauce is also demonstrated by the budget-friendly chef and cookbook author. “Everyone love berries,” says Lieberman. “That’s why I always keep a bag of Great Value frozen berries on hand. I can use them in all kinds of meals throughout the day.”	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
As Edina’s Tyler Nanne was scoring twice in the Class 2A hockey state quarterfinals Thursday night without ever actually shooting at the goal, Hermantown coach Bruce Plante was having a conversation with the hockey gods. “That’s what we need, one of these games,” Plante said about Nanne’s stunning puck luck and, not coincidentally, Edina’s runaway 6-1 victory over Stillwater. Hermantown on Friday beat New Prague 4-2 to become just the third program to advance to a fifth consecutive title game. The Hawks have lost in the past four Class 1A championship games in excruciating fashion. In 2010 against Breck, the winning goal deflected off a Hawks’ players shin pad and into the goal. In 2011 in the first of three consecutive title-game losses to St. Thomas Academy, the Cadets’ won in overtime on a point shot that, amazingly, sailed through a traffic jam of players in front. There was also the 5-1 blowout loss in 2012. Last year the Hawks blew a 4-2 third-period lead, had a penalty called on them in the final 67 seconds and a controversial no-call in favor the Cadets’ a few seconds later, just before Tommy Novak scored to nearly send Plante through the roof. He did go on the ice to berate the officials. “My AD actually came up to me and said, before I went in there, ‘Now watch yourself, all the big hitters are in there,’ ” the candid Plante said about a postgame conference room overflowing with media members and high school league officials. “I tried to tone it down.” That loss still stings for Plante, as do the four consecutive title-game defeats going into Saturday’s championship game with top-seeded and No. 1-ranked East Grand Forks. “But it is such a compliment to our team and our program and our kids to be second place, too,” he said. With St. Thomas Academy having opted up to Class 2A, Hermantown — title game warts and all — is the new Class 1A standard bearer. “That’s exactly the bar,” New Prague coach Chris Lonke said. “That’s why we ask them to be on our schedule.” Chris Colabello hit a two-run home run, R.A. Dickey threw seven shutout innings and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Kansas City Royals 5-2 in testy matchup Sunday, taking three of four from the AL's top team. Charlie Morton pitched five-hit ball for seven innings, Neil Walker hit a review-aided home run and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Cincinnati Reds 3-0 Sunday in a testy game in which benches cleared after stars Andrew Mcutchen and Brandon Phillips were hit by pitches.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
A Trip Down the South Fork of the Flathead Wayne and Gary's Mostly Excellent Adventure July, 2015 Click on any image for a larger view; Contact garya at this domain if you would like the high quality image for printing Over the past 25 years or so I've spent a fair amount of time poking about in the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area , partly because it's my backyard, and partly because it's a large place with no roads and motorized gizmos tearing up the landscape, the soundscape, and the nosescape. Most of that exploration has been on foot and horseback, but as a long-time kayaker and sailor I've always wanted to float the South Fork of the Flathead River which runs north through the Bob. I should have done it long ago but somehow the stars didn't line up right. In late May I got an email from my crazy fishing trip buddy, Wayne, with the subject line "Need Adventure". We sifted through various ideas and the South Fork came out at the bottom. The South Fork originates in the southern part of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Area and flows north for some 60 miles. There it enters Hungry Horse Reservoir, a 34 mile long empoundment behind Hungry Horse Dam. Below the dam it runs for five miles before joining the Middle Fork of the Flathead to form the main Flathead River. Our goal was to float down Young's Creek to its confluence with Danaher Creek, where the South Fork proper begins. I'd wanted to do that ever since the first time I saw Young's Creek back in 2006. That was in August, and back then Young's looked a bit scratchy but still floatable. I knew there would be some issues with logjams and portages, and I'd heard something about some rapids, but I knew it had been floated before and any bad spots were portageable. If you looked at the historical hydrograph, you'd be unwise to plan a trip down the South Fork for the end of June and early July; it's still normally running around five thousand cfs after peaking a few weeks earlier. But this was a particularly dry year and all the rivers around here were peaking early. The North Fork of the Blackfoot was a month ahead of schedule, and judging by the real-time hydrograph the South Fork of the Flathead looked to be doing the same. By my guestimation we should hit Young's Creek and the South Fork just about right. My original plan was for me to pack in our gear while Wayne hiked in. I'd spend the night and then bring the horses out the next day, take them home and turn them loose, then hike back in. Wayne could be exploring around and fishing while all that was going on. Then I got a better idea; I'd hike in with Wayne and lead the two pack horses, and a friend could ride in and lead them back out. That didn't pan out due to schedule conflicts. Then the Forest Service closed our intended access up Lodgepole Creek and down Jenny Creek for trail repairs, which meant we would have to go in over Pyramid Pass, a slightly longer route. My two Belgian-Arab crosses died some years back, and we now have only three horses -- two saddle horses and one Halflinger (Scheba) who's our pack horse. I figured I could also pack Dona's saddle horse (Sky), but I'd never done that before and wasn't sure how much she could carry; she's a small horse. So I was a little apprehensive of my plan without having any experience to go by. I wasn't worried so much by the weight of our gear, but I was worried about fitting it all on those two horses. Sky can't carry nearly the load that Scheba can. After hashing options over with Wayne, we decided to have Jack Rich at Rich Ranch pack in our gear. It would save the hassle of me going in and out and back in, give us extra time on the trip itself, and avoid potential screwups in my estimating and horse-wrangling operation. We would hike in the same day Jack packed in our gear. We were limited to 175 pounds each, the amount one of Jack's mules could carry; we figured that shouldn't be a problem.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
DALI EPICON 2 pictures 7 Pictures - DALI EPICON 2 jorjitop December 7, 2012, 4:52 am At this level of price and performance, your comments are pretty useless without describing what equipment you were using to drive the speakers and what music you were listening to. Tarkan Çeviker June 13, 2015, 10:25 am I don't like to criticise or 'troll', but you've described these speakers as having the hybrid tweeter module, which they clearly do not. It makes a person wonder whether or not you have actually seen, let alone heard these speakers. Free Newsletter Get TrustedReviews' award-winning reviews, opinions and advice delivered to your inbox for free! By submitting your details, you'll also receive emails from Time Inc. UK, publisher of Trusted Reviews and other iconic brands about its goods and services, and those of its carefully selected third parties. Please tick here if you'd prefer not to hear about: Time Inc.'s goods & services, including all the latest news, great deals and offers Free Newsletter Get TrustedReviews' award-winning reviews and advice delivered to your inbox for free! By submitting your details, you'll also receive emails from Time Inc. UK, publisher of Trusted Reviews and other iconic brands about its goods and services, and those of its carefully selected third parties. Please tick here if you'd prefer not to hear about: Time Inc.'s goods & services, including all the latest news, great deals and offers	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
The personal blog of a recently married, 30 something, life long geek. RPGaDay 2015 – Day 24: Favourite House Rule Short Answer: Letting the GM do the math.Long Answer: This is kinda a cop-out answer. I honestly don’t recall any games where we used house rules. It’s possible we played a few games in ways which differed slightly from the rules proscribed in their respective books, but that’s probably a common occurrence. The closest I’ve come to a house rule is letting the GM handle the more complex mathematics required for some rolls. This most often happened during the Champions: New Millennium campaign. The rolls required for combat were a little on the complex side, requiring you to count the results of a dice roll two different ways. After a few attempts, we ended up just giving our GM the numbers and letting him work out the results. Was this fair on the GM? Probably not, but it did allow him to subtly tweak results to better suit the ongoing narrative. Sure, there were times where we either overwhelmingly succeeded or dismally failed, but many of our rolls were marginal enough to allow for leeway. It’s not easy to apply this house rule to all games. It would be almost impossible with any game that has simple pass/fail rolls, but anything a GM can use to fudge a number to make things subtly harder, or easier, for the players is a good starting point. Nudging a difficulty number or enemy’s armour class by a point or two is sometimes all you need to take a routine fight and make it exciting.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Gabriel Copola Tischtennis " It's a sport where there are no physical limitations. We can all play table tennis." Born on the 20th January 1984, Gabriel Copola's passion with sport started at an early age when he first started to play soccer. Unfortunately, a bicycle accident at the age of 11 resulted in Gabriel suffering a spinal cord injury - "That's the reason I now use a wheelchair. It was a significant change in my life, but my passion for sport remained just as strong". It was whilst attending high school with his friends where Gabriel first encountered his true passion - table tennis. "I started practicing table tennis after participating in a sports day for young people with disabilities. From that moment I never stopped practicing. It's a very popular sport around the world. It's fun and requires a lot of speed and intelligence. It's a sport where there are no physical limitations. We can all play table tennis". With time, his desire to play table tennis increased, so Gabriel started to divide his time between training for Table Tennis and his studying for a degree in Physical Education. "From that moment onwards, I never stopped practicing. On a television show, I met a Table Tennis athlete who won a Paralympic medal and I thought 'I could do that too'". Now 32 years old, Gabriel is ranked Number 6 in the world for Table Tennis and his passion for the sport is as strong as ever. "What I love most is the training and getting to play against the best competitors in the world. My biggest challenge is to be the best that I can be". Gabriel has also since received his bachelor's degree in Physical Education. Currently working at two universities teaching and also working in the area of Sports in the National Prison of Argentina, Gabriel is eager to pass his passion on to a new generation of potential athletes. "When playing table tennis, I feel so alive, it gives me an avenue to be competitive. It's the perfect blend of energy, passion and love. It requires quick thinking, fast responses and accuracy. It improves your physical capacity and connects us to many other people, even against athletes without disabilities. I can't imagine life without it. I'm eager to share with wheelchair users my experience - to help and inspire".	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Wednesday, February 27, 2008 "Five singers, one drummer. No guitars, no bass, no keyboards but nevertheless an unbelievable melodic metal experience."That's how the official website of van Canto describes the band. Hailing from Germany, van Canto are what is called an a capellametal band, the pioneers of this new genre.The band released their debut, A Storm to Come, in December 2006. Exactly a year later, van Canto anounced a global signing to Gun Records/Sony BMG, and their debut was released worldwide on December 14.Van Canto are now experiencing considerable success. They recently provided support for Finnishsymphonic power metal band Nightwish, as well as receiving a slot at the internationally famous Wacken Open Air festival in Germany. The prestigious event sees them sharing the bill with acts such as Hatebreed, Sonata Arctica, As I Lay Dying, Soilwork, Children of Bodom, Nightwish, Lordi and headline act Iron Maiden.Van Canto's second album will be recorded accross this month and next, with famed producer Charlie Bauerfeind, although no release date has yet been confirmed.In light of recent events, van Canto member and founder Stefan Schmidt has given the band's first interview in English, all previous interviews being in German or Italian. Sunday, February 24, 2008 In the year 2000, Dries Buytaert created Drupal, a freely licensed and open sourcetool to manage websites, as a bulletin board for his college dorm. Since Dries released the software and a community of thousands of volunteer developers have added and improved modules, Drupal has grown immensely popular. Drupal won the overall Open CMS Award in 2007, and some speakers in Drupal's spacious developer's room at FOSDEM 2008 were dreaming aloud of its world domination. Buytaert (now 29) just finished his doctoral thesis and has founded the start-up Acquia. The new company wants to become Drupal's best friend, with the help of an all-star team and US$7 million collected from venture capitalists. Wikinews reporter Michaël Laurent sat down with Dries in Brussels to discuss these recent exciting developments. LisaMcPherson.org is a memorial site created in 1997 containing information on her death and the resulting legal case against the Church of Scientology. Lisa McPherson died in 1995 while in the care of the Church of Scientology. After a car accident, she became mentally unstable. Scientologists removed her from the hospital and placed her in the Introspection Rundown, she died 17 days later while still in care of the Church. She was used as an icon during Project Chanology, the protest of the Church of Scientology by Anonymous. Protesters were pictured with signs that said "Remember Lisa McPherson" and "Ask Scientology Why Lisa McPherson Died", other protesters had posters with her picture on it.>>Read the interview here At approximately 11:20 p.m. (eastern time) on Sunday night February 17, a call was placed into 911 stating that bricks from a wall, a nearly 40 foot section of the upper facade, were laying in the middle of Elmwood after falling off the building. The fire department had to shut down Elmwood from North Street to Allen at 11:30 p.m. until further notice due to the debris and risk to public safety. No one was injured in the incident, but at least one parked car was damaged by falling bricks. According to police, this is not the first time bricks have fallen off the building. Several people over the past year were reported to have been nearly hit by single bricks that have fallen off the building. No one has yet been injured. Though no weather warnings have been issued for the City, winds with gusts up to 50 miles per hour have been reported through the night. It is not known if the wind played a factor in the damage to the building. City engineers were on scene discussing how to handle the situation and clean up what has already fallen. The museum is the world's largest collection of documents which are owned privately. The Buffalo building was original a Church of Christ built in 1911. Sunday, February 17, 2008 Television producer and owner of the anti-Scientology website XenuTV.com, Mark Bunker chatted online with Wikinews for nearly three hours. More than 120 people followed the interview live (many from Project Chanology), which makes this exclusive Wikinews interview is our most attended IRC interview to date. Thursday, February 14, 2008 In her inaugural interview, Wikinews' Sandra Ordonez talks with America's Next Top Model's first Puerto Rican winner, Jaslene Gonzalez, about her childhood, what makes her a strong individual, and what television show her abuela would want her to go on. This is also the first time one of our interviews can also be read in Spanish at Wikinoticias.» Full story What is the fulcrum in Mr. West's life that led him to realize a talent to shape personalities with his voice, and how did the discovery of that gift shape him? David Shankbone found that like many great comedians, West faced more sour early in life than he did sweet. The sour came from a physically and emotionally abusive alcoholic father ("I could tell you the kind of night I was going to have from the sound of the key in the door or the way the car pulled up."), to his own problems with drug and alcohol use ("There is a point that you can reach in your life where you don’t want to live, but you haven’t made the decision to die."). ... I’m telling you stuff that I never said to anybody... ... If sin, suffering and redemption feel like the stages of an endless cycle of American existence, West's own redemption from his brutalized childhood is what helped shape his gift. He performed little bits to cheer up his cowed mother, ravaged by the fact she could not stop her husband's abuse of young West. "I was the whipping boy and she would just be reduced to tears a lot of times, and I would come in and say stuff, and I would put out little bits just to pull her out of it." The deadline to ask questions is Friday February 15, 2008. The plan will be to conduct the interview on IRC in the channel #wikinews-interviews, on the freenode network (irc.freenode.net) with prepared questions. If there are not a lot of questions prepared, then the floor will be open to questioning by anyone attending the interview. Please read the questions to make sure you don't ask the same one as someone else. The date of the interview is scheduled to take place on Saturday February 16, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. (eastern time) or 1:00 p.m. (pacific time), or 21:00 UTC on the irc.freenode.net server in the channel #wikinews-interviews. Directions on how to enter IRC channel:Click here. Type in your desired user-name. Select General Wikinews Discussion. Once in the channel, type: /j #wikinews-interviews (or /join #wikinews-interviews). Or you can download your own IRC client such as mIRC or ICEchat. If you have FireFox, then Chatzilla is easy. Join #wikinews for assistance on connecting by clicking on the above link selecting General Wikinews Discussion. Monday, February 11, 2008 Here is what is most likely to be the most extensive international report on the 2008 Anonymous protests against Scientology. Wikinews was in nearly 15 different countries and over 50 cities throughout the globe to bring you the most extensive, in-depth and opinion free reporting anywhere on the net. We hope you enjoy this article, the reports, video and photos, as much as we enjoyed bringing them to you. Thanks everyone for your hard work and contributions. They are greatly appreciated. The Internet group Anonymous today held protests critical of the Church of Scientology. The protests marked what would have been the 49th birthday of Lisa McPherson, who is claimed to be a victim of the Church of Scientology's practices. Lisa died in 1995 during a running of what Scientologists refer to as an Introspection Rundown, a procedure intended to help Church members deal with a psychotic or deeply traumatic event. Protests were planned throughout the day in 14 countries and over 50 different cities. The estimation of total protesters world wide for Feb. 10, 2008 is 9,250 people. Wikinews had correspondents at a number of protest locations to report on the events. This article was updated throughout the day with reports from around the globe. The deadline to ask questions is Friday February 15, 2008. The plan will be to conduct the interview on IRC in the channel #wikinews-interviews, on the freenode network (irc.freenode.net) with prepared questions. If there are not a lot of questions prepared, then the floor will be open to questioning by anyone attending the interview. The date of the interview is scheduled to take place on Saturday February 16, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. (eastern time) or 1:00 p.m. (pacific time), or 21:00 UTC on the irc.freenode.net server in the channel #wikinews-interviews. Directions on how to enter IRC channel:Click here. Type in your desired user-name. Type in the channel name: #wikinews-interviews. Or you can download your own IRC client such as mIRC or ICEchat. If you have FireFox, then Chatzilla is easy. Join #wikinews for assistance on connecting by clicking on the above link, typing in the channel #wikinews However, she feels her greatest accomplishment is being the spokeswoman for the National Psoriasis Foundation, in which she is a motivational speaker and gives encouragement to psoriasis sufferers. CariDee has even lobbied in Congress for the passage of a bill which would ask the National Institutes of Health, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Institute of Medicine to increase spending on finding a cure for psoriasis. You can read more about her role with the National Psoriasis Foundation here. Wikinews reporter Mike Halterman sat down and talked with CariDee earlier in the week to discuss her own issues with psoriasis, how she has helped other sufferers in her role as spokeswoman for the Foundation, as well as what it's like to be a new model in New York City and her thoughts on how the fashion industry runs today. Wednesday, February 6, 2008 In an interview with Wikinews reporter Nicholas Turnbull, prominent free speech activist and critic of Scientology David S. Touretzky gave his opinion on the recent backlash against the Church of Scientology that has erupted on the Internet, recently spurred on in declarations by a nebulous Internet entity using the name Anonymous that the organization will be destroyed. Anonymous has directed recent protests at Scientology centres across the world, which have attracted significant numbers of individuals supporting the cause. Touretzky, a research professor in artificial intelligence and computational neuroscience at Carnegie Mellon University, has been a prominent critic of the Church of Scientology since mid-1995, and has been protesting against Scientology vociferously since then; he has also run websites that publish material that Scientology wishes to keep suppressed from the public eye, such as extracts from Scientology's formerly-confidential Operating Thetan (OT) materials. Touretzky views the actions of the Church of Scientology as being "a threat to free speech", and has endured harassment by the Church of Scientology for his activities. At the moment there is no deadline to ask questions. The hopeful plan is to conduct the interview on IRC. Hopefully this can be Wikinews' first Interview Of The Month, in well a very long time. More details on how and when the interview will take place will be released as details are known. Sunday, February 3, 2008 Claiming that "actions are being taken", a Church of Scientology representative has responded exclusively to Wikinews regarding the recent attacks on their web sites from the nebulous "Anonymous" group. In an effort to get the Church's side of the story, Wikinews freelance journalist Brian McNeil located a contact address, knowledge@lrh.org. A "Laetitia" responded, ignoring a detailed list of questions that would have given information on the damage inflicted on the Church and action taken. Instead non-specific comments about how the Church is handling the issue were given. She first started by asking if Wikinews was "part of Anonymous or are you pro-Scientology?" "Activities of Anonymous have been reported to the Authorities and actions are being taken. Their activities are illegal and we do not approve of them. At the same time, our main work is to improve the environment, make people more able and spiritually aware. ... yes, we are taking action," said Laetitia. Wikinews sent the e-mails from the Church to several experts on Scientology for an expert opinion on what they might have been trying to say. Although there was minimal response, Wikinews heard from the creator of Operation Clambake, which is a project formed in 1996 as a direct result of seeing the Church succeeding in removing criticism from the Internet. Wikinews also heard from another expert on Scientology and former Church member, who wishes to remain anonymous.>>Click here for the full EXCLUSIVE story. 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Just wanted to say thanks for this thread, it gave me the idea that I could ride my KLX250 2000+ miles, all for a long weekend of post winter warm weather in Folly Beach, South Carolina. Was going to take the car and haul the bike, dog, surfboard, and bicycle...but the car broke down. Faced with a repair bill that would negate my ability to go south, I found a dog sitter, put some Shinko 705's on the bike, changed the oil, loaded up, and went! Two and half days down, four days there, and 2 1/2 days back...totally worth the sore butt. The trip down was very windy, I got blown around a lot. It only bothered me on some of the taller bridges, but did add to my fatigue. The 1/2 days were the first and last days. I started in the White Mtns of NH and rode to a friends in Boston as a shakedown. I ended up dropping some gear there, a good choice as my cockpit was a bit cramped. From Boston, I rode to the state line of N. Carolina(a very long ride 7am to 1 am), where I slept on a covered picnic table for 6hrs. Up at 7am thanks to a rest area worker, I was off in 10 minutes. Only to realize I desperately needed coffee. Luckily I needed gas because my tanks is only 2 gallons. With coffee in me and gas in the bike I was back on the road and able to make dinner in Charleston SC, despite riding in rain for the last three hours and getting totally soaked. My stay included lots of family time, finding a new girlfriend, and lots of this... If you can't go surfing, then go watch them surf. The ride back was pretty uneventful, the weather was much more calm. From S. Carolina I managed to make it back to my father's house in Delaware(9am-10:30pm, a long day but not too long). After some hot stew and a beer, I fell into a bed. Another early start and I made Boston by 6pm, just in time for dinner, a shower, and to go out and see my host play in his Bob Marley tribute band, Duppy Conquerors(they are awesome btw, Sally O'Briens every Monday night, it's free!). Up before the rock star, as usual, I was off towards home to collect my dog and find some pain killers and ice packs for my shoulder. Only things I'd do different is add a throttle lock of some kind, get a better seat, and a much bigger gas tank. But the throttle lock was really all I needed, my right shoulder was very sore after the trip. Pic of the bike loaded up. And the final trip mileage at the last fill-up 10 miles from home. Bike is a 2012 KLX250S with 16000 miles on it. I ride it everyday, all year(unless there is more than 4" of snow on the road, then the cage). Mostly ride to and from work (50 mile round trip), but I've also ridden it to the top of a few mountains on goat trails, it's a very competent off-roader. Great bike! Next up is Chicago! Got to go see the girl! Just the motivation I need to try for the Iron Butt Saddlesore. I know the bike can do it, but not sure I can. Came very close on this trip, 900 miles in 24 hrs, but I slept and I didn't have a try for an IB planned. We'll see.... Thanks for the great report lobolator!! Now think of how boring your report would have been if you had taken the car!! On a bike it's always an adventure. Good job Lobolator,I always laugh when people say you gotta have a big bike,it ain't true,heck people even think my KLR650 is to small,then I ask um"so where do you go on that big bike of yours?and why does it have a battery tender attached to it?"just my observations,to many miles on a Ninja250 I guess. __________________ What would you do if you weren't afraid? Perimeters suck! I used to do drugs,I still do drugs,but I used to too!Mitch Hedburg Just wanted to say thanks for this thread, it gave me the idea that I could ride my KLX250 2000+ miles, all for a long weekend of post winter warm weather in Folly Beach, South Carolina. Was going to take the car and haul the bike, dog, surfboard, and bicycle...but the car broke down. Faced with a repair bill that would negate my ability to go south, I found a dog sitter, put some Shinko 705's on the bike, changed the oil, loaded up, and went! Two and half days down, four days there, and 2 1/2 days back...totally worth the sore butt. The trip down was very windy, I got blown around a lot. It only bothered me on some of the taller bridges, but did add to my fatigue. The 1/2 days were the first and last days. I started in the White Mtns of NH and rode to a friends in Boston as a shakedown. I ended up dropping some gear there, a good choice as my cockpit was a bit cramped. From Boston, I rode to the state line of N. Carolina(a very long ride 7am to 1 am), where I slept on a covered picnic table for 6hrs. Up at 7am thanks to a rest area worker, I was off in 10 minutes. Only to realize I desperately needed coffee. Luckily I needed gas because my tanks is only 2 gallons. With coffee in me and gas in the bike I was back on the road and able to make dinner in Charleston SC, despite riding in rain for the last three hours and getting totally soaked. My stay included lots of family time, finding a new girlfriend, and lots of this... If you can't go surfing, then go watch them surf. The ride back was pretty uneventful, the weather was much more calm. From S. Carolina I managed to make it back to my father's house in Delaware(9am-10:30pm, a long day but not too long). After some hot stew and a beer, I fell into a bed. Another early start and I made Boston by 6pm, just in time for dinner, a shower, and to go out and see my host play in his Bob Marley tribute band, Duppy Conquerors(they are awesome btw, Sally O'Briens every Monday night, it's free!). Up before the rock star, as usual, I was off towards home to collect my dog and find some pain killers and ice packs for my shoulder. Only things I'd do different is add a throttle lock of some kind, get a better seat, and a much bigger gas tank. But the throttle lock was really all I needed, my right shoulder was very sore after the trip. And the final trip mileage at the last fill-up 10 miles from home. Bike is a 2012 KLX250S with 16000 miles on it. I ride it everyday, all year(unless there is more than 4" of snow on the road, then the cage). Mostly ride to and from work (50 mile round trip), but I've also ridden it to the top of a few mountains on goat trails, it's a very competent off-roader. Great bike! Next up is Chicago! Got to go see the girl! Just the motivation I need to try for the Iron Butt Saddlesore. I know the bike can do it, but not sure I can. Came very close on this trip, 900 miles in 24 hrs, but I slept and I didn't have a try for an IB planned. We'll see.... Yeah, I got a lot of bug eyed looks when they realized where I was from and what I was on. Even had a HD rider crap his pants, once he realized what I was doing. The only advantage to a bigger bike would have been a little more grunt at 70mph and more weight against the wind. My ass would still be sore, same with the shoulder. Lots of good gas station conversations were had 1) because of the little bike, 2) because it had a NH plate way down south, and 3) because it was a motorcycle out and about in April, like a crazy person. I didn't tell them I had just ridden all winter on studded tires in the Arctic like NH. As on my other various long distance motorcycle trips, people just gravitate towards a bike. Maybe it's because they realize you are alone or they just want a conversation, I don't know, but I've met some great people and had some crazy conversations. That never really happened as much doing the same in a cage. Yeah, I got a lot of bug eyed looks when they realized where I was from and what I was on. Even had a HD rider crap his pants, once he realized what I was doing. The only advantage to a bigger bike would have been a little more grunt at 70mph and more weight against the wind. My ass would still be sore, same with the shoulder. Lots of good gas station conversations were had 1) because of the little bike, 2) because it had a NH plate way down south, and 3) because it was a motorcycle out and about in April, like a crazy person. I didn't tell them I had just ridden all winter on studded tires in the Arctic like NH. As on my other various long distance motorcycle trips, people just gravitate towards a bike. Maybe it's because they realize you are alone or they just want a conversation, I don't know, but I've met some great people and had some crazy conversations. That never really happened as much doing the same in a cage. Sounds like a great trip! I high sided a CL450 just off the Kanc, on that left just opposite the old ski jump place. Went in too fast, just before the covered bridge (Dougway?). Last thing I saw were sparks coming off the left foot peg, which forced the rear tire off the ground. Then, when the tire made contact again, it was like a sling shot. Live and learn, I've slowed down a lot now. We all get strange looks from folks when riding a 250, had a kid in the passenger's seat in a cage look at me on mine, on the interstate, his eyes were like saucers. As on my other various long distance motorcycle trips, people just gravitate towards a bike. Maybe it's because they realize you are alone or they just want a conversation, I don't know, but I've met some great people and had some crazy conversations. That never really happened as much doing the same in a cage. So true. So true. And many of the people who want to talk either own a bike or used to own one. They get it. Some of them want to be doing what you're doing right then at that very moment! What I find funny too is that you can be parked in a field of cars. If one other motorcyclist joins the group - you are suddenly his best friend. They will walk up to you and chat with you first. There is an instant connection there simply because you are riding a bike also. That is awsome. I am fairly new to the motorcycle world. About a year and a half and half of that time was on a 150cc scooter so I couldn't leave town. Partly cus it wouldn't go past 55 and partly cus I didn't trust it. But since I got my tu250 in sep I put 8000 miles on it mostly to work. Living in az I can ride all winter long with no problem. I make 200 mile trips through the mountains once in a while but have never left the state. Everyone keeps telling me I need a bigger bike which I know is not true. This is very inspiring to see some one make a trip like that on a 250. I guess the only thing I really need is storage compartments on the bike so I can make it happen. I have always liked those klxs but was under the impression they didn't do well on the street. what mpg did you get with wind and high speeds? Only things I'd do different is add a throttle lock of some kind, .... Simple, but effective throttle lock is a 175 cable tie (zip tie) placed around the grip, snugged up and shortened so it rests against the brake lever. Rotate it forward against the brake at your desired speed; snug it up if it doesnt hold; use a small pointed knife to release the catch if you get too tight or want to remove it for off road. Rotating the throttle off releases it. Simple, but effective throttle lock is a 175 cable tie (zip tie) placed around the grip, snugged up and shortened so it rests against the brake lever. Rotate it forward against the brake at your desired speed; snug it up if it doesnt hold; use a small pointed knife to release the catch if you get too tight or want to remove it for off road. Rotating the throttle off releases it. I'm gonna try that,great idea __________________ What would you do if you weren't afraid? Perimeters suck! I used to do drugs,I still do drugs,but I used to too!Mitch Hedburg Worst mileage due to WOT into the wind was about 55mpg. Average was about 62mpg on the highway. At home around town I get 65-70mpg. The KLX on the highway is definitely stretching it's legs all the way. But it will do an actual 80mph(the speedo said 94 once , but it lies) if you get a good draft to help it get up there, not that I recommend drafting. If you want to pass, better plan way ahead. Love the KLX, 16000 miles in 13 months. No problems except bad gas clogging my jets. On road or off it just keeps on going, a couple of times without me. The picnic table did have a roof, which at the time seemed good enough, and it was free. I was so close to falling asleep on the bike it didn't matter and I had earplugs, but do tell. I will be doing a repeat in September. Worst mileage due to WOT into the wind was about 55mpg. Average was about 62mpg on the highway. At home around town I get 65-70mpg. The KLX on the highway is definitely stretching it's legs all the way. But it will do an actual 80mph(the speedo said 94 once , but it lies) if you get a good draft to help it get up there, not that I recommend drafting. If you want to pass, better plan way ahead. Love the KLX, 16000 miles in 13 months. No problems except bad gas clogging my jets. On road or off it just keeps on going, a couple of times without me. Your report is quite inspirational! I also have a '12 and I want to travel a bit on it, but haven't yet. I did pick up an IMS 3 gal tank last week(not installed yet). I have had a windscreen on it since day one, I'm older now and can't stand the direct blast anymore. I would like to pick up some side bags, yours look like a good fit. Do you have some kind of bag support under those? or are they just resting on your plastics? Have you done any sprocket changes? And lastly, did you have any oil usage on the trip? Alot of thumpers at those kinds of speed MAY use a little oil(Yep, I'm an ex-KLR owner). I too had a windscreen but much smaller, I stole the one off my old EX-500, literally tied it on as a test, it worked so I just left it. It was just enough to get the blast off the chest and over the shoulders. I didn't have anything under the bags and melted the right side a bit because of it, despite loading that side much lighter. PM Racks has a real nice side rack that will fix that problem, can't wait to get one. I ran stock gearing for the trip. I have gone to lower gearing for off-road but higher wouldn't work IMO because a good head wind can force a downshift on stock gearing, higher would be even worse. Maybe it'd work if you get a 351 kit, IDK. And yes there is a teaspoon of oil in my catch bottle, must have vaporized some at high rpm, gone up the crankcase breather tube into the air box, but otherwise no detectable usage. Ok that's comparable mpg to my tu250 I ride 50 miles round trip a day for work mostly highway indicated 75 not sure how much gauge is off my guess is prob close to 10%. I get around 63 mpg worst was 56 best 70 I'm sure it would get better around town but I have never ridden a full tank not going on highway. And unfortunately there's not really roads here that are less than 65 mph. I'm just trying to get an idea how it compares to other 250s. Lots of mountains here if I go out side of the valley but I does good on them I go up one that's about 1400 ft difference in about 10 miles it holds 4th gear at indicated 70 mph just fine. But I have still always loved the enduro look. I just don't know if I would ever take it off road.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Children of Refugees Receive More Food Stamps, Cash Assistance Than Native-Born Children Refugee children fare better than other immigrant children on many indicators Children born to refugees receive more government benefits like food stamps, cash assistance, and Supplemental Security Income than native-born children, according to a report from the Migration Policy Institute. "Young children of refugees are defined as those ages 10 and younger residing with at least one refugee parent," the report stated. "The total includes first-generation (foreign-born) children who are refugees themselves, and second-generation (U.S.-born) children with at least one refugee parent." The report found that from 2009 to 2013, the latest five-year period for which data was available, 30 percent of children born to refugees received food stamps, compared to 27 percent of native-born children. Eight percent of children born to refugees received cash assistance, compared to six percent of native-born children. Five percent of children born to refugees lived in households receiving Supplemental Security Income, while 4 percent of native-born children received the same. "Children of refugees generally have better access to health coverage and public benefits than children of other immigrants," the report stated. "Refugees qualify for cash welfare, food stamps, and Medicaid or other public health insurance immediately upon arrival, and are often linked to these benefits by resettlement agencies." A higher percentage of children born to refugees—93 percent—were covered for health insurance than the 90 percent of other immigrant children who were covered. Native-born children had the highest rate of coverage, with 95 percent having health insurance. "Because of favorable eligibility rules, children of refugees participate in public benefit programs at higher rates than do other children of immigrants, even though children of refugees have a lower poverty rate," the report stated. "Children of refugees fare better than children of other immigrants on almost all indicators—perhaps because refugee parents benefit from U.S.-government resettlement services while nonrefugee parents include unauthorized immigrants who face multiple barriers to socioeconomic integration and receipt of public benefits and services," the report stated. "Refugees’ children also fare as well or almost as well as children with U.S.- born parents on several indicators." From 2009 to 2013, there were 941,000 children of refugee parents living in the United States who were 10 years or younger. These children comprised 9 percent of all young children of immigrants and 2 percent of all young children in the United States. "Most young children of refugees (89 percent) are U.S. born," the report stated. "The largest groups of children have parents from Vietnam (22 percent), Cuba (12 percent), Laos (6 percent), and Ukraine, Somalia, Haiti, and Russia (5 percent each)." The State Department, which oversees refugee resettlement policy, did not respond to a request for comment. Ali MeyerEmail Ali \| Full Bio \| RSSAli Meyer is a staff writer with the Washington Free Beacon covering economic issues that expose government waste, fraud, and abuse. Prior to the Free Beacon, she was a multimedia reporter with CNSNews.com where her work appeared on outlets such as Drudge Report and Fox News. She also interned with the Heritage Foundation and Pacific Research Institute. Her Twitter handle is @DJAliMeyer, and her email address is meyer@freebeacon.com.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Kazakhstan mulls halving crude export duty In the wake of dropping oil prices, the crude export duty rate in Kazakhstan, according to Halyk Finance analytics, could be reduced by half, Tengrinews reports. Earlier, the Minister of National Economy Yerbolat Dossayev mentioned plans to lower the crude export duty rate from $80 per ton. The export duty rate was set to $80 based on much higher oil price and is not longer relevant. The export duty applies to all oil companies except the companies operating under Production Sharing Agreements (PSA) with flat taxation. According to Maryam Zhumadil of Halyk Finance company, the current export duty was set when oil was sold for $105-110 p/b. “We believe that abolishment of the export duty, like it happened in 2009 when the oil price was $57 p/b, is highly unlikely. We expect the export duty to be reduced to $40 per ton. This would correspond with the drop in the price for oil from mid 2014,” Zhumadil said. The halving of the export duty should positively affect public oil companies working in Kazakhstan. “Among companies we work with, KazMunaiGas (Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company) would benefit the most from the decrease in the export duty. According to our estimates, the company is expected to export 60% of oil it produces in 2015,” Zhumadil said. KASE-listed Nostrum Oil&ampGas will also benefit from the reduction of the export duty. According to the analytics, the company had been paying export duties since 2013 despite working under a PSA. Smaller exploration companies would not be seriously affected by the decrease of the crude export duty rate, as they mostly sell oil inside Kazakhstan.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
I don't hear too many positive reviews about Mexican beers, but I like them. I can't imagine eating a nice Mexican dinner with a Heineken. Dos Equis is the perfect brew for that occasion. It's light and has just the right amount of that South O' the border maltiness. A twist of lime and you are set. Enjoy. Dos Equis Special Lager is a mild pilsner with a mild flavor and a slight hop bitterness. Don't look for robust flavor. What you find is a crisp refreshing light ale that is great for the hot but breezy sun of Cancun. Light on the palate and very drinkable. Dos Equis Special Lager is a beer that is best drank within it's environment just like Balashi from Aruba is. Reminds me of a less skunky Heineken. The pickin' is slim in Cancun so this is my top beer choice, even over Corona. A thin yellow beer with crazy soda carbonation, not much smell, and a very thin grain taste with bitter bite and prominant booziness. Mothfeel is prettymuch like watery soda. Definately at the bottom of my list for Mexican lager. Move along folks, nothing to see here. As far as Mexican brews go, this is one that is on the edge of being something really good. It porued a medium golden color with minimal head that subsided quickly. The smell was grainy but with a bit of hops in there. The taste was almost pure euro-lager skunk but it was saved by a nice dry aftertaste the caught me by suprise. This is much better than Corona and Pacifico, but there must be better mexican brews out there. I guess this is the type of beer to drink with some flame-throwing Mexican dish, because there isn't much taste. It's a yellow beer with a small white head. It had a mildly floral aroma, and that is about all you'll get from it. I couldn't taste much of anything, very insipid. Drink it if you must with some spicy dish, otherwise leave it alone. Appearance: A very pale yellow, bright beer with large carbonation bubbles and lots of activity. Heads pours a thin white bubbly lace, not at all impressive. Smell: Spicy hop aroma with that cooked adjunct smell (corn), and a bit of European lager "skunk." Taste: Crisp and refreshing up-front. Body is light. Malt sweetness is dextriny, with lots of sweet corn flavour. Hop bitterness is semi-spicy and herbal with a quick tangy snap that fades into a sweet tea-like flavour. More cooked corn/veggie flavours follow (aka DMS / dimethyl sulfide) and meld with a slightly dry grain flavour. Finish is clean with some light residual dextrins on the palate. Notes: European/German brewing influences are apparent with this brew. It's not your typical Mexican lager/pils. And, even though it's essentially a mediocre beer, it's not an entirely bad beer. Pairs nicely with Mexican food or a nice alternative to American Lagers as it has a bit more body and flavour. The Dos Equis poured a very light, clear yellow with a fizzy head that was very quickly completely gone. It has a skunky, yet slightly floral nose. It's very thin and watery. There is very little flavor, just a sweetish starch and some slight skunkiness. Overall, it's a little better than some macros, but not by much.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
CASTing About For a Solution: Using CAST and Table Functions in PL/SQL May 20, 2004 Synopsis. Oracle 8i offered the CAST function, which allows a PL/SQL collection to be processed as if it was a normal table. When CAST is paired with table functions, it becomes even more powerful as a data manipulation toolset. This article provides a brief technical explanation of CAST and table functions as well as some practical, real-world examples of their use in concert. I was assisting one of my developers with a problem with a rather complex stored procedure that is used extensively by our flagship data entry application to determine all eligible cost centers to which an employee can potentially charge his or her expenditures. Here is a brief summary of the business rules involved: An employee is part of a department, which in turn is part of a division. Each employee is assigned between one and five cost centers to which he can charge expenditures. Each department has up to five default cost centers to which expenditures may be charged. Each division has up to five default cost centers to which expenditures may be charged. Once the list of potential eligible employee, department default, and division default cost centers has been determined, only those cost centers that any employee can use are allowed to be retained in the list. Duplicate cost centers must be removed from the final list. To make matters more interesting, the stored procedure that implements these business rules must return the answer set in the form of a reference cursor (REF CURSOR) because the application requires it. Unfortunately, the application cannot accept one of those neat Oracle collection types as an input parameter without significant alteration to an aging Powerbuilder code base. When I opened up the stored procedure, I noticed that it dated back prior to the conversion of the company's original Sybase database to our current Oracle database. Sybase has some interesting features for storage of temporary data - essentially, a huge TEMP space that's readily available for use by any stored procedure - and whoever had converted the procedure to Oracle had decided to mimic that technique by using a GLOBAL TEMPORARY table (acronyzed to GTT) to retain the data. GTTs certainly have their place in an Oracle database, but they do have some drawbacks. First, a GTT is still a table, and I have noticed that developers often forget to COMMIT changes written to a GTT. In addition, the overhead of creating and maintaining the schema of a GTT is often overkill in situations like this one - after all, the most records I'd ever return in this answer set is 15. I have also run into issues when attempting to open a hot standby database in READ ONLY mode and then tried to run stored procedures that need to utilize GTTs. Because GTTs are owned by the SYSTEM tablespace, and since that tablespace is in read-only mode when the standby is opened in this fashion for reporting, the stored procedures used to create reports simply stop working. There are workarounds to this, but they are not very elegant. Fortunately, Oracle has implemented some neat features that let me overcome the reliance on GTTs: the CAST function and the ability to write stored functions that return PL/SQL collection types, also known as table functions. When used in conjunction, these features form a powerful toolset that conquers GTTs that have been used in this manner. (Moreover, they work just fine even if you do not have any GTTs to conquer, by the way!) The CAST Function CAST is often termed a pseudo-tablefunction because it lets me cast a variable - specifically, a PL/SQL collection - into another datatype: a table construct. The table construct can then be queried with standard SQL just like any other Oracle table with SQL. Listing 1.1 shows an example of how the CAST function can be used inside an anonymous PL/SQL block to read from a PL/SQL collection defined by a declared TYPE. CAST is used here to sort the resulting rows in reverse alphabetical order. I could have created the TYPE as a true object, and built a sort function for the object - but CAST lets me use good old SQL to handle the sorting. Listing 1.2 shows another example of CAST. This time, I am populating a PL/SQL collection with a set of random numbers. I then use CAST to gather the data from the collection and apply various group functions like SUM(), MIN(), and MAX() on the result set. Again, I could have declared an object type and written some special grouping functions for it - but again, I utilized CAST to do the work with normal SQL grouping functions. Table Functions A table function is a stored function that returns a PL/SQL collection as the result set, and this result set can then be read and manipulated with the CAST function. The example table function I have created, sf_gather_cost_centers,in Listing 1.3 uses a PL/SQL collection to store the gathered cost center values for the specified employee and return a list of all cost centers that the employee is eligible to use depending on that employee's relationship to her department and division. Listing 1.4 shows three examples that gather the results of the table function that I have just created via the CAST table pseudo-function for later manipulation. The result set from these SQL statements could then be returned in a reference cursor generated from within the existing stored procedure with a few modifications as mandated by my original requirements. PIPELINED Table Functions Table functions were available as of in Oracle 8i, but they were enhanced in Oracle 9i so that result sets can be pipelined. Briefly, a pipelined table function does not require the CAST pseudo-table function to return a result set. Listing 1.5 shows a modified version of the same function I created in Listing 1.3, and Listing 1.6 shows the same examples as in Listing 1.4, but with the CAST pseudo-function now removed. Conclusion CAST and table functions are going to become a powerful set of tools on my PL/SQL development "tool belt," and hopefully I have whetted your appetite to experiment with these features as well. Should you wish to experiment with these examples, I have also provided the necessary DDL and DML statements to modify the standard HR demo schema appropriately (see Listing 2). References and Additional Reading While there is no substitute for direct experience, reading the manual is not a bad idea, either. I have drawn upon the following Oracle 9i Release 2 documentation for the deeper technical details of this article:	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Hi everyone,It's been a long time since I've posted on these boards. I don't even know if anyone still remembers me. Well anyway, after a long time away, with a lot of healing, and soul searching DH and I have decided it is time to start our FET. I just got home from my new RE (DH and I moved from NH to NY in September!) and after a hysteroscopy showed that my uterus is as the nurses called it "perfect". The nurse then asked me if I ever had a hysterosalpingogram (HSG) test done. I told her that I had when I had my lap done when I was diagnosed with stage 4 endo, and they told me that my right tube was completely closed, and that my left one was 90% closed. She then told me that on the ultrasound it looked like my left tube was a little inflamed and she wanted me to have a HSG done while I was there. She said that if it was bad that I would need to have my tubes removed before I could start my FET. So there I sat...waiting...thinking why did I get myself into this mess again...There is noway I could have surgery....I can't take that much time off of work...blah blah blah...so the RE came in and did the HSG and he told me that everything looked just fine. I said what?? He showed me on the screen how the dye went into both tubes perfectly, and that both of them were wide open with no problems!!! I was in SHOCK!! He told me there was no need for surgery, and that I have the go ahead to start my FET with next months cycle day 1!!! I am so excited, but also a little confused because I never had an FET before. I would love to have advice and support from you amazing wonderful woman. Please join me, and we can get through this together!! Here we go again!!! Much love always,Franny Last edited by turtle0619 on Wed May 02, 2012 1:26 pm, edited 1 time in total. Franny -- Remember you? Are you kidding... I think of you all the time! I'm so happy you got such good news and are moving on to this FET. I think you've got fantastic odds with that perfect uterus of yours. I am excited for you and look forward to stalking the heck out of you! Much love to you my friend. P.S. Remember Katie99? She's also doing a donor embie cycle as we speak! You should PM her. Hi Franny!!! I'm with Lou - do we remember you?? Well thats a silly question girl, I've wondered what you were up to for awhile now! I'm thrilled to hear that have a great new RE and open tubes but mostly that you're feeling up to taking on another cycle, ahem, a successful cycle! Lou is right I'm waiting for AF as we speak ( well type, lol) I have to say that you've been missed greatly and I'm pushing for this to be it for you honey! Much love Franny & Lou - xoxo AHHH Franny!! How I have missed you!! I stalk these boards frequently as to catch up on some old names/friends and I was so delighted to see you start a new thread!!! First I am SOOO happy to hear that you feel emotionally/mentally/and physically ready to start up again and I know that you and your DH are in such a great place!!! Great mental attitude all the way!!! So-regarding FET's....I LOVED doing it so much better than a fresh cycle because it is less morning monitoring, NO bloating from the stims, and less stress on the body. They can also manipulate the first part of your cycle to get your lining thick enough and estrogen high enough before starting the PIO shots. I know I never responded to your last FB email but I wanted to let you know that I got pregnant naturally on our Aruba vacation after my chemical pregnancy. It almost doesn't sound real when I say it out loud but we saw the hb on Saturday and go back Wednesday to hopefully hear the hb!! I'm in shock since we were literally getting the paperwork together to start our FET in January and we were blessed with this miracle! I can't wait to be your BIGGEST cheerleader and your old fans are going to come out of the woodworks for you hun! Franny - welcome back! Come join us on the main thread -- lots of new people (thank goodness, most of the 'regular's are moved forward...) but I'm still here as well as some other "oldies but goodies" and the new people are nice too. Franny - Welcome back!!! I'm so excited to see your screen name pop up on a thread!! I always think of you when I go to visit my family in upstate NY since we talked about how much we loved Saratoga before (and you actually knew what the Teepee was near my parents' town and NO ONE ever knows that LOL.) Anyways, I'm wishing you and DH lots of good luck on this FET cycle and I'll be cheering you on! Franny - Welcome back!!! I'm so excited to see your screen name pop up on a thread!! I always think of you when I go to visit my family in upstate NY since we talked about how much we loved Saratoga before (and you actually knew what the Teepee was near my parents' town and NO ONE ever knows that LOL.) Anyways, I'm wishing you and DH lots of good luck on this FET cycle and I'll be cheering you on! Ok i'm seriously already in tears! Happy tears. I'm so sorry I've been away from here for so long. I hope you all understand. It was just so hard to be left behind. I needed space, and I needed to get a clear head and put IVF on hold for a little bit. I am so sorry for not being as supportive as I should have been for all of my dear friends who's dreams have come true! lou Oh I missed you too!! I think about you all the time too. I'm so happy for you. It must be unreal to have your lil girl in your arms. How is mommyhood? Are you back to work? Thank you for always being here for me. I'm sorry I went MIA. xoxo katie I didn't know you were doing another FET!!!! OMG sweetie I am sending you sooooo much good sticky vibes! Are they from the same batch at the last 2 cycles?? did you poas? When is your beta? how many did you transfer?? Give me the details girl!! Oh I drove by your exit on the thruway when I went down to NYC for NYE and I almost called you, but it was pretty late. I would love to meet Ryan some day. Now that we live in the same state we need to plan a much needed visit. claud OMG OMG!!! I totally can't believe it!! wow!! I am thrilled for you. That is amazing. you know I adore you, and you don't know how much it has meant to me that you have always checked up on my on fb. It really does mean a lot to me. You are an amazing woman, and I am so lucky to have you as a friend. Looks like your going to have to go another summer with no shows!! If I go to any down in NJ we need to meet up for lunch though!! leoria Oh hun I am heart broken that you are still stuck in level one of this horrible game with me. You have always given me so much strength to continue on in this journey. This has got to happen for us!! It has too. I don't know if i'm ready to join in on such a large cycle group, but I'll poke in and always cheer you on!! Amanda we were posting at the same time!! Your daughter is beautiful! I'm so happy for you. Barry and I moved back to new york in September. There were just way too many sad memories in NH, and we both were offered really good jobs here that we just took it as a sign and moved. We went to Howe caverns in the fall, and then took a drive down to cobleskill and oneonta, and I know it's not exactly by your home town I did think of you while we were driving around that day. I hope everything is going well. I can't believe everyone is already trying for #2 or is already pregnant with #2!! Thank you all so much for thinking of me. It means so much. I wasn't sure if I was going to come back and post again because of all of the sad memories, but if it wasn't for the support from all of you gals it would've been a million times harder. I'm so excited to defrost these lil embies, and see what happens. xoxoxo We all understand the need to take a break from the forums for a bit. I've had to do it a few times also. IVF isnt for the faint of heart, luckily us multiple cycle girls all poke in and read when we can and as soon as you see a familar name, boy you're just sucked right back in again. I'm thrilled to see you getting back on the roller coaster - because dammit, this time is it! I'll be right along with you - well that is if AF ever shows up, grrr why when you're waiting for it does it always decide to be late? FETs are sooo much easier, less appts, 2 u/s, and need I even mention that the crazy amount of stim meds we used to need isnt even a thought with a FET. Yiippee for that alone, right? No these are from a different batch, different clinic and crazy as it sounds I'll have to fly across country for this FET. When I had my Aug & Oct attempts my RE wasnt at all happy with the embryo quality and after the heartbreak of 2 more BFNs I couldnt just say "thats it then". We felt that our "last chance" was stunted from the get go when they thawed and werent good. So the search began and we did find a clinic without a 2-3 year waiting list - but the catch is they're on the other side of the country. So we adopted a batch that is remarkably similar to both of us, but unfortunately there are just 3 and they're slow frozen at 3 day. The RE did say that this batch has a good history, but my nerves are shot already, lol. I've got my unopened pack of BCPs just sitting and waiting and as soon as AF arrives I should get my schedule - eeek then I'll really be nervous, lol. I love how we'll get to hold each other's hand for this nerve wracking process - and its going to work for both of us! I insist on it, lol. Do you have a schedule yet? You've got a lot of cheerleaders Franny!! - xoxo Katie, I am also just waiting for AF...although I know I have a few more weeks. I didn't get a schedule..I just had all my meds ordered today, and was told to call with cycle day 1. Like I said I have no idea what to really expect, but way less meds and injections, and way less SnS's makes me a lot happier. This new clinic I am at is all about meditation and acupuncture. They have a healing arts center attached to it, and they must pump some kind of sedative in the vents because I was really calm and relaxed (for the most part) during my procedures, and I'm always a nervous nelly! I don't think it's strange to go across the country to get your babies at all!!! I got mine, and then moved my whole life to be closer to them so who am I to judge? hahaI think it's amazing that you want to give Ryan a sibling, and I know this is our time!!! You have no idea how happy I am to be able to talk about this with you again. Well I can only go by my last schedule, but from what I remember is was something like 2-3 weeks on BCPs then start estrace ( maybe 10-15 days of that?) then PIO starts 5 days before a blast transfer ( 3 days if its a 3d transfer) and baby aspirin and doxy and medrol until FET. Of course this new clinic prefers estrogen via injection so that'll be new for me, but on the plus side they'd rather I use crinone 2x day instead of PIO. With my old clinic I had to do both and as much as I hate those lumps I'm a bit concerned that last time my P4 levels were so low. Ahhh, we didnt even start yet and the questions and anxieties begin already, lol. Missed you girl.. Franny it is so wonderful hearing from you. Of course we remember you!!! I have often wondered how you were doing. You have been such an inspiration for many of us...especially me and I have missed your positive attitude so much. I am so happy to hear that you are back with us and this will work for you If there is anything I have noticed on this board is that sooner or later it does work for all of us. Best of luck to you sweety. I have to wait a few months since my baby was born via c section but I plan to join in around July. ahhhhh, FRANNY!!!!! I am so happy you are back. Obviously you touched alot of people and anyone who cycled with you would remember you! I still hang on these boards occasionally, just to check on past cycle sisters and I have become a silent stalker to some of the girls who's journey keep me coming back, waiting for a happy ending (leorira, I am talking about you girl). Congrats on adopting your embies, I will now start stalking you! It is your time girl! Katie99, I am so glad you are trying again for a sib for Ryan! Interesting you gotta fly, but it will be well worth it! Are you doing Lupron with your FET or just taking estrace and they will monitor your natural surge?? I did Lupron with Mady and it worked well for me because it took so long for my darn lining to get thick so I literally was on estrogen for a month until I started the PIO shots!! I love the idea of a clinic that encourages mediation and acupuncture!! Relaxed during a proceedure?!?!? That sounds so foreign to me How many embies do you have and how many are you transferring? Are they 3d or 5d embies? I can't tell you how excited I am for you Katie99!!!! Um...yes to a get together in New York or New Jersey!!! My best friend from college lives in Clifton Park and I try and visit her at least once a year and we meet up at Woodbury Commons once or twice a year so it's definitely possible!!! Rhonda-so good to hear from you hon!!! How are your beautiful girls?!?! AFM-Tomorrow we go to see the heart beat so I'm nervous, excited, anxious, and everything you can imagine!!	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Delaware Governor Signs Blockchain Regulation Bill into Law The governor of Delaware has officially signed a bill into law that recognizes the trading of stocks on the blockchain. In April, the Corporation Law Section of the Delaware State Bar Association (DSBA) had approved Delaware Law Amendments with the intention of delivering statutory authority for businesses in the state to use the blockchain to maintain corporate records. Passing the House at the end of June with one vote against it out of 41, this step brings to end a campaign that began in May 2016 when the-then governor of Delaware, Jack Markell, announced plans to embrace the blockchain and smart contract technology. It was also hoped that the initiative would provide a legal and regulatory environment for the development of the technology in the state in addition to help attract blockchain companies to Delaware. Now, after many weeks when the bill passed the House, the governor of Delaware, John C. Carney Jr., has put pen to paper and made the recognition official. Delaware Embraces the Blockchain Delaware is one state in the U.S. that has taken embracive steps toward the innovative technology. Previously, a Delaware judge had been reported to have urged investors to protect their votes through the distributed ledger. Last November, vice chancellor J. Travis Laster, said that the technology could help shareholders remove the middleman when it came to votes and shares. According to Laster, the current system is outdated and too complex, making it difficult to determine who exactly owns a share and how it’s utilized in decision making. However, with the recent signing into law, it remains to be seen what impact the blockchain bill will produce within Delaware. Yet, it could pave the way for other states to look into the technology more as it gains prominence in several use cases among various industries. Arizona is another state that is leading the way with the technology. In March, it was reported that the Senate had passed a bill that would give smart contracts and blockchain signatures legal binding status.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Thread Tools Our friend Andrew Malcolm, over at Investors Business Daily, highlights an interesting story coming to us from Washington, but involving the Sunshine State. It seems that Florida‚Äôs recent efforts to conduct a thorough review of their voter rolls and purge the ineligible or the ‚Ä¶ er‚Ä¶ dead, have drawn the Attorney General. And what might the Department of Justice have to say about this record-keeping audit? Clearly, this has to be stopped. No, but you can make up who's being purged.....calling them the "dead" when you're really going after the "non-citizens." - 1638 people in Miami-Dade County were flagged by the state as ‚Äúnon-citizens‚ÄĚ and sent letters informing them that they were ineligible to vote. - Of that group, 359 people have subsquently provided the county with proof of citizenship. - Another 26 people were identified as U.S. citizens directly by the county. The situation in Miami-Dade is also apparent in elsewhere in Florida. According to a local reports in smaller Polk County of the 21 voters flagged by the state ‚Äúnine appear to be citizens, leaving 12 as questionable.‚ÄĚ America still has those poor Muslims locked up in cages like wild animals down in Gitmo and Beautiful Long Legged Jug Ears is killing hundreds of innocent people with his "Wonderful Drones" is it any wonder the Jug Ear crowd doesn't care about "Voter Fraud" they know all the sh!tbums that don't have ID's will Vote For "Their Messiah" Obama is sure to get "The Wino Vote" Before you start a new thread, please take the time to check and see if a similar thread has already recently been posted. Scan the first page and the second, or also use the "Search" function. This will prevent redundant threads and as a result you‚Äôll have more people who will participate in your topic. Click to expand... Your thread is an extension to this one already posted.. come on mods fulfill your responsibility.. What's funny is that this statement would get me kicked out of this thread. I'm not kidding, there's 4 active threads right now that I can't access because agent 13 has decided that the rules don't apply to me. There's some secret set of rules out there somewhere that define how I'm supposed to act. I think I've got one secret rule figured out though. Kiss enough mod azz and you can pretty much get away with everything Harry gets away with. What's funny is that this statement would get me kicked out of this thread. I'm not kidding, there's 4 active threads right now that I can't access because agent 13 has decided that the rules don't apply to me. There's some secret set of rules out there somewhere that define how I'm supposed to act. I think I've got one secret rule figured out though. Kiss enough mod azz and you can pretty much get away with everything Harry gets away with. Click to expand... Wait a minute, are you accusing PF13 of arbitrary and capricious moderating? If so: I agree with you wholeheartedly. It really does this forum an injustice. No, but you can make up who's being purged.....calling them the "dead" when you're really going after the "non-citizens." - 1638 people in Miami-Dade County were flagged by the state as ‚Äúnon-citizens‚ÄĚ and sent letters informing them that they were ineligible to vote. - Of that group, 359 people have subsquently provided the county with proof of citizenship. - Another 26 people were identified as U.S. citizens directly by the county. The situation in Miami-Dade is also apparent in elsewhere in Florida. According to a local reports in smaller Polk County of the 21 voters flagged by the state ‚Äúnine appear to be citizens, leaving 12 as questionable.‚ÄĚ Not too suprisingly think progress get things wrong as the try to twist facts. The people in Florida are reaching out to verify that people still belong on the rolls. If they just removed people when there was a question of them still being on the rolls THAT would be wrong. Reaching out to make sure people aren't removed in error is the responsible thing to do and should be applauded. Here's a question for those who think that Florida is doing the right thing by "purging" the registration lists.... How come, if it's supposed to be about "dead" people, 58% of the names being purged are of Hispanic origin but Hispanics only make up 13% of Florida's registered voters? About 58% of those flagged as potential noncitizens are Hispanics, Florida‚Äôs largest ethnic immigrant population, a Miami Herald analysis found. Hispanics make up 13 percent of the overall 11.3 million active registered voters. Wait a minute, are you accusing PF13 of arbitrary and capricious moderating? If so: I agree with you wholeheartedly. It really does this forum an injustice. Click to expand... Actually having those two in charge of this toilet is about perfect. Patters prefers that there be nothing but partisan bullschit being tossed about in here and agent 13 can't win any arguments if he has to stay honest. There was a time when the two of them didn't work so hard to drive away civil conversation. I actually came away from here smarter than when I entered back in the day. Those days are long, long since over though. Now Harry is considered a top-contributing poster. What a joke. What's funny is that this statement would get me kicked out of this thread. I'm not kidding, there's 4 active threads right now that I can't access because agent 13 has decided that the rules don't apply to me. There's some secret set of rules out there somewhere that define how I'm supposed to act. I think I've got one secret rule figured out though. Kiss enough mod azz and you can pretty much get away with everything Harry gets away with. Click to expand... You get banned for attacking specific posters without making a comment on the topic on hand. What SPECIFIC poster is Harry attacking? His post is an (attempt) at a humorous comment on the topic. BTW you and Jack B have been banned from the thread for a personal attack on me without any comment on the topic of the thread? See how that works. Not too suprisingly think progress get things wrong as the try to twist facts. The people in Florida are reaching out to verify that people still belong on the rolls. If they just removed people when there was a question of them still being on the rolls THAT would be wrong. Reaching out to make sure people aren't removed in error is the responsible thing to do and should be applauded. Click to expand... So you are going to ignore the rules established by Ian and just follow along??? What's funny is that this statement would get me kicked out of this thread. I'm not kidding, there's 4 active threads right now that I can't access because agent 13 has decided that the rules don't apply to me. There's some secret set of rules out there somewhere that define how I'm supposed to act. I think I've got one secret rule figured out though. Kiss enough mod azz and you can pretty much get away with everything Harry gets away with. Click to expand... I try not to break the rules, I have to admit it's pretty hard at times especially when I want to call somebody a dirty name. Not too suprisingly think progress get things wrong as the try to twist facts. The people in Florida are reaching out to verify that people still belong on the rolls. If they just removed people when there was a question of them still being on the rolls THAT would be wrong. Reaching out to make sure people aren't removed in error is the responsible thing to do and should be applauded. Click to expand... Applauded? Not taking away citizens' right to vote seems like the basics, not some above-and-beyond act to be lauded. Hey, that politician didn't steal campaign funds, and that cop arrested a man without beating him -- commendations all around!	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Receive the latest breaking updates in your inbox The family of 73-year-old Jerry Wayne Waller, the homeowner shot and killed by at least one Fort Worth police officer early Tuesday morning, issued a statement Wednesday afternoon. (Published Wednesday, May 29, 2013) In the statement, the family said the Fort Worth Police Department has been misrepresenting details of the incident to the media and they are calling for an independent investigation of what led to the fatal shooting. FWPD Shooting Death Investigation Continues Fort Worth police are continuing their investigation into an officer-involved shooting death of 72-year-old Jerry Waller. (Published Wednesday, May 29, 2013) Armed with a .38-caliber pistol, Waller was apparently shot several times in his rear-facing garage after some sort of miscommunication with police officers. Wife of 72-Year-Old Man Killed by Police Wants Answers Kathy Waller, the wife of a 72-year-old man shot and killed by Fort Worth police, spoke to NBC 5 about the moments before her husband was shot. (Published Tuesday, May 28, 2013) Officials with the Fort Worth Police Department said officers were in the neighborhood responding to an alarm call; but that call was to a home across the street from the Waller residence. Kathy said officers told her they thought the alarm call came from her residence. The entire statement can be read below: The immediate family of Jerry Wayne Waller of Fort Worth is shocked and deeply saddened by his untimely death in the privacy of his own home. Jerry was a dedicated family man and small business owner. As we mourn his loss, and celebrate his life, we ask that the media respect our privacy. Although we wish to devote this time with family and friends, we felt it was important to respond to the media coverage of this event. We were deeply troubled by the police department misrepresenting details of the incident in their interviews with the media. We would ask that the police refrain from providing details to the media until a thorough investigation has been completed, preferably by an independent body. On the night of his death, Jerry heard noise behind the house, and went to investigate. He picked up his gun as protection. While no one in the family was present at the instant of his death, his body was witnessed immediately after, inside his own garage. We were disturbed by suggestions that police may have felt threatened by a man in his own garage faced with unknown trespassers wielding flashlights. We look forward to a full investigation of this terrible incident that will lead to meaningful steps to ensure that nothing like this will happen again. Beyond the tragedy of his death, we hope that everyone will remember the spirit of Jerry’s life. On Tuesday evening, Kathy spoke with NBC 5 and said she was "disgusted" by the shooting and said that the officers were "trigger happy." "He would give you the shirt off his back, and he was loving, and he was a wonderful husband," Kathy Waller said Tuesday. "I think the police made a terrible mistake." Another neighbor, former city council member Becky Haskin, said the alarm was triggered accidentally and that there never was a burglar in the area. Haskin said the fatal shooting was a "tragic accident." Sgt. Kelly Peel, with the Fort Worth Police Department, said in a statement Wednesday afternoon, that the department is conducting a thorough and transparent investigation into the shooting and that once complete, it will be handed over to Chief Jeffrey Halstead for review. Peel also revealed the names of the officers involved in the shooting, R.A. Hoeppner and B.B. Hanlon, who have been on the force since Oct., 2012. Peel revealed no further details into the shooting or the investigation and said ti would be "inappropriate to comment any further ... until the investigation is complete." Waller is survived by his wife, Kathy, to whom he was married for 46 years. Together they had three children and four grandchildren.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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FONT SHARE THIS MORE STORIES Old, familiar art going out, making room for new Sculptures being removed to make room for new on-loan art for Lake Oswego's Gallery Without Walls. Citywide celebration set for Aug. 13 starting at 11 a.m. at Millennium Plaza Park. Thirteen down, two to go. That was Arts Council of Lake Oswego Public Art and Program Manager Kelsey Ferreira's tally of the sculptures being de-installed from the Gallery Without Walls on July 27. The on-loan sculptures were being removed to make room for the 15 new additions to Lake Oswego's nationally recognized public art program. The process is one that requires many volunteers working alongside Ferreira and other Arts Council staff members and contractors. The delicate balancing act of moving 15 large-scale artworks from public places requires flexibility, attention to detail and the dedication of knowledgeable assistants such as Bob Liddell and Jeff Wiens. Liddell has been a volunteer with the Arts Council for more than a decade, as a board member, chairman of the Public Art Committee and as the head volunteer on sculpture changeovers. His professional experience as a building contractor prepared him for whatever an installation may present. From wielding a hammer drill or knowing which Titan bolt will withstand two years of wear and tear, to determining whether a crane can safely attach to a sculpture, Liddell has been a key part of the public art program in Lake Oswego. Wiens and his wife, Kathleen, have been enthusiastic participants of Arts Council activities since their arrival from California two years ago. He helps prepare the site, ensuring everyone is safe and secure, and gets to meet new and interesting artists in the process. "Without the knowledgeable help of volunteers like Bob and Jeff, we wouldn't have such a successful and well-run program," Ferreira said. "They provide not only the physical assistance, but serve as our unofficial historians. When questions arise, we know where to turn." The de-installation is completed, and the new sculptures will be appearing throughout the downtown area in the next few weeks. "Watch for the new sculptures and come watch the installation," Ferreira said. She plans to place signs at the locations telling citizens when they could expect to have the new sculptures installed. "It's fun to watch the sculptures being installed, and exciting to see the new art in place." To celebrate the new collection in the Gallery Without Walls, the Arts Council of Lake Oswego is hosting Unveil Your Art! a public celebration of the new sculptures to take place at Millennium Plaza Park beginning at 11 a.m. Aug. 13. This year's celebration will feature food from The Dump Truck (serving sweet and savory dumplings) and local favorite Nola Donuts, and wines from World Class Wines, plus more items. There will be kids' activities, entertainment, drawing rallies and more.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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National Coalition to Amend Constitution Supports the Overturn Citizens United Act For Immediate Release National Coalition to Amend Constitution Supports the Overturn Citizens United Act MOVE TO AMEND STATEMENT ON OVERTURN CITIZENS UNITED ACT National Democracy Coalition Calls for Governor Brown to Sign SB 254 SACRAMENTO - The California Senate passed The Overturn Citizens United Act (SB 254) on Friday in a 26-to-11 vote. Democracy advocates from several local and national organizations including Money Out Voters In, Free Speech For People, and Move to Amend are calling for Governor Jerry Brown's signature. Move to Amend and other supporters of SB 254 were present in the Senate gallery as Senator Ben Allen, the bill’s lead author, urged his colleagues to send the measure to the ballot. "Citizens United is but one of the many U.S. Supreme Court rulings that have made effective campaign finance reform more difficult,” said Senator Allen. “At the core of these decisions is the belief that spending money in an election is a protected form of free speech and those rights extend not only to human beings but to other entities as well, including corporations. I believe most Californians do not share that sentiment and we should give them the opportunity to make their collective voices heard." Move to Amend national director, Kaitlin Sopoci-Belknap, praised to bill’s passage, stating: “We applaud the California legislature for taking action to restore this measure to the ballot. The Court's removal of Proposition 49 at the request of a non-profit entity is a stark example to the power of corporations to use constitutional rights to override the democratic process and silence the voices of real people. We call on Governor Brown to sign SB 254 into law, and call on Californians to make clear for their representatives that corporations are not people and money is not protected speech.” SB 254 would place a voter instruction on the November ballot that would ask Californians if their representatives should “use all of their constitutional authority…to overturn Citizens United v. FEC and other applicable judicial precedents.” Californians were poised to vote on a similar measure in 2014 known as Proposition 49 before the California Supreme Court removed it from the ballot over questions to its legitimacy, an unprecedented move in the state's history of ballot measures. Following the vote, supporters of SB 254 submitted to the Governor’s office a letter asking Governor Brown to sign the bill into law. ### Move to Amend is a rapidly growing national grassroots coalition of nearly 400,000 individuals and thousands of organizations working to pass a constitutional amendment to make clear that Constitutional rights belong to human beings and political spending is not protected speech under the First Amendment. Their We the People Amendment was introduced in the US House of Representatives on April 29, 2015 as House Joint Resolution 48 by Rep. Rick Nolan (D-MN). Further Lord, what would John Lennon have made of the Trump monster? Marking Thursday's 36th anniversary of Lennon's murder, Yoko Ono posted a plea for gun control, calling his death "a hollowing experience" and pleading, "Together, let's bring back America, the green land of Peace." With so many seeking solace in these ugly times, mourns one fan, "Oh John, you really should be here." Lennon conceded then, and likely would now, "Reality leaves a lot to the imagination."	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
TAFE NSW Regional Structure Aug 2016 Following very fast after the Minister’s announcement of One TAFE for NSW, comes the new regional structure which will replace the current Institute structure. Regional General Manager jobs were advertised on July 22, 2016. Coping with a rapidly changing vocational educational sector requires a rapid response at management level by all voc. ed. providers. Allowing students to study anywhere and anytime by online delivery seems to be a significant step in the direction of training now days. However, some training such as practical sessions still needs to be delivered in the classroom with standardised equipment, timing and conditions. A blend of online delivery and in class practical would seem to be the direction for many classes in the future. Apprenticeships could be a key ingredient in proper training for many vocational jobs, as some training is given on the job and some training is provided by TAFE or another RTO. For TAFE, the vision required by each General Manager must be focussed on work ready graduates with lots of practical skills. Good teachers, good classrooms, good equipment is essential for TAFE to remain the number 1 provider in NSW and around Australia.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Attacks on the Press 2004: Tunisia TunisiaFor nearly two decades, Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has quietly run one of the region's most efficient police states, stifling the media with an array of Soviet-style tactics. Even allies of Ben Ali, such as U.S. President George W. Bush, expressed concern in 2004 about the troubling lack of press freedom. On World Press Freedom Day, May 3, the U.S. State Department criticized the Tunisian government for "censorship [and] harassment" of journalists and its failure "to investigate attacks on the media." Despite the scrutiny, prospects for press freedom remain dim. On October 24, Ben Ali was re-elected to a fourth consecutive five-year term, taking 94.5 percent of the vote in an election seen as neither free nor fair. Ben Ali's prolonged reign is likely to spell more frustration for the country's beleaguered media. Tunisia's press is largely privately owned but often reads like government-sponsored propaganda. In most newspapers, articles lauding Ben Ali are standard; publications are heavily self-censored, avoiding even the most benign scrutiny of government policies or local news events. Officially sanctioned opposition newspapers are published, and at least two—Al-Mawkif (The Situation) and Al-Tariq al-Jadid (The New Path)—provide critical coverage of the government. But their circulation is low, and they must contend with government pre-screening of content and distribution delays. Journalists have learned that crossing the government can be costly. Those who have run afoul of authorities have been imprisoned, physically assaulted, and harassed. Many dissenting writers and editors have fled the country or left journalism. For the few remaining independent voices—people who often double as human rights activists—police surveillance, tapped phone lines, and e-mail monitoring are the norm. Government retaliation can also be violent. Thugs believed to be members of the secret police attacked prominent Internet journalist and human rights activist Sihem Bensedrine outside her home in the capital, Tunis, in January, punching her in the face and chest. Bensedrine was treated at a local hospital. The Internet has been a refuge for dissenting voices, but authorities bar access to Web sites critical of the government and have closed certain Internet cafés. In 2004, authorities continued to block access to Kalima, the online news site operated by Bensedrine, and refused to license a print edition of the site. Internet journalist Zouhair Yahyaoui, who spent almost 18 months in prison on spurious charges before being released in late 2003, started posting again on his Web site, TUNeZINE, but the government blocked access to it as well. The government did ease some strictures, allowing access to once-banned sites, such as CPJ's and those of other international rights groups, according to press reports. Radio and television are mostly state controlled. The government licensed its first private radio station in 2003, but Radio Mosaique FM continued to offer mostly entertainment and steered clear of any criticism of the regime. Tunisia's first private television station was licensed in 2004 but had not begun broadcasting by year's end. The Hannibal Channel, owned by a pro-regime businessman, is expected to focus on entertainment programming. Al-Jazeera and other pan-Arab stations, available to viewers with satellite dishes, are popular. Local sources say that Al-Jazeera negotiated with Tunisian authorities about opening a Tunis bureau but was rebuffed in 2004 because the station wanted to employ a Tunisian journalist whom authorities did not like. Pan-Arab newspapers are closely monitored and summarily confiscated at ports of entry if they carry criticism of Ben Ali or report critically on the government. Some of these newspapers have decided that it is not worth the effort and have stopped shipping copies to Tunisia altogether. The government has earned a reputation for alternately browbeating and bribing regional media outlets. Tunisian diplomats have pressured Al-Jazeera, for instance, by threatening to withdraw Tunisia's ambassador to Qatar. At the same time, Tunisian officials pay Arab newspapers to publish articles that trumpet the government's accomplishments, and they give journalists all-expenses-paid trips in exchange for favorable reporting.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
A major business lobbying organisation has registered with the Electoral Commission to formally back a "no" vote in the independence referendum, prompting some of its members to leave. The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Scotland faced criticism that its position does not accurately reflect its members' views, and it failed to consult them before formally registering to campaign for the union. Organisations or individuals must register with the Electoral Commission if they want to spend more than £10,000 on campaigning during the referendum period. Registering as a campaigner also gives access to the electoral register and the right for representatives to attend postal vote opening sessions, polling stations and the counting of votes. A CBI spokesman said: "The CBI has clearly stated its position in the Scottish referendum debate, that Scotland and the rest of the UK are stronger together as part of the union "We have registered this with the Electoral Commission in accordance with the law." The decision angered pro-independence and neutral members of the confederation. Tony Banks, chairman of the Balhousie Care Group, said he will now leave the CBI. Mr Banks, who is also chairman of the pro-independence group Business for Scotland, said: "It is abundantly clear that the CBI is not representing its members' views honestly. I am therefore writing to the director-general, John Cridland, today, withdrawing my company membership." He said the CBI has attempted to "hijack its members without proper consultation" on their views and "many must now feel they are in an impossible position". Martin McAdam, chief executive officer of wave energy company Aquamarine Power, said there had been no consultation. "As a business, Aquamarine Power has been firmly neutral on the matter of independence," he said. "We have adopted this view after consultation with our board and management team and as a consequence we can no longer remain members of the CBI." CBI director Iain McMillan gave his views on the implications of independence when he gave evidence to Holyrood's Economy Committee earlier this month. He said: ''In terms of an independent Scotland, there would be every bit as much need to attack the deficit and deal with fiscal consolidation going forward and that of course would result in many difficult decisions about tax and spend. ''This would not be a land of milk and honey. It would be extremely difficult with many painful decisions to be taken." While there has been no threat to leave the CBI, the union said the Better Together affiliation does not reflect its views. Select said: "The owners of our member companies and their employees, like the rest of the Scottish population, cover the full range of political affiliations and, within Select, we are agreed that the way in which each and every person associated with Select votes on September 18 is a matter for them alone. "We would appreciate it if CBI reviewed this decision before taking action."	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Beneath the Web is not markedly better than its prequel, the dismayingly unappealingThe Wooden Sword. Yet, ironically, its first two chapters do contain some of Abbey's very best storytelling. The war waged between the evil mage Hazard and the people of Walensor, briefly recounted as backstory in the previous novel, is here depicted in its final moments with admirable suspense. Abbey relates not merely the desperation of a people who seek to save their magical link to the gods, the Web of Walensor, but also the internecine tensions between the princes of Walensor, who, were it not for the war that has forced them into allegiance, would just as soon slit each other's throats. It's uncharacteristically tense writing for Abbey, and it shows she can really deliver the goods if she wants to. Nevertheless, it has to be said: Abbey's fantasies, even when she is doing a good storytelling job, are just plain hard to get into. I think this is mainly because Abbey is taking them so seriously that they are bled dry of any sense of wonder or magic — vital to a fantasy's success. Beneath the Web, like its predecessor, is a pretty dour exercise much of the time, offering up characters by the dozen and plot by the metric ton until the whole thing becomes a very onerous chore to keep up with. So sadly, after the initial interest evoked by those striking early chapters, Beneath the Web settles into business as usual, and only the most devoted Abbey fans and fantasy die-hards will be able to read it without literally dragging themselves kicking and screaming through its pages. The plot, inasmuch as one can get invested in it at all, deals with the feud between rival princes for the throne of Walensor, and how the presence of Dart and Berika (our "heroes" from the previous novel) figures into the political turmoil. The Web of Walensor is believed to be threatened by the fact that Weycha, the Goddess who imprisoned Dart for over 20 years, broke the Compact that the gods have with humans. And...um...hmm. There is really little else I can say in the way of a synopsis, to be honest, simply because in spite of (or perhaps because of) the nearly encyclopedic amounts of detail which which Abbey builds her plot, precious little of it sticks with you. Nothing registers because Abbey's storytelling is so serious and even self-important, there is no joy to be had in the reading. No thrills, no tension, no storytelling magic, no romance...no real reason to care one way or the other. It's just a thoroughly tedious, if admirably crafted, exercise. I suppose you could put it this way: Abbey hits all the notes, but misses the music. Nothing of what fantastic storytelling is supposed to embody, that sense of wonder rush, is present. Abbey weaves her web with consummate technical skill. It's a true pity that she can't prevent its unraveling.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
REVIEW \| Last Gasp: Frank Oz’s “Death at a Funeral” REVIEW \| Last Gasp: Frank Oz's "Death at a Funeral" “Death at a Funeral” is the kind of movie that inspires anticipatory eyeball-rolling–you feel like you’ve heard permutations of its punch lines in craftier incarnations numerous times before, even as it’s just getting going. This hunch was confirmed when I was cued to chortle mightily at the incongruous impropriety demonstrated when one of the characters screams out the car window after a driver cuts her off, “We’re on our way to a funeral, you wanker, don’t you have any respect?!” Hewing closely to the preciously cheeky British comedy standard, director Frank Oz focuses on a family as they come to pay their last respects to the patriarch–a ritual, which, natch, devolves into a daffy, disastrous reunion, set amidst one of those outrageously picturesque, vine-covered English estates, the better for the requisite farcical slamming in and out of doors to take place. The film’s cast of eccentrics (watch them work through their issues!) includes the two sons of the dead man, an aspiring writer named Daniel (Matthew Macfadyen) and successful author Robert (Rupert Graves); a lawyer (Alan Tudyk as a gleeful Simon) unhinged after having mistakenly ingested a hallucinogenic substance in lieu of valium, thoroughly spoiling his knickers-in-a-twist fiancee’s plan to impress her father; and Uncle Alfie (Peter Vaughn), a crotchety, cussing old man one’s expected to find absolutely adorable. The actors uniformly ape and exaggerate the tendencies of stock movie characters rather than root them in reality, so when a mysterious little man (Peter Dinklage, unable to work his charismatic magic under such constraints) with unknown relations to the deceased appears, and confronts Daniel with some photos establishing an affair with his father, you know it will only go downhill from here. Trying too hard to hit its hijinks marks, “Death at a Funeral” hams up its homophobia in bids for bigger laughs as Daniel and Robert go to ridiculous lengths to cover up the shame of their father’s gay relationship. The cringeworthy conceit is compounded by maudlin showmanship when the entire trying day boils down–or builds up–to one incredibly reductive scene wherein Daniel (no, not literary lion Robert, as everyone had hoped) delivers the eulogy. Casting aside his index cards, he steps out from his brother’s long shadow and improvises what is meant to be taken as an eloquent oration (judging from approbatory reaction shots), though it dabbles in trite sentiment along the non-eureka lines of “the most important thing is to have tried.” Smugly believing itself edgy where it’s laughably fusty, bold and original where it’s insipid, this final send-off is a microcosmic display of what’s wrong with the whole damn thing. [Kristi Mitsuda is a Reverse Shot staff writer and works at New York’s Film Forum.]	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Indian markets shrug off Fed rate hike Maintaining stability despite the bad news regarding the GST roll-out and Fed rate hike indicates that Indian markets are strengthening their foundations. The Federal Reserve’s expected decision to raise the interest rates by 0.25% on Thursday did not unsettle the Indian stock markets to the extent expected. The Sensex — the pulse of the Bombay stock market — in fact, closed the day higher by about 300 points. The markets however, experienced some volatility on Friday. Nonetheless, “our markets have put up a brave front indicating the faith of investors in India’s strong fundamentals,” says Deepak Kapoor, financial analyst, ADC Legal. After confronting two negative news — the Fed’s rate hike and the deferment of the GST bill till June next year — which could have created a great deal of anxiety among investors, the Indian markets were at least able to stay firm. By absorbing the twin negatives, the Indian markets indicate that they are now strengthening their foundations which will hopefully culminate in a good climb-up in January next year. Kapoor is confident that among emerging economies, India, with its promising growth potential, would continue to be the bright spot. The American Central Bank’s decision to hike the interest rate is based on the American economic recovery. This decision was expected to create turmoil in the emerging markets with investors pulling out their money from developing economies to park it safely in America. The Fed had also indicated that it would take into account the economic development elsewhere in other important economies before actually going in for further interest rate hike. Experts feel that such accommodation by the Fed would give stock markets in emerging economies the needed time to brace themselves for further hikes. Moreover, the economic stimulus being given by the rest of the world would continue to support Indian markets and the rupee. “The Indian rupee is expected to trade between 67 to 69 range against the dollar next year,” says Murthy Nagarajan, head fixed income, Quantum AMC. Moreover, the recovery in the US market would be good news for India’s export sector with Indian IT companies experiencing a turnaround. The slowdown in much of the developed world had affected the earnings of Indian IT companies, most of which have a majority of their clients in America and Europe. But many analysts advise investors to be cautious. Many fear volatility hitting Indian market as well. They say that Sensex losing about 300 points on Friday is an indication of expected volatility. But experts are also confident that any volatility in the Indian markets is expected to be short lived. “Going forward, Indian markets are expected to take a decisive turn and hopefully a better one,” says Kapoor.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Registered Agents and Rectification of Registers The BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 contains, at section 43, provision allowing any person who is aggrieved by an omission, inaccuracy or delay in the register of an issue or transfer of shares to apply to court for an order that the register be rectified. There has been a longstanding, albeit not universal, practice of adding the registered agent of the relevant company as a defendant to rectification proceedings brought under this section. The reason for this is that the directors and shareholders of British Virgin Islands ("BVI") business companies are typically outside the jurisdiction and obtaining an order against the registered agent within the jurisdiction has previously been seen as a useful shortcut, enabling the enforcement of any order for rectification without involving the company itself. In a recent unreported decision, the Commercial Court Judge (Mr Justice Bannister QC) refused to make such an order and found that the registered agent should not have been made party to the rectification proceedings. In this case the claimant alleged that it held security over shares in the defendant company and that the security had become enforceable, entitling it to transfer the shares into its own name using the blank share transfer forms it held and (effectively, although the case was not put this way) become a mortgagee in possession. Before issuing proceedings the claimant had demanded that the registered agent give effect to the transfer. However, because there was a dispute between the company and its shareholder on the one hand, and the claimant on the other, about whether the security was enforceable, the company instructed the registered agent not to comply with the claimant's instruction. Although the judge made a rectification order in the claimant's favour, he refused to make an order compelling the registered agent to update the register, and awarded the registered agent its costs of the proceedings. The historic practice has been convenient for claimants but there is in truth no cause of action against the registered agent per se in a standard rectification action. If a company is ordered to rectify its register and then fails to comply with that order, the proper course is for the claimant to return to court for further relief against the company in order to enforce the order. Where an order that a document be executed has not been complied with, the West Indies Associated States Supreme Court Act allows the court to nominate a particular person to execute the document. This appears to be the most obvious way to enforce an order that a register of members be rectified. It remains to be seen who, practically speaking, the court would nominate and how the court's nominee would go about updating the register.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Recycled Robots After Christmas, we began rummaging through our recycling bins at home to collect as much waste as possible. We brought it all into school and got creative with our findings. We worked in groups to design and make some robots and these are our finished products. We think they look like a little robot family.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
SXSW - Day one: FOMO on the frontline James Withers Creative Director of Film In one of the many queues of our first day at SXSW, we got talking with an affable Norwegian journalist on his 17th tour. The obvious question, "How does it compare to the last 16?" The blunt answer, "It's big. Maybe too big." We're a little less veteran, but we got his point. What hits you as hard as all the amazing things you see, is all the amazing things you don't. For every session you make, there's ten you can't. For every serendipitous queue conversation you have, there's twenty people around you doing the same thing (and somehow, theirs sound way more exciting). With 30,000+ attendees across 800 events and growing, SXSW should consider changing its name to FOMO. It's an environment that makes it impossible to give a macro trend analysis from the ground. Nevertheless, we heard from a number of incredibly driven and talented players in the startup community. The following three are those that best cut through the noise, broke the established rules, and are taking the biggest steps in moving our world forwards. Honest Dollar Unlikely as it seems, the most exciting idea of the day was all about pensions. Honest Dollar is all about bringing transparency and control to the money we all need to save for retirement. With an ageing global population and a distinct lack of innovation from the big financial players, its potential is massive - both in terms of scale and also the opportunities it offers for a huge and hugely-underserved demographic. Whurley (Will Hurley), CEO and founder, gave a brilliant pitch to an enthralled audience and was the deserved recipient of the ReleaseIt winner's trophy. (He's also an super smart and nice guy.) KWAD KWAD is a business based on a simple insight - social networks are great at keeping us in digital touch with our existing friends, but they're rubbish at introducing us to new people in the real world. Whats bumpin, the first of a suite of apps KWAD is developing, solves these problems by letting college students connect with their peers (whether they know them or not) in the real world. Founder and CEO, Chris Harmon, was inspired by his own daughter's experiences at college and his vision extends well beyond the campus into all walks of life. It's a brilliant example of using technology to bring people together in more human and meaningful ways. KITE KITE Solutions is a platform that connects established brands with startups. It's an ingenious arrangement - big businesses need fresh ideas and committed talent to make them happen; startups need financial support and a large customer base. We had a great conversation with Manas Mudbari, a startup analyst, who has the enviable job of hunting around for the next big thing. Though not exactly a start-up, KITE is a company that really makes sense of an event like SXSW - a quality curator for an increasingly crowded market, a source of inspiration for established brands in a rapidly changing world. Share this: Sign up to our newsletter. Culture, trends, forecasting, insights: Get a progressive point of view on the way we live.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
NPR interviews the head of California’s community college system, who is arguing in favor of eliminating Algebra as a course requirement. The reason? Algebra is too hard for minorities. Algebra is one of the biggest hurdles to getting a high school or college degree — particularly for students of color and first-generation undergrads. It is also the single most failed course in community colleges across the country. So if you’re not a STEM major (science, technology, engineering, math), why even study algebra? That’s the argument Eloy Ortiz Oakley, chancellor of the California community college system, made today in an interview with NPR’s Robert Siegel. At American community colleges, 60 percent of those enrolled are required to take at least one math course. Most — nearly 80 percent — never complete that requirement. Oakley is among a growing number of educators who view intermediate algebra as an obstacle to students obtaining their credentials — particularly in fields that require no higher level math skills. Their thinking has led to initiatives like Community College Pathways, which strays away from abstract algebra to engage students in real-world math applications. … What are you proposing? What we’re proposing is to take an honest look at what our requirements are and why we even have them. So, for example, we have a number of courses of study and majors that do not require algebra. We want to take a look at other math pathways, look at the research that’s been done across the country and consider math pathways that are actually relevant to the coursework that the student is pursuing. You are facing pressure to increase graduation rates — only 48 percent graduate from California community colleges with an associate’s degree or transfer to a four-year institution within six years. As we’ve said, passing college algebra is a major barrier to graduation. But is this the easy way out? Just strike the algebra requirement to increase graduation rates instead of teaching math more effectively? I hear that a lot and unfortunately nothing could be farther from the truth. Somewhere along the lines, since the 1950s, we decided that the only measure of a student’s ability to reason or to do some sort of quantitative measure is algebra. What we’re saying is we want as rigorous a course as possible to determine a student’s ability to succeed, but it should be relevant to their course of study. There are other math courses that we could introduce that tell us a lot more about our students. Do you buy the argument that there are just some forms of reasoning — whether it’s graphing functions or solving quadratic equations that involve a mental discipline — that may never be actually used literally on the job, but may improve the way young people think? There’s an argument to be made that much of what we ask students to learn prepares them to be just better human beings, allows them to have reasoning skills. But again, the question becomes: What data do we have that suggests algebra is that course? Are there other ways that we can introduce reasoning skills that more directly relate to what a student’s experience in life is and really helps them in their program of study or career of choice? A lot of students in California community colleges are hoping to prepare for a four-year college. What are you hearing from the four-year institutions? Are they at ease with you dropping the requirement? Or would they then make the students take the same algebra course they’re not taking at community college? This question is being raised at all levels of higher education — the university level as well as the community college level. There’s a great body of research that’s informing this discussion, much of it coming from some of our top universities, like the Dana Center at the University of Texas, or the Carnegie Foundation. So there’s a lot of research behind this and I think more and more of our public and private university partners are delving into this question of what is the right level of math depending on which major a student is pursuing. And there are people writing about concepts of numeracy that may be different from what people have been teaching all this time. Do you have in mind a curriculum that would be more useful than intermediate algebra? We are piloting different math pathways within our community colleges. We’re working with our university partners at CSU and the UC, trying to ensure that we can align these courses to best prepare our students to succeed in majors. And if you think about it, you think about the use of statistics not only for a social science major but for every U.S. citizen. This is a skill that we should have all of our students have with them because this affects them in their daily life. … Rates of failure in algebra are higher for minority groups than they are for white students. Why do you think that is? Do you think a different curriculum would have less disparate results by ethnic or racial group? First of all, we’ve seen in the data from many of the pilots across the country that are using alternative math pathways — that are just as rigorous as an algebra course — we’ve seen much greater success for students because many of these students can relate to these different kinds of math depending on which program of study they’re in. They can see how it works in their daily life and how it’s going to work in their career. The second thing I’d say is yes, this is a civil rights issue, but this is also something that plagues all Americans — particularly low-income Americans. If you think about all the underemployed or unemployed Americans in this country who cannot connect to a job in this economy — which is unforgiving of those students who don’t have a credential — the biggest barrier for them is this algebra requirement. It’s what has kept them from achieving a credential. From the perspective of the Left, colleges are there to supply credentials which are tickets to comfortable, well-paying positions in Society. Results must be equal, so if some groups are having trouble earning those credentials, it is necessary to grease the skids. The goal is not education; the goal is credentials. GoneWithTheWind There is no good reason to require algebra or even English composition for community college students. The actual reason is because the teachers get to decide and the teachers for these course need students to keep their jobs. There is a part of me who believes that every four year college graduate be required to not only take algebra but also two years of calculus. My only reason to justify this is that there are so many “basketweaving” degrees out there that it demeans the value of a college degree. So my feeling is; fine, get a degree in woman’s studies but also complete real college level classes to justify the diploma. If you’re only ever going to learn one “serious” mathematics course for a life outside of STEM, a good argument could be made that statistics is a better tool than algebra. Statistics would convey a level of mathematical literacy to many more people, and be of far more daily utility, than algebra. GoneWithTheWind Perhaps true… But statistics is useful for gamblers and liars. I can tell you all you need to know about statistics and save you the time of a college course. Almost all statistics that is touted/printed and used to make a point is either false or the results aren’t even significant. 57% of statistics is wrong and the rest is made up on the spot. John I agree with the comment about statistics as being more useful, but, having studied statistics, I doubt you’d make much of a dent on the young skulls full of mush you will encounter most of the time. Statistics is conceptually difficult, much more so than the mostly mechanical aspect of algebra. My view is that much of one’s school experience is not about the content, it’s about proving that you can learn and do a difficult thing, that you have the temperament, ambition, and work ethic to get through these trials successfully. I would not be interested in hiring people in any capacity who eschewed math because it’s “too hard.” Dick the Butcher JK Brown The reason algebra is hard for many students is that it is the first exposure to abstract thinking. The strange thing is that many math teachers don’t seem to realize this. This limits their ability to help guides student through this transformation of their thinking. How do you learn statistics using letters and symbols in place of numbers when you’ve not learned algebra which is the mathematics based on using letters and other general symbols in place of numbers in formulas and equations? Burke It’s staggering to read some of the comments above in this site – I would expect to see them at NYT, or Salon, whatever. I’m from a generation that decreed there was “no good reason” to learn Latin (not to say Greek). Well, suffice to say that “minor writers” of all kinds alive then (C. S. Lewis, P. G. Wodehouse, Anthony Powell, Raymond Chandler et al.) would be – with good reason – considered genius, today. No wonder Muslims despise the West. And, since I have no children (“I left to nobody the legacy of our misery”, as was said by the greatest Brazilian writer, and one of the greatest in any idiom, Machado de Assis – a genius and, by the way, a bastard son of a white man and a black woman, who never had the help of anyone our anybody but himself); since I have no children, as I was saying, they are welcome to it. bob sykes A great many of these minority students have IQ’s in the 80’s, and are only marginally educable, and only for simple manual tasks at that. As to the relative importance of probability and statistics to algebra, I would have to agree. But, you cannot understand statistics without partial differential equations, and for that you need algebra, geometry, some number theory, et al. Statistics is one of the most subtle and difficult of all subjects, and the proof of that is that Ph. D. scientists at major research universities like MIT routinely screw up their statistical analyses. A large majority of papers in refereed journals contain statistical analyses that do not in any way support the researchers’ conclusions.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 The Bangladesh authorities must honour their pledge to stop extrajudicial executions by a special police force accused of involvement in hundreds of killings, Amnesty International said today in a new report. Crimes unseen: Extrajudicial executions in Bangladesh also documents how the Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) justify these killings as accidental or as a result of officers acting in self-defence, although in reality many victims are killed following their arrest. “Hardly a week goes by in Bangladesh without someone being shot by RAB with the authorities saying they were killed or injured in ‘crossfire’ or a ‘gun-fight’. However the authorities choose to describe such incidents, the fact remains that they are suspected unlawful killings,” said Abbas Faiz, Amnesty International’s Bangladesh Researcher. The RAB has been implicated in the killing of at least 700 people since its inception in 2004. Any investigations that have been carried out into those killed have either been handled by RAB or by a government-appointed judicial body but the details of their methodology or findings have remained secret. They have never resulted in judicial prosecution. RAB has consistently denied responsibility for unlawful killings and the authorities have accepted RAB claims. “It is appalling that virtually all alleged instances of illegal RAB killings have gone unchallenged or unpunished. There can be no justice if the force is the chief investigator of its own wrong-doings. Such investigations cannot be impartial. There is nothing to stop the RAB from destroying the evidence and engineering the outcome,” said Abbas Faiz. Former detainees also told Amnesty International how they were routinely tortured in custody, suffering beatings, food and sleep deprivation, and electric shocks. At least 200 alleged RAB killings have occurred since January 2009 when the current Awami League government came to power, despite the Prime Minister’s pledge to end extrajudicial executions and claims by the authorities that no extrajudicial executions were carried out in the country in this period. In addition, at least 30 people have been killed in other police operations since early 2010, with the police also portraying them as deaths in “shoot-outs” or “gun-fights”. “By failing to take proper judicial action against RAB, successive Bangladeshi governments have effectively endorsed the force’s claims and conduct and given it carte blanche to act with impunity. All we have seen from the current government are broken promises or worse, outright denial,” said Abbas Faiz. In many cases the investigations blamed the victims, calling them criminals and portraying their deaths as justified even though available public evidence refuted that. “The Bangladesh authorities must act now and take concrete steps to protect people from the alleged unlawful killings by their security forces .The government must ensure independent and impartial investigations into all suspected cases of extrajudicial executions and bring those responsible to justice.” Bangladesh’s police and RAB continue to receive a wide range of military and police equipment from overseas, including from Austria, Belgium, China, Czech Republic, Italy, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey and USA. In addition, diplomatic cables from the US Embassy in Dhaka, obtained and released by Wikileaks in December 2010 alleged that UK police had been training RAB officers. Amnesty International calls upon these countries to refrain from supplying arms to Bangladesh that will be used by RAB and other security forces to commit extrajudicial executions and other human rights violations. Any country that knowingly sends arms or other supplies to equip a force which systematically violates human rights may itself bear some responsibility for those violations. RAB was created in March 2004, to much public acclaim, as the government’s response to a breakdown in law and order, particularly in western and central Bangladesh. In Rajshahi, Khulna and Dhaka districts, armed criminal groups or powerful mercenary gangs colluded with local politicians to run smuggling rings or extort money from local people. Within months of its creation, RAB’s operations were characterized by a pattern of killings portrayed by the authorities as ‘deaths in crossfire’, many of which had the hallmarks of extrajudicial executions. They usually occurred in deserted locations after a suspect’s arrest. In some cases, there were witnesses to the arrests, but RAB authorities maintained that victims had been killed by ‘crossfire’, or in ‘shoot-outs’ or ‘gunfights’. Bangladesh’s two main political parties – the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the Awami League – have shown no commitment to limiting the powers of RAB. In the first couple of months of coming to office, the Prime Minister spoke of a “zero tolerance” policy toward extrajudicial executions. Other government authorities repeated her pledge. These hopes were dashed in late 2009 when the authorities, including the Home Minister, began to claim that there were no extrajudicial executions in the country. Break the Chains.info is a news and discussion forum for supporters of political prisoners, prisoners of war, politicized social prisoners, and victims of police and state intimidation. 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Data breaches may be new boon for mobile security According to The 451 Group's Nick Selby, not only will recent data breaches encourage more companies to implement mobile device security technologies, but a number of mobile security vendors are poised to reap big benefits. By submitting your personal information, you agree to receive emails regarding relevant products and special offers from TechTarget and its partners. You also agree that your personal information may be transferred and processed in the United States, and that you have read and agree to the Terms of Use and the Privacy Policy. We've noted recently that laptops are becoming ever more portable, holding more data and processing power than ever before, and rapidly replacing the enterprise desktop as a primary computing device. We also noted that along the way they are fast becoming a major point of security failure that enterprises must address. That proved a timely assertion, especially now that the nation's mainstream media is buzzing about the theft from a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) employee of a laptop computer and CD-ROM containing personally identifiable information (PII) of at least 26 million veterans. It's safe to say that the data loss and intellectual property theft associated with mobile laptops and storage devices is a hot topic. Veterans groups have filed a lawsuit against the VA in connection with the breach, seeking $26.5 billion in damages. This monetizes -- perhaps for the first time on such a large scale -- the problem. Nearly 85 million records containing PII have been compromised since February 2005, when Alpharetta, Ga.-based ChoicePoint Inc. announced the loss to hackers of 145,000 records containing PII. Ten days later, another breach announcement was made, but this time the problem wasn't hackers – it was butterfingers: Bank of America in Charlotte, N.C., announced that it had lost an unencrypted backup tape holding 1.2 million records containing PII. Not stolen or hacked... lost. We reckon that 40% of those 85 million compromised records were lost not to evil hackers cleverly breaking through security or social-engineering credentials from unsuspecting employees, but instead to stolen or lost laptops, computers or backup tapes, or inadvertent emailing. This kind of data compromise is a national problem affecting everything from small business, to all sizes of enterprises, to government on every level. It's also a massive opportunity because to a large extent, this problem can be reduced. Compliant or secure?Much marketing ink has been spilled around the word 'compliance' in the past couple of years. The term sometimes refers to compliance with state regulations, like California's, New York's and Connecticut's regarding data breaches. But more often, it refers to compliance with federal regulations and industry guidelines, like SOX, HIPAA, the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council, the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard and other acronym-laden best-practices lists designed to introduce more accountability and technical oversight into the worlds of enterprise and government data. The ChoicePoint announcement rang in de facto national compliance with the California state law requiring notification of affected parties of a breach in security, confidentiality or integrity of unencrypted data containing PII. For each reported breach, press coverage intensifies. As identity theft becomes more common and better publicized, the consumer response to such data compromise has become angrier, which leads to still more media coverage. Data loss, which used to mean some bad PR if you got found out, now means an instant share price punishment, heaps of bad publicity and customer rage. Those are the three most significant drivers of enterprise adoption of security products. Mobile device securityFor the past several years, vendors in the mobile device security space have been hollering their heads off about just these issues. Mobile device security in this case boils down to the ability to encrypt sensitive data on the hard drive and removable media of any device or storage media capable of being carried out of the enterprise. That's a sensible enough goal, and unlike the case with intrusion detection or edge defense, most people can intuitively understand it. In this space there are religious differences – a constant discussion over whether it's best to encrypt every single bit that hits the hard drive, or selectively encrypt only the data deemed by some policy to be 'sensitive.' And there are logistical challenges. Think of how many devices are capable of taking a walk with 60,000 or 6 million records, and your thoughts would have to extend to laptops, mobile phones, CDs and DVDs, USB flash storage drives and mass storage devices like iPods, MP3 players, digital cameras and the like, plus backup tapes, external hard drives and tape drives... There's a pretty long list. Most, if not all, of the vendors in this space build in some kind of remote-destruct feature to thwart Fred from Purchasing from absconding with the company sales list: The device typically phones home on boot and gets instructions, or checks in when connected to the Internet. This is all useful stuff of course, but the main concern most people have is whether disks can go on a walkabout without endangering the customer data and the company's reputation. The reason we say that vendors in this space will benefit from the recent events far faster than those in others (such as, for example, database protection, storage encryption and key management and the worlds of intellectual property loss prevention) is because the technology is simple, fairly cheap and can be deployed on what you have now. About The 451 Group The 451 Group is an independent technology industry analyst company focused on the business of enterprise IT innovation. Visit The 451 Group's Web site. It's a fairly easy purchase that the enterprise doesn't have to live with forever – the technology on which it is deployed, often a laptop or handheld, will almost certainly be replaced in three to five years (as opposed to a database protection system, which would be expected to last longer, or storage encryption and key management system, which would be expected to last until the end of time, or at least a decade). Also, mobile devices are frankly the most likely to be lost or stolen or otherwise compromised – like when an employee is fired and 'forgets' to return it. VendorsPartial disk encryption sets aside areas of the disk to be encrypted, and/or examines content to determine by policy whether the information is sensitive. And these days, products from companies like Bluefire, Credant and Trust Digital offer extremely granular controls over what sensitive means, including encryption of all data from certain applications, data containing patterns (such as Social Security and credit card numbers) and other triggers. Whole-disk encryption encrypts everything on the disk. The arguments against this are as numerous as those for it and revolve around restoration of system files and re-provisioning without destroying all the data. Mobile Armor, PGP, Utimaco's SafeGuard Easy and WinMagic all offer robust whole-disk encryption products. All these vendors offer controls, from basic to fairly sophisticated, to ensure that data saved to removable media of any sort is encrypted. This stops short of products from M-Systems, which place an agent on Windows machines preventing all but M-Systems hardware-encrypted USB drives from being mounted by the computer, and requires all data stored on the removable media to be encrypted; a central management system handles provisioning, remote-destruct, lost passwords and other features. Safend, GFI Software and other companies have less granular systems that provide control of all external media devices as well. OpportunitiesCompliance – in this case, compliance with best practices that result in your enterprise's name not featuring prominently in the national media – is the key driver for these technologies, and the sky is the limit. The terabytes of data just floating around unencrypted on removable media only scratches the surface of the problem. That special report we published on mobile laptops as desktops points out that mobile laptop deployment already outpaces that of desktops. After the third loss of a laptop in a year (resulting in the compromise of at least 280,000 records), Ernst & Young is said to be looking into an enterprise-wide encryption policy. More of those will be forthcoming in the immediate future. And the mobile security vendors will try as hard as they can not to say "We told you so." Nick Selby is a Boston-based analyst covering enterprise security for The 451 Group. E-Handbook 0 comments E-Mail Username / Password Password By submitting you agree to receive email from TechTarget and its partners. If you reside outside of the United States, you consent to having your personal data transferred to and processed in the United States. Privacy	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Reading! They’re closing down that place where we give readings! Doesn’t that suck? It does. Where will we read now? I propose the roof of my apartment building. It’s beautiful up there in the sky, and I have devised a way to transport martinis safely up the stairs. The real estate developers are closing down the sky, too, by filling it with high-rise condos, but its many farewell performances have been top-notch. There is, however, one last reading at Mo’ Pitkin’s House of Satisfaction and I will be reading in it. 8:00, this Sunday, October 14. It’s at 34 Avenue A between 2nd & 3rd Streets. Do come! We know not how much time is left for any of us! The apocalypse is nigh! Don’t be shy! Come, drink, listen! Afterwards we can go get some dumplings at the diner.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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No one argues with the need to fix NCLB. But the bills that have passed both Houses, with a few important exceptions, really do nothing but go backward to policies of the 1980s. The sponsors fall over themselves to claim that under this legislation "every child will achieve." The truth: when these policies were last in effect, NAEP scores were much lower, dropout rates were much higher, and the achievement gap was much wider.It's rather pathetic in our great nation that our leaders are 8 years late in re-authorizing our main education law and have now come up with something this lame and unambitious. The Washington Post Editorial Board hits the nail on the head in exposing "the hollow core" of this effort.http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-hollow-core-at-the-center-of-the-main-education-laws-rewrite/2015/07/17/cb7e406e-2bf9-11e5-a250-42bd812efc09_story.html?postshare=7971437402534886	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Russia invades Georgia I have tried to avoid this story, as this entire subject matter frightens me. I remember being young in the 80s afraid of the Cold War. After President Reagan said, “Tear down these walls” things were looking up. No one talked about WWIII anymore in regards to Russia. Granted, the war in both Afghanistan and Iraq bring back those feelings. No one can fully understand a person who would knowingly leave their family behind to become a suicide bomber…Most people that I know had feelings that this would bring about WWIII. These feelings have mostly subsided because of the growing ideology that the war is bad and we need to bring our troops home as well as it being almost 7 years since 9/11. However, Russia has invaded Georgia…and now has conducted a full scale ground invasion. Apparently, Russia claims ethnic cleansing – but in reality, doesn’t appreciate the democracy occurring in Georgia. Between the obvious political ramifications, we now are faced with an almost for certain increase in fuel because of the strategic location of a major pipeline. Some timing, huh – right as our costs are decreasing…..hmmm Now, we all know I have no inside information on this….this is primarily MY opinion, but – How did Russia coordinate this offensive so quickly? They HAD to have planned this. Military operations do NOT happen overnight. Scores of citizens in Georgia are without homes, their hospital has been damaged with patients in a basement with no running water…..many dead – Granted, this is par for the course during war, but Russia will not back down and they are not heeding cease-fire. What needs to happen is real consequences for Russia – Even with our government condemning Russia, nothing has been said what will happen if they do not stop their invasion. And this is where fear plays in….will this be the start of WWIII? Mayans claim the “end of the world” by 2012…..Are we on our way there?	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
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Lessons from Limbo Fr. John Breck The Roman Catholic Church recently announced that it is closing the doors on "limbo." For important theological reasons, this is a good thing. Yet it gives us cause to reflect a little on our own understanding of the state of existence after death and on the development of theology within the Church. Developed by medieval Latin theologians, limbo was conceived on the one hand as the abode of deceased pious souls of the Old Covenant who were awaiting the coming of the Messiah. This is the limbus patrum, not unlike "sheol" in biblical and Orthodox iconographic tradition. (Our Paschal icon, often referred to as "the Descent of Christ into Hell," is in fact a descent into hades or sheol.) More significant, and much more problematic, was the hypothesis, put forth by medieval Latin Doctors of the Church, that there exists as well a limbus infantium, a place where unbaptized infants spend eternity. According to Aquinas, these children victims of miscarriage, abortion or infant mortality dwell forever in this domain of "natural happiness," but they are deprived of the full blessedness of heaven and, consequently, of the hope that they will dwell in communion with other redeemed family members. These versions of limbo, by the way, were quite distinct from the teaching about purgatory, which is conceived as a place of purifying punishment for "venial" (as opposed to "mortal") sins, for which forgiveness is necessary in order for the deceased person to attain the "beatific vision" or salvation. Neither purgatory nor limbo has found a place in traditional Orthodox teaching. Before he ascended to the Papacy, Pope Benedict XVI had already expressed doubts about the usefulness (or accuracy) of limbo, calling it a "theological hypothesis." Since Vatican II, Catholic theologians and pastors have tended to ignore this theologoumenon, but the dogma behind it was never formally reassessed. Originating with Augustine, that dogma reflects a Latin understanding of the effects of "original sin." Passages such as Romans 5:12 were (mis)interpreted so as to imply that the "original sin" of Adam is transmitted, rather like a defective gene, to all future generations. Therefore any conceived child bears "the sin of Adam" and consequently bears Adam's guilt. That guilt, and its mortal consequences, are removed only by baptism. If a child dies before being baptized, according to this view, it is still stained with original sin and cannot enjoy the beatific vision.. Yet it was also recognized that such children are innocent of any personal sin. Thus it became necessary to conceive of a domain, realm or state in which such children would spend eternity, one that is distinct from the punishments of hell but equally devoid of eternal blessedness. This conundrum, based on a noble but defective theological logic, led to the notion of limbo. If the logic is defective, it is because the underlying presupposition is false. The consensus of Eastern patristic tradition, and of Orthodox theologians today, is that the "original sin" of Adam is not transmitted (sexually or by any other means) from generation to generation like an inherited disease. Rather, what we inherit or receive from creation of the "first man Adam" (who represents all of humanity) is the consequence of sin, namely mortality, death. "As sin came into the world through one man [Adam], and death through sin, so death spread to all men because all men sinned . . . " (Rom 5:12). The first lesson from limbo, then, is that it is usually not enough to do away with unfortunate (i.e., useless, deceptive or simply incorrect) theological hypotheses. It is just as necessary to look at the underlying theological reasoning behind those hypotheses, and correct that as well. Many Roman Catholic theologians have done just that, and many have modified the traditional Latin view of the transmission of original sin. But many have not, and the consequence is twofold. On the one hand, one must still presume that Catholic teaching holds that infants are conceived, bearing Adam's guilt; yet on the other, without "limbo" the consequences of that state of being are totally up in the air: theoretically they cannot be admitted into heaven, but they surely cannot be consigned to eternal hell. The real issue is far broader than the matter of limbo. It concerns nothing less than the Latin understanding of redemption and the role of baptism in that process. By eliminating limbo, are Catholic theologians saying as well that in fact there is no real "inheritance" or transmission of original sin as such, but only of its deadly consequences? Are they now accepting a view of redemption that is less juridical (a forensic removal of sin and guilt) and more existential and ecclesial (incorporating the believer into the death and resurrection of Christ)? And does this mean that they now hold that unbaptized babies and all children not yet conscious of sin and able to repent are admitted upon death into the full glory of heaven, by a God whose mercy far outstrips His requirements for justice? If so, they are aligning themselves more closely with the Orthodox position than with their own theological heritage. (Such a realignment has in fact been in evidence since Vatican II. See especially the Catechism of the Catholic Church, §1257-1284, on the sacrament of baptism. This very biblical elaboration makes no mention of limbo, but states regarding children who have died without baptism: "the Church can only entrust them to the mercy of God, as she does in her funeral rites for them" [1261].) Limbo was conceived as a response, misguided as it was, to a specific theological problem within Roman Catholicism. That problem concerned the very concept of God that the Latin Church held and taught. In the late and post medieval periods, the Orthodox were exposed to varying degrees of Latin influence, and that influence has carried over, in North America especially, with the conversion to Orthodoxy of many former "Uniates," Eastern Christians who had been in communion with Rome. Other influences, from exaggerated monastic asceticism to misleading interpretations of Scripture in our church schools, has created in the minds of many of our own faithful an image of God that is more judgmental than merciful: a God of Justice, whose primary concern is to punish those who do not fulfill His commandments. Like limbo, this conception of God is a popular one. It certainly does not reflect the traditional teaching of the Orthodox Church. Yet like limbo among many Catholics, it dwells in the back of many Orthodox people's minds, a good number of whom respond either by living in dread before divine wrath or by fleeing the Church altogether. Perhaps the most important lesson in all of this is that the Holy Spirit is calling and directing us constantly to return to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. Particular theologoumena, theological opinions, always need reassessing not just for their specific content, but for the impact they might have on the lives of our faithful. (A case in point is the "toll houses," spheres of purification through which deceased persons pass on their journey toward heaven. There is room, to be sure, for some such teaching within the Church purification as an ongoing process, for example as long as it does not become, as it so often does, distorted into a Gnostic image of purification through what amounts to torture, inflicted by powers more demonic than angelic.) The primary question, made clear by the history of "limbo," is this: To what degree does any given teaching or exposition of the faith actually reflect the witness of Holy Scripture and the Church's authentic Tradition? To the extent that it does, then it should be retained; where it does not, then the teaching needs to be reinterpreted so that it conforms faithfully to revealed Truth. Because pious traditions even erroneous ones can have such a hold on the popular mind, it requires courage, patience and a great deal of prayerful discernment in order to make this continual reassessment of our various theological interpretations. Nevertheless, we should not fear the process. We should accept it as a function of the Church's Living Tradition, given and sustained by the Spirit of Truth. Read the entire article on the Orthodox Church of America website (new window will open). Reprinted with permission of the author.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Derivatives : Exchange-traded products : Joel Clark Why listed derivatives struggle to address risk Some traders have been critical of listed products designed to replicate OTC derivatives, but exchanges are working hard to develop appropriate listed instruments. Joel Clark reports. Why would a buy-side firm want to trade an over-the-counter (OTC) instrument, with all its associated costs, if the same risk exposure could be obtained in a cheaper and more standardised format through a listed product? Exchange-traded alternatives to OTC products offer the potential to free up significant amounts of margin and capital while also opening up access to a broader investor base. Yet in spite of these advantages, some buy-side firms remain frustrated with what they see as the slow pace of successful product innovation among the main exchanges. Despite vastly increased central clearing of interest rate and credit derivatives in recent years – driven by regulatory mandates – a full transition into listed products appears to be tougher to bring to reality. “Exchanges have created some very successful fixed income products over the years, but the major drivers of risk in the portfolio – including different types of credit and sector exposure – are still not covered by listed products,” says Eric Böss, global head of trading at Allianz Global Investors (AGI). “I would like to see more liquid and accessible instruments available on exchange, with a diverse ecosystem of liquidity providers and investors.” Jason Radzik, head of Americas derivatives execution and clearing at BNP Paribas, is similarly ambivalent, noting that despite some early success with the launch of interest rate swap futures, the drive to bring other OTC products onto exchange appears to have stalled. “The momentum to move from bilateral to listed fixed income products has plateaued and while there is still demand, it becomes more difficult when you get to the esoteric products. There are many more intricacies in how those products are processed and risk managed, which has slowed things down,” Radzik explains. It has now been several years since the first swap futures became available, typically designed to combine the economic structure of an OTC swap with the flexibility and lower cost of a future. Among the early proponents were Eris Exchange, Intercontinental Exchange, CME Group and Eurex. Swap futures have remained a popular product, with open interest in Eris US dollar interest rate swap futures rising to nearly 210,000 contracts this year. The product appears to have become a viable and efficient alternative to the traditional OTC market. On 11 May, 2018 CME Group and Eris Exchange announced a licensing agreement to migrate Eris USD Interest Rate Swap Futures to CME Group and the CME Globex trading platform in Q4 2018. This ought to deliver margin offsets for users, given some 30 million contracts of USD interest rate futures open interest are held at CME Clearing. “Eris swap futures are convexity neutral with OTC swaps, meaning the implied cashflows of Eris are the same as if the transaction had been an OTC swap. This allows users to benefit from the protection, cost and operational advantages of exchange trading without having to compromise on what would be achieved bilaterally, or with a cleared OTC swap,” says Geoffrey Sharp, head of sales at Eris Exchange. Given the success of swap futures, exchanges have naturally been keen to expand this product push and look to bring other OTC structures onto exchange. Eurex, for example, has been particularly active in product innovation in recent years, with recent launches in late 2017 including exchange traded fund (ETF) options and Italian Government Bond (BTP) options. Average daily volume (ADV) in ETF options has surpassed 400 contracts this year, while for BTP options, ADV since launch is now 2,500 contracts. Lee Bartholomew, head of fixed income product research and development at Eurex, believes the implementation of the second Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID II) in January 2018 created added impetus for market participants to consider listed alternatives wherever possible. “MiFID II and the drive for best execution is pushing the buy side more towards listed solutions, and we see this as a major growth opportunity for Eurex,” he says. “Among OTC instruments, credit and fixed income ETFs are areas where Eurex has developed listed solutions and there is growing demand among real money investors and hedge funds.” He adds: “We have had a very busy year in listed products with new launches including BTP options, OAT options, fixed income ETF options and corporate bond index futures, but the challenge is not so much in launching a new product but rather in attracting participants and building liquidity.” It may be too soon to know whether adoption of such products will accelerate, but traders are clear that they must be developed in close collaboration with the industry. Some believe there is a greater role to be played by industry bodies in bringing participants together to determine the most appropriate listed solutions for different user groups. “Exchanges can do a lot of work to bring new products to market, but if they don’t put themselves in the position of the executing brokers, futures commission merchant (FCMs) and buy-side clients to properly understand their concerns and challenges, they can’t be sure of success. They need to work closely with all stakeholders in the industry to find common themes to progress the business,” says Radzik of BNP Paribas. It is a prescient warning for exchanges of the need to be clear on the target user base for any new product and ensure that user base is consulted as broadly as possible to determine product suitability. For its part, Eris Exchange believes the need for listed alternatives to OTC products is most acute on the buy side. “Over time we anticipate dealers will become active participants and recognise the benefits of Eris futures, but we are primarily focused on the buy side community at this stage. OTC swaps serve big players well, albeit for a higher overall cost, so we target firms that get immediate economic benefit from the product,” explains Sharp. “We have to get to a certain critical mass to attract the larger participants and our biggest challenge is not necessarily finding users, but rather finding users with all of the pipes and plumbing that is needed to access the contract and process it through their internal systems.” At Eurex, officials acknowledge that listed products won’t ever replace the OTC market, and there will always be a need for those bespoke hedging solutions that can only be structured on a bilateral basis. But given the significant pressures on the buy side, there is still ground to be gained in the listed space. “Generating target returns is becoming more difficult for portfolio managers because of the rising costs of capital and margin pressures and this plays to the greater standardisation of OTC products, including credit. Exchanges have historically focused mostly on rates within the fixed income space, but as the market evolves it is important that we consider alternative products in this area as well, like ETF options,” says Bartholomew. The efforts of Eurex, Eris and other exchanges have not gone unnoticed by the buy side, but there remains some disappointment at the slow pace of change. 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Earlier Thursday, Syrian President Bashar Assad announced publicly that his country had formally applied to join the chemical weapons treaty. According to the treaty’s terms, Syria would be required to submit a declaration detailing the types, quantities, and locations of all its chemical weapons and the locations of all facilities for producing them within 60 days of formally joining the accord. But Kerry said that the normal procedures were far too slow because Assad’s government had used chemical weapons against its own people. “There is nothing standard about this process because of the way the regime has behaved,” Kerry said. “The words of the Syrian regime in our judgment are simply not enough.” A spokeswoman for Samantha Power, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, made a similar point in a statement. “Syria needs to take immediate actions to disclose, surrender, and eliminate its chemical weapons stockpile under international monitoring and verification,” the spokeswoman, Erin Pelton, said. “Statements without action are wholly insufficient for a country that has had a secret, enormous chemical weapons program for decades.” Kerry and Lavrov stood side by side in a public show of joint purpose. But differences quickly reemerged, as Lavrov stressed that the “solution of this problem will remove any need for a strike.” Kerry said that “only the credible threat of force” had prompted Assad to acknowledge that his nation possessed chemical weapons in the first place, and that a military option was needed to ensure that Assad fulfilled his promises. At the end of their presentations, Lavrov seemed surprised by the length and tone of Kerry’s statement. “I’m not prepared with the extended political statement,” Lavrov said. “Diplomacy likes silence.” At the end of their appearance, Kerry said that he had not heard some of Lavrov’s remarks, and asked that the interpreter repeat them. Turning to Kerry, Lavrov joked in English that that was not necessary. “Don’t worry,” he said. “You want me to take your word for it?” Kerry said with a smile. “It is a little early for that.” The two men then left to meet together along with their teams of arms control experts. The American and Russian officials were to meet again Friday and probably Saturday. Kerry and Lavrov met at the same Geneva hotel where Hillary Rodham Clinton, then the secretary of state, presented Lavrov with a red “reset” button in 2009 to symbolize the efforts of the administration of President Obama to improve ties with Moscow. It was an effort that has been largely stymied since Vladimir Putin resumed his role as Russia’s president. American officials say they hope Kerry and Lavrov can work out an effective plan, but they are wary of the United States being drawn into prolonged talks that would serve as a tactic to delay, and perhaps prevent, an American-led military strike. One test will be the willingness of Russia and Syria to accept a rapid beginning to international control that would preclude the Assad government from gaining access to chemical weapons or using them, a senior State Department official said. Coming up with a verifiable plan to inspect, control, and dispose of Syria’s chemical weapons during a civil war is a daunting task. Though Obama administration officials have said the problem of Syria’s chemical weapons has been discussed with the Russians for more than a year, the sides have not talked about it in detail. For example, the United States and Russia have yet to compare intelligence on the quantities of Syria’s chemical stocks, their main elements, and their locations. American officials have declassified intelligence reports and plan to begin that process here. “What we will be looking at is the chemical weapons stockpiles, the production facilities, precursor chemicals,” the State Department official said. “And to the extent that there are munitions that are used to spread those chemical weapons in whatever manner, that obviously is part of dismantling and destroying the chemical weapons that Assad has.” A major concern is how to conduct inspections safely in the middle of a civil war. Gary Samore, the senior aide on nonproliferation issues at the National Security Council during Obama’s first term, said that the Assad government would be reluctant to give up its entire arsenal because it valued poison gas as a deterrent against Israel and as a weapon to use against Syrian rebels. “What Assad might make is a partial declaration of the chemical weapons he is willing to put under international control and keep a significant portion in his back pocket,” said Samore, the director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard. But Obama’s decision to delay any military action and explore a disarmament plan with the Russians, who have been a main supplier of arms to the Assad government, has distressed much of the Syrian opposition and raised questions about whether the rebels would even take part in such a peace conference. “They’re upset,” a senior State Department official said. “They don’t trust this at all.” In a recent statement, General Salim Idris, the head of the military wing of the Syrian opposition, rejected the Russian initiative and said the Syrians who carried out the Aug. 21 chemical attack near Damascus that started the current crisis must be punished. In an effort to address the opposition’s fears, Kerry spoke Thursday with Idris and Ahmad al-Jarba, the president of the Syrian opposition, and sought to assure them that the military option remained on the table, and that the Obama administration would insist that any understanding about Syria’s chemical weapons be verifiable and enforceable, a State Department official said. BostonGlobe.com complimentary digital access has been provided to you, without a subscription, for free starting today and ending in 14 days. After the free trial period, your free BostonGlobe.com digital access will stop immediately unless you sign up for BostonGlobe.com digital subscription. Current print and digital subscribers are not eligible for the free trial. Thanks & Welcome to Globe.com You now have unlimited access for the next two weeks. BostonGlobe.com complimentary digital access has been provided to you, without a subscription, for free starting today and ending in 14 days. 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There is also a slight lag as ATP formation begins, suggesting that the oxidation of DMS is not immediate and that DMS must first be transported into the cells – possibly by active transport. Alternatively, this lag could be due to a high ATP demand of the cells for example, to fuel motility. This is in contrast to the immediate ATP formation during thiosulfate oxidation in M. thiooxydans and H. neapolitanus, which is thought to occur in the periplasm. The oxidation of DMS to DMSO alone provides 2 mol of electrons per mole of DMS oxidized. This is not sufficient to provide the 14–16% increases in Ymax observed here. The same amount of electrons Copanlisib from thiosulfate oxidation in M. thiooxydans provides only a 9% increase in Ymax during growth on methanol (Boden et al., 2010). This could indicate that, in addition to providing electrons to the respiratory chain, the oxidation affects some other system within the cell that generates an increased yield of reducing equivalents that are responsible for a larger conservation of carbon into biomass. More complex radiorespirometric or metabolomic studies are required to the fully investigate the pathway of DMS-dependent energy metabolism in S. stellata; however, we have demonstrated that DMS acts as an energy source for the chemoorganoheterotrophic growth of this organism on different carbon sources and that the oxidation of DMS to DMSO is coupled to ATP synthesis. Few data are available on the kinetics and growth yields in mixotrophic bacteria – particularly those capable of chemoorganoheterotrophy – and the data we present here add to this understudied area of bacterial physiology. The regulation and environmental significance of mixotrophic Bacteria are unknown, although the substrates and products of their energy-yielding oxidations can be compounds of global biogeochemical significance – such as DMS and DMSO, which we report here. Further work is required to better the understanding of these mixed metabolic modes, their use by Bacteria in the environment and their contribution to the flux of compounds through biogeochemical cycles. We thank Don Kelly for many stimulating discussions on growth kinetics and Gez Chapman is thanked for technical support. We thank the Natural Environment Research Council (UK) for funding via a studentship to R.B. and fellowships to H.S. (NE/B501404/1 and NE/E013333/1). Ann P. Wood and Ben Berks are thanked for the kind donation of strains.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Leafs Crumbling Phil Kessel made a statement today. A big one. It’s now put Brian Burke between a rock and a hard place. A decision must be made and it looks as though the Leafs (arguably) best sniper has put that responsibility on Brian Burke and only Brian Burke. “It’s not working out here,” said a frustrated Kessel after being demoted to the third line during practice on Sunday. He’s now sitting on the right wing of one Darryl Boyce and one Joey Crabb. “Maybe there needs to be a change.” Phil Kessel has sounded an alarm today, and all Leafs fans should be listening. It’s perhaps the understatement of the year, but looking at how streaky Kessel and the Leafs have been this year, there’s no question frustration has seeped through to each and every one of the members of the Toronto Maple Leafs. That said, Kessel’s next comment is what can make the All-Star poll for “worst coach” earth-shattering for Leafs fans. “Me and Ron don’t really talk.” Yeah. You trade away two first round picks to bring in a young player with the potential of breaking the 40 goal plateau, and while the Leafs have struggled this season you have a head coach that doesn’t even make an attempt to keep their (should be) best player in a positive frame of mind to aid him through difficulties? Which leads me to my next question. Why the hell hasn’t Ron Wilson been fired yet? “He’s so focused on scoring goals, he’s forgetting about the other part of the game,” said Ron Wilson after practice. “If you’re struggling to score, don’t be scored against.” Yeah, that’s nice. Ron Wilson seems to be forgetting another part of being the head coach – motivation. Yet every loss the Leafs earn themselves he tends to throw a player under the bus. Maybe it’s just me, but in any business, if you are struggling you tend to lift spirits, not crush them until you get what you want… unless what you want is failure or to find a new job, and perhaps that’s what Ron Wilson is looking for. I’m no head coach, but it eventually gets to a point in which personalities will conflict and after reports over the summer that Tomas Kaberle does not get along with Ron Wilson, the All-Star break question putting Ron Wilson in a 25% voting of “coach I don’t want to play for” and now Kessel stating that they don’t even talk and a change is needed… something is up. Meanwhile, Ron Wilson’s Team America counterpart, Brian Burke, remains silent in the shadows. I’d expect him to come out and say “we had a chat with Kessel and it’s been resolved.” But in all honesty, at this point, how can that be believed? Brian Burke must have an amazing PR because he’s been able to silence just about every crack that starts to leak from the Leafs damn. I, personally, agree with Kessel. A change is needed, and maybe it needs to start at the top and work its way down. After all, we can all be frustrated with the Leafs lack of scoring ability this season, but Kessel and others are still on pace for 30 goals. The fact that Brian Burke is unable to get any deal done with pretty much any team not named the Boston Bruins to aid the franchise now is becoming a glaring difficulty. Add to that a coach who is unwilling to compromise his own strategies and you have a recipe for disaster.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
MITRE’s new ‘ATT&CK’ tool an encyclopedia of cyber threats Improving cybersecurity across federal agencies requires staying on top of new and evolving threats. Now, the MITRE Corporation has a new tool, called ATT&CK, to further that mission. Richard Struse, chief strategist of Cyber Threat Intelligence at MITRE Corporation, called ATT&CK an “encyclopedia of information” on cyber adversaries and their techniques for getting into systems. “And it’s something that continues to grow and evolve as adversaries grow and evolve and then originated out of a MITRE internal research project,” Struse said on Federal Monthly Insights — Strategic Threat Intelligence Month. “We used it to solve some of our own problems. And we saw that it really had great utility. And since then, since we publicly released it, a lot of other folks have decided that it’s really valuable to have that kind of insight into what adversaries are doing.” The tool’s website explains that ATT&CK takes publicly available information about adversary tradecraft and organizes it in two ways. One is to identify what those adversaries are trying to achieve technically.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
A bumbling Texas governor flirts with secession. Far right militias flock to his call and prepare for violence to bring about independence. A backlash from Indigenous Mexicans in Texas calls for the Aztlan Now movement, Mexicans wanting to secede FROM Texas and stay loyal to the US. Militias, Brown Power people, prison gangs, police, and FBI clash. From this comes new Mexican-majority US states.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
5.19.2011 61-year-old Edward Curtis was attacked at about 10 p.m. in the 2500 block of Pillsbury Avenue S. after he got out of his car. Curtis was beaten about the head and shoulders and suffered fractures to his face and nose, then robbed of his wallet. The attack ended when Curtis drew a concealed handgun and fired three shots. It's not known if he struck either of his attackers. After the attack, Curtis said he was not proud of what he'd done but felt he had no choice. "I thought they were going to kill me," he said. "They didn't get a chance to."	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }
Earthless Releasing "From The Ages" In October Award-winning San Diego psych rock band Earthless has completed work on its brand new album "From the Ages." The first new studio album from the globally celebrated trio since the release of 2007's critically acclaimed "Rhythms from a Cosmic Sky," the LP was recorded in San Francisco with producer Phil Manley (Trans Am, The Fucking Champs, SubArachnoid Space). An hour-long double LP, "From the Ages" will see an October 8th release date via Tee Pee Records. A rough version of the title track (and a second song not on the release), recorded live at Guadalest in 2009, is streaming below the album artwork and tracklisting.	{ "pile_set_name": "Pile-CC" }

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