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At Len Brassard's Family Martial Arts Center in Fitchburg, a group of young karate students wearing yellow belts are out on the mat. They are being led by a group of teachers whose black and red uniforms make them stand out in the crowd. But there is one teacher moving around his students that does so quickly, quietly and efficiently - instructing and helping as he moves along, his smiling face only visible through gaps in the crowd. Though he might be as young as most of his students, his peers and advisors say Brandon Robbins is head and shoulders above the rest. The 12-year-old Samoset student recently reached a dream that he has spent most of his young life making. When he was only 4 years old, Brandon asked if he could take karate lessons. "Brandon has never really been a team-sport player," said his father, Lee. "But he wanted to do this, so we thought we'd give him a chance, and he loved it. He started as a Tiny Tiger and now he's teaching other kids what to do." In November, Brandon achieved one of the hardest tasks in karate by receiving a black belt at Len Brassard's. In karate, as students pass through the ranks taking graded examinations, they are awarded with different colored belts. During each test, students must show their knowledge of techniques and forms; learning to move, block, kick and punch are just a few examples of such training. According to Brandon, there are 16 belts a student can achieve, and to receive a black belt alone, Brandon had to pass a three weekend-long exam, each session lasting several hours at a time. "It's really hard. Karate is a lot of work. It teaches you selfcontrol and gets you pumped," he said. But Brandon's proudest moment came even before he achieved black-belt status. A year ago, according to studio director Len Brassard, Brandon was offered the chance to become an instructor at the studio. "Though we have other students who have achieved blackbelt status at his age, we handpick our teachers," said Brassard. "We're always watching for new people that demonstrate the qualities that would benefit the other students. Brandon was wonderful with peers around his age. He could talk in their language and interact with them on the same level together. Brandon's such a contributor to what we do. We're very glad and fortunate to have him as a regular member to our teaching staff." Brandon visits the studio on Boulder Drive sometimes two to three times a week to teach and continue his own training. "He has made such progress through his focus and the maturity that he brings to everything he does, that he really stands out at his age. We couldn't have asked for a better role model for our students," said Brassard. As Brandon continues to study karate (there are still more levels he can achieve though he has already reached black-belt status) he said he enjoys "everything" about karate and teaching at the studio. "I want to teach when I grow up," said Brandon. "You have to be dedicated and work hard." According to his father, his family is proud of their son and what he has been able to achieve. "He's done all of this on his own. He practices at home and would come all the time if he could. We're all really proud of him," he said.

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Search the CHSR site UAlbany MyUAlbany Barriers to Food Stamps in New York State: A Perspective from the Field Nutrition Consortium of New York State Understanding Barriers to Obtaining Food Stamps This study was a collaborative effort between CHSR researchers and the Nutrition Consortium of New York State (now Hunger Solutions New York). Through its Nutrition Outreach and Education Program, the Nutrition Consortium works to expand participation in the Food Stamps Program (FSP) and channels state funding for FSP outreach efforts to local community-based organizations throughout the state. Evaluation & Research The Nutrition Consortium of New York received funding from the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation to analyze existing data. Staff at the Nutrition Consortium and CHSR researchers worked together to develop a plan for analyzing data from quarterly and annual reports compiled by community based organizations from 2004 to 2008. Qualitative and quantitative data from the reports were analyzed, and the findings were presented to the Nutrition Consortium and stakeholders at the New York State Office of Temporary Disability Assistance. Contact: Dr. Eunju Lee Systems & Software Development Survey Research Center CHSR Employment Opportunities June 27, 2019 - CHSR partnered with the New York State Kinship Navigator program to evaluate an intervention for kinship caregivers. Lauren Polvere and Mandi Breen are the co-principal investigators in this project. May 6, 2019 - Ruth Lindenfelser, Senior Research Support Specialist, presented at the Families Together in New York State 2019 Annual Conference 2018 Statewide Annual Report by the Independent Evaluator of the New York State Delivery System Reform Incentive Program (DSRIP) CHSR Researchers discuss effective care for survivors of opioid overdose. CHSR's Dr. Margaret Gullick to present at the 2019 Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting (MIECHV) State, Territory, and Tribal All Grantee Meeting on February 26th – 28th 2019 in Baltimore, MD. CHSR is partnering with the Albany Law School's Rural Law Initiative in a project to understand the dearth of available legal services in rural areas. CHSR Senior Research Scientist, Dr. Lauren Polvere, Research Scientist, Dr. Camille Barnes and Assistant Professor, Dr. Eunju Lee were published in the Journal of Gerontological Social Work. CHSR Senior Research Scientist, Dr. Sandra McGinnis accepted an invitation to serve on a panel at a conference at Princeton on 'The Economics of Addressing Social Determinants of Health' in May 2018. University at Albany News publishes feature article about the Center for Human Services Research and the Center's Director, Rose Greene. CHSR, in partnership with the Office for People with Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD), is pleased to announce the release of the study The Coordinated Assessment System (CAS): Validating the CAS in New York State. CHSR Senior Research Scientists Lauren Polvere, Ph.D and Sandra McGinness, Ph.D presented MRT cost and utilization reports at a Department of Health round table discussion University at Albany, State University of New York 1400 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12222 • Phone (518) 442-3300 UAlbany Alert

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Philippines storm leaves 182 dead, tens of thousands displaced Sunday, 24 Dec 2017 06:50 AM MYT A man and his motorcycle are transported on a makeshift raft, after a bridge was destroyed by flash floods in Salvador, Lanao del Norte in southern Philippines December 23, 2017. — Reuters pic MANILA, Dec 24 — Tens of thousands have been forced from their homes by a tropical storm that battered the southern Philippines leaving at least 182 dead, police and aid agencies said today. Tropical Storm Tembin, which triggered flash floods and mudslides as it lashed the nation's second-largest island of Mindanao, has displaced more than 70,000 people, said the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). "People left everything behind when they fled for their lives," the IFRC's Philippines operations and programmes manager Patrick Elliott said in a statement. The Philippines is pummelled by 20 major storms each year on average, many of them deadly. But Mindanao, home to 20 million people, is rarely hit. Police said 153 people were still missing and more than 40,000 had fled to evacuation camps as Tembin, which slammed into the island on Friday, continued westwards. Police, soldiers and volunteers used shovels to dig through mud and debris as they searched for bodies in the village of Dalama on Saturday. "The river rose and most of the homes were swept away. The village is no longer there," police officer Gerry Parami told AFP by telephone from nearby Tubod town in Lanao del Norte, one of the provinces hardest hit by Tembin. Local police said 127 people have been confirmed dead in the province, with 72 missing, as rescuers pulled dozens of bodies from the swollen Salog River near the town of Sapad. The bodies had been swept downriver from a flooded town upstream called Salvador, Rando Salvacion, the Sapad town police chief, told AFP. Authorities in Salvador said other bodies were retrieved upstream. "The people received ample warnings. But as we are rarely hit by typhoons, people living near rivers did not take them seriously," Salvador police chief Wilson Mislores told AFP. 'Unfortunate' so near Christmas The death toll for Mindanao's Zamboanga peninsula also rose to 28, and police said 81 people were missing after mud and rocks swept down coastal communities in Sibuco and other fishing towns. Landslides had blocked rescue and relief convoys to the impoverished region, officials said Saturday. One man was killed by a crocodile while he was securing his boat as the storm closed in this week on the western island of Palawan, a police report said Saturday. The storm hit Balabac, a fishing island of 40,000 people in the western Philippines, on Saturday afternoon with gusts of 145 kilometres an hour, the state weather service said. Tembin struck less than a week after Tropical Storm Kai-Tak left 54 dead and 24 missing in the central Philippines, straining the disaster-prone nation's resources. "It is unfortunate that another tropical cyclone... made its presence felt so near Christmas," Harry Roque, President Rodrigo Duterte's spokesman, said in a statement. Roque vowed continued government aid to the affected communities, but Romina Marasigan, spokeswoman for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council, described the situation as "challenging." The deadliest typhoon to hit the country was Haiyan, which killed thousands and destroyed entire towns in heavily populated areas of the central Philippines in November 2013. — AFP Cyclone Nivar slams into southern India causing five deaths MetMalaysia issues tropical storm advisory near Sandakan Sally leaves trail of destruction across Gulf Coast

Menu Artists Exhibits Framing Services About Us The Gallery Guest Artist Program Gallery Rentals Book Store Contact Guest Artist Program Gallery Rentals Raleigh: 919.828.3165 Facebook Twitter Assisting art collectors with the discovery, acquisition, and preservation of fine art Home ›Exhibits ›Watercolor Paintings from the Estate of Harry De Maine (1880 – 1952) Watercolor Paintings from the Estate of Harry De Maine (1880 – 1952) May 25th – Jul 31st, 2018 Opening Reception: Friday, 6-9pm, June 1st 2018 Harry De Maine was born in Liverpool, England in 1880. He spent time in Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire as a small boy. De Maine took his first formal art instruction at the Liverpool City Art School in 1903 while still working for a dry goods store. In 1908 Harry De Maine then went on to study in London and at the Julian Academy in Paris. He exhibited at the Paris Salons from 1908-1913. Starting in 1914 (WWI) he joined the American Field Service, a volunteer ambulance service, along with some American artists, before and after serving in the British Army. After the armistice in 1919 Harry De Maine moved to the United States. He first lived in Boston and primarily New York City, but he received the inspiration for most of his work from long summers spent in the environs of Gloucester, Massachusetts. He exhibited widely, but primarily in New York and New England. In 1926 he re-met Lucy MacDonald whom he had known with the Field Service in Paris; they married in 1928. Harry De Maine was a member of New York's Salmagundi Club, Allied Artists of America, the Audubon Artists and the National Academy of Design, to which he was elected an Associate member in March, 1951. He served as Secretary of the merged New York Water Color Club and the American Watercolor Society for a combined period of ten years; he served three years as Exhibition Chairman. In the Gloucester area he was associated with the North Shore Art Association and the Rockport Art Association. While watercolor was his favorite medium, Harry De Maine received prizes in both watercolor and oil. A Washington Post review once said " he transferred to America…the lyrical quality of the English landscape." To enjoy other artwork by Harry De Maine, including oils, Click Here The Exhibit Trees and Rocks, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 13 x 13 inches Bronx River, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 8 x 11 inches Spirit of Summer, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 11 x 12 inches Flowers Among the Rocks, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 15 x 22 inches Along the Coast, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 15 x 22 inches Rocks and More Rocks, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 16 x 20 inches Receding Tide, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 20 x 24 inches Secluded Clearing, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 20 x 25 inches Rocky Shore, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 20 x 26 inches Sunny Sands, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 20 x 26 inches Tidal Creek, Essex, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 20 x 24 inches Overlooking Halfmoon Beach, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 8 x 10 inches Low Tide at Rocky Neck, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 10 x 12 inches Autumn Golden, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 10 x 13 inches Blue Shuttered House, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 12 x 14 inches Out Back, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 13 x 11 inches Bickford's Float - Misty Day, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 13 x 12 inches Glacial Rocks and Goldenrod, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 16 x 20 inches Morning Reflections, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 8 x 10 inches Two Master, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 13 x 12 inches The Last to Leave, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 20 x 25 inches Sea Froth, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor gouache, 10 x 12 inches By the Tidal Stream, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 16 x 20 inches Easatern Point Light, Gloucester, by Harry De Maine (1880-1952), watercolor, 15 x 22 inches For pricing and availability, call us at 888.278.3973 or Email Us Enter your name and email to receive advance news on new art, special events and more. Raleigh Location 540 N. Blount St. Raleigh, NC 27604 Raleigh Location: Sunday 1pm - 5pm Monday Closed Tues - Friday 12pm - 6pm Saturday 11am - 5pm Please email or call us for pricing and availability. 888-278-3973 (toll free) 919-828-3165 (Raleigh) 919-828-7795 (fax) © Gallery C

Amazon aims to fill about 1,500 full- and part-time positions, including managerial roles, for Amazon Fresh stores in Naperville, Bloomingdale, Oak Lawn and Schaumburg, Ill. Above, an Amazon Fresh employee at the retailer's already opened Woodland Hills, Calif., store. Amazon begins hiring for four new Amazon Fresh stores in Chicagoland So far, e-tail giant has reported eight locations in California, Illinois Russell Redman 1 | Oct 20, 2020 Amazon has begun hiring for four new Amazon Fresh grocery stores planned for the Chicago area. Amazon said Tuesday that it aims to fill about 1,500 full- and part-time positions, including managerial roles, for Amazon Fresh stores in Naperville, Bloomingdale, Oak Lawn and Schaumburg, Ill. The first Amazon Fresh store opened to the public in mid-September after an invitation-only launch in late August. Related: Amazon Fresh 'built to outlast' other grocery retailers, says Brick Meets Click "Our associates are the heart and soul of our Amazon Fresh stores, and we're excited to welcome 1,500 employees to the team as we provide customers with new, low-priced grocery stores in their communities," Catherine Misko, regional manager of Amazon Fresh grocery stores, said in a statement. "These are great jobs with industry-leading pay and benefits, and we're proud to provide a safe, innovative work environment where associates can grow their careers." Three of the Chicagoland locations — Naperville, Oak Lawn and Schaumburg — are among a half-dozen Amazon Fresh sites that Amazon had previously disclosed, in addition to the Woodland Hills store. Other upcoming locations include Irvine, Northridge and North Hollywood, Calif. Amazon also acquired two Fairway Market store leases in Paramus and Woodland Park, N.J., in March but hasn't disclosed plans for the locations. Related: First Amazon Fresh store opens to public Amazon didn't release opening timetables for the Naperville, Bloomingdale, Oak Lawn and Schaumburg Amazon Fresh stores or provide more details about the locations. The Naperville store — along with the Woodland Hills, Irvine and Northridge locations — have helped filled online delivery orders during the COVID-19 pandemic prior to their openings. At the upcoming Chicagoland Amazon Fresh sites, employees will be able to cross-train across the grocery store, Amazon noted. Associates will have the opportunity to learn functions ranging from customer service and checkout to stocking shelves and picking and packing online orders. Food service associates work in the store's culinary area, preparing delicious, fresh food offerings for customers each day. Overall, Amazon has more than 23,000 full- and part-time employees in Illinois, and the Seattle-based company said it offers pay of at least $15 per hour plus a variety of benefits packages. The e-tail giant reported that it has invested more than $8 billion in Illinois, including infrastructure — such as 28 Whole Foods Market supermarkets and seven Amazon Go convenience stores — and worker compensation. "We are delighted to welcome one of the first Amazon Fresh grocery stores to Naperville and thrilled they're supporting the community by bringing new jobs with good pay and benefits for our residents," Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico stated. "We appreciate Amazon's partnership and look forward to providing our residents with a new low-priced option for fresh groceries." News about a new Amazon grocery store concept separate from Whole Foods emerged in the fall of 2019, when The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon was planning a new chain of stores starting in Los Angeles, Chicago and Philadelphia. More recently, in an Aug. 6 posting, food/tech blogger Matt Newberg of HNGRY said public records indicated that Amazon planned to open at least 15 retail grocery stores under the Amazon Fresh brand in Southern California, New Jersey, Illinois and Pennsylvania. Sam's Club back in expansion mode Aldi, H-E-B among growth leaders in 2022: Report Walmart boosts wages, benefits as job market remains tight Discount banners, inflation drive Metro sales in Q1

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Rafael Nadal is in Sight of New Career Milestones in 2021 SportsTennis Tennis superstar Rafael Nadal has put himself in pole position to edge Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic in the race for the 'GOAT' in 2021. Rafael Nadal a whisker's length away from 21st Grand Slam title The Spaniard clinched a record 13th French Open title last year, making him the owner of maximum trophies from a single Grand Slam event. While it put him far and away in the race for most titles at Roland-Garros, consigning Bjorn Borg's 6 to the shadows, it also tied him with Federer for the highest number of Grand Slam trophies, at 20. The new season will bring an exciting prospect of the Spaniard being the frontrunner to earn the mantle of the 'GOAT' as he will have a chance to clinch his 21st Major title at the Australian Open and set a record. While there is still no clarity on when Federer will be back from a surgery-induced absence from tennis, Nadal can even look to extend his lead at Wimbledon and the other Slams that follow. Though Federer has identified Wimbledon, Olympics, and the US Open as his priority events going into the new season, it's still unclear if he will regain full fitness before the lawns of the All-England Club are prepared for action. Should he win his 21st at the Melbourne Park this year, Nadal will have pulled further away from Djokovic, who currently holds 17 Grand Slam titles. However, the Serb will go into the year's first Major as the defending champion. Nadal weeks away from spending 800 consecutive weeks inside Top-10 Grand Slams apart, there are some other career milestones beckoning the Spaniard this year. He is in sight of becoming the first player to be ranked in the Top-10 for 800 consecutive weeks. He upstaged Jimmy Connors, who previously held the record with 789 straight weeks inside the Top-10, on November 9th, 2020. The Spaniard has completed 797 weeks inside the Top-10, starting from April 25, 2005. Nadal 14 wins shy of 500 hard court victories Nadal is also just 14 wins away from becoming only the 4th player in the history of tennis to log more than 500 hard court victories. Federer currently leads the tally of hard court wins at 782, followed by Djokovic (604) and Andre Agassi (592). ALSO READ- Rafael Nadal Explains Why He Chose Tennis As a Career Previous articleUS Open Victory Has Brought Naomi Osaka Back to "Center Stage" Says Trainer Next article"Was Kinda Hard": Naomi Osaka Runs Us Through Her Wardrobe of 2020 Rafael Nadal Achieves Yet Another Invincible Feat Over Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic World No. 2 Rafael Nadal doesn't chase records, it is as if records chase him instead. The Spaniard recently won his 20th Grand Slam... Novak Djokovic Receives Support from Tennis Boss for Understanding the Situation at Australian Open 2021 Recently, Novak Djokovic received criticism from fellow players after he gave a list of demands to Craig Tiley, CEO of Tennis Australia. In a... Kei Nishikori Shares a Valuable Health Tip During Quarantine Ahead of Australian Open 2021 Before tennis players start competing for the Australian Open 2021 title, they have to pass the challenges of quarantine. Recently, the Japanese star Kei... WATCH: How Angelique Kerber is Celebrating Her Birthday During Quarantine in the Australian Open 2021 Bubble Over the years, former World No. 1 Angelique Kerber has relished the challenges she has faced on Tour. The German has proved to be...

When Air France flight 358 went flailing into a ravine last Tuesday at Pearson International Airport, everything and nothing changed. More than three and a half years had elapsed since the last major airliner crash on North American soil. Such marathons of fortune breed not only a sense of trust and security, but a certain hubris and delusive feelings of invulnerability. There were those of us who, after the passing of every accident-free day, eyed the morning's headline with a growing tension. Flying, as anybody could see, was safer than ever, and no single catastrophe was going to change that. But sooner or later the streak would be over. Then came the French Airbus, barreling out of ink-dark thunder sky and onto the rainswept tarmac, and suddenly the string was out. Or was it? After all, every one of the ship's 309 occupants made it to safety. Does the wreckage itself -- $100 million worth of shattered and flaming machinery -- reset the clock? Apparently it does. Despite lack of a death toll, the event garnered more attention than either of the commuter turboprop crashes that smear our otherwise perfect record dating back to autumn of 2001. Thirty-four people were killed in those events -- 21 in Charlotte, N.C., in 2003, and 13 more near Kirksville, Mo., last year -- but neither stole headlines for more than half a day. Coverage from Toronto was expectedly maudlin. In the absence of any quantitative gore, the focus quickly shifted to heroics of the first responders and weepy interviews with passengers. None of these segments was more nauseating than the melodrama presented by CNN's Aaron Brown last Wednesday evening. "Miracle" is a word plucked from context at considerable risk, and when a survivor made use of the term in an otherwise matter-of-fact reference, Brown seized, repeating the noun at least three times in a rich, groaning whisper of incredulity -- "a miracle." He wasn't shy about it, infusing the word with a boldly spiritual oomph. Brown's next guest may as well have been a Catholic priest. "Tell me, Father, did we witness a full-blown miracle in that Canadian gully?" The piece had everything except heavenly harp music and a choir of angels. The pretense of supernatural intervention is tedious and insulting to those whose job it is to investigate airline accidents, and also to the thousands of victims of prior crashes who weren't so lucky. And those aboard flight 358 aren't the only blessed ones. The annals of aviation are rich with near misses and unlikely survival. Possibly Brown has it backward: If you're going to play the miracle card, what of 4-year-old Cecelia Cichan, for instance, the only one of 155 passengers and crew to emerge alive from a Northwest Airlines MD-80 at Detroit in 1987? What of the four people who survived Japan Airlines flight 123, in which 520 others perished -- the worst single-aircraft accident in aviation history? The question isn't why everyone in Toronto made it to safety, but how. You're free to credit anybody, from God of the Bible to the ghost of Charles de Gaulle, but I'll take the earthly road and tip my pilot hat to the Air France cabin crew, and also make note of the many safety enhancements on the state-of-the-art A340 -- flame resistant cabin furnishings, for one -- that helped supply ample time for escape. Meanwhile, when it wasn't milking tears from survivors and paramedics, media coverage offered its standard post-crash gamut, ranging from serviceably accurate to totally irresponsible. Among the better stories was an Aug. 5 report from Paul Koring at Toronto's Globe and Mail. Koring does a respectable job of explaining go-arounds and runway terminology without the usual distortions or caricatures. "Toronto's airport was under 'red alert' because of the threat of lightning when an Air France jetliner crash-landed in a fierce rainstorm, despite having enough fuel to reach another airport -- a decision that was made by the pilot, airport authorities said yesterday." That's a fairly salacious intro, hinging on the dangerous-sounding "red alert" and a suggestion of recklessness on the part of the Air France crew. In truth there is no such thing as a "red alert" in any pilot's lexicon. I'd never heard the phrase before Duff-Brown told me about it. After some digging, it turns out to be a code used by airport ground staff. When electrical storms loom, apron personnel are often summoned indoors for safety. The story suggests that nearby presence of electrical activity should have made it obvious to the Air France captain that landing was a bad idea, and that's simply not true. (Note: Numerous other planes landed during the half-hour or so prior to flight 358.) Furthermore, per regulation there is always "enough fuel to reach another airport" -- and often a third or fourth airport as well. To date there is nothing known about the crash that indicates a diversion should have been initiated. And if so, that's a decision made by the captain, in cooperation with the airline's flight controllers back in Paris. Nearly all of the early dispatches, including Duff-Brown's, made prominent mention of lightning in the vicinity of Pearson at the time of the incident. To the layperson, aircraft and lightning would seem a perilous mix. After all, lightning nips a house and seconds later the attic is on fire. But unlike most houses, aircraft are constructed with strikes in mind. A plane's aluminum skin is an excellent electrical conductor, and whether airborne or on the ground, the energy is quickly discharged, in most cases with no ill effects. On average, a given plane will be struck by lightning about once every two years. A hit will sometimes foul an electrical system or cause superficial skin damage, but there have only been a handful of crashes worldwide directly attributed to lightning. The last one in North America, and also the most catastrophic, involved a fuel tank explosion aboard a Pan Am 707 in 1963. Accounts of the Air France cabin going dark during approach -- blamed on lightning by a number of passengers -- was likely the routine dimming of the lights by the flight attendants. Over at USA Today, Alan Levin gets a hand for a workmanlike effort at getting things straight. Both his Aug. 3 headline feature and an above-the-fold sequel the following day were, for the most part, accurately researched, though here too I winced a few times. First Levin reminds us of that 45-month crashless streak, now (sort of) broken. The Air France mishap is our worst since American Airlines flight 587 went down near Kennedy airport in November 2001. In Levin's words, that was a disaster "caused by a pilot who rapidly moved the jet's rudder from side to side." That's one way of putting it. And the Titanic sinking was "caused by a captain who hit an iceberg." He then goes on to quote a Canadian meteorologist, William Hepburn, who explains that weather conditions at the time of flight 358's arrival "would have produced a close to dead-on crosswind." That certainly sounds ominous, except that crosswinds come from the side, making "dead-on" a peculiar choice of phraseology -- presumably he meant "90 degrees" -- and every airplane has a different allowable maximum based on velocity and angle of the gusts. No offense to Hepburn's climatological acumen, but are we to believe he's familiar with the crosswind component charts of the Airbus A340-300? Gusts may have played a role by exacerbating a more serious matter (more on that next week), but planes operate in crosswinds -- even the fully perpendicular "dead-on" variety -- all the time. Then comes this, from the occupant of seat 17B. "We saw flames from the left engine." Seeing how the A340 has four engines, two per wing, was that the left-left engine, or had one of them fallen off? Puzzling, but forgivable. More egregious was the Aug. 4 edition of London's Daily Mirror, which spoke of "the Airbus A340's twin tail-mounted engines." The Toronto Star echoed this engines-on-the-tail assertion. It's a head-scratcher. Airbus has produced five baseline aircraft since the early 1970s, and not one of them is equipped with tail-mounted engines. But what about those flames? Although eyewitness accounts are notoriously unsound and inconsistent, there is a possible explanation. Realizing they were running out of asphalt, the crew may have applied an inordinate dose of reverse thrust, beyond the engines' normal limits to the point of internal damage or compressor stall. High crosswinds can increase the likelihood of compressor stalls, and while not normally dangerous, they're accompanied by loud bangs and, occasionally, bursts of flame. Yet another buzzword hovering around the Air France wreckage: "wind shear." It's noteworthy that Aug. 2 was the 20th anniversary of our last major wind-shear crash -- that of a Delta Air Lines L-1011 in Dallas. How startlingly ironic if wind shear lent a dastardly hand in Toronto as well, simultaneously underscoring both the dangers of shear and our admirable successes at predicting and avoiding it. By definition, wind shear is a sudden change in the direction and/or velocity of the wind. Though garden variety shears are very common and rarely harmful, a particularly virulent form, called a microburst, is more serious. Microbursts are localized, downward-flowing columns of air, typically encountered at low altitudes -- even while still on the runway -- beneath the leading edges of storm fronts. As the air mass descends, it disperses outward in all directions. Planes are not "slammed to the ground," as you'll read elsewhere, but can suffer dangerous airspeed loss if a headwind suddenly shears to a tailwind during takeoff or landing. Microbursts were accountable for the Dallas disaster in '85, and the prior crashes of Eastern 77 and Pan Am 759, in New York (1975) and New Orleans (1982), respectively. That trio of tragedies helped usher in a new generation of wind-shear avoidance technology. Today, many large airports are equipped with sophisticated alerting systems, as are modern cockpits. Toronto's Pearson International is not one of those airports, and conditions at the time of Air France's arrival were prime for microburst activity. Hence all the talk of wind shear in the press and on TV. At this juncture, however, there's no actual evidence of wind shear having been a factor. So, now that we have a grasp of what didn't happen, how about what did happen? Why and how did the A340 go careening off the runway?

Volcanic Ash Disrupts Argentine Flights 9-June 2011 Volcanic Ash Disrupts Argentine Flights: Updated Thursday, 9 June 2011. 3pm Buenos Aires local time. According to latest reports from LAN Airlines as of 3pm Buenos Aires local time, LAN has cancelled all domestic flights within Argentina on June 9-10 (to/from Buenos Aires Aeroparque Airport). Many of their international flights in and out of Buenos Aires International Airport (Ezeieza) have also been cancelled due to the ash cloud emanating from Chile´s Puyehue Volcano. Volcanic Ash Disrupts Argentine Flights For further information about domestic and international flight schedules in the region, please check directly with your airline. LAN Airline´s latest updates may be found at lan.com and they plan to provide an operational status update at 11pm. For additional information about tours in Argentina, please visit www.sayhueque.com Tuesday, 7 June 2011. 4pm Buenos Aires / According to latest reports from Aerolineas Argentina, national airline of Argentina, many domestic flights to and from southern Argentina have been suspended or cancelled due to the ash cloud from the recent eruption of the Chilean volcano, Puyehue-Cordon Caulle. The volcano first erupted on Sunday in southern Chile, approx 900km south of Santiago and 100km west of Bariloche, Argentina. The cause of all the problems As of 4pm, according to officials at Aerolineas Argentinas, "…the weather / ash situation is improving…and we expect most flights from Buenos Aires to southern Argentina to be operating normally as of 9 June…however, flights to Bariloche, San Martin de los Andes and Esquel will be operating as of the 12th of June. For further information about domestic and international flight schedules in the region, please check directly with your airline.

Eagle Express - December 7th PISD Proudly Names ES #10 and ES #11... Elementary #10, which is located in the southern part of our district and is located in the Westridge development, will be named Jack and June Furr Elementary School. Jack graduated from Prosper in 1946, was a longtime farmer, served on the PISD School Board and Farm Bureau Board, and was a Korean War Veteran. June also served Prosper ISD as a teacher for 15 years. Furr Elementary will open in August 2019. Elementary #11, which is located in the western part of our district and is located in the Legacy development, will be named Charles and Cindy Stuber Elementary School. The Stubers moved to Prosper in 1994 when PISD enrollment was at 590 students district-wide. Charles (Chuck) served on the PISD School Board for 12 1/2 years and served as the Board President during most of that time leading the district through successful bond issues for a combined $860 million preparing PISD for the first wave of growth opening many new schools during his tenure on the Board. Cindy has been the consummate volunteer assisting teachers in classrooms, serving on numerous PTO boards, helping with various school lunch programs, and the list goes on. Stuber Elementary will also open in August 2019. Prosper ISD Safety and Security... Prosper ISD continues to be ranked in the Top 10 Safest School Districts in the State of Texas, but we are constantly evaluating all areas of our district. This year we have expanded the Watchdog Dads Program at PHS enlisting the involvement of more dads at the secondary level and started the Priority ONE Initiative inviting police officers from all the surrounding municipalities to be more visible at PISD campuses. We are currently in the process of adding parking lot security at PHS to better monitor student movement between the indoor and portable buildings to the main building as well as activity in the parking lots. Moreover, PISD is also in the process of adding officers to the PISD police force so that at least one officer will be stationed at every PISD school. The reality is that it is becoming increasingly more difficult to predict the unpredictability of the world around us. As always, we will continue to evaluate the happenings around PISD to better ensure the safety of all. Watch the Prosper Eagles LIVE All Season Long! Get unlimited access to watch all your Eagles events this year on the NFHS Network. We've invested in new technology that will bring you every game from the Prosper HS Arena LIVE online so that fans of Prosper High School will never miss a game! Subscribe for unlimited access by visiting www.NFHSNetwork.com and search for Prosper High School. Subscriptions start at just $9.95 a month. Parent Education Meeting Parenting with Love and Logic If you would like ideas and techniques that will make parenting more fun then join us for Love and Logic. Techniques can be used at all ages and in all environments. The presentation will contain a brief overview of hot topics, video presentations from the founders of Love and Logic and resources to implement right away. Date: December 10th Times: 8:30-9:30 a.m. Location: PISD Admin Bldg room 108 Meeting Flyer PHS Soccer Fest Join us on December 7th from 6-8 p.m. at the PHS Stadium for our inaugural "Soccer Fest" where you will be able to meet the soccer teams and coaches. There will also be food trucks, face painting, crafts and much more. Middle School Holiday Concerts December 10th & 13th You are invited to the Middle School Holiday Concerts to hear beautiful music performed by the Rogers and Reynolds Fine Arts Programs. Dates, times and locations are listed below. Reynolds Holiday Concerts Orchestra - Dec. 13th 6:30 pm @ Reynolds Choir - Dec. 13th 6:30 pm @ PHS auditorium Rogers Holiday Concerts 6:30 pm @ Rogers Cafeteria PHS Orchestra Presents...A Holiday Concert You are invited to the PHS Holiday Concert to hear beautiful music performed by the PHS Orchestra Program and featuring works such as: "A Pachelbel Christmas", "Inverno" from Vivaldi's Four Seasons and "Secret Agent Sugar Plum" Location: PHS Auditorium Refreshments will be served - free! PCIS Program Research Showcase You are invited to the Prosper Career and Independent Study Program Research Showcase. This event will be held from 6-7 p.m. on December 12th in the Prosper High School cafeteria. Students will display their research, portfolios, and original work. Members of the community, parents, students, and sophomores and juniors interested in the program are invited. We'd love to have you stop by! -Mariana Peña, PCIS Student Times: 6-7 p.m. Location: PHS Cafeteria Random Fact of the Day Coconuts kill about 150 people each year. That's more than sharks. We are excited to give our friends and families a glimpse into the great things happening at PISD. On the PISD website, prosper-isd.net, you will find a PISD Highlights link under the Discover PISD tab. This site will house stories about great things happening in classrooms and highlights of excellence around the district. Story 1: Pixar "Hangs Out" with PISD Students Story 2: Folsom Wins Stuff the Bus Story 3: Spoons for Learning PISD School Board Meeting Admin Board Room from 7-8 p.m. December 24th - January 4th School Holiday ~ Winter Break Student Holiday / Professional Learning Day January 21st Ussie of the Week Consider a wardrobe change... Prosper Independent School District 605 East Seventh Street, Prosper, TX 75078 Email: [email protected]

We had the pleasure of attending the Sunrise Conference at Carriageworks, Sydney last week. The Sunrise is a startup conference presented by founders, for founders and brought together some of Australia's most successful tech leaders to tell stories from their beginnings. They talked about the pivotal decisions, the big mistakes, the near misses and the ah-ha moments. Their tales were embarrassing, exhilarating and inspiring! We learnt first hand what it takes to build a successful startup here in Australia, and hung out with other founders at all stages of the startup journey. This year's Sunrise speakers were a diverse group coming from all walks of life but all on the same mission to build the next generation's most relevant technology companies. Speakers included: Melanie Perkins from Canva, Mike Cannon-Brookes from Atlassian, Andre Eikmeier from Vinomofo, Craig Barratt from Google, Chris Boshuizen from Planet Labs, Julie Stevanja from Stylerunner. Click here to check out the videos from the day. It was a fantastic event, thanks for having us guys!

Hillary's Charities Will Refile 5 Years Of Taxes - after failing to report "tens of millions" from foreign governments - Once upon a time, when then-NY Fed chief Tim Geithner was angling for a Senate confirmation which would make him Treasury Secretary, things got a bit tense when it was discovered that Geithner failed to pay Medicare and Social Security taxes on the income he earned while working for the IMF from 2001-2004. Basically, Geithner was classified as "self employed" and was thus responsible for making the payments himself but didn't do so, which led to some $17,000 in unpaid taxes in 2003 and 2004. Geithner had previously paid more than $20,000 in back taxes to make up for missed payments in 2001 and 2002, so one might have thought he would check on 2003 and 2004 as well, but apparently some accountant somewhere screwed up — or so the story goes. In any event, it now appears as though Hillary Clinton may be witnessing her "Geithner moment," because as Reuters reports, several Clinton family charities will now refile a half decade worth of returns after failing to report "tens of millions" in contributions from foreign governments. Here's more: Hillary Clinton's family's charities are refiling at least five annual tax returns after a Reuters review found errors in how they reported donations from governments, and said they may audit other Clinton Foundation returns in case of other errors... The charities' errors generally take the form of under-reporting or over-reporting, by millions of dollars, donations from foreign governments, or in other instances omitting to break out government donations entirely when reporting revenue, the charities confirmed to Reuters… The unsettled numbers on the tax returns are not evidence of wrongdoing but tend to undermine the 990s role as a form of public accountability, experts in charity law and transparency advocates interview told Reuters… For three years in a row beginning in 2010, the Clinton Foundation reported to the IRS that it received zero in funds from foreign and U.S. governments, a dramatic fall-off from the tens of millions of dollars in foreign government contributions reported in preceding years. Those entries were errors, according to the foundation: several foreign governments continued to give tens of millions of dollars toward the foundation's work on climate change and economic development through this three-year period. Those governments were identified on the foundation's annually updated donor list, along with broad indications of how much each had cumulatively given since they began donating. And while the Clinton Foundation says it is exemplary among charities in terms of transparency, that contention will likely be put to the test as scrutiny will no doubt build as Hillary Clinton ramps up her bid for The White House. Perhaps that's why the Foundation isn't ruling out the possibility that it will refile up to 15 years worth of returns: "We are prioritizing an external review to ensure the accuracy of the 990s from 2010, 2011 and 2012 and expect to refile when the review is completed," Craig Minassian, a foundation spokesman, said in an email. The decision to review the returns was made last month following inquiries from Reuters, and the foundation has not ruled out extending the review to tax returns extending back 15 or so years… And as for whether this is something that actually happens all of the time or should be rightfully viewed as an anomalous event: "I've never seen amendment activity like that," said Bruce Hopkins, a Kansas City lawyer who has specialized in charity law for more than four decades." http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-04-23/hillarys-charities-suffer-geithner-moment-will-refile-5-years-taxes Dog 'drives tractor' onto highway... - Delays were caused on a busy stretch of the M74 motorway after reports of a dog "taking control of a tractor". The incident - highlighted on Twitter by Traffic Scotland - took place at J13 at Abington, South Lanarkshire. It later emerged that a sheepdog called Don, owned by farmer Tom Hamilton, had leaned on the controls of his utility vehicle, taking it on to the road. Police and Mr Hamilton later recovered Don, who was unhurt, and the vehicle, from the central reservation. Mr Hamilton told BBC Scotland that he was out on his off road pick up checking lambs in a field above the M74 near Abington. Farmer relieved As always he was accompanied by his Collie sheepdog Don, who was sitting beside him in the passenger seat. Don the sheepdog Don escaped with little more than a fright While Mr Hamilton was examining a lamb he turned round to see the Gator utility vehicle crashing through the fence and heading down an embankment on to the northbound lane of the M74 with Don still sitting in it. The vehicle stopped after hitting the central barrier, smashing the windscreen. Mr Hamilton said he feared that he had not pulled the handbrake properly and was extremely relieved that no drivers were hurt. The farmer was also relieved that Don escaped with little more than a fright. The episode caused a stir on social media when it was reported by Traffic Scotland at about 08:45 on Wednesday. The transport body tweeted: "M74 (N) J13-RTC due to dog taking control of tractor... nope, not joking. Farmer and police at scene, vehicle in central res." Shortly afterwards Traffic Scotland provided the update: "M74 (N) at J13 - Route is clear from earlier incident and dog is fine. Has to be the weirdest thing we have ever reported! No delays in area." Police said the vehicle had gone through a fence near the motorway at about 08:15. The incident led to plenty of dog puns as people responded to Traffic Scotland's tweets. Tony T wrote: "Police investigating, so far no leads," while Beverley Friend added: "This is barking." Michelle Muirhead asked: "Will the dog have points on his licence? Was he breathalysed? Did police arrest him?" http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-32411621 JPMorgan Chase Bans Storage of Cash in its Safety Deposit Boxes - Some JPMorgan Chase customers are receiving letters informing them that the bank will no longer allow cash to be stored in safety deposit boxes. The content of a post over on the Collectors Universe message board suggests that we may be about to see a resurgence of the old fashioned method of stuffing bank notes under the mattress. My mother has a SDB at a Chase branch with one of my siblings as co-signers. Last week they got a letter outlining a number of changes to the lease agreement, including this: "Contents of the box: You agree not to store any cash or coins other than those found to have a collectible value." Another change is that signatures will no longer be accepted to access the box. The next time they go in they have to bring two forms of ID and they will be issued a four-digit pin number that will be used to access the box then and in the future. The letter, entitled "Updated Safe Deposit Box Lease Agreement," was sent out to customers at the beginning of the month. "Hide your wallets, the banksters are on the move," warns the Economic Policy Journal. As of last month, Chase has also instituted a new policy which, "restricts borrowers from using cash to make payments on credit cards, mortgages, equity lines, and auto loans," writes Professor Joseph Salerno of the Mises Institute. The news arrives on the back of comments by Citi's Willem Buiter, who recently advocated abolishing cash altogether in order to "solve the world's central banks' problem with negative interest rates". Last month we also reported on how the Justice Department is ordering bank employees to consider calling the cops on customers who withdraw $5,000 dollars or more. Efforts to impose restrictions on the use of cash by banks are seen by many as an attack on anonymity and an example of how financial institutions are positioning themselves to handle the fallout of the next economic crash – at the expense of customers. According to reports which emerged last year, HSBC is now interrogating its account holders in the UK on how they earn and spend their money as well as restricting large cash withdrawals for customers from £5000 upwards. Banks in the U.S. are also making it harder for customers to withdraw and deposit cash, with Chase imposing new capital controls that mandate identification for cash deposits and ban cash being deposited into another person's account. In October 2013, we also covered policy changes instituted by Chase which banned international wire transfers while restricting cash activity for business customers (both deposits and withdrawals) to a $50,000 limit per statement cycle. Last month, French Finance Minister Michel Sapin hailed the introduction of measures set to come into force in September which will restrict French citizens from making cash payments over €1,000 euros. http://www.infowars.com/report-jpmorganchase-bans-storage-of-cash-in-its-safety-deposit-boxes/ Automakers want to OUTLAW Gearheads from working on their own cars - seek copyright restrictions to stop home mechanics - Automakers want to OUTLAW Gearheads from working on their own cars - seek copyright restrictions to stop car enthusiasts, home mechanics - Claiming that modern vehicles are "too complex" for home mechanics to fix, automakers are seeking copyright restrictions to prevent gearheads from working on their own cars. The Association of Global Automakers, a lobbying firm for 12 manufacturers, is asking the U.S. Copyright Office to prevent car owners from accessing "computer programs that control the functioning of a motorized land vehicle, including personal automobiles, commercial motor vehicles, and agricultural machinery, for purposes of lawful diagnosis and repair, or aftermarket personalization, modification, or other improvement." "In order to modify automotive software for the purpose of 'diagnosis and repair, or aftermarket personalization, modification, or other improvement,' the modifier must use a substantial amount of the copyrighted software – copying the software is at issue after all, not wholly replacing it," the AGA claimed. "Because the 'heart,' if not the entirety, of the copyrighted work will remain in the modified copy, the amount and substantiality of the portion copied strongly indicates that the proposed uses are not fair." Auto Alliance, which also represents 12 automobile manufacturers, is also asking the agency to scrap exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act that allow car enthusiasts to modify and tune their rides. "Allowing vehicle owners to add and remove [electronic control] programs at whim is highly likely to take vehicles out of compliance with [federal] requirements, rendering the operation or re-sale of the vehicle legally problematic," Auto Alliance claimed in a statement. "The decision to employ access controls to hinder unauthorized 'tinkering' with these vital computer programs is necessary in order to protect the safety and security of drivers and passengers and to reduce the level of non-compliance with regulatory standards." But people have been working on their own cars since cars were invented. "It's not a new thing to be able to repair and modify cars," a staff attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, Kit Walsh, said. "It's actually a new thing to keep people from doing it." Interestingly, this attack on the do-it-yourself auto hobby coincides with the current push towards self-driving cars, and who do you think will resist autonomous cars the most? Auto hobbyists, such as hot rodders, drag racers and home tuners. "The biggest threat to our hobby is those people in powerful situations who's idea of a great day out in their car is to spend it riding in the back seat while someone else handles the driving 'chore' for them," a hot rodder said on the subject. "These are the same people who will ban 'old junk' from the roads, enforce '50 miles per gallon' standards on new, and then older vehicles, and eventually force everyone to drive 'standardized' cars that will fit precisely in parking spaces, take up the minimum space on public roads, and follow all the 'environmentally friendly' buzz words while boring real car drivers like us to death." And the first step to keep people from behind the steering wheel is to keep them from opening the hood. http://www.infowars.com/automakers-want-to-outlaw-gearheads-from-working-on-their-own-cars/ Too many vitamins can Give you CANCER, major new study warns the millions who take them - Vitamin warning: Too many can give you cancer Taking extra vitamins "does more harm than good" and increases the risk of cancer and heart disease, a major study has revealed. Around 18 million Brits down supplements thinking they are getting a health boost, but research has found they can have the opposite effect. Dr Tim Byers – one of the world's top cancer experts – examined research papers spanning 30 years. He looked at three widely taken ­over-the-counter pills and supplements, vitamin E tablets, beta-carotene and folic acid, and warned against exceeding the recommended daily amount. Dr Byers said: "We are not sure why this is happening but evidence shows that people who take more dietary supplements than needed tend to have a higher risk of developing cancer. "When we first tested dietary supplements in animal models we found that the results were promising. GettyMiddle-aged woman taking vitamin or mineral supplement capsuleWarning: Too many vitamins can give you cancer "Eventually we were able to move on to humans. We studied thousands of patients for 10 years who were taking dietary supplements and placebos. "We found that the supplements were actually not beneficial for their health. In fact, some people actually got more cancer while on the vitamins." Folic acid supplements are thought to be taken by more than 230,000 pregnant UK women each year as it can help prevent spina bifida and other birth defects affecting the brain and spine. But one study examined by Dr Byers' team found too much increased the chances of getting cancer by 56%. The acid – also known as vitamin – is also taken to cut the risk of heart disease and polyps in a colon, which lead to cancer. But the research found too much in supplement form in fact increased the number of dangerous polyps. Two trials of beta-carotene supplements found taking more than the recommended dose increased the risk of developing lung cancer and heart disease by 20%. Meanwhile another trial of 35,000 people between 2001 and 2014 in the States found taking too many vitamin E tablets increased the risk of developing prostate cancer by 17%. Dr Byers, associate director for prevention and control at the University of Colorado Cancer Center, US, began his study after it emerged two decades ago that people eating more fruit and vegetables were less likely to get cancer. He wanted to see if vitamin supplements – now an estimated £385million market in the UK – would reduce the threat of the killer disease even further. But long term studies since the 1980s have found taking too many has the opposite effect. One trial found the chances of lung cancer increased by 18% while another showed an rise of 28%. Dr Byers said: "We have discovered that taking extra vitamins and minerals do more harm than good." He added that most people got their daily recommended doses of vitamins and minerals by eating healthy meals. He said: "This is not to say that people need to be afraid of taking vitamins and minerals. If taken at the correct dosage multivitamins can be good for you. "But there is no substitute for good food." Folic acid is naturally found in green veg such as broccoli. Vitamin E is found in foods such as kale and almonds and is taken to boost the immune system. And Beta-carotene – an antioxidant taken to cut the risk of heart disease and cancer – is found in carrot and mango. The findings will be presented a US cancer summit this year. Top UK nutritionist Dr Carina Norris insisted the problem lies with people exceeding the recommended dose. She said: "GPs recommend folic acid to reduce the risk of birth defects and this is not some weird, wacky supplement. "But I think there is an assumption that if a nutrient is good for you, then more is better. "But in some cases increasing the dose can increase the risk of cancer and other diseases." In 2012 market research firm Mintel found 35% of the adult population took health supplements, although that had fallen from 41% in 2008. http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology-science/science/many-vitamins-can-give-you-5556383 Day After Obama Removes Cuba from Terror Sponsor List, Terror Group Sponsored by Cuba Kills 10 - Yesterday, President Barack Obama announced that the United States would be removing Cuba from the U.S. State Sponsors of Terror list as part of his push to normalize relations with the communist dictatorship. But just hours later, a terror group long fostered by Cuba — even today, the Castro brothers are harboring several wanted members of the group — murdered 10 Colombian soldiers and wounded 17 others in a terror attack on a military base. Reported Agence France Presse: Ten Colombia soldiers killed in apparent FARC attack Ten soldiers were killed and 17 injured in western Colombia Wednesday, in a dawn attack on an army garrison that officials blamed on leftist FARC guerrillas. The attack occurred in a small town in Cauca province, governor Temistocles Ortega told Blu radio, adding that four of the injured soldiers are in serious condition. The Cauca region has been a stronghold for the rebel fighters, who are in peace talks with the Bogota government to end more than a half-century of hostilities. "This is precisely the war that we are trying to end," President Juan Manuel Santos said on Twitter. The FARC in December declared a unilateral ceasefire, which it has said was meant to advance the negotiations, which have been under way since November 2012. The Colombian government last month temporarily halted air raids against the Marxist rebels. The five-decade-long conflict has killed more than 200,000 people and uprooted more than five million. Yesterday, in an article titled "Why Cuba Was, And Must Remain, On Terror List," PJ Media's Henry Gomez reported that Cuba has not changed its policy of fueling and defending leftist terror whatsoever since they were initially placed on the list. Wrote Gomez: The Castro brothers continue to harbor international terrorists from Spain's Basque separatist group ETA and Colombia's Marxist rebels FARC, as well as American domestic terrorists from groups like the Black Liberation Army. Nothing has really changed on this front. It's estimated that 70 U.S. fugitives are being harbored by Cuba, including Joanne Chesimard (AKA "Assata Shakur"), a convicted cop killer. Apologists for the Castro regime try to argue that Cuba does not meet the criteria of state sponsor of terrorism via technicalities. They insist that the Basque terrorists in Cuba are a matter for Spain to resolve bilaterally with Cuba, and that the FARC terrorists don't count because Cuba is hosting peace talks between FARC and the Colombian government, and that Chesimard doesn't qualify as a terrorist because she didn't kill a civilian, conflating a police officer with a member of uniformed armed forces in a declared war. Needless to say, the straws they grasp at paint no more of a flattering picture of the totalitarian dictatorship they defend, which is in its sixth decade. Gomez is correct in his description of the apologists' behavior as "grasping at straws." Harboring terrorists matches the qualifications required for the list, as this act was specifically included in every yearly report dating back to Cuba's being placed on the list in 1982. For example, see this State Department report from 2012: Cuba was designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism in 1982. Reports in 2012 suggested that the Cuban government was trying to distance itself from Basque Fatherland and Liberty (ETA) members living on the island by employing tactics such as not providing services including travel documents to some of them. The Government of Cuba continued to provide safe haven to approximately two dozen ETA members. In past years, some members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) were allowed safe haven in Cuba and safe passage through Cuba. In November, the Government of Cuba began hosting peace talks between the FARC and Government of Colombia. There was no indication that the Cuban government provided weapons or paramilitary training to terrorist groups. The Cuban government continued to harbor fugitives wanted in the United States. The Cuban government also provided support such as housing, food ration books, and medical care for these individuals. The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has identified Cuba as having strategic anti-money laundering/combating the financing of terrorism deficiencies. In 2012, Cuba became a member of the Financial Action Task Force of South America against Money Laundering, a FATF-style regional body. With this action, Cuba has committed to adopting and implementing the FATF Recommendations. http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2015/04/15/day-after-obama-removes-cuba-from-terror-sponsor-list-terror-group-sponsored-by-cuba-kills-10/ Leaked Document From Mayor to Police: Your Paycheck Depends on How Many Tickets You Write - Edmundson, MO– While police and their supporters continue to insist that police are out there keeping our streets safe, an internal document sent from the Edmundson Mayor John Gwaltney implies otherwise. The letter, which was included with the paychecks of the town's police officers, spells out in very plain terms their actual role in the community – extorting money for the state. In the document obtained by ThinkProgress, the mayor is careful to point out that the town does not have quotas. He states that he only wants "good tickets" written but adds that he is still very disappointed that the Department had been extorting fewer people. Gwaltney goes on to threaten the officers' bank accounts, stating; "The tickets that you write do add to the revenue on which the P.D. budget is established and will directly affect pay adjustments at budget time." He doesn't stop with their pay, either, the mayor then goes on to imply that the officers benefits may be in danger, should they not get their ticket production up by budget time. "It has always been the desire of myself and the Board to provide a safe and pleasant work place with good compensation and benefits for everyone. However, our ability to continue doing this is being compromised by your work slow down. I realize that your work production records are directly effected by many extenuating circumstances and those factors are always accounted for as your work records are reviewed by myself and human resources," the mayor warns. One fifth of Edmundson's population is below poverty level, and the town collects 35% of its revenue from tickets and fines. While departments will usually deny quotas exist, more and more police have been admitting to their existence, despite the careful wording to leave enough wiggle room for plausible deniability. However, just last week we reported on "the world's worst cop" who also admitted to the use of quotas and was captured on video. "This is the last day of the month. I get every stat I need just off of you guys," says the officer as he begins his rights violating confession. "So you guys gotta make quota, huh?" asks the detained teen. "We don't have a quota. We have expectations. And what that means is, you will make so many arrests a month, you should write so many tickets a month, and you should haul so many dumbasses to jail a month. If we're gonna pay you $100,000 a year, we should expect something back from you, shouldn't we?" says the officer. When the man replies, 'yes' that he understands what the officer just said, the cop then asks, "Would you like to be part of my quota tonight?" The young man then asks the cop, "On what grounds [would you arrest me]?" To which the cop replies, "'On what grounds?' Oh, I don't know, I'll think of something. How about aiding and abetting reckless driving?" There is no money in solving murders and rape cases, but pursuing victimless crimes such a minor traffic violations and catching a kid with a joint provide a steady stream of revenue for the city. Protect and serve, or stalk and extort? Perhaps it is time to change that motto. http://thefreethoughtproject.com/internal-document-mayor-police-paycheck-depends-tickets-write/ US Police Kill More Civilians In March Than UK Police Killed In 100 Years - The following statistics seem impossible to believe. While I wonder how accurately the UK has been tracking these numbers historically, the enormous spread seems much too large to ignore, and is a national embarrassment that should be dealt with immediately. From the Free Thought Project: A new report by ThinkProgress.com unearthed disturbing figures when it came to the number of police-related deaths that occurred in America in the month of March alone. Just last month, in the 31 days of March, police in the United States killed more people than the UK did in the entire 20th century. In fact, it was twice as many; police in the UK only killed 52 people during that 100 year period. According to the report by ThinkProgess, in March alone, 111 people died during police encounters — 36 more than the previous month. This high number in March increased the average for police killings from every 8.5 hours, to nearly 1 police killing every 6.5 hours in the US. China, whose population is 4 and 1/2 times the size of the United States, recorded 12 killings by law enforcement officers in 2014. On average, US police kill people at a rate 70 times higher than any of the other first world countries as they "protect and serve" the American citizens. This is not what freedom looks like. http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-04-08/us-police-kill-more-civilians-march-uk-police-killed-100-years BMW 'Crash-Proof' Car Automatically Brakes... - Drive full throttle at wall, will stop inches away... - More than 90 percent of auto-related crashes are due to human error: a distraction, a mistake. With its new "Active Assist" technology, BMW is trying to do everything it can to take those errors out of the equation. Using laser sensors, the system effectively keeps a 360-degree vigil and will automatically and gently brake before a vehicle hits any stationary object. If you drive full throttle at a wall, Active Assist will stop mere inches away, without the driver touching the brakes. While collision-avoidance systems are not new—many cruise-controls automatically slow down when you close too fast on the car in front—BMW's sensors keep track of walls, columns, and other stationary objects, constantly redrawing a map of the surrounding area. The next step for BMW now is moving objects, which would involve developing algorithms to show not only where a cyclist or car is, but where they will be. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-04-06/bmw-s-new-sensors-do-the-braking-for-you Canadian woman is 3-point-shooting champ of the NCAA. Full stop. Not just in women's, but in all of college basketball - Canadian Cassandra Brown is the three-point-shooting champion of the NCAA. Full stop. Not just in the women's category, but in all of college basketball. The Vernon, B.C.-born guard from the University of Portland beat all female challengers in the NCAA's three-point-shooting contest on Thursday. Then, to test her mettle, organizers put the 22-year-old up against men's champion, Kevin Pangos, a Gonzaga star from Holland Landing, Ont. And she beat him, too. Brown drained nine straight baskets and 21 overall from outside the three-point arch to edge Pangos, who fell short with 20 successful shots in the one-minute contest. "I feel like it was a dream," Brown told CTV Vancouver afterward. Brown's father, Robb, said it was "any dad's dream to see his daughter beat the guy in the final." Brown's parents couldn't watch the competition on TV in Canada, so they drove five hours from B.C. to Washington to watch it at a sports bar. Brown's mother, Bonny, said everyone in the bar was celebrating when her daughter won the competition. "Everybody was screaming and cry and cheering, and she was just knocking them down one after another," Bonny Brown said. Cassandra Brown was a last-minute addition to the competition, and she says she didn't have any time to prepare for it. "It was kind of nerve-wracking because I hadn't practiced or anything," she said. Brown recently wrapped up her fourth year at Portland, where she led the college team in scoring the last two seasons. http://www.ctvnews.ca/sports/canadian-woman-wins-ncaa-three-point-contest-against-men-1.2311860 Watching too much TV can give you diabetes - Scientists found that an average day's viewing increases the chance of developing the condition by nearly 14 per cent. It means that couch potatoes could be sending themselves to an early grave. But a few simple lifestyle changes such as exercising, eating a healthy diet and reducing inactivity could help slash the chance of being struck by the condition. The study stated: "Future lifestyle intervention programmes should emphasise reducing television watching and other sedentary behaviours in addition to increasing physical activity." The research, carried out in the US, looked at data from more than 3,000 overweight adults on a Type 2 diabetes prevention programme. They were given either a placebo, the drug metformin – which is used to treat diabetes – or took part in a lifestyle intervention scheme. Researchers looked at whether, as well as increasing activity levels, lifestyle intervention also made those taking part spend less time sitting. They found that the risk of developing diabetes increased by around 3.4 per cent for each hour spent watching TV, with the more watched the greater the risk. Official figures show the average UK adult watches four hours of television a day, meaning the risk goes up by 13.6 per cent. Lead author Bonny Rockette- Wagner, of the University of Pittsburgh, said: "Our finding of a relationship between sedentary behaviour and diabetes incidence means that reductions in sitting can translate into a positive health effect separate from improvements to moderate-vigorous activity like brisk walking." With better awareness of sitting behaviours and efforts to reduce sitting, it may be possible to have an even greater impact, she added. We need to do more in our prevention efforts to include sitting as a modifiable risk factor for diabetes development, especially in those who are at high risk. Dr Andrea Kriska Before the trial, all three groups said they spent an average of around two hours and 20 minutes a day watching TV. But the researchers found that while the placebo and metformin groups reduced their daily TV watching by an average of just nine and six minutes respectively, those taking part in the lifestyle scheme cut their sitting and watching time by an average 37 minutes a day. It was noted that subsequent changes in body weight may account for some of the relationship between sitting behaviour changes and diabetes development. Senior author Dr Andrea Kriska, whose findings are published in the journal Diabetologia, said: "We want people to be aware of the fact that sitting is another modifiable risk factor for diabetes. "It is important for people to become aware of how much time they spend sitting and to find ways to reduce their overall sitting time. "It is really about being aware of all your modifiable behaviours and making changes that make the most sense for you." Richard Elliott, research communications manager at Diabetes UK, said: "We already know that more physical activity and spending less time seated, along with eating a healthy balanced diet, are the best ways to prevent Type 2 diabetes." He added that while the study did not directly compare the impact of watching TV with the impact of other seated activities such as reading or commuting, "it still adds to evidence that less time spent sitting helps to reduce your risk of this condition". http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/567838/couch-potato-diabetes-risk Hillary's Charities Will Refile 5 Years Of Taxes -... JPMorgan Chase Bans Storage of Cash in its Safety ... Automakers want to OUTLAW Gearheads from working o... Too many vitamins can Give you CANCER, major new s... Day After Obama Removes Cuba from Terror Sponsor L... Leaked Document From Mayor to Police: Your Paychec... US Police Kill More Civilians In March Than UK Pol... BMW 'Crash-Proof' Car Automatically Brakes... - Dr... Canadian woman is 3-point-shooting champ of the NC...

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Web of Deceit and The Enemy at Home WEB OF DECEIT By Barry Lando THE ENEMY AT HOME By Dinesh D'Souza During the build-up to the invasion of Iraq a favourite neo-con text was a book by the historian Bernard Lewis titled What Went Wrong? The title referred to the failure of Arab countries to develop, modernize, democratize, and get with the twenty-first century. Today there are many, many books coming out about America's misadventures in Iraq that are also concerned with the question of "what went wrong," only now from a different perspective. Barry Lando's Web of Deceit is the latest such effort, providing a brief history of Western involvement in Iraq since its creation in 1921 as a client state of the British Empire. Over the course of the next century this unhappy country would go on to become the Congo of the Middle East, exploited for its natural resources, riven by sectional violence, ruled by a series of corrupt puppets and brutal strongmen, and awash in human suffering. Iraq's history has been, and continues to be, "an appalling series of failed rebellions, ruthless reprisals, cynical manipulations, and great power betrayals." There is nothing new in any of this, though Lando does a decent job of pulling it all together. Of particular interest are his accounts of Iraq's war with Iran (the real First Gulf War) and the UN sanctions regime. From 1980 to 1988 Iraq was at war with Iran. There was a reason it had to go on so long. As Lando details, "Everyone wanted to cash in on the Gulf War bonanza." And with so many billions being made selling weapons systems, including poison gas, to both sides, nobody wanted it to end. In fact, steps were taken to deliberately prolong the conflict by strengthening first one side and then the other (leading Lando to dub the war "the tilting game"). "I hope they kill each other," Henry Kissinger remarked, "too bad they both can't lose." Presumably he took some pleasure in the fact that as many as a million people may have died. Bertrand Russell once defined the economics of war as "maximum slaughter at minimum expense." But that's only if you're not selling weapons. The Iran-Iraq war was maximum slaughter at maximum expense. And the West made a killing. Then came nearly thirteen years of sanctions, "the most lethal weapons of mass destruction to hit the people of Iraq." It is estimated that anywhere from 500,000 to one million Iraqis died as a result. Two UN administrators overseeing humanitarian relief in Iraq during the sanctions period quit, considering the sanctions to have been a crime against humanity. The sanctions were, of course, politically ineffective. But they did manage to kill a lot of people. In Robert Fisk's epic The Great War of Civilisation the author argues that you can't understand the Middle East today without seeing it as trapped in a nightmare of history. Web of Deceit provides some context for such an understanding, describing the present chaos as the result of the "cumulative impact of each cynical episode of foreign intervention." But other commentators have a different take on "what went wrong." Dinesh D'Souza is a quack intellectual who made a name for himself as a leading conservative commentator in the "culture wars" of the late 80s and early 90s. Obviously he longs for those days and feels somewhat disgruntled that the culture wars have lost their media cachet to real wars being fought in foreign lands. His solution is to yoke the two together. He does this in The Enemy at Home by making the bold assertion that the "cultural left" (a big tent that includes names like Hillary Clinton, the ACLU, Michael Moore, and Planned Parenthood) "is responsible for 9/11." This is because "the garbage heap of America excess" (that is: reality TV, Internet porn, rap music, and all "the grossness and sensuality of contemporary popular culture") "is the primary reason for Islamic anti-Americanism as well as the anti-Americanism of other traditional cultures around the world." America's enemies in the Middle East are not at all upset by the bloody results of cynical intervention that Lando describes in his book. They understand and accept that every nation acts in its own self interest. No, what really makes them mad is The Vagina Monologues. In other words, the War on Terror is the globalization of America's Culture War, with Islamic radicals actually sharing many of the same concerns as American conservatives. There is something comforting in D'Souza's nostalgic message. After all, given the current state of world affairs I'm sure many culture warriors wish that we were still arguing about postmodernism in the classroom and the politics of Murphy Brown as though these matters really meant something. The presentation, however, is every bit as stupid as the premise. The book is built out of sweeping generalizations, revisionist history, mischaracterizations, and quotations ripped out of context. The whole things culminates in an epiphany of delusion where one of Osama bin Laden's videotaped messages is interpreted as a coded communication to Michael Moore. Obviously Mr. D'Souza has gone through the looking-glass. Having said all this, it's clear that The Enemy at Home isn't seeking to convince anyone of its arguments. If you like this kind of red meat, dig in. If you don't, then chances are you're one of the enemy anyway. Review first published February 10, 2007. 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Libya is a conundrum. It gives me a headache. I am neither for Nato nor for Qaddafi's forces. On the other hand, given the degree of repression the country has seen, I realise that it would have been difficult for the uprising to succeed without Nato's intervention. This is in contrast to Egypt and Tunisia where institutions and infrastructure were better developed in spite of the fact that, unlike Libya, they did not have petrodollars, and specifically, in Egypt's case, a far larger population. The difficulty arises when one examines Nato's reasons for intervention. Notwithstanding the rhetoric of upholding democratic values and standing up for human rights, it is quite clear that but for Libya's oil, the West would have issued statements but watched the rights violations from the sidelines. This is not to say, of course, that the uprising was imported, as was the case in Iraq where, though the population was terribly unhappy with Saddam, in 2003, the conditions for the Arab Spring had not yet manifested. Nato, it is quite safe to say, will intervene either to prop up monarchies and dictators that serve western interests in connection with oil or to effectuate regime change in countries where those interests are not being served. These interests may coincide with those of the local people up to the point of regime change. But what happens after that? Though there is much talk of not repeating the mistakes of Iraq, Libya will have its own set of complex challenges, tribal divisions and armed ragtag militia, to name a couple. With a population of just six million, Qaddafi should have at least provided Libya with an infrastructure to match that of the oil-rich countries of the Gulf. Not that the Gulf countries have done their people justice, but at least they don't need to leave the country to see a proper dentist, as some Libyans have testified. Qaddafi's derision of capitalism and western democracy would have meant something if he had exhibited a better alternative. But his legacy is one big mess, in spite of the fact that when he took over in 1969, he was a charismatic colonel with broad appeal. While the Gulf countries relied on foreign expertise to build their infrastructure, Qaddafi wrecked existing institutions, abolishing all ranks above colonel in the military, as one example. It is a common misperception in Pakistan that what we need to get ahead is 'a leader who can stand up to the West'. Qaddafi often did stand up to the West. Towards the end of his rule, so did Saddam Hussein, as does Bashar al Assad of Syria. But this does not make them any less draconian or inept to govern their own countries. In fact, while political repression is common to both pro-West and anti-West dictators and monarchs, lacking infrastructure and economic repression is far more common in those countries where leaders have taken an anti-West stand. One of the primary reasons for this is the sanctions that are slapped on by western powers as a result. Iran, for example, produced six million barrels of oil per day in the seventies. After the revolution, its production dropped to two million barrels per day. In the 30 years since, Iran has still not managed to reach pre-revolution production levels, with current oil production at about four million barrels per day. The main reason for this discrepancy is not the fact that Iran does not have oil to pump (it has the world's fourth largest reserves) but that since its anti-West stance, international oil companies are not willing to invest there. Moreover, domestic expertise also left the country in droves after the revolution. Thus, while western motives are born less of altruism and more of mercantilism, it is neither wise nor patriotic to take an overtly confrontational stand. Instead, we must be wary of demagogues and aspiring leaders who preach this line. Published in The Express Tribune, August 26th, 2011. 24 Aug 2011What next for Libya? Its a shame that for most Paksitanis the Libyan people revolting against the rule of a 4 decade old dictatorship is viewed as a foreign conspiracy. Most conveniently ignore that since December 2003 Gaddafi was more than friendly with the West, offering oil concessions to Western oil companies no questioned asked. Pakistanis also seem to forget that it was Gaddafi who after giving up his weapons of mass destruction program, offered the IAEA evidence of AQ Khan's proliferation activities. NATO's intervention is not an oil grab because simply it already had control over it. The major concern for European countries was the fact that they are afraid of a wave of migrants and refugees making their way across the Mediterranean and the embarrassment of having cuddled up with Gaddafi over the past 7 or 8 years. This image of Gaddafi as an anti-West warrior is a myth, and just because of something he did in the 1970s we have romanticized his existence. Furthermore, over the past few years its seems everyone has fallen in love with Turkey, yet the hypocrisy is that everyone forgets that Turkey is NATOs second biggest contributor and was one of the first countries to recognize the National Transitional Council. It seems that bashing the West is more important than the welfare of the Libyan people. @Nadir El-Edroos: Well said and well written. The truth is neither Gaddafi nor Saddam or Bashar al Assad have stood up to the West out of their own volition. But were forced to do so out of the steps that they had taken to ensure the continuity of their regimes. Gaddafi's possible guilt of being complicit with the Lockerbie bombing of the Pan Am airliner may soon be highlighted again as many of his crimes will be now be out in the open, when the Libyan intelligence operatives come under pressure. Saddam's use of poison gas against the Iraqi Kurdish population and his genocidal persecution of the Iraqi Shia's were acts to ensure more effective control of his regime against the opposition. His marching into Kuwait was an act not of defiance of the West but rather his thruggish mentality in play, of elimating a creditor who had come calling. Bashar and his father Hafez have systematically been party to genocide against his own people for the last four decades. There is clearly a disbalance in Syrian society when a dominant group that is about 7% of the population controls the economic balance of the country. The Muslim Arab countries around him including Saudi Arabia which itself has the most negetive record where human rights are concerned found this regime as natural allies when Saddam had threatened that governement. In the case of the Syrian regime the West is more of a bogeyman for the consumption of their citizens. And regarding Iranian oil production, at one point it did rise to a little above 5 million barrels a day in 1975 right after the opec oil embargo against the West Inspired by Saudi Arabia. However the current lower level can also be attributed to the fact that with a significantly larger population as compared to some of the surrounding Arab countries the Iranians have always been cognizant of the possiblity of their oil reserves being exhausted before their reaching a sustainable level of economic expansion. Besides Khomeini with the limtations of his clerical education did not ever understand the economic implications and expected the Iranian citizen to live as frugally as his own personal lifestyle. Immediately after the Iranian revolution and before the exodus of the technical workers the level of 2 million barrels a day was a choice that the Iranian governement made. Since then during the times when the price of oil reached 10 to 15 Dollars a barrel in the early eighties, they did experience problems increasing the production. @Nadir El-Edroos: Nothing remains to be said. Bravo! I beg to differ – this isn't an oil play as the West gets all of Libya's oil with Gaddafi in place. The West simply took an opportunity to get rid of an unstable guy who has been a chronic PIA over the years – Gaddafi has used terrorist as a "strategic asset" for 40 years and despite apologies or payoffs — the West doesn't forgive terrorism. Parading the Lockerbie bomber and embarrassing the UK was the last straw. Neither oil,or religion,prayers daily,is going to bring progress.See,in UAE,Soudi Arabia and other oil rich country,there are more foreign nationals of all stripes,even domestic help from Sri Lanka,Indonesia and Thailand and Bengladesh.Half of Kerala,young are in Middle-east.Do any one think why is so?The simple answer is the locals do not consider necessary to contribute in educating themself.Take the case of Libya and KINGDOM OF SAUDI AREBIA.Vast oil wealth,vast land,very small population.Could they not get educated when it is free there.?I do not know how best ,the society there can be made progresive,there is something dramatically wrong with the people,what it is for their people to find and remedy,just blaming,conscipracy of west has gone stale,it is self defeating and take these countries no where,that where the lesson lies for pakiustani.If this lesson is not learned be ready for a demogogues to take over again,do not blame the west again. Nadir well said! Ayesha Ijaz does make an interesting observation, why this sudden interest in dislodging a subservient dictator? Gaddafi regime was funding extremists in Pakistan as documented by many observers and leaked US documents yet we in Pakistan continue to idolize an individual hated by his own country. About time we changed he name of Gaddafi stadium! You said it as it is. So well said, Ayesha Ijaz Khan ji. @ Nadir—I can't help but wonder—did you read the same article that I wrote? I don't see where I was pushing the situation in Libya off as a "foreign conspiracy". Certainly it is a local movement and I have clearly said that if you read the article carefully by distinguishing it from the intervention in Iraq. Nevertheless, the fact that western foreign policy is driven by mercantilism is a fact independent of the legitimate uprising in Libya and that is the distinction I thought I made quite clearly. You are right that in the last decade Gaddafi was no longer anti-west the way he was previously but you must understand that in a 650 word article I cannot go into such lengthy explanations and therefore am forced to summarise. My point was not that the West intervened because Gaddafi was anti-West, had they wished to do so they could have done it long time ago. But the West intervened because they saw that Gaddafi is very unpopular and they want to ensure that an oil-producing country like Libya does not fall once again into anti-West hands. They will not intervene in Syria though the uprising there may be just as great. If you think this is about migrants coming into Europe I am afraid you are completely off. At this point, the West is also very worried because oil production in Iraq has dropped after the fall of Saddam due to the bad security situation and Saudi Arabia can make up the shortfall for only so long. World oil demand is also growing with countries like China taking off and the West presently does not want to deal with Iran. Oil is central to this and making that point does not take away from the fact that Gaddafi was a terrible despot who needed to go. This is clear all through the article but either you just read a couple of lines or didn't understand what I was trying to say. See if these names remind you of the crimes and carnage heaped upon Muslims by Mulsims – Yahya Khan, Khomeni, Saddam, Assad, Gaddaffi. In each case, the West waited for us – Muslims, do do something. Our age old refrain. "it is a muslim affair between borthers!" amounted to nothing of value to the oppressed. We accused the West of hollow values, when they waited. But…as soon as they did – with full pressure from us, we tagged them with thievery and all kinds of conspiracies to extract our oil. This hypocrisy allows us to abdicate responsibility at every step. Once that maniac Gaddafi is dead and gone will we get a "Shaheed Gaddafi Stadium" in Lahore? Just about everyone – hero, scum or zero – gets this much abused privilege in Pakistan, so why not Gaddafi? After all he was an Aqid (Colonel) in the the Libyan Army. What you say makes eminent sense. And I feel the same way about the Libyan conundrum. To me, what comes to mind when you say '. . . we must be wary of demagogues and aspiring leaders who preach this line.' are Zulfi Bhutto and Imran Khan, though almost all leaders resort to demagoguery to varying degrees in our part of the world. The Malaysian model seems the best one to emulate, perhaps. Anyways, very well put Ayesha ! I've posted this on fb. Though I agree with aspects of your article, there is simply no logic in the "war for oil" theory. Just like it was pandered in Iraq, it simply makes little rational sense. In Iraq, the "theorists" would have us believe that the US mercantalists thought spending almost 1 trillion dollars on the war (latest figure is approaching 800 billion) was all about gaining access to hundreds of billion dollars in proven oil reserves! Somebody needs a math lesson! I know the same theorists will reply with comments on the evil military/industrial establishment gaining benefit, etc., etc. But that argument does little to support the war for oil allegation. As is clearly understood, Libya gave Western companies access to its oil fields years ago. There was nothing being withheld other than colonizing the country altogether to actually own all the wealth! Even the "theorists" would have a hard time making that argument in either Libya or Iraq. This is simply unfair. The authour writes that the main motivation is Libya's oil but offers no evidence of that. How is this different from the bombing of Serbia in the late 90′s. There was a political situation and a dictator within the immediate geographical vicinity of the west had unleased heavy repression. There was a flood of refugees (which the authour conveniently overlooks). And human rights were down the drain. There was and is a local uprising. The authour is stereotyping the west, just as the west has stereotyped the islamic world. This article is poor. @N: Very well said. And I would specifically mention East Pakistan now Bangladesh. Your article itself had validity and was justifiably addressed to the Pakistani elite. Readers that currently fear that Western policies directed at Pakistan could cause them loss of previlige and have made it fashionable to express anti Western views, And do not hesitate to turn a despot like Gaddafi into an admirable Muslim hero of some kind. Not known to Pakistanis are the issues that the Gaddafi family have always considered Libya and its oil based wealth as part of their private resources. Or the fact that Libyan intelligence tracks the activities of Libyans abroad, using pressure on their families at home to influence their behaviour. Any participation in anti government activities could have serious repurcussions. Or the fact that Gaddafi uses torture on Libyan dissidents at home. His sons have squandered significant amounts of Libyan wealth in ostentatious private displays. Or not trusting Libyans to defend himself he had to hire mercenaries, which couldn't display the same passion in the fight. I think you should also have dwelled some more in depth about Western mercantilism which played a hand in NATO's choice of intervention, and the the domestic politics of countries like France and Italy where Sarkozy is up for re-election and made his moves to appease French corporate interests, while Berlesconi is fighting a survival battle and wanted to appeal to the right wing anti immigrant sentiment there. Madam,I.Khan,I can not claim to dwell in the inner most recesses of your mind or what really you meant in your column.Every nation,every society,and an individual at one point decides his/her religion or lack there off(i have chosen the later),the economic system,the form of rulers(democracy or Dictatorship),once the die is cast,one has to live with the consequence.If you are part of the west,you will be benifectary of the system,if you like Islam and want to live under devine Kuranic law,you will reap the benifit of that system.We are given common sense and humans by all account knows what is good for their well being.I was not ritualistic and totally not religious,the very air I breathed was killing me,(not there is any thing wrong there 1.2 billion live their with not much noticeable breathing discomfort),I came to live in west.If you are communist,chinese live there in China(it is debatable atleast,if they like it ),USSR after 75 years did not like socialism,and decided to go other way.Nehru and other cripto communist tried that untill 1991,it did not work,and so changed course. What I'm saying we have choice,mearly repeating,west for oil,business reason,or some other conscipracy has kept other nations under developed is avoiding introseption,and this the reason many countries since 16th century not done as well as South Korea,Japan,Thiwan or even of late Chinna.If you you love your people ,pl in good conscience do not peddle old ideas such as oil,against our religion,it is harmful and defeatist ,harms once own nation,self and society.Progress will not happen this way,I write because I believe I will help some,You have greater stake as Tribune has given you space ,pl,use it judiciously.Thanks. Ms Khan, exactly this is the very reason the West has intervened to remove not only the most unpopular but also most unpredictable leader apart from this the other somewhat hidden reason is to check China's increasing investment in the Middle Eastern oil. Now coming back to the main topic "Anti-West not a Leadership Quality". This feeling is firmly ingrained in our psyche for the last two hundred years or so the reason behind this is our own economic inertia and our political subjugation by the West. This hate mongering is certainly not a quality a leader ought to espouse but looking at all the past and present leadership in the Muslim world apart from Mahathir Mohammad of Malaysia the rest were and are short-sighted, self-conscious over-dressed ego-ridden dim bulbs. But they are only smart enough to exploit this anti-West feeling for their own survival rather brilliantly. How about leader being neither pro or anti west, but just honestly represent own people. Dravid says the sport needs to find a balanc­e betwee­n the three format­s of the game. The Big Bash has attrac­ted some of T20's big names: Shahid Afridi, Abdul Razzaq and Chris Gayle. Malala Yousuf­zai was earlie­r nomina­ted for the peace prize. Report­er takes a tantal­ising glimps­e of the day-to-day life of a group of Pakist­ani Taliba­n in North Waziri­stan. The bill would system­ise indefi­nite detent­ion withou­t a trial into the US law. Thanks God, there is something in the skies that dispenses justice to the barbarians.

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On September 3rd we welcomed back the Middle School and High School students. As is our annual tradition, we ended the first day with a BBQ. This year the Middle School students took the lead and with the help of some of the teachers, did all of the cooking. The activity is a great way to get the students to interact and to get to know each other in a less formal setting. They were able to relax and be happy after the first day back. This is going to be a great school year, and I look forward to the Middle School and High School doing many activities and events together as the year moves forward.

In the latest episode of Saat se Aath, the anchor person discusses the unique protest being done by female students in FATA for absence of teachers. It's unique because this area was known for women abuse as it was being ruled by Taliban. It's a positive sign that education and peace both are progressing.

Richard Garland Gallagher Sr., 66, of Ashland, passed away on December 27, 2018. He was the son of the late Edward and Mildred Gallagher and was preceded in death by his brother, Ellwood Gallagher. Richard retired from Tyson Foods with over 38 years of service. He was a member of Forest Grove United Methodist Church. His hobbies included fishing, hunting, and family. Mr. Gallagher is survived by his wife of 44 years, Jo Ann Gallagher; children, Richard Gallagher, Jr., Antasia Gallagher, and Nicholas Gallagher; grandchildren, Dustin, Kayleigh, Lucas, Gabriel, and Graham Gallagher; five sisters; five brothers and numerous nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews. The family will receive friends on Tuesday, January 1, 2019 from 2-4pm and 6-8pm at Nelsen Funeral Home & Crematory - Reid Chapel, 412 S. Washington Highway, Ashland, VA 23005. A memorial service will be held on Wednesday, January 2, 2019 at 11am at Forest Grove United Methodist Church, 13384 Ashland Rd, Ashland, VA 23005. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the family to assist with funeral expenses. He was the son of the late Edward and Mildred Gallagher and was preceded in death by his brother, Ellwood Gallagher. Mr. Gallagher is survived by his wife of 44 years, Jo Ann Gallagher; children, Richard Gallagher, Jr., Antasia Gallagher, and Nicholas Gallagher; grandchildren, Dustin, Kayleigh, Lucas, Gabriel, and Graham Gallagher; five sisters; five brothers and numerous nieces and nephews and great-nieces and great-nephews. My best friend as a child, we spent summers together running through everyone's yards down on Floyd Ave. Rest in peace Rich. I have known Richard and his brothers and sisters since grade school. They are a very special family. I wll always remember Richard as a sweet and kind person with a wonderful sense of humor. My thoughts and prayers are with his family and with his devoted wife. Richard, May you REST IN PEACE. In Memory Of Richard Garland Gallagher Sr.

Itapeuasaurus ("ještěr z Itapeua") byl rod sauropodního dinosaura z čeledi Rebbachisauridae, který žil v období rané svrchní křídy (geologický stupeň cenoman, asi před 100 až 94 miliony let) na území dnešní severovýchodní Brazílie (stát Maranhão, pánev São Luís). Objev Fosilie tohoto sauropoda (konkrétně kost pažní) byly objeveny rybářem jménem Carlos Wagner Silva na pláži v lokalitě Itapeua, a to v sedimentech souvrství Alcântara, z jehož vrstev byl popsán například velký spinosauridní teropod druhu Oxalaia quilombensis. Typový druh I. cajapioensis byl formálně popsán v červenci roku 2019. Zařazení a popis Itapeuasaurus byl rebachisauridem, spadajícím pravděpodobně do kladu (podčeledi) Nigersaurinae, se zástupci známými podle fosilních nálezů ze současné Jižní Ameriky, Afriky i Evropy. Blízce příbuzným rodem byl Rebbachisaurus, Demandasaurus a Tataouinea. Tento sauropod patřil k menším zástupcům své skupiny, podle odhadů dosahoval délky jen kolem 10 až 15 metrů a hmotnosti zhruba 7 tun. Odkazy Reference Literatura Fanti, F.; Cau, A.; Cantelli, L.; Hassine, M.; Auditore, M. (2015). New Information on Tataouinea hannibalis from the Early Cretaceous of Tunisia and Implications for the Tempo and Mode of Rebbachisaurid Sauropod Evolution. PLOS ONE. 10 (4): e123475. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0123475 Externí odkazy Profil na webu Fossilworks Informace na webu DinoData Plazopánví dinosauři Sauropodní dinosauři Dinosauři z Jižní Ameriky

SW England Cornubian Batholith Elvans & Rhyolites Lamprophyres & Basalts Mineralisation The Variscan Orogeny gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'UA-151594703-1'); Use the map below to explore the different geological sites across the southwest. They've been subdivided by "type". Click the legend button in the top left to toggle the different rock types / features on and off. Some locations have more than one feature. If you'd rather see an alphabetical list of all the sites, please go here. Information on this website is provided for reference only. You should ensure that you have permission from the landowner and take safety precautions when visiting sites. Always check tide timetables before visiting coastal sites and remain aware of cliff falls. The website owner takes no responsibility for anything that may happen if you choose to visit any sites. Sample collecting is not permitted without permission from the landowner(s) or relevant conservation body. Note that most of the areas on this website are protected as Special Sites of Scientific Interest (SSSIs), are in the Area of Outstanding Natural Beuty (AONB) or are part of the UNESCO World Heritage. Copyright © Variscan Coast 2021 Cornwall, UK. © 2022 Variscan Coast Geoscience. Proudly powered by Sydney

The present chapter will outline some of the most relevant innovations and events related to the history of Museums. We will start with a short background of the concept of Mouseion to quickly move on to some of the most interesting changes and advances in museum's exhibits. Starting from the basics, the reader will be introduced to issues and achievements associated with virtual museums, cataloguing, digitising, publishing, and the sustainable exploitation of cultural content, and a relevant case study. Do virtual museums really provide added value to end-users? Are museums, content providers and users ready and willing to use new technologies to explore cultural heritage? UNESCO Heritage Taxonomy; Digital Tangible and Intangible Heritage; Cultural Heritage. Origin of Museums; Science and Technology Museums. Art Collections. The Culture Cycle. Entering the Digital Communication Era, virtual universes and heritage and the invisible universe of data. A web of cultural content, technology and recommendations. Extending the view on heritage. European regulations and heritage. The regulatory framework; EU regulation and the impact on cultural heritage. The economics of cultural heritage; the concept of "Values" and its potential impact; the economic dimension of "Values". The role of taxonomy in information; a taxonomy of European cultural heritage "Values"; a preliminary list of "Values". Culture Value Chain. Value approach: Early experiences and further developments. Making cultural heritage alive: The role of cultural mediators; emerging professional profiles.

I am very pleased to announce that Dr. Neil Sullivan has been named Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences following a national search. I hope you will join me in congratulating him on this appointment. Dr. Sullivan is a major international scholar with research interests in quantum solids and fluids, low temperature physics, and magnetic resonance studies of solids. He also has exceptional experience as an administrator. Prior to serving as interim dean, Neil was Associate Dean of Research in the college, a post he accepted after serving as chair of the Department of Physics for three terms. While department chair, he guided the construction of the new physics building and the expansion of its undergraduate and graduate programs. He was also a leader in bringing the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory to Florida. He earned his bachelor of science (with first class honors) and his master of science degrees from Otago University in New Zealand. In 1965 Sullivan entered Harvard University on a Fulbright Fellowship where he received his Ph.D. in 1972. Prior to arriving at the University of Florida in 1982, he had served as a physicist at the Centre d' Etudes Nuclearies in Saclay, France, a position he had held for nine years. I have tremendous confidence in Dr. Sullivan's ability to lead the college into the future.

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As the world leaders began assembling for the WEF Davos 2019 on the Swiss Alps, a gloomy outlook for the global economy weighed on the participants' mood but many asserted that it was still not time for a recession. The five-day annual congregation of more than 3,000 global leaders at the World Economic Forum began on Monday evening in this Swiss resort town. On the first day itself, the IMF lowered its global growth outlook and stressed on the need for urgent steps by policymakers and governments to fix the problems in a manner that is inclusive, resilient and collaborative. But IMF Chief Christine Lagarde said the risks still did not indicate any immediate recession. On Monday, the IMF cut its global growth projections for 2019 and 2020 to 3.5 per cent and 3.6 per cent respectively. Leaders from India felt time was ripe for the country to present itself as a counter balance to China and continue on its growth path, irrespective of the outcome of elections due in next few months. While many Indian leaders have given the annual WEF summit a miss this time, those present said the main questions they were facing from the world community related to the elections and whether the Narendra Modi government would return to power. A survey released by WEF showed that Indians had emerged as the biggest supporters of international aid, while another study by Deloitte said Indian businesses were among the best prepared for the next level of globalisation and industrial revolution. In spite of recent shocks in financial markets, the global economy will continue to expand at a modest rate in 2019, according to new analysis released here by IHS Markit, a world leader critical information, analytics and solutions. "A 'perfect storm' shook markets in late 2018," IHS Markit Chief Economist Nariman Behravesh said. "Slowing global growth, the gradual removal of monetary accommodation, the China-US trade conflict and US government shutdown all contributed to the recent rout. However, it is important to note that the stock market is not a reliable predictor of recessions, and the probability of a recession in 2019 remains low," he added. Global growth is expected to increase at a rate of 3.0 percent in 2019 and 2.8 percent in 2020, below the rates seen in 2017 and 2018, but still in-line with trend, IHS Markit analysis said. Behravesh said the WEF attendees will be anxious about financial turmoil and the potential damage from fallout over US policies such as the simmering trade conflict between the US and China and the US government shutdown. "However, US companies will be more upbeat, compared with European and Chinese companies especially those in the manufacturing sectors as US business conditions remain the strongest among the G7 nations. The mood of Chinese delegates is likely to be quite somber," Behravesh said. The IHS Markit analysis concluded that policy mistakes, especially regarding trade, continue to be the biggest threats to global growth in 2019 and beyond. Rising political uncertainty is also likely to negatively impact growth. Global banking major UBS' Chairman Axel Weber said he expects 2019 to be a year of normalisation, in terms of several factors including on monetary policy actions and trade relations. He said there are serious headwinds and the first half of the year would be important to lay foundation for a better second half. The WEF summit began with Crystal Awards function and was followed by an opening concert. The crystal awards were given to three personalities — conductor Marin Alsop, film director Haifaa Al-Mansour and broadcaster and naturalist Sir David Attenborough. Marin Alsop has been recognised for her leadership in championing diversity in music while Haifaa Al-Mansour has been awarded for her leadership in cultural transformation in the Arab world. The crystal award has been given to Sir David Attenborough for his leadership in environmental stewardship. Their remarkable achievements inspire us to see beyond the limits of convention to find solutions for the current issues the world faces, according to the WEF. The opening concert featured Alsop along with Taki Concordia Orchestra in association with Southbank Centre Orchestra and The Royal Academy of Music, London, as well as 13-year-old Clara Shen. Shen was the 2018 winner of Menuhin Junior Competition for young violinists. Through Friday, world leaders as well as nearly 2,000 CEOs and hundreds of others, including representatives of international organisations, would discuss what ails the world and what needs to be done. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japanese Prime Minister Shnizo Abe and Swiss President Ueli Maurer, among others, would be present. On Monday, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) lowered its global growth projections for 2019 and 2020 to 3.5 per cent and 3.6 per cent respectively, citing slowdown in several advanced economies more rapidly than previously anticipated.

At last the GTS, Citibank Nigeria Ltd project is over. A funny feeling comes over me as I take time to decompress from the tight schedule I have been under these past five weeks. I feel really relieved to have put it behind me. Below is the initial design for the CD cover for the project; I later went for something simpler. And next is the portrait of the GTS boss Mr. Nanji. It was a learning experience. Now it's time to wrap up some loose ends for the year 2009.

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package com.adaptris.core.services.jdbc; import java.util.List; import com.adaptris.core.AdaptrisMessage; public class MetadataStatementCreatorTest extends JdbcQueryServiceCase { protected static final String QUERY_SQL_2 = "SELECT adapter_version" + " FROM adapter_type_version " + " WHERE adapter_unique_id = ?"; public MetadataStatementCreatorTest(String arg0) { super(arg0); } @Override protected void setUp() throws Exception { } @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") public void testMetadataStatementCreator() throws Exception { createDatabase(); List<AdapterTypeVersion> dbItems = generate(10); AdapterTypeVersion entry = dbItems.get(0); populateDatabase(dbItems, false); JdbcDataQueryService s = createMetadataService(); FirstRowMetadataTranslator t = new FirstRowMetadataTranslator(); s.setResultSetTranslator(t); AdaptrisMessage msg = createMessage(entry); String sql = ((ConfiguredSQLStatement) s.getStatementCreator()).getStatement(); MetadataSQLStatement ms = new MetadataSQLStatement(); ms.setMetadataKey("sqlStatement"); s.setStatementCreator(ms); // Copy the statement from the service to the metadata of the message to test the metadatastamentcreator msg.addMetadata("sqlStatement", sql); s.setStatement(null); // Get rid of the statement in the service assertNull(s.getStatement()); // Make sure the service doesn't have the statement anymore execute(s, msg); assertEquals(XML_PAYLOAD_PREFIX + entry.getUniqueId() + XML_PAYLOAD_SUFFIX, msg.getContent()); assertTrue(msg.containsKey(t.getMetadataKeyPrefix() + t.getSeparator() + COLUMN_VERSION)); assertEquals(entry.getVersion(), msg.getMetadataValue(t.getMetadataKeyPrefix() + t.getSeparator() + COLUMN_VERSION)); assertTrue(msg.containsKey(t.getMetadataKeyPrefix() + t.getSeparator() + COLUMN_TYPE)); assertEquals(entry.getTranslatorType(), msg.getMetadataValue(t.getMetadataKeyPrefix() + t.getSeparator() + COLUMN_TYPE)); assertFalse(msg.containsKey(JdbcDataQueryService.class.getCanonicalName())); } @SuppressWarnings("deprecation") public void testMultipleExecutions() throws Exception { createDatabase(); List<AdapterTypeVersion> dbItems = generate(10); AdapterTypeVersion entry1 = dbItems.get(0); AdapterTypeVersion entry2 = dbItems.get(1); String metadataQuery1 = QUERY_SQL; String metadataQuery2 = QUERY_SQL_2; populateDatabase(dbItems, false); JdbcDataQueryService s = createMetadataService(); FirstRowMetadataTranslator t = new FirstRowMetadataTranslator(); s.setResultSetTranslator(t); AdaptrisMessage msg1 = createMessage(entry1); msg1.addMetadata("sqlStatement", metadataQuery1); AdaptrisMessage msg2 = createMessage(entry2); msg2.addMetadata("sqlStatement", metadataQuery2); MetadataSQLStatement ms = new MetadataSQLStatement(); ms.setMetadataKey("sqlStatement"); s.setStatementCreator(ms); s.setStatement(null); // Get rid of the statement in the service try { start(s); s.doService(msg1); assertTrue(msg1.containsKey(t.getMetadataKeyPrefix() + t.getSeparator() + COLUMN_VERSION)); assertTrue(msg1.containsKey(t.getMetadataKeyPrefix() + t.getSeparator() + COLUMN_TYPE)); assertEquals(entry1.getVersion(), msg1.getMetadataValue(t.getMetadataKeyPrefix() + t.getSeparator() + COLUMN_VERSION)); assertEquals(entry1.getTranslatorType(), msg1.getMetadataValue(t.getMetadataKeyPrefix() + t.getSeparator() + COLUMN_TYPE)); s.doService(msg2); assertTrue(msg2.containsKey(t.getMetadataKeyPrefix() + t.getSeparator() + COLUMN_VERSION)); assertFalse(msg2.containsKey(t.getMetadataKeyPrefix() + t.getSeparator() + COLUMN_TYPE)); assertEquals(entry2.getVersion(), msg2.getMetadataValue(t.getMetadataKeyPrefix() + t.getSeparator() + COLUMN_VERSION)); } finally { stop(s); } } @Override protected FirstRowMetadataTranslator createTranslatorForConfig() { return new FirstRowMetadataTranslator(); } }

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Wow, it's been four weeks since I've put up a blog post! Same old excuse. Really busy. I have been running though! A few highlights from my last weeks of running. Since it's been so long it's not a picture of the week! This isn't a running picture, but it's one of my favorite pictures I took all month. This is my mare Sasha patiently waiting for me to hang turn ribbons at an intersection of trail. Ran 44 miles total, so I got all my runs in. My 5 mile tempo run turned into a 7 mile tempo run because it was a cool day and I just kept running. My long run (12 miles) and a 6 mile easy run were on trail. Only one treadmill run this week and a 3 x 2 mile tempo run in the rain wrapped up my week. Walking from our truck to the show! This was such a great week for me personally. Maybe not so great for running mileage, though! On Sunday, several of my family got to see Cavalia in Nashville. It was such a great show! We had a wonderful lunch at Romano's Macaroni Grill before and some ice cream after. Wonderful horses, amazing acrobats, good food and some of my favorite family to spend it with??? Absolutely wonderful! Monday, I went to run the Franklin Classic 10k. I usually run the 10k AND the 5k, but this year, for some unknown reason, the 5k was starting an hour later than usual. I run slow enough that, in previous years, running the 10k gave me about 10-15 minutes to change my racing bib before the 5k started. They also removed packet pickup on Friday, so I had to go early on race day to get my t-shirt and race bibs. The t-shirt I got was ginormous! So huge! Supposed to be a medium, but it's so huge, I think Daniel can wear it. All in all, a not so pleasant experience with the "extras" of a race. My plan was to run my own warm-up, then run the 10k at my half marathon tempo pace, since Monday is Tempo day for me. I ran a 2 mile warm-up by running up to Pinkerton Park and through their paved trails before running back to the start line. I seeded myself much further up in the pack than I usually do. I have a tendency to seed too far back these days and get stuck behind walkers and strollers. I ended up a little too close to the front, but I tucked myself into the far right lane and let people flow around me until I was running the same speed as the people around me. One of these days, I'll figure it out. My target pace was 11:50/mi, give or take. My first mile was 11:03. Oops. Slow it down. I managed to slow to 11:24 for the second mile, but began passing people already who went out way too fast the first mile. I was too fast my first mile also, but I was by no means used up. My 3rd mile had a couple small hills in it and I just motored up the hills, passing more people while they walked up hill and even more people as I cruised down the other side. 11:13 for the third mile. By the fourth mile, I was running with people who were still holding their pace or had slowed down to their pace and I didn't pass many people in that mile. 11:22 for that mile. Mile 5 had some mild downhill and I used that to my advantage to do an 11:15 mile. I had pretty much abandoned the idea of running 11:50/mi! I was running well, my breathing was fine. On the flat, I was running around my tempo pace. On the up hill, I was only a few seconds slower and on the downhill a good deal faster. My HR was only a bit higher than a normal tempo run. So while I was running faster than I planned, my body felt ready for it, so I made the decision to just keep going. I was pretty sure I wasn't going to PR, but I let myself run a bit faster on the 6th mile for 10:50, again using downhill to my advantage and passing a few people in this mile. After the 6th mile, I let go and sprinted the finish for an average of 8:13 for that last quarter mile. And came in just under 1:10. A PR! When I was going to just go do a tempo run. Haha. I kept running and retraced my warm up for a cool down at an easy pace, reliving the race and deciding that while I had PRed, I hadn't run too fast. I felt good and my HR recovered very quickly. On Tuesday, we left for vacation at the annual Big South Fork endurance ride. Daniel takes care of the water and I volunteer to mark trail. This means a lot of time on my horse, Sasha, putting out ribbons on trees for the riders to follow to keep them on trail. Since I spend a lot of miles, Sasha and I don't get to compete this ride. We just volunteer. Tuesday it rained and rained and rained after we got parked. We decided not to do any trail marking that day and I decided to hang out with my friends and go to supper rather than go for a run in the rain. So it ended up a pure rest day. Wednesday, I got up and did an easy 6 miles on the gravel road that bisected our endurance camp before starting my trail marking duties. My view for many miles and hours from the back of Sasha. Over the next 5 days I spent 105+ miles on horseback. 41 miles on Sasha marking trail, 16 miles unmarking trail, and 50 miles on Friday doing the endurance ride on a friend's mare. Diane knew I couldn't compete Sasha because of marking the trail, so she graciously offered me Sunshine to ride! I couldn't resist and was completely grateful for the opportunity! Sunshine was a good horse, taking the hills in stride and carried me to a 10th place finish on a tough trail! So while I only ran 16 miles during week 13, I rode 91 miles on horseback. If you've never done an endurance ride before, trust me, that works the legs! Me after a cold long run! Back to my regular schedule! I rode Sasha 16 miles on Sunday pulling ribbons I'd put up before the endurance ride, but after that, it was back to the pavement or trail for running. My Monday tempo run was tough on sore and tired legs! But I managed to keep to pace and did my entire 6 miles. Back to Bowie Nature Park for my 12.5 mile long run on muddy trails in drizzling rain, a couple of easy runs on the treadmill and a repeat of my 3 x 2 mile strength run rounded out my 44 mile week. Finally up to the current week! I did a couple of easy boring 6 mile treadmill runs on Tuesday and Thursday. I really need to get another 6 mile program. I'm bored with the one I have. My adorable 22 week old kittens. Coltrane up top and Snowball below. Wednesday was my long run. I had to drop off my kittens to get neutered, so I ran around Franklin for 11 miles. I had a course all mapped out and loaded onto my 935. First issue, it was really hot and I forgot my handheld water bottle at the truck. I didn't realize until I was almost 2 miles into the run (when I wanted that first drink...) and I wasn't going to go back to get it. I knew I could get water along my route, but I had thought I'd use that for refilling, not for the entire water for my run. Second issue, my 935 crashed during the course, so I had to reset it. Fortunately, the watch didn't lose the first part of my run. So I canceled the course and continued running. Unfortunately, I didn't realize that the GPS didn't lock on! So I ran almost a half mile before it beeped and said it found the GPS signal. Ugh. So I lost 1/2 mile. Of course that half mile is not counted in my weekly total since I have no proof! Not the end of the world, but annoying. Third issue, I twisted my left ankle pretty badly while trying to walk along the side of a busy road without a shoulder or a sidewalk. That was not fun. I had to walk for about 1/3 of a mile before I felt I could jog on it. It was ok, but still hurt a bit the rest of the run and I had to ice it for the next 2 days (although I did do my other runs on it). Fourth issue! I had mapped out a course that included no sidewalk for over a mile! Where I twisted my ankle, I knew had no sidewalk, but it was only a short stretch and I was ok with that. But I thought there was sidewalk on the rest of the course. Nope. So I had to walk close to the busy road, but in the grass and uneven terrain with a twisted ankle. Really brought my average pace down. This was a slight downhill and should have been a joy to run. But there were not any convenient back roads that I could use to cut through. I breathed a sigh of relief when I got back to the sidewalk! All in all, it was an...ok...run. I got it done. It was supposed to be a 10 mile run, but was 11 (really 11.5...). And it was well within my long run pace range. Since it was a one-time thing, I don't have to figure out how to fix the course. I'll just let it go. I run to eat!!! Post long run meal! After my run, I cleaned up with no rinse bath wipes and no rinse shampoo and found a local eatery to work while I waited for the kittens to be ready to come home. Friday was another strength run. 4 x 1.5 miles with a 1/2 mile recovery. I did a 1 mile warm up and 2 miles cool down. This was a good run. I took a bit to settle into my breathing, but I hit my paces pretty well and felt pretty good. 42 more miles in the books. More running, but I'm getting closer! My half marathon is on October 15. I have 4 extra days in my training cycle. I do not want to just add 4 days of easy running to my taper, so I need to figure out where to put them before the taper and what workouts to do.

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Ashley Rideaux is a Los Angeles–based, 500 E-RYT YogaWorks Certified Teacher Trainer, lover of life, and professional giggler who rocks big hair, a big smile, and an even bigger heart. In addition to the strong following she has built in LA, she also leads trainings, workshops, and retreats all over the world. Ashley was first introduced to yoga while studying acting at SMU's Meadows School of the Arts. It was during these four years of movement classes and breathing exercises that she found herself drawn to the practice. After graduating she worked as an actress, performing in regional theaters throughout the country. Somehow, everywhere she worked, she was housed with a yoga instructor or near a yoga studio. Basically, yoga stalked her for years. After settling in LA, she began practicing at YogaWorks, and was fortunate to receive a scholarship to take a 200-hour teacher training. Ashley taught her first class a week after finishing her first training, and hasn't stopped since! She went on to apprentice with Jeanne Heileman for six months as part of the YogaWorks 300-hour Professional Program, and after assisting several trainings, has spent the last six years leading 200-hour teacher trainings for YogaWorks as well as serving as a mentor for them in the 500-hour Professional Program. Ashley's classes are challenging and playful, ranging from therapeutic work to advanced Vinyasa flow. She has experience teaching chair yoga to seniors with neurological disorders and six years of work with clients with eating disorders at Monte Nido Vista, and has also been the featured yoga instructor for NBA player Jordan Farmar's Hoop Farm basketball camp for the past four years. She is a brand ambassador for Lululemon Athletica and has been featured in yoga ad campaigns in Yoga Journal, LA Yoga, and Om Yoga Magazine. All of her classes are a balance of the physical and the philosophical, inviting the body and mind to unfold through her detail to alignment, breath, and meditation. Yoga helped me to have a more positive relationship with myself, and that is a gift I hope to share with others. Jeanne Heileman, and if a book counts, The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali are two of my greatest teachers. Travel has a magical way of inviting you to be present. All of our senses become alert in a way that they often are not in the routine of our day-to-day lives. This is the same work of yoga. It is a practice that has the power to bring us peace through the work of being present, of being now. That being said, I think the combination of travel and yoga gives us the gift of awareness of the world around us and the world within us. I have so many, but if I could narrow it down to a category of poses, arm balances would win. I love breaking down things that many think are impossible to do in ways that are accessible to everyone. Italy and Peru, but if I'm being honest, there are very few places in this world that I've been to that I didn't absolutely love for one reason or another.

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Mungret Community College Student Life Welcome to our School Site BT Young Scientist Prize Winner 2020 We are so proud of all our students who entered the BT Young Scientist Competition this year. This was our first time entering this competition and to get two projects to the RDS was great, but for one of those projects to win a prize was fantastic. Well done to Caitlin (Prize Winner), Arroh, Cormac, Mr. McCarthy and Mr. Hill on such a nice occasion for us all. We are looking forward to developing projects for this competition in the future, as this is an opportunity for students to learn the skills of research, creativity, presentation and above all their own confidence. Spike Ball Team Qualifies for the All-Ireland Final Our First Year boys Spike Ball Team qualified for the All-Ireland final in Mary Immaculate College Sports Hall last Wednesday. This is a sport new to our school and has been well received by our students under the watch full eye of Ms. O Malley. We have both boys and girls teams who train after school regularly. It is great to see our boys getting the opportunity to wear their school crest in what will be our first Spike Ball All-Ireland Final. We are so proud of you all, well done. We would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone in our local community who supported us in any way this year. As we continue to grow our school your commitment, support, encouragement and sponsorship is much appreciated. We hope that all our Students, Staff, Parents/Guardians, Board of Management and your families have a great holiday season. We are looking forward to working with you all again in the New Year. End of Term Examinations and Summative Reports We want to wish all our students the best of luck in their end of term examinations which take place between the 17th – 20th December. Munster Football Champions 2019-20 Our under 15 Football Team have had a great week adding the Munster Title to the County Title they won on Friday. It was great to see our students take the initiative from the first whistle to the last, in the Final played in Pairc Uí Chaoimhe on Tuesday, December 3rd. The final score line was Coláiste Mhungairit 2-8, Coláiste Daibheid Cork 0-6. It was also nice to see the great support our team got from family, friends and fellow students on the day. We would like to congratulate the whole panel for their commitment to training, their resilience on the field, their support of each other and for the way they have proudly represented their school all year. We would like to thank Mungret GAA Club for their kind sponsorship of the Jerseys worn by the team in the finals. A special thank you to Mr. Fitzgerald, Mr. Giltenane and Mr. Dunford for the time they have invested in these players and for ensuring our players enjoy representing our school. County Football Final Winners Friday November 29th will be remembered in the history books of MCC GAA, as it was the day we won our first County Title. Well done to all panel who have worked hard with their coaches Mr. Giltenane, Mr. Fitzgerald and Mr. Dunford. This victory was made sweeter by the team having to battle from a nine point deficit at one stage during the game. Best of luck to all in the upcoming Munster Final. New School Design It is great to see our new school taking shape. It has been designed to fit perfectly into it's site here in Mungret. This will provide our school with a very modern, environmentally friendly building to enhance the very modern teaching and learning that is happening in our school already. Cross Country Winners We had a brilliant day at the Limerick and Clare ETB Cross Country Championships this week. Aoife won a bronze medal in the Under 14 Girls race and led our team (Rebecca, Dobraslava and Lily) to team Bronze. Ross won an individual Gold medal in the under 14 boys race and led our team (Aleyedin, Eamonn and Sam) to the team Gold Medal. Well done to Ms. Holmes, Ms. O Malley and Ms. Dee for all their support of our athletes throughout the school. Model United Nations 2019/20 The first workshop for Model United Nations took place in Rochestown Park Hotel on Thursday 28th. This was a very informative day, especially for our new members, for the four day conference that takes place in Cork City Hall in January. Our MUN students learn the skills of debating, public speaking, understanding others, self confidence, listening skills plus much more through this innovative and interactive platform. Ms. Hickey and Ms. A Ryan deserve great credit for their work with our students for MUN in MCC. First Year Hockey A brilliant day was had by all our First Year Hockey players as they represented us so well at the North Munster Hockey Blitz held in Villiers. The girls won a number of games on the day. Ms. Casey, Ms. Holmes and Ms. Gallagher continue to train all our Hockey Teams in MCC. Jigsaw Meet with our Students and Parents/Guardians We were delighted to invite Jigsaw to make presentations to both our Students and Parents/Guardians over the last few days. Gerry and Siobhan deserve special mention for the excellent presentations they gave in MCC on Teenage Mental Health, as part of the one good school project. We are delighted to be one of those good schools who recognise the value of positive mental health for all our community. The title of the talk for Parents was "Supporting your Child's Mental Health". Bouldering 2019 Well done to all our students who took part in the LCETB Bouldering Challenge 2019 in Kilfinane last Tuesday. This was a great opportunity for students to experience rock climbing in a safe, positive and relaxed environment. Thank you to Ms. O Malley and our PE department for organising another very enjoyable occasion for our students. Second Year Science Trip to Birr Castle All our second years had a very informative visit to Birr Observatory on November 19th. This was part of the Earth and Space part of the New Junior Cycle Science course. It was a great opportunity for our students to get a hands on experience and bring science to life. Social Skills Programme Presentation We are very proud to see Ms Hickey making a presentation on our Social Skills Programme, in Mary Immaculate College to the Limerick SENCO Form. This is an initative that is running in our school to help students develop their social skills/Self Esteem. This is an excellent intervention taken from the NEPS "Get Up, Stand Up" programme, which is being implemented in our school. Great to see the work going on in our school being recognised in the broader educational community…..well done to everyone involved. BT Young Scientist Competition 2020 We are delighted to have three students representing us at the BT Young Scientist Competition in January in the RDS. This is Irelands premier science expo for Irish second level students and is an great opportunity for our students to experience a wonderful few days speaking about and presenting their projects to not alone the judges but to the general public and the media. It is also an occasion where students can learn from their peers and get ideas around careers they would like to follow in Science and Mathematics in the future. We would like to thank Mr Hill and Mr. McCarthy for their support of our students. Ms. Farrell continues to come up with fabulous ideas to help broaden students minds in the area of science in our school. Recently we have had the Sophia Project visit our school to promote Physics and its applications. This was an excellent workshop which was fun but informative. Last week we had a "Guts for Digestion" Workshop, which omoted the area of Biology, Well-Being and Diet. Spike Ball Team Qualify for Regional Finals Well done to Ms. O Malley and our Spike Ball Team who qualified for the regional finals later this month. This is a new sport to our school and it is great to see our students having fun training on our courts after school. We hope you continue to enjoy the sport and wish you well in your upcoming games. Art Trip 2019 Our Art Students enjoyed a guided tour of the Hunt Museum, the tour included a temporary exhibition featuring the artwork of people in custody in prisons in Ireland. Ms. Wall continues to do innovative projects with our students to help develop their artistic skills. LIDL Ireland Ladies Football Blitz Our Ladies Football Team had a busy morning last week at the Transition Year run Castletroy College Blitz. This was a great morning of fun and meeting students from other school, while at the same time representing your school. Well done to Ms. Hickey, Ms. Farrell and everyone involved in Ladies Football in our school. Music in MCC It is great to see the wide variety of methods being used by Ms. Mulcahy in the Teaching of Music in our School. Students get to use Musical Instruments, be part of our Choir and Trad Group, Public Performances, Visit the Concert Hall and use Technology to enhance their learning. Modern and varied approach to learning with lots of Formative Feedback and Students Active in their own Learning. Our Music Students enjoyed the Cork Pops Orchestra in the Concert Hall last Friday. They heard music from Beethoven, Vivaldi, DJ Dashka and sang along with Keith Hanley. This was a great opportunity to visit the University of Limerick, enjoy music presented in a variety of ways and having the experience enhance their learning. Munster Schools Swimming Championships 2019 Well done to all our students who competed in the Munster Schools Swimming Championships in the University of Limerick, on the 12th and 13th of October. We are very proud of you all who wore our colours with pride. A big thank you to Christine for organising and managing our team on the day. Maths Week 2019 We had a very varied and enjoyable approach to problem solving during our entertaining Maths week. It was lovely to see the discussion among our students as they were trying to figure out the answers. Students being Active in their own Learning is something we cherish….not to mention having Fun along the way. Thank you to Ms. Casey, Mr. Connolly, Mr. Hill, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. McCarty, Mr. O Connor and all our Staff that helped make this such a success. Well-Being and Athletics in MCC A big thank you to Amy O Donoghue, Irish Athletics Superstar, for taking time out to visit us in Mungret. Despite the rain, Amy brought our students for a run in the Park and gave an insight into life as an elite athlete. Students also got some valuable tips on Health, Well-being and Resilience. Thank you to Ms. O Malley and Ms. Holmes for organising. Our students also got an opportunity to participate in Limerick Sports Partnership run Team Relay Marathon in the University of Limerick. A great opportunity for our Students to work together as a team, while sampling the excellent facilities in UL. Well done to all who took part and on finishing second in an impressive time of 2 Hrs 10 Min and 23 sec. Ms. Hickey deserves great credit for organising this and many other sporting events in our school. Space Week There is always science related activities happening in MCC, whether it is fun experiments in Science Club, Science Week or even Space Week. Students learn all about the Solar System, Planets, Comets and Eclipses as part of the new Junior Cycle, but to see that in an Active way during a recent lunchtime event. In this event students were on the clock trying to solve the Space Week Treasure Hunt. Students Active in their own Learning and having Fun with it. Well done to Ms. Farrell for organising, another novel idea. Mungret Community College held our Open Night for the 2020/21 Academic Year in the South Court Hotel on Wednesday October 9th at 7.30pm. It was great to meet so many of you on the night. This is an exciting next chapter in 6th Class Students Educational Career, as they look to build on all their learning in Primary School. Well done to everyone who got involved, especially to our school Choir, Musicians and our brave Students who spoke on the night …so proud of you all. Our Enrolment/Admissions Policy is available on our website, in the Policies Section. All applications for First Year are made through the Common Applications System (CAS) for Limerick Schools. It was great to welcome Conor Mellon, from the Teaching Council and Cosán, to our school on Thursday after school. Conor was working with us on developing a culture of staff and students reflecting on their work, with the aim of enhancing learning throughout our school. This ties in well with our SSE/SIP plan for the current academic year. On Monday afternoons there is great work going on in our Robotics Club. A big thank you to Mr Hill, Mr O Connor and Ms. Buckley for giving of their time and skills to our students. Later in the year these students will have the opportunity to compete in competition. We have been very lucky over the last three years to have had an excellent Board of Management in place, who have worked tirelessly to ensure that our school is run efficiently and to a very high standard. We would like to thank the Board for all their hard work on behalf of our students, parents and staff. Ms. Grealish continues to develop the student voice in our school. Our new council has been elected by their classmates and have had two meeting in September. On Friday 4th October they had leadership training with Mr Donal Fitzgibbon. We look forward to working together to make our school where the student voice is valued. There is a big commitment to developing languages in our school. As part of this work our first year students were designing posters and developing the skill of communication in a new languages over the last few weeks. We also had a very successful Languages day recently. Our second and thirds years will be working on their Classroom Based Assessments over the next few months. Our PE department work closely with both Mary Immaculate College and Delta Sports Dome to provide a varied and active PE program for all our students. This also plays a key part in the well-being of our students, which is something we all value in MCC. SPHE, Tutor Class, Overnight trip to an Activity Centre and CSPE also play a significant part in helping students take an active part in their own well-being. In MCC our students well-being is not just limited to these areas but is something that is addressed in our school from the minute our students start their school day to the minute they leave in the evening. We are delighted to see so many girls playing hockey in school this year. Ms. Casey, Ms. Hickey and Ms. Holmes continue to work with the girls developing their skills in a fun inclusive way. Our students will get a chance to represent their school throughout the season. We would also like to thank Catholic Institute for the use of their facilities for training and matches. The rugby season is well under way and our students have enjoyed training over the last few weeks. Mr McCarthy and Mr Dunford continue to work with our teams. We wish them well for the season ahead. Art at MCC Ms. Wall continues to foster the artistic talents of our students. Our students get the opportunity to work in pencil, paint, clay, puppetry and printing to name but a few. Climate Change and Environmental Issues Our school community, as well as the wider community are very concerned about environmental issues. On Friday 20th September a number of students wanted to highlight the contrast between the beautiful trees in Mungret Park and the proposed burning of waste at the cement factory near by. Clay Pigeon Shooting World Championships One of our students had a wonderful Clay Pigeon World Championships finishing second in the under 20's age group, over the summer. This was some achievement, made even better considering he is just 15. Well done to Billy John. Connaught Boys Golf Champion Well done to Alistair on winning the Boys Connaught Championships and on finishing runner up, beaten in a play off, in the Ulster Boys Championship in golf over the summer. Another great achievement by one of our students. Past Pupils Union of Mungret College We were delighted to host the Past Pupils Union of Mungret College to our school on Saturday September 14th. It was great to see such a large turn out for their annual dinner on Friday 13th September, followed by the visit to our school the following morning. The PPU has been very kind in sponsoring a bursary to the tune of 500 euro on each of the last two years. Many an old tale was relived over the weekend. New Academic Year is in Full Swing A warm welcome to all our school community, we are especially delighted to welcome all our incoming first years and their families to our school community. We wish you every success in the years ahead. We are also delighted to welcome our new members of staff, they join an exceptionably competent and professional learning community. Over the summer months a new section containing 4 General Classrooms and a Science Room was added to our existing campus. These rooms are fitted with all the equipment required for a modern learning environment. Well done to all those who have worked hard to ensure this project reached completion on time. Launch of European Expo 2020 It was nice to be invited to the launch of European Expo in the Hunt Museum on Monday September 9th. This was another opportunity for some of our students to experience things going on in our city, country and at european level. The European Expo is a series of exhibitions, seminars over the course of 2020 that celebrates national and European culture and cooperation, with the European Investment Bank art exhibition at its core in Limerick City and County. Camogie in MCC Well done to all our girls (old&new) who attending training in our school. The sessions are full of fun&even the odd fistpump. We were delighted to see our Limerick Camogie U14 player Amy o'H get her opportunity to play last Sunday in Croke Park. A big thank you to Ms Hickey for committment to girls sport in our school and well to her insightful commentary on the All Ireland Junior Final in Croke Park on Sunday. Climate Action Forum in Tait House Four of our students got the opportunity to attend the Climate Action Forum hosted by Tait House and attended by the Minister for the Environment, Mr Richard Bruton TD. This gave our students a chance to be part of the debate on the actions being proposed by the government and other agencies to address the urgent need to change our behavour for the sake of future generations. We hope to continue this debate and take actions at school level through our Green Schools Committee and our Committee On Climate Charge. Kind Donation from Regeneron We would like to thank Regeneron for the kind donation of two laptop computers and a desk top computer to our school. This again is a great example of the good will we recieve from our local community as we continue to develop and grow as a modern Teaching and Learning Centre. In particular we would like to thank two of our parents in the school, Mr Justin McSweeney and Ms Monica Jain for facilitating this for us. Arts and Culture Night 2019 Our Annual Arts and Culture Night was a huge success this year. This years event took place on Thursday Night May 16th in the hall in Mungret College. Everyone deserves great credit for the high quality of our Student's work that was on display, ranging from Woodwork Displays to Visual Art to Creative Writing to Geography Projects to a Variety of different Languages used on the night. The Highlight of the night was the incredible talent our students displayed on the stage. The musical performances of all our students, under the direction of our highly skilled music teacher Ms. Mulcahy, was an experience to saviour. The night was summed up best by the standing ovation that greeted the students at the end of the night. A big thank you to Mungret College for providing us with an amazing hall and to our Parent Association for all the catering. This was another occasion for us to be so proud of our wonderful students and staff. Second Year Geography, Physical Education and Well Being Trip to Clare Our Second Years had a great trip to Clare on Friday May 17th. The Geography part of the trip brought our students to the Ailwee Caves, for a guided tour. This was followed by a trip down the Wild Atlantic Way to Lahinch for a Surfing Lesson. The fine, sunny weather on the day added to the occasion. Well done to Mr. Kennedy, Ms. Hickey, Mr. Fitzgerald and Ms. Grealish for organising the day. First Year Walking Tour of Limerick City Our First Year Students had a Local Living History Day on Friday May 17th. This was a great occasion for our students to get to experience the History of Limerick by having a guided walking tour of our city. They took in the Hunt Museum, King John's Castle as well as many other sites as they walked on a lovely bright and warm day. Thank you to our History Department, Ms. Frazer, Mr. O Connor and Ms. Ryan for organising this event. Grand Parents Morning We had the honour of welcoming the grandparents of our students to MCC on the afternoon of Wednesday May 15th. This turned out to be a very special occasion and it was great to see the warm interaction between our students and their grandparents. Well done to Treaty 1 and Ms. Murphy for organising. We are looking forward to many more occasions like this in the future. Ms Hickey and Ms. Ryan brought our MUN Team to the Junior Event in Mallow earlier this month. Our students got the opportunity to debate important issues as they represented a variety of countries and NGO's. This gives our students the experience of public speaking and understanding the challenges that different countries experience. Issues debated on the day were Climate change, Internet Safety and Cybercrime. Well done to the whole team for the work you have put into Model United Nations this year. Student Council Final Meeting of the Year Our Student Council had their last meeting today of the Academic Year. During this year these students have represented their classes well in bring issues of concern to our students to the forefront. Ms. Grealish has worked very closely with this group, who met on a fortnightly basis throughout the year. To thank the council for their work they were invited to the Milk Thistle today for a treat. First Year Boys and Girls Secure County Basketball Titles Well done to both our First Year Boys and Girls Basketball Teams on winning their respective county titles. This was a fitting end to the year for both these teams as they have worked hard on their skills all year. Mr. Kennedy deserves great credit for the time he puts into these teams. Professor Sarah Fitzgerald Visits Our School as part of Creative Writing 2019 Prof. Sarah Fitzgerald, from the University of Limerick, visited our students to help develop their writing skills. She took the time to give a presentation, take questions and even join our book club for a creative writing picnic in Mungret Park. Well done to all involved in this language development experience which has run throughout the year. Thank you Ms. Frazer for organising. Creative Writing – A Partnership Between MCC and UL Mungret Community College has been working in partnership with the University of Limerick in this Creative Writing experience. Well known authors Professor Sarah Moore Fitzgerald and Professor Joseph O'Connor worked with us to facilitate a creative writing course that would be run by students on the Masters in Creative Writing Course UL, for our young writers here in Mungret. Every Friday afternoon students have been learning the skills of creative writing and this culminated in the opportunity to read these stories in UL on Friday 5th April. Students have really developed their writing skills with much thanks to the masters students and all of the hard work they put into this partnership. Students were presented with their certificates by The Dean of the Faculty, Professor Helen Kelly Holmes. Both Professor Joseph O' Connor and Professor Sarah Moore Fitzgerald were impressed with the skill, creativity and courage our students displayed. Ms. Frazer, Mr. O Connor and Ms. A. Ryan deserve great credit for coordinating this opportunity for our students. Hockey Developing Well in MCC It was a lovely way to finish out our first year hockey league with a win against Laurel Hill on Friday April 12th. In a very competitive and enjoyable game our girls had a well deserved win. This has been a great year for hockey in our school, the girls have worked hard developing their skills all year. We had 34 First and Second years out in the sunshine last week for our final training session. This is just our first year playing hockey and the focus has been on enjoyment and development. Thank you to Ms. Hickey, Ms. De Burca and Catholic Institute Hockey Club. First Year Soccer Team Progress to Semi-Final Congratulations to first year boys team who were comfortable winners over Glenstal and advance to the semi final of the North Munster Cup. Hard luck to our Second Year Boys who were narrowly defeated by Glenstal, 2-1 in their Quarter Final. NAPD Creative Engagement Project 2019 Our First Year art students worked with artist Stephen Murphy to complete our schools Creative Engagement Project, funded by NAPD. Our students created a sculptural wall hanging representing diversity. Students learned original art forms – Chinese brush painting, Aboriginal dot painting & Islamic geometric patterns. As a result their final piece is a cacophony of different cultures. Well done to Ms. McGrath for coordinating this event and for her dedication to all things creative in our school. Green School's Committee Spring Clean 2019 Well done to all MCC students who participated in our Spring Clean2019 day. This event was organised by our Green School Committee. Well done to this committee on their recent positive Inspection for our First Green Flag. We hope to be presented with this flag in the coming weeks. Good to see your hard work being recognised. Limerick and Clare ETB Sports Day 2019 Our Students had a great day on Thursday April 11th in the University of Limerick at the LCETB Schools Sports Day. This was a superbly organised event, in an amazing venue. Well done to Col. Na Trocaire, Rathkeale for organising for year. First Year Boys Rugby in Thomond Park Our First Year boys rugby team got an opportunity to take part in a blitz in Thomond Park. This was a great chance for the boys to play on the historic pitch. Thank you to Mr Kennedy and Mr McCarthy for organising this for our students. Basketball All Ireland Semi Final Our boys Basketball had a great win over Kinsale Community school by 42 to 38 points in a very exciting close game. This set up an All Ireland semi final against St Aidan's College, Dublin on their home court in Whitehall. Despite an excellent performance by our team St. Aidan's came out on top. Well done to Mr Kennedy, Tony Hehir, Michael and all our boys basketball players for your dedication throughout the year. Student Council in The University of Limerick Our Student Council were invited to the University of Limerick to experience how the university is run and to appreciate the life of a UL Student. Our Student Council has reviewed our Homework Policy and are now reviewing our Code of Behaviour. Well done to Ms. Grealish for all her work with our Students Council. First Year Mathematics Team Well done to our First Year Mathematics Team that took part in the Irish Maths Teachers Association competition in Castletroy on Friday. This was a great experience for our young mathematicians. Well done to all our Maths teachers for all the hard work they do with our Students. Business Club Prize Winners Congratulations to our Student Enterprise Teams in the recent Student Enterprise Awards, in the South Court Hotel. Each of our entrants acquitted themselves well and learnt many skills as a result. We had prize winners in the Intermediate Category, where three of our students whose company is called "Amoremacarons" were awarded their trophy. Congratulations to our Hurlers It was a good day for our Hurler's and their coaches today. The boys had a good win in the Limerick Post Primary Schools LIT sports Under 15 Hurling , Corn Donnacha O Nunain Championship over Coláiste Mhuire. Well done to everyone involved. Well Being Overnight Educational Activities Trip Our annual well-being overnight trip for all First Year Students took place on Thursday and Friday March 14th and 15th. Our Students got to do a range of activities from rock climbing, Kayaking, caving, archery, orienteering and plotting their own course using a map and compass for a 4 hour hill walk. The aim of the two days is to encourage our students to manage themselves away from home, develop their communication skills, develop new friendships, learn new skills and to challenge themselves in a safe environment. We would like to thank the staff of both the Burren and Kilfinane Outdoor Educational Centres for their professionalism, their warm welcome and their kindness, which was shown to all our students and staff. Mr Kennedy, Ms Hickey and Mr Connelly put in a huge effort behind the scenes to ensure this was a great occasion for our students. Leading learning Team Our Leading Learning Team are working hard with all our staff to develop high quality Learning in the classroom. We had Dr. Joe O Connell visit us to work with the team on developing the language and effectiveness of Formative Feedback for our Students. This is one of the many methods we as staff are trying to develop so that our Students can take ownership of their own learning, while engaging with their Teachers and Parents/Guardians. Munster Schools Chess Champion Well done to Mark on winning the Munster Schools Chess Championship earlier this week. This is the first Post-Primary Schools Championship that Mark has won, but is only one in a long list of chess competitions that Mark has won over the years. World Book Day in MCC As we all know reading books is a wonderful pastime. We are lucky to have received a variety of new books for the start of World Book Day. These books are available to our student's through our Library, which is run by our student's for their classmates. This is just one of many initiatives being run to help develop student's literacy skills. Presentation of Cheque for Lip Sync Battles 2018/19 A cheque for over 41,000 Euro was presented to our School on Wednesday 13th February by the School's Parent Association. We would like to thank our local community for your wonderful support in running this fundraising event. In particular I want to thank our Parents Association for everything they do for us. Kieran O Brien and Kevin Dore deserve special mention for their total commitment to this project. Your efforts will be rewarded in the facilities our students will be able to access as a result of your work. We would like to extend a special thank you to all our Lip Sync group members, who worked tirelessly at dance practice, fundraising and encouraging each other. Their efforts have been nothing short of phenomenal. A word of thanks also to our sponsors, whether it in sponsoring an act, placing an advert in our programme or donating a spot prize your generosity is much appreciated. We would encourage people to support these local companies. All the funds raised by this event will be used to enhance the learning of all our students in Mungret Community College. We will use this funding to expand the already excellent information technology provision in our school. We have purchased a class set of chromebooks with a portable storage and charging unit. We will continue to expand in this area and expect to secure a second class set of chromebooks, a number of apple ipads and apple tv units in the coming weeks. STEM subjects are another area that we wish to continue to develop and with that in mind we have invested in equipment for teaching Science in a modern and hands on way. The funds raised have also allowed us to secure a defibrillator for our school community. Another area we have developed is our hard surface basketball courts, which have enhanced the recreation time of our students. There have been many achievements and high points, over the last couple of years, but what has stood out for us has been the positive support we have received from our Local Community. The Lip Sync Battles event on the 20th October was a great example of the community wrapping its arms around our school. New School Design Team Get Down To Work The initial Client/Design Team Meeting for our new school building for took place at Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board's head office on Monday 11th February. Prior to the formal commencement of the meeting students from the school, along with Principal Liam O'Mahoney, Deputy Principal Helen Ryan, and the Chair of the school's Board of Management, Cllr Daniel Butler, got an opportunity to meet the design team and view outline plans of what is being proposed for our new Post-Primary School here in Mungret. School Opening……..Exciting Times Ahead We are delighted to announce that Mungret Community College opened to our First Year Students on the 29th of August at 9am. It was great to see the scene in our court yard this morning as we welcomed our first students to our school. As can be seen in the photograph above our students were looking their best in their new uniforms. These are very exciting times for our students, their families, our dedicated staff, our interim board of management, LCETB and the local community. On welcoming the opening of Mungret Community College Cllr. Daniel Butler (Chairperson of the Interim Board) said '​I would like to acknowledge the great commitment of the board of management to get us to this point. In particular I would like to pay tribute to the diligence of school Principal Liam O'Mahoney ably assisted by Deputy Principal Helen Ryan in delivering a school ready to open within a tight deadline. The education of our community's children is in great hands.' Our Board has worked tirelessly over the last six months to ensure that our campus was ready to open on time. We thank each member of the board for their hard work, positive attitude and dedication which has been crucial to the schools development. We would like to wish our dedicated staff many years of happiness and success in our school and thank them for the efforts they have put into the school prior to its opening. To our incoming students we hope that their expectations and dreams can be realised in a warm, caring, safe and happy environment. 2nd Year Parent Teacher Meeting January 30, 2020 at 3:30 pm – 6:00 pm @Mungretcc Our Patron Body LCETB is Patron to a number of Community Colleges in Limerick City and environs including: Coláiste Ciaráin, Gaelcholáiste Luimnigh, Castletroy College and Thomond Community College. 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Home » World Food Prize president to step down in 2020 World Food Prize president to step down in 2020 Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn, president of the World Food Prize Foundation Source: World Food Prize Foundation DES MOINES, IOWA — Ambassador Kenneth M. Quinn, longtime president of the World Food Prize Foundation, plans to retire from the organization on Jan. 3, 2020. Mr. Quinn has led the W.F.P.F. for 20 years. "Leading the World Food Prize and endeavoring to fulfill the vision of Dr. Norman Borlaug and John Ruan Sr. has been an extraordinary privilege," Mr. Quinn said during a March 25 reception commemorating the 105th anniversary of Dr. Borlaug's birth. "It is an honor that I never could have imagined when I arrived back in Des Moines from Cambodia in 1999, having literally gone from 'The Killing Fields' to `The Field of Dreams.' What at first seemed an impossible quest, to have the World Food Prize come to be seen as the 'Nobel Prize for Food and Agriculture,' has over the last 20 years become a dream come true." John Ruan III, chairman of the W.F.P.F., thanked Mr. Quinn for his long and exceptional service. "I am sincerely grateful for the leadership and vision that Ambassador Kenneth Quinn has brought to the World Food Prize," Mr. Ruan said. "During his time leading the World Food Prize, he far exceeded our most ambitious expectations, ultimately creating an extensive program that includes a week-long set of events each October. The World Food Prize Foundation and the Ruan family are truly thankful for Ken's passion and unwavering commitment to ensuring the longevity and impactful legacy of the World Food Prize." When Mr. Quinn assumed leadership of the World Food Prize in January 2000, he had a one-person staff and the World Food Prize was a one-day event, drawing only 25 to 30 participants from outside of Iowa. Since that time he has built the annual World Food Prize Laureate Award Ceremony and the Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium into the "Davos of Global Food Security," an event that has been attended annually by more than 1,200 people from 40 to 50 different countries. Speakers at the World Food Prize programs in Iowa during Mr. Quinn's tenure include: Chinese President Xi Jinping; U.N. Secretaries-General Ban Ki-moon and Kofi Annan; Princess Haya bint Al Hussein the U.N. Messenger of Peace; former Prime Minister Tony Blair and Bill Gates who, from the stage of the World Food Prize Dialogue in 2009 launched his multi-billion dollar global effort to eradicate poverty. "If there was a Mount Rushmore dedicated to the World Food Prize, there would have to be room for Ambassador Ken Quinn's likeness along with that of Dr. Norman Borlaug and John Ruan," said Tom Vilsack, former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. "Ambassador Quinn took the World Food Prize to new heights with a passionate commitment to its purpose and its founders. He never lost an opportunity to expand the impact of the World Food Prize. By creating and building up the youth institute and fellowship programs he guaranteed succeeding generations would honor the legacies of Dr. Borlaug and John Ruan and accept the challenge of feeding the world and ending hunger. Iowans, in particular, should be incredibly proud of how Ambassador Quinn along with the Borlaug and Ruan families have brought the world to Des Moines every year allowing us to showcase our capitol city and state." Mr. Quinn has received numerous awards and recognitions during his two decades leading the World Food Prize. He was only the 23rd person to receive the Iowa Medal, the state's highest civilian honor, when Governor Terry E. Branstad presented it to him in 2014. In 2019, in a ceremony in the House of Lords in London, he was presented the Steven Krulis Champion of Humanity Distinguished Service Award for his role in confronting genocide in Cambodia. Other honors include the American Farm Bureau Distinguished Service to Agriculture and the FFA Distinguished Service Citation. Both are the highest awards given by those organizations. Mr. Quinn will retain the title of president emeritus of the W.F.P.F. for his lifetime. The W.F.P.F. board of directors has hired a national firm to facilitate the search for Mr. Quinn's successor. World Food Prize goes to a 'trailblazer in soil science' President of African Development Bank awarded World Food Prize Foraker to step down as Annie's president at General Mills

Sunshine Socialist Cinema Redistributing surplus light via solarpowered outdoor cinema Enlightenment Library Manual For A Cinema Open Call! Screening With Pennybridge Poetry June 19, 2019 by sunshinesocialistcinema On June 15th we arranged a screening on Järntorget in Örebro, on the invitation of OpenART and in collaboration with Pennybridge Poetry. We screened a program of four films, with poetry readings inbetween each film. Videos included in the screening: Procrastination by Björn Perborg; The Big Store by Lars Arrhenius and Johannes Müntzing; Grosse Fatigue by Camille Henrot; Where The Border Runs by Knutte Wester. Big, big thank you's go out to: all the people at OpenART that we met and/or communicated with; all the poets, filmmakers and other participants from Pennybridge; Knutte, Lasse, Johannes, Björn, and Camille for the videos; all the engaged audience members and all the randos passing by! Pennybridge Poetry is a youth organization dedicated to the writing and performance of poetry, sometimes working in cooperation with campaigns such as Raise Your Voice. After this first date which we arranged together, Pennybridge Poetry will take over the cinema equipment and run their own screenings in Örebro for the rest of the season. Their next date will be on June 24. Check out XOLA for previous collaborations somewhat along these lines. Posted in screening, XOLA! | Tagged OpenART, Pennybridge Poetry, sunshine socialist cinema | Leave a comment | Films Of 2019 (V): The Woolworths Choir Of 1979, By Elizabeth Price Still from The Woolworths Choir Of 1979 by Elizabeth Price (c) 'My work is about people and histories, but not individuals – it's about people as collective forces or voices and how we emerge as such through material culture.' – Quote by Elizabeth Price from HERE, a Baltic Centre of Contemporary Art exhibition guide 2012). The Woolworths Choir Of 1979 by Elizabeth Price is an associative exploration of the stories of a fire in the department store Woolworths in Manchester, in which ten people died. The video is set up as a stream of visuals and ideas, flowing through three parts which in turn (1) sets up the stage or the auditorium for a drama, then (2) introduces a choir to narrate the drama, and finally (3) presents the tragic event which the drama is based on. Elizabeth Price won the Turner Prize in 2012. Quoting the website of the Tate Museum: "The three sections are linked by recurring images of hand gestures. It begins with a photographic montage of ecclesiastical architecture and digitally animated plans describing an archetypal choir area in a church. Arcane words and definitions, particular to the institution and extracted from essays on churches, narrate the images like a PowerPoint lecture. This bulleted and didactic tone is punctuated by loud rhythmic claps, finger clicks and sung chords. An animated posture and twist of a wrist of a church floor effigy takes the film into the second part which expands on the meaning of a choir as a group of multiple voices. Internet clips of female pop performances, including 1960s American group Shangri-Las and their song Out in the Streets, focus on gestural arm movements and synchronised dances of singers and backing vocalists, layering and assembling them into a unified cacophonic dance and chorus prophetically insisting 'WE KNOW'. In the final episode the sinuous gestures of the dancers cut to flames, billows of smoke and images of a trapped woman waving for help through a barred window. A range of footage drawn from public archives of the devastating fire that killed ten people at the Woolworths department store in Manchester in 1979 fluctuates between eye witness and survivor accounts, news reports (the first narratives of the event) and material relating to the public inquest that effected change in fire laws in Britain, interjected with text from the chorus. A reconstruction plan of the source of the fire – a storeroom stacked with flammable soft furnishings – brings the work full circle by recalling the rectangular enclosure of the church choir lined with pews." Posted in Films, Program | Leave a comment | Films Of 2019 (IV): Grosse Fatigue, By Camille Henrot Still fom Grosse Fatigue, by Camille Henrot Quoting from the Guggenheim website: "Over the course of thirteen minutes, the video tells the story of the creation of the universe through a cascade of images that pop up, collide, and implode across a computer screen. Set to a soundtrack of a rapid-fire spoken-word poem, written in collaboration with poet Jacob Bromberg, the narrative blends scientific histories with creation stories from a variety of major religions (Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism), faiths (Freemasonry, Kabbalah), and indigenous traditions (Dogon, Inuit, Navajo). Highly subjective and intuitive, the work relates the vastness of the universe to the expansive arena of the Internet and points to the impossibility of a unifying system of knowledge." Quoting from the König Galerie website and Lousie Simard: "This video installation unfolds to the rhythm of fluid superimpositions, juxtapositions and associations of images and words in a series of pop-ups and open windows on a screen. The thirteen-minute piece is accompanied by a narration written in collaboration with the poet Jacob Bromberg and spoken by Akwetey Orraca-Tetteh. Like all of Henrot's works—films, drawings, sculptures, collections of images and objects—Grosse Fatigue speaks of her interest in anthropology, philosophy, literature, music and metonymical relationships. Henrot produced Grosse Fatigue during a residency at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington." All images are © 2019 ADAGP Camille Henrot. Courtesy the artist, Silex Films, and Kamel Mennour, Paris. Posted in Films, Program | Tagged Camile Henrot, Grosse Fatigue, sunshine socialist cinema | 1 Comment | Films Of 2019 (III): The Big Store, By Lars Arrhenius And Johannes Müntzing June 3, 2019 by sunshinesocialistcinema Videostill from The Big Store, by Lars Arrhenius and Johannes Müntzing The Big Store is an animated film which takes place at the department store NK in Stockholm, during the minutes surrounding the murder of the Foreign Minister Anna Lindh in 2003. The murder was filmed by surveillance cameras, but in the animation produced by Lars Arrhenius and Johannes Müntzing, shoppers and flaneurs in the department store appear as skeletons on an X-ray screen, and no consumer objects are visible. Poster for The Big Store, by Lars Arrhenius and Johannes Müntzing Posted in Films, Program | 1 Comment | Films Of 2019 (II): Where The Border Runs, By Knutte Wester May 28, 2019 by sunshinesocialistcinema Installation view from Moderna Museet: Where the Border Runs, by Knutte Wester An undocumented refugee limps about in a muddy field somewhere in Sweden and shows us a border. The border appears real, almost like a national border, and crossing it might have disastrous consequences. He tells us that he has lived inside the border for four years. There is something incomprehensible about the border, it seems taken out of nothing. Videostill from Where the Border Runs, by Knutte Wester "You see over there? Back there's where the border is." A child moves around in the Swedish countryside and points out an invisible border. It frames the safe areas in the vicinity of a place where he lives with other undocumented immigrants. The film's aesthetics are pared-down and unsentimental. The boy talks about his situation without a trace of bitterness. "Sure, it would be great to go in to town and eat a hamburger, but you have to wait your turn", he says. – Quoted from the website of Moderna Museet. Where the Border Runs is a film with direction, camera, sound, editing and music by Knutte Wester. Grading was done by Simon Tingell. Sound was mixed by Boris Laible. The film was produced with support from Film i Västerbotten. Posted in Films, Program | Tagged Knutte Wester, sunshine socialist cinema, Where the Border Runs | 1 Comment | Films Of 2019 (I): Procrastination, by Björn Perborg Videostill from Procrastination, by Björn Perborg Procrastination is a pretty universal phenomenon. The possibility of instant satisfaction often appears far more attractive than some vague reward in the future. That is why many of us suddenly start to do the dishes, vacuum clean or tidy up the flat when we really should be preparing for an approaching deadline. In this film the artist Björn Perborg reveals how his plans for a two month residency in Copenhagen turned into something else and how he, in the end, had produced nothing but a short film about procrastination. Narration performed by Andrew Mottershead Featured music is Nightclub 1960 by Astor Piazzolla, performed and recorded by Björn Perborg Theatrical mix / Mastering by Niklas Skarp Björn Perborg is a Swedish contemporary artist and filmmaker, best known for his playful sculptures and animations, lined with humour and astonishment before what is taken for granted or considered normality. Björn Perborg was born in Västerås, Sweden. He currently lives and works on the island of Orust. After music studies in Örebro and Moscow, he switched to fine art and graduated from the Valand art academy in Gothenburg in 2003. Björn has also studied filmmaking at EICTV on Cuba and at Wits School of Art in Johannesburg. Björn's short films and video installations departs either from his own experiences, observations or from found stories. Larger solo shows include »Geschichten aus dem Koffer« at Künstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin, 2009, and the retrospective »Being Björn Perborg« at Konstnärshuset in Stockholm, 2014. Posted in Films, Program | Tagged Björn Perborg, Procrastination, sunshine socialist cinema, video art | 1 Comment | The What And The How: Fellow Travellers March 26, 2019 by sunshinesocialistcinema Curating a book/exhibition/screening with the Sunshine Socialist Cinema, at FOCO in Lisbon, are: Aude Vignac, Jule Kurbjeweit, Luísa Santos, Federico Rudari, Juliana Orrego Trujillo. Here they all are, next to some randos.One of the many excellent things they are producing is a questionnaire, in which we ask our audience for thoughts on the What and the How of a utopian cinema. The answers are published continuously here on the blog, and in a book which you can find online (link coming up shortly). Now. We would like to direct all of our readers to the questionnaire, because it is still open. Your answers will not only be published, more importantly they will provide fuel and direction for the re-structuring of our cinema. Doesn't that sound like something you'd want to be a part of? Go to the questionnaire, have a look, yeah? "When you dream of a utopian cinema, what do you envision? What would your ideal Sunshine Socialist Cinema be like?" – Documentary mix with fiction on possible economic and social schemes everywhere in the world and debates afterwards of what was real or what was fiction to show that some equal system can happen for real and see how we can progress – It will provide a lot of space and acceptance for the choice of what film to screen, what audience to come and what opinions are to be raised. It will also aim for building a bridge between the artist, the audience, the industry and the society. There is always a discussion session led by different interested parties with different pov. – It would bring different views of socialism to the screen and debates, from Stalin to Mao, and viewers as well as employees would have to cope with the natural arguments that would break up in every session, delaying people and even bringing physical fights to the outside (it sounds funny and scary, but that's how it works) – A place that enables watching and debating cinema with no hierarchies through panel structures or other models of power. – This example seems already quite interesting. Maybe add a bar for those discussions ; a space for movie to be displayed in an open air environment during summer, a place to receive food/clothes to be given to charity, and tolerance/openness for everyone (which i'm sure is quite obvious). – An open space where after a film screening we would be able to discuss, with a panel of moderators the issues we believe the film brought up – A cinema that would create the space for reflection and action at individual and collective levels – A socialist movie followed by a Q&A with an expert on the topic, then some alcohol to cheer everyone. – The utopian cinema is an informal activity where everyone is welcome, is a place of debate and inclusion, a place to talk and discover other ideas. – The utopian cinema would show films you could not see elsewhere. The watching experience itself should be special. There would be a pre-film introduction and a post-film conversation/discussion. – Utopian cinema would allow political and social critical discussion, therefore addressing the main problems of society, and searching for possible solutions for them even if on an esthetic and symbolic level. – It would be a place for discussing progressive ideas and learning from different perspectives after watching interesting films – Monjas ayudando en ecología profunda, y transformando la comunidad con seguridad alimentaria – A warm welcome, an introduction that might raise questions to consider, diverse screenings, an opportunity for a q&a after the screening, and then an informal drink with everyone who felt like staying. Maybe a local cafe that we could go to afterwards. You could intersperse screenings with talks, where the speaker showed clips, and were in conversation with one of the organisers. – I would love it to change location, to be dynamic and use it as another lair of agenda setting. – The ideal SSC in my opinion would raise relevant questions of society, such as poverty, income inequality and multiculturalism, and offer a socialist perspective and how to address them for the benefit of all. This however should not come in the form of a one-size-fits-all prescription, but by inspiring a discussion among the viewers and producers aswell. This is why the SSC would have to be very inclusive, also inviting people who do not identify as socialists to join in as a one-sided discussion in a bubble does traditionally not change much. – A cinema close to the beach, with nice cold drinks, cozy chaoirs and a provacative discussion after the movie – A cinema room were u choose a topic every month. And each week, 2 or 3 diferent movies screened (in a loop like 3 or 4 times a weeks) preceded by a little introduction and followed by a debate to understand how the movie treat the topic of the month. In order to be able to compare the diferent points of view and technicles of each movie maker. – First of all it would show all movies in the respective original language they were recorded in. Preferably before and after the movie there would be a little art gallery/ discussion round/ some food and drinks, so that watching movies would become a social event again rather than an occasion for individual consumption. – It should be a place to share ideas, visions, views and criticism on any kind of current past or future topic! – A place to see a film and before the flim a context explaination with some documentations and divers opinion / see the film / and after debate aboute the topic around a drink / have some different views in the debate / there is a book music film and documentary shop / there os a bar and snack around a cheminée with a lot of sofa like a lounge – The utopian cinema could bring up different topics (fair fashion, sustainable lifestyle, social projects, etc). It would be nice to first get an overview of the topic and then discuss it to have different point of views. – My dream cinema would have movies in good quality sound/image that I can not find online. – The cinema would give room for discussion and exchange in relation to the films and also the general topics the films would depict. – It would provide information in an interesting and accessible way so that people without a lot of prior knowledge would understand and become interested – A utopian cinema would provide a platform for watching and discussing films with socio-political themes, which would start conversations around these topics. It would also have a community-building function in the neighbourhood in which it is organised, bringing neighbours together and helping them build a sense of community spirit, although it would not be exclusively a community project and would be open to anyone from anywhere in the world. As well as this it would have an educational function, introducing people of all ages to topics and films they hadn't previously been exposed to. – It could mix environment problems who concern the World today – It would be a space for community building, where cinema could bring together people from different backgrounds and talk about the movies shown. – Utopian Cinema would show alternative ways of living in order to criticize the way we're currently living Posted in The What And The How | Leave a comment | Fieldtrip Places to meet up The What And The How XOLA!

The Thomistic Institute held held a symposium, named above, at New York University's Catholic Center. Your roving reporter was there. Here is a brief, a very brief, account, of course shaded by my interests. First and importantly, and because the Big News of Pope Francis's latest tome had only come out only the day before, none of the speakers or moderators said anything1, except in passing, about Amoris Laetitia. It was in the air, however. Munoz, a lawyer, has been arguing with what he called "neo-Catholics" or "paleo-Catholics", folks who hold the position that the rot we see about us was present in the foundation of America. Munoz countered by showing documents from Jefferson, Hamilton, Madison, and so on, in which words like "Creator" and "Providence" appeared. Munoz claimed that the presence of these words indicated that our political system was constructed on the stones of objective truth, natural law, and teleology. All of these, it is emphasized, Munoz agrees are necessary for the functioning of a moral and civil society and which are now missing. In the examples Munoz selected, Hamilton came out best, and, as readers might expect, Jefferson worst. Munoz, though, thought Jefferson's use of Christian-like terms meant that Jefferson believed in the ideas behind these terms. But could Munoz have read Jefferson's version of the Bible, in which all the bits which tie Jesus to objective truth, natural law, and teleology have been stripped away, leaving only a social justice warrior's primer? Plus, Jefferson, and Munoz, were rather too keen on equality, a difficult subject (about which more Wednesday). A goodly portion of the audience did not think Munoz made his case. But, again, Munoz was entirely with the room on our present dismal state and on the necessity of the metaphysical troika. Weigel, a well known Saint John Paul II scholar, said "metaphysical boredom" leads to nihilism, which is now widespread. Laws, once the provenance of Congress, have been replaced by "judicial usurpation." Particularly in the case of Obergefell vs Reality, in which the latter was pierced through by our so-called Supreme Court. Weigel named the author of that opinion, but did not remind the audience that this author self-labeled as a Catholic—perhaps one in the tradition of Murray? The principle of subsidiarity, making decisions at the lowest possible level, and solidarity, JPII's idea of "civic friendships", were on the ropes in our march toward centralization and bureaucratic tyranny. Both the State and a majority of citizens now believes that citizens are a "twitching bundle of desires, and that it is the function of the State to satisfy those desires." Hence gmarriage. How to change this? There are not many options. As Christians, we should remember our baptismal date and live as the first Christians did, hoping our example will be to people now what it once was to people two thousand years ago. Weigel was friendly to "religious freedom", but it is to be wondered whether, if a sect of Baal worshipers set up shop asking for the freedom to conduct ritual sacrifice, he would be as keen. And don't forget, dear reader, that Satanists are using "religious freedom" to move into the political sphere. Hanby's work we'll come back to at a later date, as it is consonant with our main subject, the philosophy of science. Education is now "dedicated to not thinking about the purpose of our being." About the tumult in civic life, he quipped, "Who needs a Stasi when you have a neighbor with an iPhone [or other device] handy and ready to destroy your life?" Hanby didn't mention Murray, but he did say the fears of Murray's (and of the "spirit" of Vatican II's) critics, of Christianizing liberalism leading to liberalizing Christianity, have been realized. Hanby tied our post-political totalitarianism into the sexual revolution. How he did so can only be crudely sketched here. He correctly noted that now there are "no bearers of political responsibility", and that we are instead ruled by a coupled technocracy-bureaucracy. Why? Again, more Hanby later. Perhaps his most prescient phrase was "hidden martyrdom", perhaps the coming fate of many. Leo XIII, "no fan of democracy", was like the Owl of Minerva. The famous Hegelian phrase is, "the owl of Minerva begins its flight only when the shadows of night are gathering." Similarly, Christians say prophecy is only understood as, or after, it is fulfilled. Leo, in other words, was there at the close of the old age, and only saw it for what it was as it was fading. In Rerum Novarum, Leo said "there is nothing more useful than to look at the world as it really is." Still, Hittinger said Leo and popes up through World War II did not fully recognize or acknowledge the meaning of global capitalism. Leo did grasp that the three great institutions, marriage and the family, the polity, and the church are fundamental. For this reason, Leo thought schools, which is to say Catholic schools, were of prime importance. Today, as readers know, many institutions of "higher learning" which call themselves Catholic have all but abandoned the faith in their race to emulate secular "success". Pope Francis was the first pope to truly grasp the global aspects of capitalism, Hittinger claimed. Under globalism, States have been suborned to the economic system, which explains Francis's suspicion of capitalism and of "mediating institutions". Francis would have the polity subordinate to movements. But who picks the "good people"? This makes us wonder if the Pope knows that unleashing the mob has seldom led to great things. 1 Neither did any speak about the Pope extending the validity of confessions of SSPX priests beyond Year of Mercy, because this wasn't known at the time. There are a whole bunch of things people don't understand until after the fact, not because of lack of information, but because they deny the reality of what is happening. I thought policy of churches was supposed to be to God, not movements or economics. Put another way, many protesting "nanny-state" intrusions are here & now saying to some extent saying that the government should, instead of imposing 'Church-State' separations (separations that do nothing to impede private Church-sponsored teaching & community influence), instead be more supportive of religion. Laments about such historically trivial obstacles to state-support/mention of religion are the flip-side of a lament FOR nanny-state support of religion. Strange times indeed. Either one supports the nanny-state, or not … but what we see here (as so much elsewhere) is that such support for a personal cause is generally supported regardless of one's political persuasion. Ken: It's not a matter of being more supportive of religion. It's adhering to the constitution. No support is needed, just keep out of people's religious lives. After all, every time someone mentions abortion or gmarriage, that's often the first thing that comes out of their mouths. Make the government leave religion alone, as it is supposed to do. "God allows us to experience the low points of life in order to teach us lessons that we could learn in no other way". So: a) The disunity of man and his division into many "nations" is a division that is "cosmic, [affecting the entire universe] social and religious". And there will never be a solution to this disunity, until Gabriel blows his trumpet. Not democracy, not monarchy, not anything Man can craft, ever, will erase and resolve his disunity. Religious disunity, social disunity — the very fragmentation of the entire universe — will be with us for all foreseeable futures (for we know not the day nor the hour…). b) However, the Catholic knows nothing of "total corruption", let alone nihilism; for within "the nations," these shattered remnants of reality, "part by part", God continues His work, through the Cross and sacraments of Jesus, who was sent to give the Holy Spirit. c) In CCC 56-57, the word "economy" is being used in a technical theological sense ("divine economy," "provisional economy"). The "provisional economy" being referred to is the existence of some real but partial unity of Man in "the nations". These partial unities of men remain open to God's saving work under the Headship of Christ the King, Christ the Bridegroom of His one, holy, unified Church — if they so choose, if they do not give themselves over to pride and envy of God. e) But rather than be tempted to despair or nihilism, the Catholic is much more free to look honestly at every "provisional economy" of men, since he knows that as a person, he is a citizen — and simultaneously, ineradicably, not neglecting either — of both the City of God and (some, actual, particular) city of Man. Hi William: I also attended the Symposium, and posted a much more polemical review (with a bit of humor thrown in) at http://catholicvitalism.com/notes-from-the-future-of-catholicism-symposium-the-thomistic-institute/. I have great skepticism about the Neo-Conservative Catholic Project espoused by Munoz, Weigel, Hittinger, and Mary Eberstadt, one of the moderators: that Project, initiated by the 'First Things' crowd back in the 80s, fantasized about a 'Catholic Moment' in which American democracy and capitalism would provide fertile ground for a flourishing of religious faith. The shallow optimism of that project seems to have descended into bitterness in most of the presenters, though I perceive that First Things, under the leadership of Rusty Reno (the other moderator of the Symposium), is trying to shift its stance to avoid becoming simply cranky and increasingly irrelevant. I was tremendously invigorated by Michael Hanby's presentation, which to my mind was the only one which had the depth necessary to address our current crisis. I enjoyed your post about the Symposium, and look forward to hearing more from you about Michael Hanby's thesis. "American Catholicism" is almost an oxymoron, but that's a subject for another time. Until the Church stops drawing from "celibate" males to be priests it will continue to self-destruct… and clinging to archaic, trivial, self-serving rituals doesn't help. I s'pose attendees would be far happier if we all still believed in a flat Earth, the sun revolving around it, had slaves doing our work, and women were kept barefoot and pregnant. But, progress happens (painful and disagreeable as it is for some). Every generation has delusional types and small minds who think the world is coming to an end in their lifetime… and yet, lo-and-behold, the world keeps on going and going and going and going… and going and going… and… (well, until the Sun turns into a red giant in a few billion years). Shecky, you seem a little bitter. I think Catholicism in America will continue to dwindle for some time. The pedophilia scandal is still fresh in the minds of many people and understandably so. It was beyond a few priests here or there. It was known to the Church and was part of a system that regularly attempted to mitigate damage to the Church. The Scandal along with the general turn toward apathy/agnosticism/atheism will further shrink the Church for another generation. But there is some segment of American society that by and large seems inclined toward one Christianity or another and I don't see the Church vanishing from the US. The future of Catholicism in American is not bright. You know it, and those speakers know it. Telling people that they need to think about the meaning or purpose of their life doesn't help. Blaming it on college education doesn't do any good. I doubt that college education heavily influences one's religiosity. I don't have any evidence for my claim, just like there doesn't seem to be any evidence for many claims stated in this post. It's a good thing that being atheists are more acceptable now, imo. Perhaps, one can study why the Catholic population is increasing in African and Asia. Or perhaps, more immigrants from Latin America can help. I have never said that being atheist is unacceptable. One of the people I love most in the world is an atheist. Some of my friends are atheist or agnostic, although that's a puzzle to me so I say an agnostic is not an atheist. Perhaps your experience has been different. I can imagine it has. Take Christopher Hitchens: According to John Lennox, his world view was formed early when he discovered the dead body of his mother and a priest having committed a double suicide. Not a good advert. People come to their conclusions for many different reasons and with that in mind I see him in a different light. I still wish he hadn't gone about the way he did but some good will come of it because now everybody's talking about it again. Drat, I missed the podcast now.

Commerce Minister Sunil Bahadur Thapa told the parliamentary Commerce, Industry and Consumer Welfare Committee on Thursday that Nepal needed a high-powered monitoring commission to check rampant black marketing and artificial price hikes as the existing monitoring mechanism had been unable to handle it. White collar crime has risen sharply, and the government has been repeatedly criticized for its failure to protect consumer rights and guarantee fair prices and quality standards. "The proposed commission has to be well equipped and complemented by various government agencies," Thapa told the lawmakers. He admitted that the market monitoring being done separately by different government agencies had failed to provide relief to the general public. Lack of coordination among government bodies has often been pointed out for their inability to deal with the problem. Thapa said that haphazard issuance of import licences had also encouraged traders to import substandard goods. "A rising dollar and increasing dependency on imported goods has also resulted in soaring market prices," he said. Lawmakers have frequently expressed concern at the rocketing prices of essential goods, zinc roofing sheets, construction materials, pulses and other food grain. Lawmaker Subhash Chandra Thakuri blamed weak government monitoring for the growing black market in zinc sheets. "People are being forced to pay up to Rs1,500-2,000 for a bundle of zinc sheets," he said. However, Minister Thapa attributed the zinc sheet shortage and price hikes to low domestic production. He added that the government had started importing zinc sheets through Salt Trading to boost stocks. The state-owned public enterprise has opened a letter of credit to import 50,000 bundles of zinc sheets, according to officials. from Rs4,000. Government officials said that there was a shortage of construction materials. The price hikes have also been attributed to cartelling by traders. Thapa told the House committee that prices of sand and gravel had gone up due to government policies restricting their extraction. He added that a lumbering bureaucracy was also to blame for essentials goods not reaching earthquake affected areas in adequate quantities. Meanwhile, Shambhu Ghimire, spokesperson of the Ministry of Commerce and Supply, said that lack of a mechanism to determine the maximum retail price (MRP) had prompted traders to set arbitrary rates. He added that the ministry had started work to fix the MRP of 12 more goods. The government has set the MRP of 12 products so far. The House committee has directed the Commerce Ministry to start work on forming a high-powered commission. It has also instructed the ministry to speed up its plan to introduce a new trade policy and amend laws related to market regulation.

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Background: Persistent hiccups can be a debilitating symptom and many such patients present to the emergency department seeking relief. A variety of serious conditions have been associated with persistent hiccups. Cases of pneumonia as a cause of hiccups have been rarely described. Case presentation: A 79-year-old male patient presented to the hospital due to persistent hiccups for 4 days. Despite lack of new respiratory symptoms or fever, a chest x-ray demonstrated a left lower lobe consolidation, which was also confirmed with a chest CT. The patient was treated with levofloxacin and at 1-month follow-up hiccups had completely resolved, while a repeat chest CT demonstrated resolution of the consolidation. Conclusions: The presentation of pneumonia in elderly patients may be atypical and may lack the symptoms and signs observed in younger patients. Hiccups may be the main presenting symptom of pneumonia.

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AFP prepares soldiers for ''full swing'' Marawi rehab beginning June [ 260 words|2018.5.17|英字 ] The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is preparing its forces for the Marawi City rehabilitation, which is expected to be in "full swing" by next month, an official said on Wednesday. AFP Chief of Staff General Carlito Galvez said rebuilding war-torn Marawi will be in full swing starting June 15. "For the rehabilitation, we have to make sure that it will be unimpeded, it will be safe, and our contractors will not be hampered by any threat of kidnapping or any aggression from the Maute/ISIS," he said. "That's why we will be conducting some brainstorming with my commanders so that we will reactivate or we will reorganize our forces in order to support 100 percent the Task Force Bangon (Marawi). I believe the rehabilitation will be very successful," he added. Galvez said he is planning to visit the city anytime from May 17 to 23 when the Task Force is set to hold its first Marawi Week of Peace. The event is composed of collaborative activities that are geared to strengthen the social cohesion between the government and the people of Marawi. These activities include community action project, medical mission, livelihood and skills seminar, distribution of relief assistance, film showing, photo contest, sports fest, and others. During the Marawi Peace Week, the Task Force Bangon Marawi will also roll out an information campaign on the rehabilitation plan for the most affected area (MAA) or previously called as the main battle area in the city and the comprehensive rehabilitation and recovery program to increase awareness among the people. Robina Asido/DMS

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Scientific interest in microalgal species is growing and, genetic transformation has definitely opened more avenues, in the ongoing research on microphytes. In the present study, we have attempted to transform Chlorella vulgaris by mobilizing double-stranded linear Transfer DNA (T-DNA) comprised of green fluorescent protein (egfp) gene cassette and hygromycin phosphotransferase II (hptII) gene cassette non-covalently bound to TAT peptide, into C. vulgaris cells treated with Triton X-100. The transformed C. vulgaris cells when examined under fluorescent microscope, exhibited green fluorescence in comparison to the untransformed cells. The transformed cells were further screened, and the surviving colonies were sub-cultured, on BG11 medium fortified with Hygromycin. The surviving colonies were confirmed for the presence of integrated T-DNA by Polymerase Chain Reaction with egfp and hptII gene-specific primers. This methodology has potential to substitute the existing tedious transformation methodologies and ease the future studies in microalgae. Pavan Gadamchetty and Phanindra Lakshmi Venkata Mullapudi contributed equally to this work. The authors thankfully acknowledge the support from The Centre for Conservation and Utilization of Blue Green Algae (CCUBGA), Division of Microbiology, IARI, New Delhi and technical staff at NRCPB, IARI, New Delhi. The experiments were conceived and designed by PAK, MLVP and GP. The experiments were performed by GP and SR. The data were analyzed by MM and SR. The reagents, materials and analysis tools were provided by PAK. The manuscript was prepared by GP and MLVP.

Mary gently nudges Jesus into his public ministry. And as she does, she also blesses us with the best advice any mother ever gave. Mary tells the wedding attendants and through them, she tells us: Do whatever he tells you. It's a simple, fail-safe shortcut to happiness. Just do what Jesus tells you, and you can't go wrong. There is not the slightest difference in what Jesus tells us to do and what God expects from us. That's because John's gospel goes on to reveal in great detail: Jesus Christ is, was and always will be both God and man. Mary, his first disciple, has all the proof she needs to confidently ask her son for his divine intervention. From the Annunciation onward, she has kept it all in her heart. She has been the vessel of Incarnation. She has nurtured and protected him. Mary has a unique, first-hand, intimate experience with God's great power. She has seen that power grow in her and emerge in her Son. And through it all, there is no record that she ever looked for any favor or special consideration for herself. But now in her compassion for a couple of newlyweds in a bind, she asks for just a pinch of divine intercession. And Jesus overcomes his reluctance and delivers. This Mother/Son exchange is particularly endearing. She asks his help. He expresses his reluctance. But without another word said, she knows that he will not deny her… and that her Son has the power to solve any problem. So, she cuts right to the chase… and delivers a message that echoes down the ages: Do whatever he tells you. In miraculously transforming water into wine, Jesus does not call upon the Father to summon up miraculous power. He doesn't need to. He is not a prophet or a holy man who aspires to channel the power of God. Jesus Christ is God, the Second Person of the Trinity. As the soaring first chapter of John tells us, from the beginning, Jesus is: The Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. In response to his mother's request, this wedding at Cana suddenly becomes the impromptu, out-of-town opening for his mission of redemption. At Cana, the Son duplicates in microcosm, the same divine power over Creation that the Father exercises on a grand scale every day. God created the vine and teaches it to draw water by its roots and with the aid of the sun turns that water into juice that ferments into wine. Jesus mirrors the process at Cana. He demonstrates his divinity by willing the water into wine… no sleight of hand, no magic tricks, no invocation of a higher power. Jesus Christ is Lord of all. Creation is his to command. And if he wills that water to be wine, it is wine. And to add a little flourish to the narrative, the wine served at Cana is no vin ordinaire. It is the finest vintage ever served. And no wonder, it is the miraculous work of the divine vintner. This gospel shows us Jesus in transition. It is a domestic slice of life. While Jesus is obviously still under his mother's influence and probably still part of her household, he has begun to attract disciples. But after Cana, all that will be different. His divine nature and his mission will emerge. As John tells us, Cana is the first of his signs…and revealed his glory, and his disciples believed in him. So, what do we take away from this gospel? Three very important lessons: First … Jesus was, is and always will be God … Second… take a tip from Mary and: Do whatever he tells you…and you can't go wrong. And finally… if you're having a party, don't forget to invite Jesus.

Flower design Flower guide Here's why Scarlet Nexus has disturbing flower bouquet monsters • Eurogamer.net By Dean A. Biggs Last updated Oct 24, 2021 When it comes to weird enemy designs, things surely can't get much weirder than Bandai Namco's upcoming Scarlet Nexus action RPG. Flowers with ostrich legs and stiletto heels, a tight fitting with human hands – all of this is rather disturbing. Kind of like that horrible spider doll from Toy Story. Thankfully, the game's developers are here with some answers as to why these seem so weird, as shown in a recent Scarlet Nexus preview viewed by Eurogamer. For context, the game is set in a technologically advanced society called New Himika – a country "so big that the concept of overseas doesn't even exist," explained art director Kouta Ochiai. This civilization developed on the basis of the technology surrounding the brain, with people using a form of the brain internet called Psynet, while some use advanced brain power in the form of various psykinetic abilities. It's not all glamorous, however, as this world is frequently visited by "the Others": unconscious alien creatures who feed on human brains. These are the bouquets of flowers, if you hadn't guessed it. Those who live in New Himuka have taken steps to deal with this, like developing technology to essentially predict where and when others will appear – and sending the other Suppression Force (OSF) to deal with the pesky things. This is where you come in. As new OSF recruit Yuito Sumeragi, you and your teammates are tasked with taking down monsters from another world. As the story progresses, Sumeragi begins to question whether fighting for the OSF is the right thing to do, and wonders if being constantly connected to the brains of his teammates is healthy. I can't imagine connecting Twitter directly to your noggin would be a good idea, to be honest. Anyway, back to the monster design: so why do these creatures look so weird? Well, part of that is because Bandai Namco brought in freelance artist Masakazu Yamashiro, known for his disturbing illustrations combining animals with human features and metallic objects. "When we designed the monsters, we wanted to create something new and unusual, as well as things that people go [take] interest, "Ochiai explained. "That's when I thought about finding a freelance artist to design the monsters for us, as we wanted to have a different perspective on the values ​​of the game, in order to help with the weirdness factor. "We have added grotesque elements to everyday objects such as flowers and appliances. We have a rule on the drawings where we put together organic things and inanimate objects to create the Others. This also applies to the background of the Others. that you can find more [about] in the game. By combining the two things that seem to visually repel each other, we are able to effectively express to players that the Others are the kind of incomprehensible creatures who are conceptually and mentally different from us humans. " "When I first saw [the Others] they really looked like animals, "added producer Keita Lizuka. "But if you take a closer look, you can see pieces that are combined to build them, like plants, human and metal pieces. We can't know if [they are] alive or not. " The developers dubbed the game "brainpunk", and say the title of Scarlet Nexus refers to the red ties that bind the brains of the OSF team together. Okay, that sort of clears it up – but what about how you get rid of the Others? 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Agreeableness includes tenderness, cooperativeness, goodwill, and concern. Keywords: negative feedback, Big Five personality traits, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, emotional stability, conscientiousness, employee job performance. It proposes that there are five basic factors underlying differences in personality: neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness. Among the best established models is the five factor model which consists of five different factors such as: Neuroticism (anxiety, depressiveness and emotional volatility), Extraversion (sociability, assertiveness, energy level),Openness to Experience (intellectual curiosity, creativity and sensitivity), Agreeableness (compassion, politeness, trust in others) and lastly Conscientiousness (organize, industriousness and reliability). Fathers' extraversion; mothers' agreeableness, consciousness and openness to experience; cohesion and expressiveness, were significant predictors of adolescents' personality. To investigate the factors influencing individuals to share knowledge, the role of big five personality dimensions, often known as extraversion, neuroticism, openness to experience, agreeableness and conscientiousness, is critical because "personality is an important determinant of individual behavior in the workplace" (Penney et al. Extraversion is defined as individuals who are sociale, cheerful and talkative; while agreeableness indicates a person whith trustful, honest, tolerant, and forgiving. Results confirmed the dominant linkage between OCBI and constituent attachment, especially when a personality features extraversion and agreeableness. Results pointed out positive relationship among honesty-humility, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness to experience and procrastination, while emotionality has negative correlation with procrastination. It was hypothesized that parental personality traits including openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism would predict parent child relationship i. A stepwise regression analysis found the following variables were significantly associated with theodicy: extraversion, agreeableness, openness, reluctance to disclose uncertainty, and college GPA. In the meta-analyses by Barrick and Mount (1991) and Hurtz and Donovan (2000) the factors of conscientiousness, neuroticism (also known by its opposite, emotional stability), and agreeableness were shown to have an impact on job performance across contexts. Recruiting for technology reliant positions: can common personality inventories improve success?

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An ideal introduction to anyone with a few hives who wishes to produce replacement queens for themselves and friends. The emphasis will be on queen rearing within normal husbandry methods. This course can provide the foundation to more advanced and larger scale queen rearing. Hand-outs will be available. Bring your own lunch if needed - coffee etc. will be provided. A workshop especially for beekeepers with a limited number of colonies. An ideal introduction to anyone with a few hives who wishes to produce replacement queens for themselves and friends. The emphasis will be on queen rearing within normal husbandry methods. This course can provide the foundation to more advanced and larger scale queen rearing. Hand-outs will be available. Bring your own lunch - coffee etc. will be provided. A series of 5 sessions on key husbandry skills for beekeepers, running from 1st -29th November 2016. The Tyland Barn is HQ for the Kent Wildlife Trust. It has a modern, well-equipped meeting/lecture room, with room for 20 delegates. In Europe, the critical period of the bees' annual cycle is winter - no access to resources for several months and survival hanging on the extent to which we and the bees completed pre-winter preparations. This session will explore the key aspects of preparing our bees for winter and the checks we make during winter, to give our bees the best chance of building up strongly in the following Spring. Part of the Improver Key Skills series. Book the series here. In this session, we will review bee health and hygiene, emphasising actions the beekeeper can take to maximise the health of their bees. Topics will include comb-changing (how and why), apiary hygiene, and hygienic bees. We will conclude the series with a Q&A session, to address any questions provoked by the 5 sessions.

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Browning, Alan Robert (1928–2004) by Derek Drinkwater in the Biographical Dictionary of the House of Representatives Alan Robert Browning (1928–2004), twelfth Clerk of the House of Representatives, was born on 25 October 1928 in Canberra, fourth child of George Victor Browning, public servant, and his wife Olive, née Barrand, both Victorian-born. After attending Canberra High School and achieving first-class honours in Japanese at the Leaving certificate examination, Alan joined the Department of the Interior as a clerk (third division) in 1946. Later that year, his interest in Japan prompted him to enlist in the Australian Imperial Force (Interim Army, from 1947), and to undertake intensive language training at the Royal Australian Air Force School of Languages at Point Cook, Victoria. Between 1947 and 1949, he served in Japan as an interpreter, working for a number of Australian, British Commonwealth, and United States organisations charged with transforming the country into a non-militarised parliamentary democracy. In 1949 Browning returned to the Department of the Interior in Canberra, where he also became a locally prominent sportsman. He played Australian Rules football for Ainslie and represented the Australian Capital Territory in baseball; in later life, he played A-grade squash, tennis, and golf. On 7 September 1951, he married Barbara June Linton, a public servant originally from Western Australia, at the Presbyterian Church of St Andrew, Canberra. They were to have two sons and two daughters. In August 1954, he was appointed Reading Clerk in the Department of the House of Representatives. Swift promotion followed, to the posts of Clerk of the Papers and Accountant (August 1955), Clerk of the Papers (October 1956), and Deputy Serjeant-at-Arms and Clerk of the Records (March 1958). In January 1959, Browning became Serjeant-at-Arms and Clerk of Committees. One of his administrative responsibilities was ensuring the efficient running of the Federal Parliamentary Press Gallery, which drew him into a recurrent issue of limiting its use by ministerial staff who found it a convenient vantage point during peak sitting times. As Serjeant-at-Arms, he also served for some years as Secretary to the Joint Committee on the Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings. He saw an 'overriding justification' (Browning 1966, 84) in a democracy for continuing to broadcast parliament by radio, despite concerns about its influence on debate. His publication Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings in Australia (1968) was followed by a history of The Mace (1970), along with numerous discussion papers on parliamentary practice, prepared for the Speaker and Members. Browning became Senior Parliamentary Officer in March 1969 and Clerk Assistant in December 1971. His marriage was dissolved and, on 1 May 1976, at Sydney, he married Elizabeth Marsden Hicks. In January 1977, he was appointed First Clerk Assistant. Between 1979 and 1980, he was also Clerk of the Norfolk Island Legislative Assembly, attending sittings when it met during the 'up' week between sessions of the House of Representatives. As the assembly's first Clerk, he was required to establish its basic machinery, including drafting the standing orders. In Canberra, he was a strong advocate of reforms to address pressures arising from the rapid expansion of the Department of the House of Representatives. Browning's exhortations eventually prompted the Speaker, (Sir) Billy Snedden, early in 1977 to authorise a review of departmental operations, which led to the introduction during 1978–79 of extensive personnel and staff-training reforms. Browning was secretary to the Australian delegation at Commonwealth Parliamentary Association conferences held in Trinidad and Tobago (1969), Jamaica (1978), and Fiji (1981). He made a significant contribution to the editing and production of the first edition of House of Representatives Practice (1981), earning him a place as one of two assistant editors of this major procedural and historical work. In September 1982, Browning became one of two Deputy Clerks of the House of Representatives and, on 31 July 1985, Clerk of the House. For House Members and staff, the following six years were exceptionally productive. The passing of the Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987 clarified the nature of the powers, privileges, and immunities of the Houses, their Members, and committees. Browning was a longstanding advocate of a comprehensive House of Representatives committee system empowered to report on the operations of Commonwealth agencies, and other aspects of public policy: 'governments do take notice of the committee reports' (Browning 1989), he concluded. He was convinced of the great potential of committees for improving governance, having been Secretary to the House of Representatives Select Committee on Voting Rights of Aborigines (1961), the first such scrutiny committee appointed since 1929. Largely in response to backbench pressure, a system of eight general-purpose standing committees was established in September 1987. This, and the concomitant expansion of the functions of the Joint Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, enabled the House of Representatives to scrutinise the operations of all Commonwealth entities. Browning was later described in the House as having been 'integrally involved' in this major development, such as by providing 'careful advice about the structure of the new committee system' (H.R. Deb. 14.3.1991, 2053). As the last Clerk of the House to serve in the provisional Parliament House, Browning was closely involved in organising the move to the new building and its official opening by Queen Elizabeth II on 9 May 1988. Browning also oversaw arrangements for the thirty-fourth Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference, held in Canberra in September 1988. He edited the second edition of House of Representatives Practice (1989), which was reviewed as 'a worthy successor to the original enterprise' (MacDonagh 1991). Of the finished publication, he said: 'I accept it as a duty and have found it a pleasure and a privilege to promote one of the world's strongest democracies through this project' (Browning 1989, vii–viii). He was also 'responsible for a review of the standing orders being conducted by House Officers' (H.R. Deb. 14.3.1991, 2048), which contributed to a comprehensive examination of the standing orders that the House Standing Committee on Procedure began in 1989. On 22 March 1991, Browning retired as Clerk of the House. The twenty-six Members who provided farewell tributes, including Prime Minister Bob Hawke, the Leader of the Opposition, John Hewson, and the Speaker, Leo McLeay, emphasised the impressive number and variety of Browning's contributions to significant 'innovations and improvements' in House procedures (H.R. Deb. 14.3.1991, 2041). The manager of Opposition business, Wal Fife, said Browning's written contributions on subjects as varied as electronic voting, division procedures, and the airing in parliament of matters that were sub judice 'will probably not be surpassed for many years, and it is a list that reflects great credit on the professionalism, the dedication and the determination of our retiring Clerk' (H.R. Deb. 14.3.1991, 2048). Kim Beazley recalled that, as a child watching from the public gallery, he thought Browning, in his role as Serjeant-at-Arms, 'at once looked highly ceremonial and slightly dangerous' (H.R. Deb. 14.3.1991, 2043). Browning responded—through the Speaker—that he had realised all of the goals he had set for himself as Clerk and was leaving 'with an undiminished faith in the institution of Parliament, believing that Australia now has a vastly superior House of Representatives to that of the 1950s' (H.R. Deb. 14.3.1991, 2059). In retirement, he remained physically fit, and a keen sportsman. He died in Canberra on 7 December 2004, survived by his partner, Margie Fitzpatrick, and his four children. Research edited by Stephen Wilks Australia. House of Representatives. Parliamentary Debates, 14 March 1991, 2041–60 Brancker, George E. T. Review of House of Representatives Practice, second edition, edited by A. R. Browning. The Parliamentarian 71, no. 4 (October 1990): 272–73 Browning, A. R. 'Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings in Australia.' The Table 35 (1966): 74–85 Browning, A. R. Broadcasting of Parliamentary Proceedings in Australia. Canberra: Government Printer, 1968 Browning, A. R. 'The Serjeant-at-Arms in the Federal Parliament of Australia.' The Parliamentarian 50, no. 3 (July 1969): 235–39 Browning, A. R. The Mace: A Brief History of the Mace and Its Use in the House of Commons, the House of Representatives, the Australian States and Papua New Guinea. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1970 Browning, A. R., ed. House of Representatives Practice, second edition. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1989 Browning, A. R. Interview by Greg McIntosh, 18 May 1989. Transcript. Museum of Australian Democracy Oral History Interview Series The House Magazine (Canberra). 'Profile.' 14 August 1985, 3 MacDonagh, Oliver. Review of House of Representatives Practice, second edition, edited by A. R. Browning.' Legislative Studies 5, no. 2 (Summer 1991): 60 Reid, G. S. and Martyn Forrest. Australia's Commonwealth Parliament 1901–1988: Ten Perspectives. Carlton, Vic.: Melbourne University Press, 1989 learning Japanese, Daily Telegraph (Sydney), 9 December 1946, p 8 serjeant-at-Arms with photo, Canberra Times, 15 February 1968, p 1 retirement as Clerk, Canberra Times, 15 March 1991, p 13 Related Thematic Essay Natalie Cooke, Australian House of Representatives - Clerk McLeay, John (work colleague) Child, Gloria Joan (work colleague) Snedden, Billy Mackie (work colleague) McLeay, Leo Boyce (work colleague) Derek Drinkwater, 'Browning, Alan Robert (1928–2004)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/browning-alan-robert-28232/text35915, published online 2021, accessed online 30 January 2023. 7 October, 2004 (aged 75) Canberra High School RAAF College (Point Cook) clerk of parliament parliamentary officer public servant Opening of Federal Parliament House, 1988 Occupation of Japan Dept of Interior (Federal)

EU acts to counter US sanctions on Iran, preserve nuclear deal The EU activates measures aimed at preserving the Joint Plan of Action and to protect European companies operating in the country. Photo: Bloomberg by Slav Okov, Gordana Filipovic and Elizabeth Konstantinova, bloomberg The European Union started to activate measures to preserve the Iran nuclear agreement and to protect EU companies operating in the country, as the bloc reiterated support for the landmark deal after President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw from it. The European Commission, the EU's executive arm in Brussels, on Friday began putting a so-called blocking statute in place to shield European companies doing business with Iran from US sanctions. It's the first time in more than two decades that the measure is being invoked. EU will protect companies from US's secondary sanctions against Iran EU leaders locked between differing interests in Iran

Infectious disease control expert Graham Medley awarded OBE 10 October 2020 London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine https://lshtm.ac.uk/themes/custom/lshtm/images/lshtm-logo-black.png Professor Graham Medley has been awarded an OBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours list for his services to infectious disease control, particularly the COVID-19 response in the UK. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Professor Graham Medley, Director of the Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases (CMMID) at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), has been closely involved in supporting the UK government's response. In 2017, he was appointed to chair the Scientific Pandemic Influenza Group on Modelling (SPI-M) which provides expert advice based on infectious disease modelling and epidemiology. During the pandemic, SPI-M has been a sub-group of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), on which Professor Medley represents the consensus views of the members. SAGE has played a crucial role in steering the country through the pandemic, ensuring that timely and coordinated scientific advice is made available to decision makers. This includes everything from how a potential vaccine is progressing, to lockdown measures and the usefulness of facemasks. Professor Medley said: "I am grateful that the work and expertise on SPI-M has been recognised. The provision of scientific evidence to support and guide the government response to COVID-19 is critical to help the UK get through this epidemic, and it has been a privilege to work with my colleagues to generate research, understanding and guidance." LSHTM Director, Professor Peter Piot said: "Warm congratulations to Graham. This honour is richly deserved and recognises a career dedicated to saving and improving lives. His colleagues in our world-leading Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases have played a vital role in the COVID-19 response since the beginning of the pandemic. I'm proud of the skill, commitment and collaboration they have shown." Since joining LSHTM in 2015, Professor Medley's work on the dynamics of disease transmission has included studying the interaction of HIV/AIDS transmission with societal and political processes, as well as investigating neglected tropical diseases such as visceral leishmaniasis and schistosomiasis. Other notable work includes the analysis of multiple pathogens in humans and livestock, such as bovine TB, hepatitis B and MRSA. Professor Medley is on the Board of Reviewing Editors for Science, and is a member of the Neglected Tropical Disease Modelling Consortium and the SPEAK India Consortium. Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases (CMMID) Hans and the Gruffalo? LSHTM supporting children's COVID-19 education Definitions of new diseases evolve with understanding 'Trade offs' maybe vital to reopen schools and avoid lockdowns – but businesses must be supported From maths to maps: The modellers tackling COVID-19 - feature Leading infectious disease expert John Edmunds awarded OBE MSc Control of Infectious Diseases MSc Epidemiology MSc Health Data Science MSc Medical Statistics

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package com.horowitz.mickey; import java.awt.BorderLayout; import java.awt.Color; import java.awt.Component; import java.awt.event.ActionEvent; import java.text.NumberFormat; import java.util.Map; import javax.swing.AbstractAction; import javax.swing.BorderFactory; import javax.swing.ImageIcon; import javax.swing.JLabel; import javax.swing.JPanel; import javax.swing.JScrollPane; import javax.swing.JTable; import javax.swing.JToolBar; import javax.swing.SwingConstants; import javax.swing.ToolTipManager; import javax.swing.table.DefaultTableCellRenderer; import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer; import sun.swing.table.DefaultTableCellHeaderRenderer; import com.horowitz.mickey.data.IContractAnalysys; import com.horowitz.mickey.data.Need; public class ContractTablePanel extends JPanel { private TableModel _model; private CTable _table; private DefaultTableCellRenderer _cellRenderer; private DefaultTableCellRenderer _cellRendererOne; private JScrollPane _scrollPane; private IContractAnalysys _contractAnalysis; public ContractTablePanel(IContractAnalysys contractAnalysys) { super(); setLayout(new BorderLayout()); ToolTipManager.sharedInstance().setDismissDelay(30000); _contractAnalysis = contractAnalysys; _model = new TableModel(_contractAnalysis.collectNeeds()); _cellRendererOne = new DefaultTableCellRenderer() { @Override public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) { JLabel label = (JLabel) super.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, value, isSelected, hasFocus, row, column); String t = (String) value; ImageIcon image = ImageManager.getImage("contracts/" + t + "24.png"); if (image == null) { image = ImageManager.getImage("contracts/Unknown24.png"); } label.setIcon(image); return label; } }; _cellRenderer = new DefaultTableCellRenderer() { @Override public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) { JLabel label = (JLabel) super.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, value, isSelected, hasFocus, row, column); label.setToolTipText(""); String t = (String) value; if (t != null && t.indexOf(":") > 0) { String[] ss = t.split(":"); // NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getIntegerInstance(); NumberFormat nf = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(); nf.setMaximumFractionDigits(0); Long v1 = Long.parseLong(ss[0]); Double t1 = 0d, t2 = 0d, t3 = 0d, t4 = 0d; Double t1a = null, t2a = null, t3a = null, t4a = null; Double v2 = Long.parseLong(ss[1]) / 1.10; if (v2 > 0) { t1a = v2; t2a = t1a / 2; t3a = t1a / 3; t4a = t1a / 4; } if (v1 > 0) { t1 = v1 / 1.10; t2 = t1 / 2; t3 = t1 / 3; t4 = t1 / 4; } { NumberFormat nf2 = NumberFormat.getNumberInstance(); nf2.setMaximumFractionDigits(0); String res = "<html><table><tr>"; res += "<td>" + nf2.format(t1) + "</td>"; if (t1a != null) res += "<td>" + nf2.format(t1a) + "</td>"; res += "</tr><tr><td>" + nf2.format(t2) + "</td>"; if (t2a != null) res += "<td>" + nf2.format(t2a) + "</td>"; res += "</tr><tr><td>" + nf2.format(t3) + "</td>"; if (t3a != null) res += "<td>" + nf2.format(t3a) + "</td>"; res += "</tr><tr><td>" + nf2.format(t4) + "</td>"; if (t4a != null) res += "<td>" + nf2.format(t4a) + "<td>"; res += "</tr></table></html>"; label.setToolTipText(res); } Double vv1 = v1 > 900 ? v1 / 1000.0 : v1; Double vv2 = v2 > 900 ? v2 / 1000.0 : v2; String suffix1 = ""; String suffix2 = ""; if (vv1 < 8) { nf.setMaximumFractionDigits(3); } else { nf.setMaximumFractionDigits(0); } if (vv1 > 900) { vv1 = vv1 / 1000; nf.setMaximumFractionDigits(1); suffix1 = "M"; } String red = nf.format(vv1) + suffix1; if (vv2 < 8) { nf.setMaximumFractionDigits(3); } else { nf.setMaximumFractionDigits(0); } if (vv2 > 900) { vv2 = vv2 / 1000; nf.setMaximumFractionDigits(1); suffix2 = "M"; } String gray = nf.format(vv2) + suffix2; if (red.equals("0")) red = ""; if (gray.equals("0")) gray = ""; if (red.length() > 0) { if (v1 <= 800) { vv1 = v1 * 1.0; label.setForeground(Color.ORANGE); } else { label.setForeground(Color.RED); } if (gray.length() > 0) red = red + " (" + gray + ")"; label.setText(red); label.setFont(label.getFont().deriveFont(12f)); } else { label.setText(gray); label.setFont(label.getFont().deriveFont(12f)); label.setFont(label.getFont().deriveFont(9f)); label.setForeground(Color.GRAY); } } /* * * if (t != null && t.startsWith("-")) { t = t.substring(1); label.setText(t); label.setFont(label.getFont().deriveFont(9f)); * label.setForeground(Color.GRAY); } else { label.setForeground(Color.RED); if (t != null && t.equals("0")) { t = ""; label.setText(t); } } */ label.setHorizontalAlignment(JLabel.RIGHT); label.setBorder(BorderFactory.createEmptyBorder(2, 2, 2, 6)); return label; } }; _table = new CTable(_model, _cellRenderer); _scrollPane = new JScrollPane(_table); add(_scrollPane); JToolBar toolbar = new JToolBar(); toolbar.setFloatable(false); toolbar.add(new AbstractAction("Recalc") { @Override public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) { Thread t = new Thread(new Runnable() { public void run() { reload(); } }); t.start(); } }); add(toolbar, BorderLayout.NORTH); } public void setMap(Map<String, Map<String, Need>> map) { // _model._map = map; _model = new TableModel(map); _table = new CTable(_model, _cellRenderer); _table.setRowHeight(26); _table.getTableHeader().setDefaultRenderer(new DefaultTableCellHeaderRenderer() { @Override public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected, boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) { JLabel label = (JLabel) super.getTableCellRendererComponent(table, value, isSelected, hasFocus, row, column); String name = (String) value; if (name!= null && name.length() > 0) { //try to get icon String[] ss = name.split(" "); if (ss != null) { name = ss[0]; } name = name +"40.png"; ImageIcon image = ImageManager.getImage("contracts/" + name); label.setIcon(image); label.setHorizontalTextPosition(SwingConstants.CENTER); label.setVerticalTextPosition(SwingConstants.BOTTOM); label.setText(""); label.setToolTipText((String)value); } return label; } }); _scrollPane.getViewport().setView(_table); repaint(); } class CTable extends JTable { public CTable(javax.swing.table.TableModel model, DefaultTableCellRenderer cellRenderer) { super(model); getColumnModel().getColumn(0).setCellRenderer(_cellRendererOne); for (int i = 1; i < model.getColumnCount(); ++i) { getColumnModel().getColumn(i).setCellRenderer(cellRenderer); } } } public void reload() { _contractAnalysis.calcALLNeeds(); Map<String, Map<String, Need>> map = _contractAnalysis.collectNeeds(); setMap(map); } }

Afc Gold Prettiest Wife Home » Premier League » View From The North Bank: Reading 2 Arsenal 5 Arsenal Agree Personal Terms With Mustafi The Long Good Friday Arsenal & Puma Combine For World First Central Reservation Required For The Ox To Drive Arsenal Forward View From The North Bank: Reading 2 Arsenal 5 Posted by LimparFromHalfway on Dec 18, 2012 in Premier League | 1 comment Alright, maybe it's a bit soon to get carried away but, given all the recent doom and gloom, I'll take what I can get. It may have been a particularly accommodating Reading side that we put to the sword but it was still a relief to win with a modicum of control. The main thing that's been missing in our more dismal spells this season is urgency and desire to drive the game on. The runners from midfield, the crisp incisive passing and the concerted pressing have been absent without leave on too many occasions so to see that back last night was encouraging. If nothing else, it shows that we are capable of better. Le Boss switched things up for this game and put Theo through the middle. It's tempting to say that Walcott got his wish to play up front although one suspects that there a one hundred thousand other things on his wish list. The contract situation rumbles on and it has to be said that it's hard to see a conclusion until January has been used to sound out all potential suitors; if of course his representatives haven't done so already. His performance here was good but nothing extraordinary. His back to goal work, one of the big question marks over his ability to lead the line, was reasonably tidy although you have to say that coping with Reading's central defence is a slightly different proposition to mixing it with Vidic, Terry, Kompany etc. Theo offers a decent option up there and in truth it's options we lack. Giroud is looking a decent player but if his style doesn't work where do we go? There's no doubt that having that other choice makes us stronger. Elsewhere, Cazorla was terrific. The irritatingly wise Gary Neville noted before the game that Santi likes to get on the ball and pull the strings when what we were missing were people getting beyond the ball and into decisive areas. Maybe Santi was watching or maybe, just maybe, that old duffer in the outsize coat who doesn't know what he's doing had spoken to his players and advised something similar. I know, Wenger issuing instructions to his players, who'd have thought it? It wouldn't be a match review if we didn't have a section devoted to defensive frailty so here goes: The first was what it was. Gibbs played a sloppy pass inside and Le Fondre capitalised. At that point we were 4-0 up and you could see that his options were less enthusiastic about showing for him. The one thing you can say in mitigation is that at least we were comfortably in the lead at that point however taking our foot off the gas really isn't something we can afford to do at any stage. The second was another error as Podolski, who actually earned some credit by tracking his man all the way back, cashed all that in by tracking him too far and playing him onside. Our defence is a bit of a conundrum. On one hand, we have the fourth fewest goals conceded. That's not a bad record by anyone's reckoning. It lends weight to the theory that our frailty is really at the other end. If the attacking players created and converted more, the goals that go in at the other end would be less important. Take Swansea and Norwich for example. Plenty of the ball but nothing to show for it leaving us vulnerable to the odd goal here and there. On the other hand, we concede more goals than anyone as a result of individual errors. Many of them are unacceptable for professionals to be making and you would like to think could be coached out, yet I still think there is something to my theory above, that profligacy at one end builds pressure at the other, resulting in more mistakes. I've not done any proper research on this so feel free to shoot me down if you like. Something to think about nonetheless. Anyway, a win is a win and as I said at the top, it was nice to do that with a bit of a flourish. One swallow doesn't make a summer so they say and it would be just like the Arsenal of recent times to labour in another winnable match on Saturday. The key thing for this team is to get that belief back. We are short of a bit of quality but that said, there is still some very talented players in there. What's needed now is to take this as a starting point and make the best of a decent schedule until the New Year. @limparhalfway TheClockEnd About time we stamped our authority on a game. Good to see Santi, Wilshere & Podolski link up well. More of that please Arsenal! We All Follow The Arsenal, Over Land And Sea… Spurs are shit, pass it on Get wearethenorthbank.com in Your Inbox, Enter Your Email Here Join The North Bank On Facebook Tweets by @northbanklower Copyright © 2012-2018 - wearethenorthbank.com - all rights reserved

Taking drink local to the next level with PA hops By James Mentzer on March 11, 2020 The craft brewing industry has exploded in recent years. So has the demand for hops, a key ingredient in beer. From 2012 through 2017, the number of farms in Pennsylvania growing hops increased from two to 17, and some local brewers have even decided to cut out the middle man by growing their own. Overall, the Commonwealth produces nearly 11,600 pounds of hops annually, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS). Those numbers pale in comparison to the amount of hops grown in the Pacific Northwest, but the industry presents a remarkable opportunity for farmers and the state's $5.8-billion craft brew industry. According to statistics from the national Brewers Association, Pennsylvania ranks number one in the nation by the number of barrels of beer produced annually at 3.7 million. From Pittsburgh to Philadelphia, brewmasters are gaining a competitive edge and control over how their beer tastes based on the hops they use. By stringing up Humulus lupulus plants wherever they have vertical space, brewers can harvest hops off a relatively small plot of land. Customers enjoy a bite and a flight on the deck at Thirsty Farmer Brew Works Milton Knouse II, owner of Thirsty Farmer Brew Works in Biglerville, is both a farmer and a brewer. He decided to start a hop yard at his brewery for aesthetic and financial reasons. "The cost of grain is high, the cost of yeast is high and the cost of hops is high," he explains. "When I learned that I could grow them cheaper than I could buy them — I also knew that I had the space — I figured it would be pretty neat to have hops growing right by the brewery." In 2015, Knouse planted seven varieties of hops on an acre in the backyard of his brewery, which is centrally located in 600-plus acres of apples and other fruit grown on the family farm, located about seven miles from downtown Gettysburg in Adams County. When I learned that I could grow them cheaper than I could buy them — I also knew that I had the space — I figured it would be pretty neat to have hops growing right by the brewery. Milton Knouse II, Thirsty Farmer Brew Works "Fortunately, hops are harvested here in August, which doesn't interfere with the apple season," he says. "You really have to do your research though to make sure you have the right hops for your soil." Knouse noted that to maximize hop production you must have an adequate light source, no frost for at least 120 days, adequate moisture, and a soil pH of 6.0 to 7.0. "We have pretty good moisture and excellent soil fertility," he explains. "It usually takes four years to get a full production of hops, but we did really well starting in our second year. At full production, one plant will produce about one to two pounds of hops." Knouse's hops operation includes a drying machinery, a drying area, and a cold storage facility (hops are placed in refrigerated units once they've been pelletized). Hops growing "We made the decision to include these facilities so that we can sell hops to other brewers who want to buy our product," says Knouse. In addition to growing hops, he also uses apples from his orchard to make Apple Graff, a unique cider-beer combo. "It is a beer blend made with fresh apple cider and fermented along with light beer wort," he explains. "It is an aromatic apple-flavored brew that combines our passion for fruit growing." While it may appear to be a win-win, growing hops is hard work. Matt Gouwens is the owner of Hop Farm Brewing Company in Lawrenceville, a suburb of Pittsburgh. At first I thought it was about the economics of vertically integrating your supply, but it is really about sticking with the local grower and supporting the local business community. Matt Gouwens, Hope Farm Brewing Company "Labor is intensive in the spring as you have to manage the amount of sprouts, and then train them on the string…to maximize their exposure to sunlight," he says. "Then once they go, you have to water and monitor insects and other pests. Harvest time is also extremely labor intensive — and one of the most costly inputs." Gouwens decided to grow 120 plants on one-third of an acre in the backyard of his home without really knowing how much work was involved. "I really had no clue in the beginning," he recalls. "I had the interest and the passion for growing things but it was total ignorance on the labor side. You have to wear brush pants and shirts since these suckers will slice right through normal clothing. Plato named hops 'Little Wolf' because of how ferocious the plant is when it comes in contact with the human body." Matt Gouwens of Hop Farm Brewing Company serves up a PAPA pale ale, so named because all of the ingredients are grown in Pennsylvania Despite tall that hard work, the volume of hops he grows is relatively small, so he has right of first refusal for hops harvested at nearby Hazy Daze Lavender & Hops Farm in Prospect, PA. They're currently growing about six acres of hops. "At first I thought it was about the economics of vertically integrating your supply, but it is really about sticking with the local grower and supporting the local business community," says Gouwens. "We all know that purchasing local produce isn't always the cheapest option, but it is about the local community — us supporting him and him supporting us." Most brewers can't produce the volume of hops needed to make all their beers, but these special buds provide an opportunity to produce specialty brews such as fresh (or wet-hopped) beers. At Philadelphia Brewing Company (PBC), they brew one particular ale the same day the hops are harvested. Another aspect of the production method is also unorthodox: Co-op members who live in the brewery's Fishtown neighborhood of Philadelphia actually grow small batches of hops for Harvest from the Hood, a fresh-hopped beer released annually. Philadelphia Brewing Company "There is a communal spirit throughout the neighborhood as our growers talk to their friends and say, 'Yeah, I had a part in that. I grew hops and gave it to them,'" says PBC co-owner Nancy Barton. "And we give them a case of beer for giving us their hops. I think it is a good thing because it makes our community feel connected." In addition, the brewery has about 11 hop varieties planted in their courtyard. Between those hops and the haul from the neighborhood, there is enough for their seasonal beer, which is launched with a bang. "We blast out on social media to tell everyone that it's ready and to come get it because there is a limited supply," says Barton. "It's one and done, and when it's gone, that's it for that year." When the hops are harvested for a fresh-hopped beer, the oil is extracted that same day and made into what Barton calls a "hop tea." After fermentation — which lasts from 7 to 10 days — the beer is then kegged or bottled for sale. No matter what style of beer you like to quaff, it's good to know that your adult beverage of choice is PA Proud. After all, more homegrown hops means more interesting beers to sample and enjoy from one of Pennsylvania's many quality brewers. JAMES MENTZER is president of Mentzer Communications and a freelance writer whose first book, Pennsylvania Manufacturing: Alive and Well, was published last year. He resides in Harrisburg. 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As might be expected based on everyday experience, there is a high degree of variability in what different individuals consider to be an optimum temperature for excellent sleep. Some of us sleep better in warmer conditions, while others prefer a much cooler environment. For most couples, this means a certain amount of compromise in sleeping temperature is inevitable. However, ChiliPad offers an alternative to this typically no-win, lose-lose situation with a Dual Zone design that provides individualized regulation of sleeping temperature year-round. The Woodlands Sleep Evaluation Center, a Sleep Disorders Center in The Woodlands, Texas, directed by David W. Michalak, M.D. and W. David Brown, Ph.D., recently conducted an "openlabel" test of the ChiliPad product with 10 couples, meaning that the study was un-blinded and the participants knew that they were sleeping on a ChiliPad mattress pad. Participants were selected who expressed willingness to fill out daily questionnaires regarding the quality and length of their sleep the previous night on their regular mattress for seven days as a baseline, followed by seven nights while using the ChiliPad product. Bed partner couples were chosen not only to maximize the number of participants in the study, but also to exploit the ability of the product to independently adjust the temperature for each side of the bed. All participants were volunteers and were not financially compensated for participating in the study. Once identified, participants were sent the first 7 days of questionnaires, one for each day. Every morning, each participant would fill out a single-page form that asked questions offering numerically-scaled responses regarding the quality and quantity of their sleeping experience for the previous night on their current mattress. These included questions regarding the overall quality of sleep, how long they thought that it took them to get to sleep (sleep onset latency), how well they felt upon awakening, how alert they felt later in the day, even how effectively they recalled their dreams. A number of other questions were asked (how many times they awoke during the night, or whether they felt too hot or too cold) that were later used to combine with measures of overall sleep quality in preparing a statistically rigorous "Sleep Quality Composite score". No physical measurements of actual sleep onset latency or total sleep time were made in the study; the self-reported responses were purely subjective. While ChiliPad plans further studies that will involve objective measurements of sleep onset latency and total sleep time, the results of subjective studies of sleep experiences are important, being that most of us care about how we feel about our sleep experience, not what some measuring device might tell us about how we should feel. After the first 7 days of the study were completed, responses to the baseline questionnaires were sent back to the sleep center in an attempt to not remind the participants of their scores on the pre-treatment questionnaires. Next, each couple was sent either a ChiliPad queen-size or king-size dual-zoned unit and were allowed to set whatever temperature either of them thought they would prefer. The study did not track the actual temperatures used or how participants might have changed them over the course of the study. The couples used the ChiliPad mattress pad for 7 days, answering the same questions each morning as they had done in establishing a baseline for the study. When asked to rate the quality of their sleep on the ChiliPad mattress versus their own mattress on a 5-point scale where 1 was "terrible" and 5 was "excellent," the average scores of 14 of 19 participants, or about 75%, indicated that they got a better quality of sleep on the ChiliPad compared to their regular mattress. Based on a 5-point scale for how they felt upon awakening where 1 was "exhausted' and 5 was "wide awake," the average scores of 15 out of the 19 participants, or about 80%, indicated that they felt better upon awakening after sleeping on the ChiliPad than after sleeping on their own mattress. On a question with a 5-point response that was answered later each day regarding their subjective levels of alertness where 1 was "falling asleep" and 5 was "energetic," the average scores of 15 out of 19 participants, or about 80%, indicated that they felt more alert after a night's sleep using the ChiliPad mattress overlay than after sleeping on their own mattress. In terms of total sleep time, average scores of nearly two-thirds of the participants (12 out of 19) indicated that they slept longer on the ChiliPad unit than on their own mattress. Over half of the participants reported that they thought they got to sleep quicker on ChiliPad and by a larger margin (in minutes) than those who said that it took longer to get to sleep. The data here was amenable to a more rigorous statistical analysis, revealing that the results were statistically significant for a decrease in subjective sleep onset latency in the ChiliPad arm of the study at a statistical power of ≤0.05. An attempt was made to introduce a measure for detecting the occurrence of REM (rapid eye movement) sleep by including a question on whether participants felt that they had had more, less, or the same quantity of dreams during the previous night. Over twice as many participants reported dreaming more (recalling more dreams) on the ChiliPad mattress versus those who said they dreamt more on their own mattress. In this unbiased study assessing the subjective, self-reported reactions of participants to sleeping with or without the ChiliPad mattress overlay for 7 days, the ChiliPad product clearly demonstrated its superiority compared with a conventional mattress and conventional modulation of sleeping temperature. ChiliPad looks forward to publishing data from continued investigations into the clinical utility of this highly effective sleep aid. Effects of Temperature on Sleep: Manipulating Body Temperature to Improve Sleep Quality, Onset, and Arousal. Core body temperature is a crucial factor influ-encing how easy it is to fall asleep, ease of awak-ening, and quality of sleep. This paper reports on research supporting the effects of tempera-ture on sleep and proposes a device to improve sleep quality by manipulating the temperature of a sleeping subject. According to a 2010 National Sleep Foundation poll, three in ten Americans report rarely get-ting a good night's sleep. This perception of in-sufficient sleep can be due not only to the quan-tity of sleep recieved, but also the experience of falling asleep and waking as well as the quality of sleep recevied. A recent study performed in the UK found that 62% of respondents reported taking at least 15 minutes to fully wake up in the morning. A study by the the National Sleep foundation in 2009 found that 29% of Ameri-cans have difficulty falling asleep at least once a week. Finally, the National Sleep foun-dation's 2008 Sleep in America study reported that 42% of respondents had midsleep awaken-ings, multiple times a week. When faced with these sleep difficulties, many turn to pre-scription or over-the-counter medication; a 2008 Consumer Reports study found that 1 in 5 Amer-icans medicate for sleep at least once a week. To help remedy this situation we propose a sys-tem which is both healthier and more effective than medication, which allows for improved sleep onset, arousal and quality without side effects. This system, which we are calling Warm Wake, will allow for a more natural waking experience, quicker sleep onset, increased REM sleep quan-tity, and few nocturnal awakenings. Its combina-tion of temperature sensing, sleep state monitor-ing, and temperature control allows it to manip-ulate the users' core body temperature in order to maintain or terminate sleep depending on the users' needs. Sleep is easiest to attain during the temperature minimum circadian phase. This phase starts about 5-6 hours before the circadian tempera-ture minimum and extends to about 1-3 hours af-ter it, with sleep propensity increasing the closer you are to the sleep minimum, and decreasing as you approach the maximum [10, 17]. In fact,the sleep initiation process is most likely to oc-cur at the maximum rate of temperature decline . Immediately before the temperature min-imum phase is the wake maintenance circadian zone (WMZ), in which sleep is most difficult to attain. Individuals with sleep onset insomnia (SOI), usually exhibit delayed circadian phases, where their temperature minimum phase comes later than their bedtime. As a result they find it very difficult to fall asleep. Studies show that sleep onset is influenced by the rhythm of tem-perature and can be influenced by the ma-nipulation of a subject's temperature. Lowering core body temperature, for example, through se-lective warming of skin at the hands and feet, can effectively advance one's temperature mini-mum, and additionally, release melatonin, both of which increase sleep propensity.. It has been suggested that skin temperature could act as an input signal to the regulation of sleep . Sleep consists of rapid eye move-ment (REM), in which the brain is very ac-tive but the body has a reduced regulatory re-sponse; and non-REM (NREM) sleep, character-ized by an actively regulating but otherwise in-active brain in a moveable body. NREM sleep is further subcategorized into four numbered stages of increasing depth of sleep. Stages 1 and 2 are light sleep, from which a sleeper can be easily awakened. These typically occur at the onset of sleep. Stages 3 and 4 are termed "slow-wave-sleep" (SWS) and cycle periodically with REM sleep throughout the night . "Good" sleep is typically characterized by high sleep efficiency (amount of time asleep divided by amount of time in bed attempting to sleep), a low number of arousals, and a re-freshed feeling upon awakening. Subjective re-ports demonstrate that subjects feel sleep is "better" when SWS energy is low and sleep oc-curs near the trough in core temperature [1, 2]. Additionally, the absolute amount of REM sleep a subject experiences at night has been cor-related with higher intellectual functioning the next day . Body temperature is highly correlated with the regulation of sleep state. Though many more studies are available on the correlation of core temperature with sleep phase, these studies re-quire rectal probes, and are thus not directly applicable to our device. Instead, we focus on the manipulation of ambient temperature, tem-perature inside the bed, and skin temperature, all of which have proved strong effects on sleep structure [11, 12, 13]. In particular, the num-ber of arousals reduces significantly when the temperature is maintained at a zone of thermo-neutrality within the bed at a temperature of ap-proximately 30 ◦C. Even slight variations around this thermo-neutral zone can change the struc-ture of sleep. REM sleep is particularly de-pressed by colder temperatures, while SWS is more depressed with more heat . Sleep structure is also dependent on circadian oscillators, including core body temperature (not to be confused with skin temperature or the tem-perature of the environment ). REM sleep is preferentially distributed toward the later part of the night, which is linked to a circadian oscil-lator which can be tracked through the oscilla-tion of core body temperature [6, 7, 9, 11]. This means that if sleep does not reach into the peak circadian time for REM sleep, a subject will be disproportionately deprived of REM sleep, caus-ing noticeably lower intellectual functioning thenext day . The coupling of REM sleep propen-sity and body temperature cycle could mean that the two are independently controlled by a differ-ent circadian oscillator, or that there could be a direct and manipulable effect of body temper-ature on the timing of REM sleep and on the sleep-wake cycle . The ability to maintain sleep is also dependent on sleep stage, and thus on temperature. In par-ticular, the body's thermoregulatory responses are sleep stage dependent: during REM sleep, the body reduces its regulation of temperature and of the sweating response. Thus sleep is more easily disturbed during REM sleep, and is more sensitive in general to cooling than to warming. Some sources suggest that the cyclic alternation between SWS and REM may be necessary in or-der to keep the body within its thermoneutral zone and thus asleep for longer [11, 17]. Just as a lower core body temperature is more amenable to falling asleep, a higher one can re-sult in increased alertness upon awakening. In a subjective study, patients who were asked how refreshed and alert they felt when they woke up consistently rated their waking experience higher when awakened near the peak of their tempera-ture cycles . Furthermore, a study by Erin Baerh for NIH found that M-type individuals (morning people) had an earlier sleep minimum, and thus woke up higher on their temperature curve, closer to their maximum . M-types are more active and productive in the morning, after waking than N-types, who have a later temper-ature minimum. This can be problematic for N-types who, as shown by a study at the Uni-versity of North Texas in Denton, perform a full letter grade worse than those who have pleasant waking experiences (M-type). We hypothe-size that artificially raising core body tempera-ture near waking will result in a more pleasant arousal, and possibly an overall advanced circa-dian phase. Other factors contributing to a refreshed feel-ing upon awakening include higher sleep effi-ciency and the amount of SWS sleep present in the night: the more SWS sleep subjects accu-mulated in the night, the harder it was to arouse them (though notably, it does not seem to matter which phase of sleep a subject is in when they are awakened [2, 7]). All of these factors are controllable, as discussed above, by a device which regulates body temperature. Our system design consists of four major subsys-tems: a sleep phase monitoring subsystem, a skin temperature monitoring subsystem, a temperature actuation subsystem, and a data processing subsystem. The sleep phase monitor uses a dry EEG head-band (the Zeo) to measure the sleep state of the user, differentiating between light, deep and REM sleep. It is worn throughout the night and passes the user's sleep state to the processing subsystem in ten-second intervals. The skin temperature monitoring subsystem consists of a small temperature sensor, strapped acrosss the chest, and fixed to the users side, underneath their left arm. The temperature actuation subsystem consists of a temperature regulating mattress pad. The mattress pad circulates heated or cooled water throughout the pad to maintain a set temperature. It is controlled by the processing sub-system, which interprets the sleep phase data coming from the headband, and the temperature data coming from the temperature probe while also monitoring the time and time since sleep on-set. Using this data, it runs a simple algorithm to set the optimal temperature. This processing subsystem, and the integra-tion it provides is the novel element in our sys-tem. There currently exist multiple solutions for sleep state monitoring, including dry EEG solu-tions such as the Zeo headband and less accu-rate smartphone apps which monitor movement. There also exists at least one temperature regu-lating mattress pad, sold by Chili Technologies as the ChiliPad. However, we have been unable to find any system which integrates these tech-nologies, along with a temperature monitor to provide the benefits promised by the aforemen-tioned research. Once we solidified our initial design we con-structed a research system. This was necesary in order to confirm that the results found in our literature review could be replicated using in-expensive, consumer grade devices, under non-laboratory conditions. Our research system has all the same specifications as our full system de-sign described above, but with some additional functionality for monitoring and debugging. For our sleep monitoring subsystem we use the Zeo (Zeo, Inc.) sleep phase monitoring head-band. The headband communicates with an An-droid (Google) application of our own design that monitors sleep phase data and submits it to a debugging and logging server, as well as the system's data processing server. Our skin temperature monitoring subsystem consists of a form-fitting shirt, modified to hold a battery pack, wifi enabled microcontroller, and temperature probe. The temperature probe is mounted to the inside of the shirt, which pro-vides insulation while also affixing the probe to the skin. The data processing server determines the corrrect temperature to set at any given time, using an algorithm of our design. For our research system, this algorithm is very simple; it is an alarm that changes the tempera-ture at a certain time. This is only for research, so we can observe the effect of changing ambi-ent temperature under consistent and relatively controlled conditions. However, the processing subsystem does have full access to real-time tem-perature and sleep phase data, so once initial re-search is complete the algorithm can be easily developed to be more intelligent. The data processing subsystem communicates wirelessly with our temperature actuation sub-system. This linkage, in our research system, is simply an Arduino connected to a wireless con-troller. For temperature actuation we use the ChiliPadTM(Chili Technology) temperature reg-ulating mattress pad. It can set ambient tem-perature between 46 and 118 degrees fahrenheit, although our algorithm only utilizes a range be-tween 65 and 95 degrees. This is the range that we've found does not disrupt sleep enough to in-duce wakefulness. Our system architecture and component specification can be seen in Figure 1. While we have not yet run a rigorous enough study to fully validate whether our system will be able to effect the sleep improvements seen in the above research, we have performed prelimi-nary tests on one team member, which has returned promising results. In our trials, we set the temperature of the mattress pad to the room temperature (75 degrees Fahrenheit) for the first half of the night, then approximately halfway through the night, at 8:30 AM, the tempera-ture was switched. This allowed us to use the first half of the night as a "control" to which we could compare the second half of the night. This control is flawed, as sleep is not time invariant, and changes as duration increases. However, by comparing these trials to tests run without tem-perature manipulation we believe we can begin to identify possible effects of changing ambient temperature mid-sleep. Figure 1: Our system architecture and compo-nent specification. The blue arrows indicate data flow and the red arrow indicates actuation. We ran two sets of temperature-switch trials. The first involved a mid-sleep ambient-to-warm temperature change. In these tests, we switched the temperature of the matress pad to 93 de-grees Fahrenheit halfway through the night. 93 degrees is at the upper edge of the thermoneu-tral zone, the temperature range through which ambient temperature can be manipulated during sleep without inducing wakefulness. Based on our research, we expected that the subject whould experience more REM, and less deep, sleep. Our results, some of which are shown in Figure 2, appear to validate our ex-pectations. It seems that increasing the tem-perature to the edge of the thermoneutral zone suppressed deep sleep, which does not appear following the temperature switch in either trial. In addition, the switch may be enhancing REM sleep, which appears to increase in duration and frequency following the 8:30 mark. Of course, REM sleep does naturally increase in duration over the course of a night, so it is difficult to make even preliminary conclusions regarding the effect of temperature on REM sleep frequency and duration with this data alone. Furthermore, from the temperature data in Figure 2 it is clear that our method of temper-ature measurement is imprecise, and probably inadequate for observing the effects of changing the ambient temperature. Its 5-10 degree fluctu-ations are likely due to movement of the probe, and not due to actual changes in skin tempera-ture, as most research we read reported temper-ature changes no more than +- 1 degree. Our second set of trials involved an ambient-to-cold temperature switch. Based on our re-search, lowering the ambient temperature during sleep should have the oppposite effect from rais-ing the temperature; the frequency and duration of deep sleep should increase, and REM should reduce. For these trials, we had most of the same environmental conditions as in the afore-mentioned experiments, but switched the tem-perature to 68 degrees Fahrenheit instead of 93 degrees halfway through the night. It should be kept in mind that all the exper-iments we ran were both to test our hypothe-ses, but also to test the system, to identify and address issues. As such, many trials, includ-ing these ambient-to-cold tests in particular were plagued by technical difficulties. We were, how-ever, able to collect one sleep session's worth of phase data, shown in Figure 3. Although we were not able to collect temper-ature data (due to equipment failures) it is clear that the response to the temperature switch here is different from before. The most obvious differ-ence is that there are two periods of deep sleep following the 8:30 shift. This is markedly differ-ent from the warm-to-hot trials shown above, in which no deep sleep was recorded following the 8:30 mark. Unfortunately, the phase monitor fell off an hour after the switch, so we were unable to see if there were additional periods of deep sleep, or reduced REM sleep during the rest of the session. We also collected data for 2 control trials (data not shown), in which ambient tempera-ture was maintained at the room temperature for the whole night. The data returned from these trials was inconclusive, with similar results to the ambient-to-warm trials. This indicates that there is a possibilty our results are not signifi-cant. However, many more trials, under more controlled circustances are necesary before mak-ing any conclusions. While we are not able to draw any statistically significant conclusions about the effect of manip-ulating ambient temperature on sleep quantity and quality, from our trials, the testing was still immensely useful. Our tests with the system allowed us to identify technical problems with the system, such as our ineffective temperature mea-surement strategy. They also did demonstrate some possible trends, which warrant further ex-ploration, including the possible increase in deep sleep quantity and duration caused by cold ambi-ent temperatures, and increase in REM duration and quantity caused by warm temperatures. The research detailed above clearly supports the idea that a device which modulates temperature during sleep can have a profound effect on the quality and composition of sleep, as well as eas-ing the onset of sleep and helping the subject to feel refreshed and alert upon awakening. To being validating this research we designed and constructed a system capable of manipulating ambient temperature during sleep based on skin temperature and sleep phase. Using this system, we have performed experimental trials, testing the effectiveness and reliability of the system, while also identifying areas of exploration, in re-lation to our research. 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Booksie & Support Me! LBcreative Interest in the unreal Written by Lucasbarstow January 30, 2022 February 13, 2022 Borderlands & Me So, you want to hear a story, eh… My story with Borderlands started with my cousin as far as I can remember. I used to walk to school with him and sometimes he'd recommend a game. He told me about a slightly weird shooter he had been playing and I got it as soon as I could through birthday money or trades or something. Hearing Marcus Kincaid introducing the game has stuck with me as one of the greatest game intros ever, the pace, rhythm and imagery were great. Then it's choose a character as Marcus makes fun of them and you get off his bus. What followed on is a woman in your head telling you about a funny little robot. Then you met Claptrap. I don't think I'd ever seen anything quite like it with so much story, colour and the cell shaded graphics all together blew my mind. Well designed areas, a weapon proficiency system and so much chaos at a time when most games were a dull brown and took themselves seriously made playing the first Borderlands a unique experience. The first Borderlands was one of the first games I had any DLC for. My dad tried the game and didn't like it but still sat there telling me about every reference he could spot, it added a different kind of amazement for me. Sadly the Destroyer was a bit disappointing. As a side note, playing the first Borderlands taught me what hackers or modders are. I joined some guy online at one point, he gave me an incredibly powerful gun which I used every time I found a fight too hard. I got an achievement for playing with a developer at some point after and later found my character deleted somehow. Cool but sad given the time and effort to build Lilith up. Borderlands 2 took the style of the first and turned it to eleven. It felt a bit different to the first but this one had a better story. The man, the legend, the mad leader of a powerful corporation, Handsome Jack. He's up there with the best villains ever written. Jack talks to the player quite often throughout the game, making fun, telling stories and being so charming that you can't help but like the evil dictator that wants you dead. The guns were wackier and I found more legendary weapons with the fact that they now had proper drop points. The action skills were cooler. I didn't understand any of the memes and was baffled by the double rainbow, to be honest I still don't understand that moment. Borderlands 2 not only entertained as a game but took a sledgehammer to the mental walls in my head that hide my emotions, heroes for a young teen took me through a rollercoaster of story. Of course I bought the season pass, the extra characters and the upgraded level packs. Tiny Tina's DLC brought the sword and shield fantasy lands together with the mad shooter to make one of the best DLC I can think of. As for the way I play, I never abused glitches or broken designs, my favourite character is Axton because he's just generally well rounded for how he plays and the turret is as good as a second player sometimes. The Pre-Sequel gets alot of hate but I was late to upgrade to the next gen Xbox. It was an old gen exclusive until the Handsome Collection (yes I bought that too eventually). The story of how Jack become a bandit-hating dictator flipped everything on its head, by the end I wanted to be on his side. The man clearly had problems and could have done with a sensible ally to temper his paranoia but all he wants is to be a hero, using mercenaries to do the hard work he tries to make the universe safer for all. There's also the Eridian guy which I've never understood because no game since has really used it. Elpis (the setting) was focused on fun, low gravity, butt slams, Claptrap, cryo as well as other characters old and new make me think the Pre-Sequel's underrated. It also had the Claptastic Voyage which rivalled Tina's Borderlands 2 DLC for quality but is sadly overlooked by many. Nisha is my favourite for power but Claptrap makes the game so unpredictable it becomes much more fun. I think I bought the Tales From The Borderlands cheap as I didn't really know what it was. Xbox Live had given away the Walking Dead games which were emotionally powerful interactive story games. Tales was like the Walking Dead games, brilliantly written and it brought back Handsome Jack. I found the characters likeable but felt it robbed me of a space station to destroy in Borderlands 3. Commander Lilith And The Fight For Sanctuary came out years after Borderlands 2. A total shock for me to get more to do for free on one of my favourite games before the incredible sequel came out. It was mad and weird, charging around as a fiery, exploding Psycho Krieg bashing plants out of the way, getting a new rarity of loot and not being able to see what was happening for fire effects on my screen. Truly epic! Just what I needed to get me back into the series and it helped to set up the next game. My first preorder. Massive regret when I saw the trailer. A big disappointment on release. You guessed it, Borderlands 3. The villains irritated me, the gun manufacturers lost alot of what made the guns unique and the map design got on my nerves when they became multi-tiered with cliffs to fall off and a long walk back. I found the story to be a good lead on from Borderlands 1 as it brought back the Destroyer but it ignored the character development of Tales and the ending of the Pre-sequel. They even started messing with the lore. I did one and a half playthroughs with Zane as my character before trading the game in. It just didn't strike me as fun like the other three main games. Of course, when the Ultimate edition was on offer (cheaper than buying the game with its season passes) I bought it to see if a different character or the DLC would redeem it for me. I remember a Handsome Jack casino thing being alright; a sort of cowboy thing that was slightly less impressive but I liked the creativity and narrator; there was some dark Cthulu monster style thing which had an irritating boss fight; and Krieg's mind which had little side content but was a good look at mental health. There was a rubbish battle royale mode and Ava, an easily disliked character got some missions that were badly placed when the game was already beaten. I played Moze the second time around and found the tiny robot with grenade launchers to be about as fun as Zane was. Which brings us to now. A Tina One Shot game was released, but from what I can tell it's just a remastered DLC turned standalone game which seems pointless, but it was on PS Plus so I gave it a go. Here're my thoughts: Tina's One Shot There's also Wonderlands, a spin off of Borderlands based on the remastered DLC. I have very little enthusiasm for Wonderlands, this time thinking it better to see how it reviews, how much extra content comes out and maybe I'll wait for the Ultimate version. Borderlands 3 really damaged my love of the series and my trust for Gearbox to get a game right. I've written other things on this site about Borderlands, below are some links: Your cash ain't worth a thing… Ignorance and inconsideration… …place where they belong… Why's it green?… Quick game reviews Borderlands 3 Ultimate Edition review If I bother with the later games I could expand on this in future. If anyone has any tips or wants a discussion feel free to comment below. 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Hollow Knight Silksong Gets A Release Window of 2022 On GOG Ali Haider January 9, 2022 GOG has listed Hollow Knight Silksong with the release year of 2022 suggesting this hotly anticipated indie game might be arriving this year. Hollow Knight Silksong started as an expansion to the original Hollow Knight but it soon outgrew its original ambitions and the developers decided to make it a sequel. Silksong is coming to the Nintendo Switch and PC. It was first revealed during a Nintendo Indie World Direct back in 2019, and the game has been missing in action since then. While it is understandable that there has been no response considering the small size of Team Cherry and their dedication to creating a perfect experience, it has taken far too long for some fans who have been waiting for a sequel to the critically acclaimed indie hit. A new glimmer of hope has emerged again this time with GOG. The popular storefront has a mobile website that has listed Hollow Knight Silksong for a 2022 release. This discovery was shared by a user on reddit. In the major Nvidia Geforce Now leak last year, Hollow Knight was listed as a release in February, but since there has been no announcement so far, it is easy to assume that this was likely a placeholder that won't be possible now. However, the hope that the game comes out in 2022 remains strong especially after the GOG update which suggests a launch in 2022 is likely aside from any unforeseen circumstances. hollow knight silksong Quantic Dream Is Reportedly Working On A Game Based On The Dark Sorcerer Demo Horizon Forbidden West Rating Mentions "Alien Monsters" and "Same Sex Relationships" Lego Star Wars: The Skywalker Saga Release Date Reportedly Leaked Netflix Announces Release Date For The Cuphead Show With a New Trailer Entertainment, News Kingdom Hearts 20th Anniversary Event Announced For April 10 Dying Light 2 Update 1.01 Patch Notes and File Size Details

As Germany's aging population struggles to find enough care workers, the country's health minister is mulling funding training programs abroad. However, the "brain drain" risk has some authorities hesitant to sign on. Joana Bocaj is 25 years old. She's a nurse in the city of Vlore in southern Albania, but she hopes she won't be working there much longer. Joana is preparing to leave Albania and start a new working life in the western German city of Dusseldorf. Joana will be welcome in Dusseldorf. Until recently, the German government had neglected chronic personnel shortages in the German care sector. The government's 2017 coalition agreement said that an additional 8,000 care workers were to be employed nationwide. That figure has since been revised upwards, with officials now talking about recruiting at least 13,000 new care workers.

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class StringAVLNodeXtra extends StringAVLNode { private String item; public StringAVLNodeXtra(String s) { super(s); item = s; } public final static StringAVLNodeXtra upgrade(StringAVLNode n) { StringAVLNodeXtra copy = new StringAVLNodeXtra(n.getItem()); copy.setBalance(n.getBalance()); copy.setLeft(n.getLeft()); copy.setRight(n.getRight()); return copy; } int getDepth() { return getDepth(this); } private static int getDepth(StringAVLNode nodeIn) { int depth; if (nodeIn == null) depth = 0; else { nodeIn = StringAVLNodeXtra.upgrade(nodeIn); depth = 1 + Math.max(getDepth(nodeIn.getLeft()), getDepth(nodeIn.getRight())); } return depth; } // this will give the first three characters of a String, //precedded by spaces if string is shorter than 3 String getFirstThreeChar() { String rtn = ""; if (getItem().length() >= 3) rtn = getItem().substring(0,3); else if (getItem().length() == 2) rtn = " " + getItem(); else if (getItem().length() == 1) rtn = " " + getItem(); else if (getItem().length() == 0) rtn = " "; return rtn; } }

And seriously, we would not have been able to do it without the help of some selfless people, who were willing to spend their time to help us figure out where we went wrong. "what's this? engagement present isit??" How many times must I say leh???? we only good friends lerr... -_-" Hmm.. its time like this that u would think the world is not so bad after all eh? there are still good people out there.

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Aviation & Transport Workplace Advisory Energy, Resources & Renewables Hospitality, Retail & Tourism Transport & Aviation Gazettes & Industry Papers Professional Guides Our Specialists, In-house Advocates and Special Counsel Our Senior Associates Our Awards & Accreditations Carter Newell Lawyers Search Carter Newell Enter keywords Search for pages and articles on this website. Section 73 of the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld) Apr 2013 | The legislation Section 73 of the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 (Qld) (PIPA) relates to false or misleading information given by a claimant to a respondent or contributor. It applies to both statements and documents given by a claimant (ss 73(2), (3)) where the person knows it is false or misleading in a "material particular". An example of this would be where a claimant, in answering the questions set out in the Part 1 Notice of Claim, has denied a history of previous injury that would affect their claim for damages or fails to disclose a previous claim for damages. A breach therefore would usually arise at the beginning of a claim when the claimant serves their Part 1 or 2 Notice of Claim. A respondent or contributor who receives false or misleading information is under no obligation to bring it to that person's (or presumably their solicitor's) attention, if to do so would alert that person to the suspicion of fraud. Procedure for making a complaint - what needs to be given When making a complaint under Section 73, it is enough for the complaint to merely state the information was false or misleading without specifying which. Section 73A states a proceeding under this section of the PIPA is to be taken in the summary way under the Justices Act 1886 before a magistrate on the complaint of the Attorney General or a person authorised by the Attorney General to take the proceeding. Currently, there are no written guidelines available from the Justice Department as to the information that needs to be given in such circumstances. Practitioners are advised to provide written submissions outlining the false or misleading information given by a claimant. The submissions should be as detailed as possible and contain information as to any steps taken by a claimant to remedy the provision of untruthful or misleading information. The written submissions should also be very clear in providing the date of any alleged offence as this has importance with respect to filing an application. The complainant It is open to the Attorney General to authorise another person to file the complaint. This however, might cause difficulties where a PIPA claim is ongoing and there is the risk of filing a complaint under section 73 being perceived as an abuse of process if it is made by the respondent. However, PIPA stipulates timeframes which would make it almost impossible to delay making such a complaint until the PIPA claim has been finalised (or proceedings commenced). Therefore, the safest and perhaps most equitable course is for the Attorney General's department to file the complaint. Timeframe for filing an application The proceeding (i.e. the filing of the application, not the referral to the Attorney General's department) must start within: one year of the commission of the offence (e.g. signing the Part 1 Notice of Claim which contained false or misleading information); or within six months after the commission of the offence comes to the knowledge of the complainant, but not later than two years after the commission of the offence. Accordingly, under the second limb, presuming that the Attorney General (or a member of their staff) will be the named complainant, an application must be filed within six months of the referral being made to the department. PIPA imposes a penalty of 150 penalty units (currently equivalent to $25,500.00) or one year's imprisonment. Underutilised? Consideration is currently being given to the first application under section 73A. The purpose of the disclosure provisions under the legislation is to put both parties in a position where they have all of the relevant information relating not only to the incident that caused loss itself, but also to the quantum position of the claimant. Where for example, a claimant fails to provide information in relation to a previous claim for damages (whether successful or not) or fails to disclose that they were in receipt of a disability support pension at the time of an incident, the respondent is immediately at a disadvantage and it is most likely they will incur additional costs in obtaining that information (e.g. obtaining medical records from another State or Territory). It can also significantly alter the way the respondent would have handled the claim had they had that information. In situations where information has not been disclosed in a Part 1 or 2 Notice of Claim or where it is untruthful, it is not uncommon for the legal representatives of claimants to say that their client was unaware of the disclosure obligations or it was the solicitor's own fault for the omission of information. However, claimants are required to sign a statutory declaration at the bottom of each part of the Notice of Claim. Their attention is drawn to bold font which sets out the penalty provisions if they provide false or misleading information. It is therefore unacceptable for claimants to wholly apportion blame to their legal representative where information has not been disclosed or it is incorrect, and legal representatives should be careful to ensure that they are properly counselling their clients to provide up-front disclosure of all relevant information and documents. If this does not occur, section 73 of the PIPA can be of assistance and it could be of great use to defendant solicitors or respondents in general. If section 73 applications were more common, it may ensure that claimants give all of the relevant information to respondents when making a claim for personal injuries and that they cannot simply pick and choose which parts of their history they would like to leave out. The penalties, if they fail to adhere to their disclosure obligations, should serve as a deterrent. Recent experience Carter Newell is currently involved in an ongoing matter where a complaint was made to the Attorney General's department regarding the failure to disclose and the provision of misleading information by a claimant. After a thorough investigation of the allegations, the Attorney General's department filed a complaint. Crown Law will be appearing on behalf of the Attorney General at a preliminary hearing of this matter in North Queensland in May 2013. From enquiries with the Justice Department, Carter Newell understands this is the first application under section 73 of the PIPA since the inception of the legislation 10 years ago. If an application under section 73A is successful, it should serve to remind claimants that they must pursue their claims with complete honesty in respect of disclosure to respondents or penalties will apply. 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'The Masters Series: Edward Sorel' on View at SVA This month SVA honors illustrator Edward Sorel with the exhibition "The Masters Series: Edward Sorel." Featuring hundreds of drawings, caricatures and illustrations created by the artist, the show is on view from October 7 through November 5, 2011, at the Visual Arts Gallery, 601 West 26th Street, 15th Floor, New York City. Sorel has delighted magazine readers for decades with his social critiques, political satires and whimsical picture essays. He has been hailed by The New York Times as "one of America's foremost political satirists," and has used his pen to lampoon politicians, businessmen, and celebrities ranging from Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford and George W. Bush to Leo Tolstoy, Frank Sinatra, Madonna, and even himself. Over the last four decades, his work has appeared in American Heritage, The Atlantic, Esquire, Fortune, Forbes, GQ, Harper's, New York magazine, The New York Times Magazine, The Nation, Rolling Stone, Sports Illustrated, Time and The Village Voice. Sorel is now most frequently seen in Vanity Fair and The New Yorker, for which he has done 45 covers. Sorel has also written and illustrated several children's books, published a collection of caricatures, exhibited his work in several galleries and museums including the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC., and received numerous awards, such as the Augustus St. Gaudens Medal for Professional Achievement granted by The Cooper Union. In addition to "The Masters Series" exhibition, there will be a reception for the artist on Thursday, October 13, from 6 – 8 pm at Visual Arts Gallery, 601 West 26 Street, 15th floor. And on Tuesday, October 25 at 7pm, Sorel will discuss his career with artist James McMullan at the SVA Theatre, 333 West 23 Street. To read a recent interview with Sorel conducted by MFA Design Department Co-chair Steven Heller, visit The Atlantic. Below, watch a short documentary about Edward Sorel made by his son, Leo Sorel. Images: (top) Frank Sinatra Getting Lit, illustration for the cover of Esquire, April, 1966; (bottom) Edgar Degas meets Mary Cassatt, illustration for "First Encounters" series in The Atlantic Monthly, November, 1993. Posted in Press Tagged: Edward Sorel, Esquire, exhibition, illustration, political satirist, satire, School of Visual Arts, SVA, The Atlantic, The Master's Series: Edward Sorel, The Nation, The New Yorker, Vanity Fair In the Press: Illya Azaroff in The New York Times SVA Alumnus Shaun Killman a Finalist on 'All American Handyman'

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FacebookInstagramTwitterLinkedInTwitch About Adrian The Four Realms Swordfighting Drunken Smallsword In A Romanian Palace – The Climb #267 Home/Swordfighting, The Climb, Travel/Drunken Smallsword In A Romanian Palace – The Climb #267 Today was my last full day in Romania. In truth this weekend has been everything I could possibly want – an amazingly relaxed and chilled weekend that takes my mind away from a load of personal crap going on back in the UK Today had originally been intended to be our sparring day, but after the longsword competition overran, our second seminar got bumped to this morning. We were in the tent today and whilst the group was smaller, there seemed to be more attention and focus given to the instruction. I think we were helped by the fact that we knew the counter-posture stuff would throw them so we could prepare them. They struggled in parts but we've had so many people come up to us afterwards and say how they now want to buy a rapier that we must have done something right. We finished right before lunch. I pretty much went to lunch in my kit as my intention was to be available all afternoon to spar with people. It's been quite interesting to see people come up and ask to fence Pim and go all fangirl when he says yes. I guess if you are from a smaller club, having the chance to fence with the world #1 in rapier & dagger must feel like such a moment. It made me realise how lucky I am to belong to a club with so many great fencers. But by the same token, whilst I don't have Pim's stature, I wanted to make myself available to attendees. Many of them train in isolation and so the only feedback they can get on whether they fight well or not is by fencing people like Pim or me. I fought with one guy from Serbia and told his teacher he was really good. As the afternoon proceeded, we were joined by a lot of the host club. With their work now done, they could get chance to relax and spar, and like the attendees, they wanted to fight with us. I was only too happy to oblige. They've made us feel so welcome this weekend, I felt it was the least I could do to fight all the club members and give them some constructive feedback. My absolute highlight today, came when I was sparring. I was fighting one of the Bucharest students with single rapier (not my strongest weapon although still #160 in the world) and I got this lovely thrust in that hit him square in the neck. He stopped, his eyes went wide and for a second I thought I'd hurt him. "Whoa," he says, "Are you OK?" I ask, worried I've injured him. He assured me he was fine, just that he never saw that thrust come in. I thought little of it, and continued to fight him and others. It was only as I was getting ready for another bout that I overhear him tell my last competitor, "See. I told you he was fast." Honestly, that made my day! For years I have been the fattest, the slowest. I'm a symbol of perseverance, not athleticism, and yet today I became fast. It's surprising how those little things mean so much, but it was a sign to me just how much I've progressed as a fighter. I came away feeling proud of myself and my progress. In a club with so many good fighters, it can often be hard to see your own progress, yet today in those comments, I realised just how much of a transformation I've made. It's got me fired up for Wessex and Swordfish. Look, I have no chance of making it to the final. Even if everything went to plan, I'm years off, but I know this. If I did, I would give everything on that piste. I would show them just how fast, how much stamina. I'd go out onto that piste prepared to die in order to win. I'd leave nothing behind. I'm excited for Swordfish. I want the pool of death. I want to throw myself against the world's best fighters and see just how good I am. No expectations, although I'd love to cause an upset. Final 16 seems a little out of reach, but maybe I could win a fight or two. We fought on gravel so I couldn't really lunge yet I felt I fought well. Heck, people who don't know me said I was fast. Me! Fast! We finished the night out on one of the balconies of the palace, with a few beers and smallswords. Who can honestly say they've fought drunked smallsword on the balcony of a Romanian palace? It just seemed the perfect way to finish what has been an incredible weekend. The venue has been awesome, the hosts have been so welcoming, the weather has been incredible, and the camaraderie has been awesome. I've come away with so many good friends. People seemed to enjoy Pim's seminar but I've also had many come up to me and thank me for my encouragement and assistance. I never got to fight everyone which was a shame, but I'm glad the organisers got chance to spar with us. With Pim being seen universally as the #1 rapier guy in the world, there's immense pride when people get to fence him. And they see the fact that we were willing to fence everyone as generous. It's a special moment when they get to fight the world's best and I got a taste of that when I was happy to fight anyone, and be gracious & generous with my feedback. We leave ridiculously early tomorrow, and I return home to find the mess I left. Reality will bite tomorrow, but for tonight at least, I'll just enjoy my last night in Romania. It's been an incredible trip and I'm sad to leave. expand on any point mentioned above, please say so in the comments. 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The Marvel Cinematic Universe – Worst to Best After watching every single movie in the Marvel Cinematic Universe over quarantine with my girlfriend, here is somewhat of an epilogue. Ant-Man, Avengers, Black Widow, Captain America, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Chris Pratt, Disney, Guardians of the Galaxy, Hulk, Iron Man, Jon Favreau, Madrid, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, MCU, Michael Pena, Paul Rudd, Quarantine, Rachel McAdams, Robert Downey Jr., Russo Brothers, Samuel L Jackson, Spider-Man, Stan Lee, Superhero, The Falcon, Thor, Tom Holland, War Machine, Winter Soldier Marvel Marathon #21: Avengers: Endgame This is undoubtedly the biggest spectacle of all-time. Endgame makes the first Avengers movie look like a student film. Ant-Man, Avengers, Black Widow, Captain America, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Disney, Films, Hulk, Iron Man, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, MCU, Michael Douglas, Michael Pena, Movies, Quarantine, Robert Downey Jr., Samuel L Jackson, Stan Lee, Superhero, The Falcon, Thor, War Machine, Winter Soldier Marvel Marathon #19: Ant-Man And The Wasp Much more of a Honey I Shrunk The Kids type comedy than the first, and I love that. Ant-Man, Avengers, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, MCU, Michael Douglas, Michael Pena, Paul Rudd, Stan Lee, The Wasp Marvel Marathon #11: Ant-Man Props to the writers for not feeling the need to destroy the Golden Gate Bridge (see: every single movie based in San Francisco.) Ant-Man, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, MCU, Michael Douglas, Michael Pena, Paul Rudd, Stan Lee, T.I., The Falcon

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Many have wondered the secret to the fine-tuned content operation we run here at Speak. Now, in a interview with Airtable, our Head of Content George Theohari explains how swapping spreadsheets for their software helped us transform our content operations – with award-winning results. By tailoring Airtable to our own 'always on' editorial needs and cutting out the emails and the admin – we've been able to concentrate on what matters most – telling brand stories and producing first-class content.

ITI-LRG London Regional Group of the ITI Join LRG Past Events – 2014 All about networking, or how to improve your marketing potential Wed 26 Nov 2014, 6:30 for 7 pm Upstairs at the Devereux pub 20 Devereux Court, Essex Street, London WC2R 3JJ Lucy Long is an expert in networking, ie putting people in touch with one another. Lucy is our special guest at our November meeting when she will invite us to think about how we could and should market our services, as translators and interpreters, not only to translation or interpreting companies but also to direct clients. Come ready to think about how you would describe your services as the evening will include a group exercise and feedback discussion session. Cost of event: free to LRG members; £3 for non-members.Coffee/tea/biscuits and fruit will be available from 6.15pmRegistration closed. 20th Birthday Celebration and AGM Brown's Brasserie, 82-84 St Martin's Lane, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4AG The ITI London Regional Group celebrates its 20th anniversary this year. To celebrate, we have arranged a special Christmas Dinner, to follow the AGM, at Brown's Brasserie, in Covent Garden. This branch of Brown's is based at the old Westminster County Court which played an important part in the life of London, in years past. We do hope as many members, non-members, former members, partners and friends will join us for the occasion. We have done our best to keep the prices as low as possible and believe that the rates are very reasonable for a fine meal in a well-known establishment, in central London. The evening will start with a complimentary celebration drink. There will follow a brief AGM, in order to conduct the formal business of the Group; this will be conducted from the Judge's bench, adding some pomp to our gathering but, as usual, the AGM will be friendly and informal. Best wishes – Pamela Mayorcas and Peter Linton, Co-Chairmen, ITI London Regional Group. More about Brown's Click Public Service Interpreting and Translation Thu 11 Sep 2014 6:30 for 7 pm Presented by Danielle d'Hayer, Associate Professor and Teaching Fellow at London Metropolitan University (LMU) Danielle will give us an insight into the very special area of public service interpreting and translation, the special qualities required, the constraints of the role and the specialist training available. She will include some information on job prospects and pay. We are also hoping to include a short exercise, based on a typical PSI scenario, so that people can gain a real understanding of the role. This presentation will be suitable for those already working in PSIT, those thinking of embarking on a career in the area and those who would like to know more, out of general interest.See also: http://learning.londonmet.ac.uk/epacks/interpreting-translation/index.html Coffee/tea and biscuits will be available from 6.30pm; drinks can be bought at the bar.Free to LRG members; £3 entry for non-LRG To book a place via EventBrite: CLOSED LRG Guided Walk with Roger Bone Wed 20 Aug 2014. Meet at 5.45 for prompt 6 pm start. Meet at the Black Friar pub almost opposite Blackfriars Station. We are repeating our now very popular annual guided walk in London with our favourite guide again this year. Roger has agreed to take us on his Southwark pub walk by the River, which is a literary-based pub walk. From the Black Friar pub Roger will begin with showing us the House written about by Gillian Tindall, "The House by the Thames", followed by Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, and will then talk about the acting profession in general based in Southwark. He will continue with stories concerning Samuel Pepys and Samuel Johnson at the Anchor Inn and conclude with the story of Thomas Malory, author of Morte d'Arthur and Charles Dickens' Little Dorrit based at the George Inn close to London Bridge Station and Borough tube station. Roger will be able to book us a table (given numbers) at the City Tandoori Restaurant at the back of the George Inn to conclude our evening with a reasonably priced meal (meze). We will stop at three pubs in all for a drink and rest – the Black Friar, the Market Porter or the Anchor Inn and the George before the City Tandoori. This event is free for LRG members, £5 for non-LRG members (for the walk only). The meal is optional and at participants' cost. Maximum number of participants is 20. Registration (EventBrite) closed LRG Annual Summer Pub Crawl, Smithfield Market area Join us on July 24 at the Old Mitre Tavern from 6.15pm for our annual pub crawl and networking evening. This year, we will be visiting some old pubs – such as the delightful Old Mitre – in the back streets around this fascinating area in the City of London, home to markets and fairs since mediaevel times – see: http://www.smithfieldmarket.com/content/market/the-market-today There are some lovely old pubs and the area is close to landmarks such as the Barbican, St Paul's Cathedral and St Bartholomew's Hospital. For those who want to eat at the end of the evening, we shall be in Carluccio's: http://www.carluccios.com/restaurants/smithfield Joint LRG/EU Revision Workshop Mon 23 June 2014, 10.00 – 12.45, 13.45 – 16.30 Europe House, 32 Smith Sq, SW1P 3EU Nearest tubes: St James Park, Westminster We are indebted to the European Commission's Directorate-General for Translation for its help in organising this workshop, which will be led by Peter Workman, a senior translator and reviser working for the DGT's English Language Department in Luxembourg. Two identical workshops – one in the morning, one in the afternoon – will enable participants to practise and discuss revision techniques. They will be identical in content and format and will focus on revising translations into EN of FR, DE, ES and IT source texts. Participants will gain an insight into revision work and learn about EU revision guidelines and practice. The workshop will be of value to freelance as well as staff translators and revisers, and will also assist anyone called upon to carry out revision work on his/her own or other people's texts. Tea, coffee, soft drinks and light refreshments will be served at the start of each workshop. If participants wish to network after the morning or before the afternoon session, there are many cafés and restaurants in the area around Smith Square. The workshops – sponsored by the generosity of the EU Commission and the ITI London Regional Group – are free. NB: Advance booking is essential: no admissions on the door. Joint LRG / UCL Event A talk by John Hutchins on Machine Translation Tue 20 May 2014, 5 – 6 pm UCL Bloomsbury Campus, Malet Place, Foster Court, room 2.16 (TransCluster), London WC1E 6BT (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/maps) Nearest tubes: Goodge Street, Euston Square, Euston, Warren Street UCL/LRG are honoured to welcome John Hutchins at UCL (the new home of the MSc Translation, formerly based at Imperial College) where John will give a talk on machine translation. About John Hutchins (http://www.hutchinsweb.me.uk) After graduating from Nottingham University in 1960, my career was in university librarianship (Durham, Sheffield, and East Anglia); retired in 1999. Author of books and articles on linguistics and information retrieval, and since 1978 particularly on machine translation. Principal works: Machine translation: past, present, future (Chichester: Ellis Horwood, 1986); Introduction to machine translation [with Harold Somers] (London: Academic Press, 1992); editor of MT News International (1991-1997), compiler of Compendium of translation software (since 2000), compiler of Machine Translation Archive (since 2004, www.mt-archive.info, which now contains over 10,800 items (2 May 2014)); editor of Early years in machine translation: memoirs and biographies of pioneers (Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 2000). Active in the European Association for Machine Translation (president 1995-2004) and in the International Association for Machine Translation (president: 1999-2001). Recipient of the IAMT Award of Honour in 2001. This event is free for LRG members and UCL students. LRG members: please register (this is for security reasons) by sending an email to Daniela ([email protected]) by Monday 19 May 2014. UCL students do NOT need to register. TRANSCREATION EVENT A joint LRG/MAT event Fri 4 April 2014 2 – 5 pm 20 Devereux Court, off Essex Street, London WC2R 3JJ Nearest tube: Temple, or buses along The Strand We have all heard of advertising campaigns gone wrong because they were not adapted for the target audience, and slogans which, when translated, turned out to mean something completely different and seriously damaged the product's or brand's reputation. To avoid these mistakes, advertising copy should be transcreated rather than translated, to make sure it is specifically written for the target audience. This workshop provides some background on how transcreation works and offers participants a chance to give it a try themselves. Percy will offer slogan translation exercises in English, French, Spanish, German and Dutch. Participants with other source languages can join in with a 'related' language (e.g. Italian -> Spanish). You are also most welcome to bring along your own slogan if you work in a different language. The copywriting exercise, which involves writing catchy slogans for products, will be done in English. Percy Balemans (www.pb-translations.com) graduated from the School of Translation and Interpreting in Maastricht, the Netherlands, in 1989. After working with a translation agency as an in-house translator for a few years, she worked as a technical writer and copywriter, information designer, web editor, and trainer for an information technology business. Now a freelance translator, she translates from English and German into Dutch, specializing in advertising (transcreation), fashion, art, and travel and tourism. Percy is a member of the Netherlands Society of Interpreters and Translators (NGTV), the ATA and the CIOL. Lunch and post-workshop networking An optional fish and chip lunch will be available before the workshop at a cost of £6.25 (to be paid direct to the Devereux pub). Please indicate on Eventbrite whether you would like to join the lunch. After the event there will be an opportunity for networking. £27 per person for LRG/MAT members, £33 per person for non-members, including refreshments. There are only 40 places, so first come first served.Booking closed via Eventbrite, was https://transcreationworshop2014.eventbrite.co.uk" MEET THE CLIENT A joint LRG/University of Westminster event for LRG members, non-members and students Thu 20 Mar 2014 5.30 to 9.00 pm At the University of Westminster, London W1B 2UW (nearest tube: Oxford Circus) Sorry, booking has now closed for this event. Westminster students: please register with your Course Director. Another in this long-standing series of very popular events which brings freelance translators and interpreters and translation and interpreting companies representatives together. Our star panel of translation company representatives, including Lindsay Bywood of Voice & Script International, James Powell of TransPerfect and Clare Suttie of Atlas Translations, will be on hand to share their industry experience and talk about what they look for in a translator or interpreter, how they evaluate CVs, their relationship with their panel of freelance service providers, and the specialist skills they value. After short presentations, there will be an extended Q&A session during which participants will be able to talk to the panellists about all aspects of the freelance contract. We will also arrange small round-table discussion sessions at which participants can talk to each of the panellists, in smaller groups. Light refreshments will be served during the evening: tea, coffee, water, juice and biscuits. Meet the Client is suitable for translators and interpreters at all levels: students, new entrants to the profession and experienced practitioners alike. Past events have been very informative and helpful in bringing work and service providers together. Fyvie Hall is a large, comfortable venue, with full PA/AV facilities. Refreshments will be served at the start of the evening and during a mid-evening break. See also: http://www.iti-lrg.org.uk, ICE and ITI Events for updates. The event is open to LRG, non-LRG members and to students. This event qualifies for three hours CPD. Costs to include refreshments: LRG members: £10; non-LRG: £15; Student (non-UoW): £5. Follow @ITILRG Tweets by ITILRG ITI-LRG Proudly powered by WordPress

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""" Violin Memory 6000 Series All-Flash Array Common Driver for Openstack Cinder Uses Violin REST API via XG-Tools to manage a standard V6000 series flash array to provide network block-storage services. by Ryan Lucio Senior Software Engineer Violin Memory """ import re import time from oslo.config import cfg from cinder import context from cinder import exception from cinder.openstack.common import log as logging from cinder import utils from cinder.volume.drivers.san import san from cinder.volume import volume_types LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__) # support vmos versions V6.3.0.4 or newer # support vmos versions V6.3.1 or newer VMOS_SUPPORTED_VERSION_PATTERNS = ['V6.3.0.[4-9]', 'V6.3.[1-9].?[0-9]?'] try: import vxg except ImportError: LOG.exception( _("The Violin V6000 driver for Cinder requires the presence of " "the Violin 'XG-Tools', python libraries for facilitating " "communication between applications and the v6000 XML API. " "The libraries can be downloaded from the Violin Memory " "support website at http://www.violin-memory.com/support")) raise else: LOG.info(_("Running with xg-tools version: %s"), vxg.__version__) violin_opts = [ cfg.StrOpt('gateway_vip', default='', help='IP address or hostname of the v6000 master VIP'), cfg.StrOpt('gateway_mga', default='', help='IP address or hostname of mg-a'), cfg.StrOpt('gateway_mgb', default='', help='IP address or hostname of mg-b'), cfg.StrOpt('gateway_user', default='admin', help='User name for connecting to the Memory Gateway'), cfg.StrOpt('gateway_password', default='', help='User name for connecting to the Memory Gateway', secret=True), cfg.BoolOpt('use_igroups', default=False, help='Use igroups to manage targets and initiators'), cfg.BoolOpt('use_thin_luns', default=False, help='Use thin luns instead of thick luns'), ] CONF = cfg.CONF CONF.register_opts(violin_opts) class InvalidBackendConfig(exception.CinderException): message = _("Volume backend config is invalid: %(reason)s") class RequestRetryTimeout(exception.CinderException): message = _("Backend service retry timeout hit: %(timeout)s sec") class ViolinBackendErr(exception.CinderException): message = _("Backend reports: %(message)s") class ViolinBackendErrExists(exception.CinderException): message = _("Backend reports: item already exists") class ViolinBackendErrNotFound(exception.CinderException): message = _("Backend reports: item not found") class V6000CommonDriver(san.SanDriver): """Executes commands relating to Violin Memory Arrays.""" def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs): super(V6000CommonDriver, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs) self.request_timeout = 300 self.vmem_vip = None self.vmem_mga = None self.vmem_mgb = None self.container = "" self.stats = {} self.config = kwargs.get('configuration', None) self.context = None self.lun_tracker = LunIdList(self.db) if self.config: self.config.append_config_values(violin_opts) def do_setup(self, context): """Any initialization the driver does while starting.""" if not self.config.gateway_vip: raise exception.InvalidInput( reason=_('Gateway VIP is not set')) if not self.config.gateway_mga: raise exception.InvalidInput( reason=_('Gateway IP for mg-a is not set')) if not self.config.gateway_mgb: raise exception.InvalidInput( reason=_('Gateway IP for mg-b is not set')) self.vmem_vip = vxg.open(self.config.gateway_vip, self.config.gateway_user, self.config.gateway_password, keepalive=True) self.vmem_mga = vxg.open(self.config.gateway_mga, self.config.gateway_user, self.config.gateway_password, keepalive=True) self.vmem_mgb = vxg.open(self.config.gateway_mgb, self.config.gateway_user, self.config.gateway_password, keepalive=True) self.context = context vip = self.vmem_vip.basic ret_dict = vip.get_node_values("/vshare/state/local/container/*") if ret_dict: self.container = ret_dict.items()[0][1] ret_dict = vip.get_node_values( "/vshare/state/local/container/%s/lun/*" % self.container) if ret_dict: self.lun_tracker.update_from_volume_ids(ret_dict.values()) ret_dict = vip.get_node_values( "/vshare/state/snapshot/container/%s/lun/*" % self.container) if ret_dict: for vol_id in ret_dict.values(): snaps = vip.get_node_values( "/vshare/state/snapshot/container/%s/lun/%s/snap/*" % (self.container, vol_id)) self.lun_tracker.update_from_snapshot_ids(snaps.values()) def check_for_setup_error(self): """Returns an error if prerequisites aren't met.""" vip = self.vmem_vip.basic if len(self.container) == 0: raise InvalidBackendConfig(reason=_('container is missing')) if not self._is_supported_vmos_version(self.vmem_vip.version): msg = _('VMOS version is not supported') raise InvalidBackendConfig(reason=msg) bn1 = ("/vshare/state/local/container/%s/threshold/usedspace" "/threshold_hard_val" % self.container) bn2 = ("/vshare/state/local/container/%s/threshold/provision" "/threshold_hard_val" % self.container) ret_dict = vip.get_node_values([bn1, bn2]) for node in ret_dict: # The infrastructure does not support space reclamation so # ensure it is disabled. When used space exceeds the hard # limit, snapshot space reclamation begins. Default is 0 # => no space reclamation. # if node.endswith('/usedspace/threshold_hard_val'): if ret_dict[node] != 0: msg = _('space reclamation threshold is enabled') raise InvalidBackendConfig(reason=msg) # The infrastructure does not support overprovisioning so # ensure it is disabled. When provisioned space exceeds # the hard limit, further provisioning is stopped. # Default is 100 => provisioned space equals usable space. # elif node.endswith('/provision/threshold_hard_val'): if ret_dict[node] != 100: msg = _('provisioned space threshold not equal to ' 'usable space') raise InvalidBackendConfig(reason=msg) def create_volume(self, volume): """Creates a volume.""" self._create_lun(volume) def delete_volume(self, volume): """Deletes a volume.""" self._delete_lun(volume) def create_snapshot(self, snapshot): """Creates a snapshot from an existing volume.""" self._create_lun_snapshot(snapshot) def delete_snapshot(self, snapshot): """Deletes a snapshot.""" self._delete_lun_snapshot(snapshot) def create_volume_from_snapshot(self, volume, snapshot): """Creates a volume from a snapshot.""" snapshot['size'] = snapshot['volume']['size'] self._create_lun(volume) self.copy_volume_data(self.context, snapshot, volume) def create_cloned_volume(self, volume, src_vref): """Creates a full clone of the specified volume.""" self._create_lun(volume) self.copy_volume_data(self.context, src_vref, volume) def extend_volume(self, volume, new_size): """Extend an existing volume's size. The equivalent CLI command is "lun resize container <container_name> name <lun_name> size <gb>" Arguments: volume -- volume object provided by the Manager new_size -- new (increased) size in GB to be applied """ v = self.vmem_vip LOG.info(_("Extending lun %(id)s, from %(size)s to %(new_size)s GB") % {'id': volume['id'], 'size': volume['size'], 'new_size': new_size}) try: self._send_cmd(v.lun.resize_lun, 'Success', self.container, volume['id'], new_size) except Exception: LOG.exception(_("LUN extend failed!")) raise @utils.synchronized('vmem-lun') def _create_lun(self, volume): """Creates a new lun. The equivalent CLI command is "lun create container <container_name> name <lun_name> size <gb>" Arguments: volume -- volume object provided by the Manager """ lun_type = '0' v = self.vmem_vip LOG.info(_("Creating lun %(name)s, %(size)s GB") % volume) if self.config.use_thin_luns: lun_type = '1' # using the defaults for fields: quantity, nozero, # readonly, startnum, blksize, naca, alua, preferredport # try: self._send_cmd(v.lun.create_lun, 'LUN create: success!', self.container, volume['id'], volume['size'], 1, '0', lun_type, 'w', 1, 512, False, False, None) except ViolinBackendErrExists: LOG.info(_("Lun %s already exists, continuing"), volume['id']) except Exception: LOG.warn(_("Lun create failed!")) raise @utils.synchronized('vmem-lun') def _delete_lun(self, volume): """Deletes a lun. The equivalent CLI command is "no lun create container <container_name> name <lun_name>" Arguments: volume -- volume object provided by the Manager """ v = self.vmem_vip success_msgs = ['lun deletion started', ''] LOG.info(_("Deleting lun %s"), volume['id']) try: self._send_cmd(v.lun.bulk_delete_luns, success_msgs, self.container, volume['id']) except ViolinBackendErrNotFound: LOG.info(_("Lun %s already deleted, continuing"), volume['id']) except ViolinBackendErrExists: LOG.warn(_("Lun %s has dependent snapshots, skipping"), volume['id']) raise exception.VolumeIsBusy(volume_name=volume['id']) except Exception: LOG.exception(_("Lun delete failed!")) raise self.lun_tracker.free_lun_id_for_volume(volume) @utils.synchronized('vmem-snap') def _create_lun_snapshot(self, snapshot): """Creates a new snapshot for a lun. The equivalent CLI command is "snapshot create container <container> lun <volume_name> name <snapshot_name>" Arguments: snapshot -- snapshot object provided by the Manager """ v = self.vmem_vip LOG.info(_("Creating snapshot %s"), snapshot['id']) try: self._send_cmd(v.snapshot.create_lun_snapshot, 'Snapshot create: success!', self.container, snapshot['volume_id'], snapshot['id']) except ViolinBackendErrExists: LOG.info(_("Snapshot %s already exists, continuing"), snapshot['id']) except Exception: LOG.exception(_("LUN snapshot create failed!")) raise @utils.synchronized('vmem-snap') def _delete_lun_snapshot(self, snapshot): """Deletes an existing snapshot for a lun. The equivalent CLI command is "no snapshot create container <container> lun <volume_name> name <snapshot_name>" Arguments: snapshot -- snapshot object provided by the Manager """ v = self.vmem_vip LOG.info(_("Deleting snapshot %s"), snapshot['id']) try: self._send_cmd(v.snapshot.delete_lun_snapshot, 'Snapshot delete: success!', self.container, snapshot['volume_id'], snapshot['id']) except ViolinBackendErrNotFound: LOG.info(_("Snapshot %s already deleted, continuing"), snapshot['id']) except Exception: LOG.exception(_("LUN snapshot delete failed!")) raise self.lun_tracker.free_lun_id_for_snapshot(snapshot) def _send_cmd(self, request_func, success_msgs, *args): """Run an XG request function, and retry until the request returns a success message, a failure message, or the global request timeout is hit. This wrapper is meant to deal with backend requests that can fail for any variety of reasons, for instance, when the system is already busy handling other LUN requests. It is also smart enough to give up if clustering is down (eg no HA available), there is no space left, or other "fatal" errors are returned (see _fatal_error_code() for a list of all known error conditions). Arguments: request_func -- XG api method to call success_msgs -- Success messages expected from the backend *args -- argument array to be passed to the request_func Returns: The response dict from the last XG call. """ resp = {} start = time.time() done = False if isinstance(success_msgs, basestring): success_msgs = [success_msgs] while not done: if time.time() - start >= self.request_timeout: raise RequestRetryTimeout(timeout=self.request_timeout) resp = request_func(*args) if not resp['message']: # XG requests will return None for a message if no message # string is passed int the raw response resp['message'] = '' for msg in success_msgs: if not resp['code'] and msg in resp['message']: done = True break self._fatal_error_code(resp) return resp def _send_cmd_and_verify(self, request_func, verify_func, request_success_msgs='', rargs=[], vargs=[]): """Run an XG request function, and verify success using an additional verify function. If the verification fails, then retry the request/verify cycle until both functions are successful, the request function returns a failure message, or the global request timeout is hit. This wrapper is meant to deal with backend requests that can fail for any variety of reasons, for instance, when the system is already busy handling other LUN requests. It is also smart enough to give up if clustering is down (eg no HA available), there is no space left, or other "fatal" errors are returned (see _fatal_error_code() for a list of all known error conditions). Arguments: request_func -- XG api method to call verify_func -- function to call to verify request was completed successfully (eg for export) request_success_msg -- Success message expected from the backend for the request_func *rargs -- argument array to be passed to the request_func *vargs -- argument array to be passed to the verify_func Returns: The response dict from the last XG call. """ resp = {} start = time.time() request_needed = True verify_needed = True if isinstance(request_success_msgs, basestring): request_success_msgs = [request_success_msgs] while request_needed or verify_needed: if time.time() - start >= self.request_timeout: raise RequestRetryTimeout(timeout=self.request_timeout) if request_needed: resp = request_func(*rargs) if not resp['message']: # XG requests will return None for a message if no message # string is passed int the raw response resp['message'] = '' for msg in request_success_msgs: if not resp['code'] and msg in resp['message']: # XG request func was completed request_needed = False break self._fatal_error_code(resp) elif verify_needed: success = verify_func(*vargs) if success: # XG verify func was completed verify_needed = False else: # try sending the request again request_needed = True return resp def _get_igroup(self, volume, connector): """Gets the igroup that should be used when configuring a volume. Arguments: volume -- volume object used to determine the igroup name Returns: igroup_name -- name of igroup (for configuring targets & initiators) """ v = self.vmem_vip # Use the connector's primary hostname and use that as the # name of the igroup. The name must follow syntax rules # required by the array: "must contain only alphanumeric # characters, dashes, and underscores. The first character # must be alphanumeric". # igroup_name = re.sub(r'[\W]', '_', connector['host']) # verify that the igroup has been created on the backend, and # if it doesn't exist, create it! # bn = "/vshare/config/igroup/%s" % igroup_name resp = v.basic.get_node_values(bn) if not len(resp): v.igroup.create_igroup(igroup_name) return igroup_name def _get_volume_type_extra_spec(self, volume, spec_key): """Parse data stored in a volume_type's extra_specs table. Code adapted from examples in cinder/volume/drivers/solidfire.py and cinder/openstack/common/scheduler/filters/capabilities_filter.py. Arguments: volume -- volume object containing volume_type to query spec_key -- the metadata key to search for Returns: spec_value -- string value associated with spec_key """ spec_value = None ctxt = context.get_admin_context() typeid = volume['volume_type_id'] if typeid: volume_type = volume_types.get_volume_type(ctxt, typeid) volume_specs = volume_type.get('extra_specs') for key, val in volume_specs.iteritems(): # Havana release altered extra_specs to require a # prefix on all non-host-capability related extra # specs, so that prefix is stripped here before # checking the key. # if ':' in key: scope = key.split(':') key = scope[1] if key == spec_key: spec_value = val break return spec_value def _wait_for_exportstate(self, volume_name, state=False): """Polls backend to verify volume's export configuration. XG sets/queries following a request to create or delete a lun export may fail on the backend if vshared is still processing the export action (or times out). We can check whether it is done by polling the export binding for a lun to ensure it is created or deleted. This function will try to verify the creation or removal of export state on both gateway nodes of the array every 5 seconds for up to 30 seconds. Arguments: volume_name -- name of volume to be polled state -- True to poll for existence, False for lack of Returns: True if the export state was correctly added or removed (depending on 'state' param) """ status = [False, False] mg_conns = [self.vmem_mga.basic, self.vmem_mgb.basic] success = False bn = "/vshare/config/export/container/%s/lun/%s" \ % (self.container, volume_name) for i in xrange(6): for node_id in xrange(2): if not status[node_id]: resp = mg_conns[node_id].get_node_values(bn) if state and len(resp.keys()): status[node_id] = True elif (not state) and (not len(resp.keys())): status[node_id] = True if status[0] and status[1]: success = True break else: time.sleep(5) return success def _is_supported_vmos_version(self, version_string): """Check that the version of VMOS running on the gateways is valid for use with the OpenStack drivers.""" for pattern in VMOS_SUPPORTED_VERSION_PATTERNS: if re.match(pattern, version_string): LOG.debug("Verified VMOS version %s is supported" % version_string) return True return False def _fatal_error_code(self, response): """Check the error code in a XG response for a fatal error, and returns an appropriate exception. Error codes extracted from vdmd_mgmt.c. Arguments: response -- a response dict result from an XG request """ # known non-fatal response codes # retry_codes = {1024: 'lun deletion in progress, try again later', 14032: 'lc_err_lock_busy'} if response['code'] == 14000: # lc_generic_error raise ViolinBackendErr(message=response['message']) elif response['code'] == 14002: # lc_err_assertion_failed raise ViolinBackendErr(message=response['message']) elif response['code'] == 14004: # lc_err_not_found raise ViolinBackendErrNotFound() elif response['code'] == 14005: # lc_err_exists raise ViolinBackendErrExists() elif response['code'] == 14008: # lc_err_unexpected_arg raise ViolinBackendErr(message=response['message']) elif response['code'] == 14014: # lc_err_io_error raise ViolinBackendErr(message=response['message']) elif response['code'] == 14016: # lc_err_io_closed raise ViolinBackendErr(message=response['message']) elif response['code'] == 14017: # lc_err_io_timeout raise ViolinBackendErr(message=response['message']) elif response['code'] == 14021: # lc_err_unexpected_case raise ViolinBackendErr(message=response['message']) elif response['code'] == 14025: # lc_err_no_fs_space raise ViolinBackendErr(message=response['message']) elif response['code'] == 14035: # lc_err_range raise ViolinBackendErr(message=response['message']) elif response['code'] == 14036: # lc_err_invalid_param raise ViolinBackendErr(message=response['message']) elif response['code'] == 14121: # lc_err_cancelled_err raise ViolinBackendErr(message=response['message']) elif response['code'] == 512: # Not enough free space in container (vdmd bug) raise ViolinBackendErr(message=response['message']) elif response['code'] == 1 and 'LUN ID conflict' \ in response['message']: # lun id conflict while attempting to export raise ViolinBackendErr(message=response['message']) class LunIdList(object): """Tracks available lun_ids for use when exporting a new lun for the first time. After instantiating a new LunIdList object, it should be updated (basically quiescing volumes/snapshot lun ID allocation between the array and the corresponding Openstack DB metadata). After that, the object can be queried to capture the next 'available' lun ID for use with exporting a new volume or snapshot. Only when the volume/snapshot is deleted entirely, the lun ID should be freed. Lun IDs are montonically increasing up to a max value of 16k, after which the selection will loop around to lun ID 1 and will continue to increment until an available ID is found. """ def __init__(self, db, *args, **kwargs): self.max_lun_id = 16000 self.lun_id_list = [0] * self.max_lun_id self.lun_id_list[0] = 1 self.prev_index = 1 self.free_index = 1 self.context = context.get_admin_context() self.db = db def update_from_volume_ids(self, id_list=[]): """Walk a list of volumes collected that the array knows about and check for any saved lun_id metadata for each of those volumes to fully sync the list. Note that the metadata keys are stored as strings. Arguments: id_list -- array containing names of volumes that exist on the backend (volume 'names' are UUIDs if they were made via the VMEM driver API) """ for item in id_list: try: metadata = self.db.volume_metadata_get(self.context, item) except exception.VolumeNotFound: LOG.warn(_("No db state for lun %s, skipping lun_id update"), item) else: if metadata and 'lun_id' in metadata: index = int(metadata['lun_id']) self.lun_id_list[index] = 1 LOG.debug("Set lun_id=%d for volume_id=%s" % (index, item)) self.update_free_index(index) def update_from_snapshot_ids(self, id_list=[]): """Walk a list of snapshots collected that the array knows about and check for any saved lun_id metadata for each of those snapshots to fully sync the list. Note that the metadata keys are stored as strings. Arguments: id_list -- array containing names of snapshots that exist on the backend (snapshot 'names' are UUIDs if they were made via the VMEM driver API) """ for item in id_list: try: metadata = self.db.snapshot_metadata_get(self.context, item) except exception.SnapshotNotFound: LOG.warn(_("No db state for snap %s, skipping lun_id update"), item) else: if metadata and 'lun_id' in metadata: index = int(metadata['lun_id']) self.lun_id_list[index] = 1 LOG.debug("Set lun_id=%d for snapshot_id=%s" % (index, item)) self.update_free_index(index) def get_lun_id_for_volume(self, volume): """Allocate a free a lun ID to a volume and create a lun_id tag in the volume's metadata. Arguments: volume -- the volume object to allocate a lun_id to """ metadata = self.db.volume_metadata_get(self.context, volume['id']) if not metadata or 'lun_id' not in metadata: metadata = {} metadata['lun_id'] = self.get_next_lun_id_str() self.db.volume_metadata_update(self.context, volume['id'], metadata, False) LOG.debug("Assigned lun_id %s to volume %s" % (metadata['lun_id'], volume['id'])) return metadata['lun_id'] def get_lun_id_for_snapshot(self, snapshot): """Allocate a free a lun ID to a snapshot and create a lun_id tag in the snapshot's metadata. Arguments: snapshot -- the snapshot object to allocate a lun_id to """ metadata = self.db.snapshot_metadata_get(self.context, snapshot['id']) if not metadata or 'lun_id' not in metadata: metadata = {} metadata['lun_id'] = self.get_next_lun_id_str() self.db.snapshot_metadata_update(self.context, snapshot['id'], metadata, False) LOG.debug("Assigned lun_id %s to volume %s" % (metadata['lun_id'], snapshot['id'])) return metadata['lun_id'] def free_lun_id_for_volume(self, volume): """Remove the lun_id tag saved in the volume's metadata and free the lun ID in the internal tracking array. Arguments: volume -- the volume object with a lun ID to be free'd """ metadata = self.db.volume_metadata_get(self.context, volume['id']) if metadata and 'lun_id' in metadata: self.free_lun_id_str(metadata['lun_id']) def free_lun_id_for_snapshot(self, snapshot): """Remove the lun_id tag saved in the snapshot's metadata and free the lun ID in the internal tracking array. Arguments: snapshot -- the snapshot object with a lun ID to be free'd """ metadata = self.db.snapshot_metadata_get(self.context, snapshot['id']) if metadata and 'lun_id' in metadata: self.free_lun_id_str(metadata['lun_id']) def get_next_lun_id_str(self): """Mark the next available lun_id as allocated and return it to the caller. Returns: next_id -- the lun ID that being allocated to the caller """ next_id = self.free_index self.lun_id_list[next_id] = 1 self.update_free_index() return str(next_id) def free_lun_id_str(self, value_str): """Mark a lun_id as now available, as if the lun was de-allocated. Arguments: value_str -- lun ID to free (in string format) """ value = int(value_str) self.lun_id_list[value] = 0 self.update_free_index() def update_free_index(self, index=None): """Update the free index, monotonically increasing, and looping back to 1 after the max lun ID value is hit. Arguments: index -- assume that all values below this number may be already allocated, so start searching at that value if it is higher than the free_index """ i = 0 count = 0 max_size = len(self.lun_id_list) if index and index > self.free_index: i = index + 1 else: i = self.free_index # avoid possibility of indexError if i >= max_size: i = 1 while self.lun_id_list[i] == 1 and count < max_size: count += 1 i += 1 if i >= max_size: i = 1 self.free_index = i if count == max_size: raise exception.Error("Cannot find free lun_id, giving up!")

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