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Visit a park. Urban green space provides a place to connect with nature and enjoy recreational opportunities. Visit your local park and incorporate visits into your lifestyle. For example, walk your dog in the evenings at the park, meet friends for weekend basketball or tennis games, meet with a book club under your favorite tree, or use the park to run or jog.
Visit the City’s Parks and Recreation Department for more information about parks in Tucson. Click here for a map of park locations.
Keep plants in your home and on your desk. House plants can abate rising levels of indoor air pollution at home or at the office. Research from NASA shows that many plants are useful in absorbing harmful gases, which helps clean the air indoors. As a rule of thumb, allow one houseplant per 100 square feet of living area. The more vigorous the plant, the more air it can filter. Keep in mind that plants will not do much to alleviate tobacco smoke or dust in the air.
Visit http://www.blankees.com/house/plants/air_cleaners.htm for a list of the top 10 plants for removing formaldehyde, benzene, and carbon dioxide.
Use trees and passive solar techniques to cool your home. Using vegetation to shade your home will reduce your energy bills and help mitigate the urban heat island effect. Choosing native and drought tolerant plants integrates your home into our beautiful desert environment and will reduce your water use on landscaping.
Visit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s GreenScapes website for information about landscaping practices that can improve the health and appearance of your lawn and garden while protecting and preserving natural resources.
Visit the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energywebsite for information about landscaping.
If you are a Tucson Electric Power (TEP) customer, you may also purchase 2 trees for $6 through the Trees for Tucson program.
Limit your lawn. Maintaining grass takes a lot of water, so consider planting shrubs, ground covers or vegetables instead.


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Summer in Japan is when all the flowers are in bloom, and it’s also one of the best times to travel around Hokkaido, visiting the various farms. Around mid July-early August is when the sunflowers are in full bloom and the Hokuryu region is most famous for this.
Hokuryu (北竜町) is about a 2.5 hour drive from Sapporo city, and similar to a lot of Hokkaido, it’s not the most accessible via public transport. A train will take you so far before you need to taxi to the farm, but in summer there are typically many local day bus trips you can take (book a day trip here).
We did a short day trip to the sunflower fields, Himawari no Sato (ひまわりの里), and despite the poor weather, it was still a fun day. The farm has an undercover area with restaurants and souvenir shops selling a range of sunflower themed goods. One of the more interesting ones was sunflower ice cream! To be honest, I don’t really know what sunflowers taste like so I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it was a mixture of vanilla, with the flower and a slightly grainier texture. It’s not particularly unique or strong, but was still a tasty treat in summer.
Entry to the farm is free and there are fields and fields of sunflowers as far as the eye can see. There’s a small observation deck which offers an aerial view and even from up there, the sunflowers don’t end – it’s really breathtaking! For those who get a bit bored after a while, there is also a sunflower maze (entry fee required) and a duck feeding area with feed also available for purchase.
Our day trip only consisted of the sunflower fields as we had limited time, but for those with a full day, people typically also head to Asahikawa (旭川) which is known for their famous zoo.
Himawari no Sato
Address: Himawari no Sato, Hokuryu-cho, Hokkaido
Cost: Free to enter and view + additional fee for activities

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In the chapter (xx.) of that work where Hobbes dealt with the famous problem whose solution he thought he had found, there were left expressions against Vindex (Ward) at a time when the solutions still seemed to him good; but the solutions themselves, as printed, were allowed to be all in different ways halting, as he naively confessed he had discovered only when he had been driven by the insults of malevolent men to examine them more closely with the help of his friends.
Isolated fireballs and star showers had been occasionally observed, but instead of being attentively watched they had been neglected, for their apparitions had filled mankind with dread, and superstition attributed to them certain malevolent influences.
It is in its essence, and it is a main condition of its success, to kindle into fierce exercise among great masses of men the destructive and combative passions - passions as fierce and as malevolent as that with which the hound hunts the fox to its death or the tiger springs upon its prey.
Polites ('O irepi riav Popyovwv plhos irapa rci 'EXX vucw Xaci., 1878) gives an account of the Gorgons, and of the various superstitions connected with them, from the modern Greek point of view, which regards them as malevolent spirits of the sea.
Turgot and Necker had attempted these reforms, and Calonne attributed their failure to the malevolent criticism of the parlements.
If Lancaster should justify the malevolent rumours that were afloat by making a snatch at the crown, the last state of the realm might be worse than the first.
233-296), fulminated in 1661 against Boyle and other friends of Wallis who, as he fancied, under the influence of that malevolent spirit, were now in London, after the Restoration, forming themselves into a society (incorporated as the Royal Society in 1662) for experimental research, to the exclusion of himself personally, and in direct contravention of the method of physical inquiry enjoined in the De corpore.
(Fn1) Their tenets were as follows: The evil god, Satan, who inspired the malevolent parts of the Old Testament, is god and lord of this world, of the things that are seen and are temporal, and especially of the outward man which is decaying, of the earthen vessel, of the body of death, of the flesh which takes us captive under the law of sin and desire.

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This 1976 BMW R90S is powered by an air-cooled 900cc opposed-twin paired with a 5-speed transmission. Purchased by the seller three years ago, the bike has been upgraded with an electronic ignition and an Easy Pull clutch cable. The battery, tires, and brake pads were recently replaced, and additional work included adjustment of the valves and timing, as well as a carburetor rebuild.
The brake pads and battery were recently replaced and the spoked alloy wheels wear newer tires
The R90S featured a color-matched bikini fairing and dual seat with a tail fairing. The chassis offered dual hydraulic front disc brakes and rear shocks with adjustable preload.

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A one hour Supernatural Western told from the female perspective.
It is Deadwood
meets Big Little Lies
meets Twin Peaks
Gritty. Dangerous. Bleak.
The women are not what they seem.
Co-Written, Produced, & Starring Rebecca
Late Bloomers Productions
At 33, Michael’s doing something he's never done before - meeting up with another guy. Off Grindr. But what begins as an incredibly ill-advised midday hookup soon reveals itself to be the perfect primer for his new gay life.
This is going to be awkward...and also kinda great.
Co-Directed by Rebecca
Amy Walker and Sam Vant have "hated" each other since they were kids. But when Amy finds out her fiancé is cheating on her, Sam offers some heartfelt advice that uncovers their real feelings for each other. And all in 30 seconds.
Written & Directed by Rebecca

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WHY RELY ON A TOUR GUIDE?
Some experience hiking at high altitude and on difficult terrain is recommended for some tour packages. For this reason, please get in touch with us with your requests for general information and with any questions you might have about any of the destinations we offer in Peru.
Here in Peru, there are destinations, situations, and specific places where tourists will need a tour guide. Even though some travelers may find the company of a guide irksome at times, sometimes you must have someone who specializes in Peruvian tour routes to rely on. The following are some reasons to explain when you’ll need a guide during your trip to Peru and why.
While visitors to Peru may do their own research, reading and studying about Peru, hiring a guide will offer you something you can’t get from a book, something extra that comes in the form of detailed and entertaining explanations and little-known stories and historical anecdotes about Peru’s tourist attractions. In this manner, a guide will give meaning to the places you visit, allowing you to understand and enjoy the time spent in each unique destination.
A guide can also offer extremely useful recommendations for the traveler. From which sites to visit and the best places to eat or shop, to the corners and situations you should avoid and advice about staying safe, to tips on saving money, a guide knows all the secrets that only locals know. And since we all know that vacations are short and time when travelling is of the essence, it’s important to have a guide to help you design an itinerary that really optimizes your time.
During any excursion, outing or visit, there is always a chance that unseen problems can arise. In these situations, your guide takes on the responsibility of solving the problem so that you don’t have to worry about it and can focus on enjoying yourself.
There are certain tourist attractions that are accessible exclusively to tourists who hire a guide. This includes, for example, the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
When travelling to a destination like Peru, where a variety of languages and local dialects are spoken, communication can become a barrier. However, with the help of a guide, this barrier transforms into a bridge, and it becomes possible to interact with the locals and learn more about Peru and its many cultures. For this reason, sometimes travelling is richer and more interesting when you can rely on the verbal ability and experience of a professional guide.
Another option, one that is ideal for those who are still not convinced they should hire a guide, is also available. Along our tour routes, we rely on local guides who can really give you a different experience, allowing you to see everything through the eyes of the locals. In this way, you can get to know all the tourist attractions as only those who live there do, learning their secrets and enjoying local restaurants and other unique experiences.


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Asa Radix, M.D., M.P.H., discusses providing quality care to transgender people. It can be done.
Activists working on human rights discuss the challenges of achieving an end to the HIV epidemic.
Six thousand HIV researchers and experts are expected to make their way to Mexico City for the 10th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Science, which will feature more than 1,000 abstracts highlighting the latest findings in HIV treatment, prevention, and public health policy.
Our HIV research agenda has to address the world outside of a clinical trial, vaccine researcher Stephaun E. Wallace, Ph.D., argues.
After years of pressure from prevention advocates, FDA has finally given the other rubber a new name - the internal condom – and a new classification.
Three new trials of HIV prevention drugs seek to answer directly a question that researchers inside and outside the field of HIV have explicitly avoided for years: How do drugs work -- and are they safe -- in pregnant and breastfeeding women?
"More than a conference, it is a family reunion and place to network and learn, but most importantly uplift each other," Maria Mejia writes.
A webinar co-sponsored by The Well Project, Positive Women's Network-USA and TheBody.com/TheBodyPRO.com draws attention to data of interest to women with HIV, their care providers and those interested in HIV prevention for women.
Alicia Keys, as part of the EMPOWERED campaign, is spearheading The EMPOWERED Community Grants Program to help advance community-level efforts focused on women and HIV/AIDS. The grant program will be administered by AIDS United, wi...
"Violence and trauma are silenced epidemics -- even more silenced, in its nuances and impact, than the epidemic of HIV among women," writes Sonia Rastogi, the communications coordinator at the U.S. Positive Women's Network.

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3D is the first EP by XTC. It was released in 1977 by Virgin Records.
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George Clooney and his father Nick were both arrested early this morning in Washington D.C. Members of the U.S. Secret Service handcuffed them for crossing a police line. They were booked at a nearby police station for the misdemeanor offense. George was leading a protest against the Sudan crisis outside the Sudanese embassy. Clooney’s rep released a statement saying he and his father were “protesting the violence committed by the government of Sudan on its own innocent men, women and children.” They were hoping to convince officials to allow humanitarian aid into the country before the crisis becomes any bigger. George, who recently released a documentary about the crisis Sudan, is reportedly happy about the arrest because it’ll draw more attention to the cause. He spoke to reporters right before he was arrested to say that he wants more people around the world to learn about the “Sudanese committing atrocities on their own people.” A dozen people were arrested in total, including the actor and his father, congressmen, members of a human right organization, a few citizens from Sudan, and Martin Luther King III. No word yet on whether he has been released from custody or not.
George Clooney held a protest for a cause he wanted to bring attention to, but he’s not alone in the fight. Here are a few other celebrities that have also taken part in protests for causes they believe in.
Jessica Alba got in trouble in 2009 for defacing public property in Oklahoma City after she was caught putting up posters of sharks as part of a protest for animal rights. She later apologized for her actions and said she should have thought it through before she got involved with the cause.
Hayden Panettiere took part in a protest against dolphin hunting in Japan in 2007. A warrant was issued for her arrest in the country, but charges were eventually dropped. The protestors were unable to stop the hunt they intercepted and a video of Hayden’s emotional reaction to their failure was posted on the internet soon after.

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It speaks for itself that health issues, aches and pains are always an indication that something in our body is out of balance and needs our attention. Our physical body does not operate in isolation. It is a reflection of our emotional, mental and spiritual bodies which all interpenetrate. If your physical body is suffering, rest assure there is something that also needs your attention from the subtle bodies. These physical challenges can also be as a result of the higher vibrations that are being downloaded as more and more people awaken. Rest and meditation will help the integration.
Just this last week I had a very small but deep wound that was not healing very well and then through my meditation, I realised what the connection was about – an old thought form that no longer served me. This is happening to many of us in these rapidly changing times. The old has to go to make way for the new. The tenderness went within an hour and I am now confident it will heal properly. The body is extremely intelligent if we take time to listen and allow the energy to move through us.
As I’m sure you know, Meditation helps us to balance all the bodies and become more aware. It reveals to us the incessant mind chatter of the mental body so that we can observe it without judgment to find peace; it helps us to attune more to our feeling (emotional) body allowing the energy to move through us as it is meant to rather than holding it stuck; and connect with and nourish the highest source guidance of our spiritual body.
Meditation provides nourishment to your body mind and soul.
Irrespective of any prior meditation involvement, I want to give you the opportunity to experience this more contemporary style of Meditation that has been wonderful for me and so many others.
This first class is absolutely FREE.
next Wednesday 1st March 2017 at 7.30pm-9.00pm.
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Meet Reviews Editor, Senior Reviewer Jean Wan Jean’s Top 10 Romance List
About Me Favorite Romance Novels
I’ve been reading romances for ages now (10? 15 years?), and have been with AAR for 4 years and counting. I’ve bumped around the world on several continents, but currently I’m living in southern Ontario.
Angels Fall by Nora Roberts
The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne
Almost Heaven by Judith McNaught
Frederica by Georgette Heyer Persuasion by Jane Austen
Favorite Short Stories
Precious Rogue (Dashing and Dangerous) by Mary Balogh
Personal Reading Tastes Favorites by Sub-Genre
What I’m a sucker for in a book: Governesses, rakes, May-December, new settings (esp. France, Canada, & New Zealand), adventure/cabin/captive/hostage romances, epistolary romances, character-driven plots, marriages of convenience, physical imperfections, mutual healing from tortured pasts, non-aristocratic historical heroes, torch-bearers, thieves, theater & music denizens.
What I don’t particularly care for in a book: Americans in European historicals, historical or linguistic inaccuracy, guardian-ward, royalty, magic (which is different from paranormals – it is!) .
What drives me absolutely nuts in a book: Extended family HEAs, extended spy ring HEAs, extended paramilitary group HEAs, extended

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When markets shift, experienced investors stick to their strategy.
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What if instead of buying that vacation home, you invested the money?
To choose a plan, it’s important to ask yourself four key questions.
Even low inflation rates can pose a threat to investment returns.

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Evan Rachel Wood has never been one to mince words.
So it makes sense that the actress went on a Twitter spree earlier today about her uncomfortable (at best) experience while posing in a photo shoot for Vanity Fair.
The 27-year-old admitted that she "felt like meat" during her 2003 cover shoot alongside Amanda Bynes, Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Mandy Moore , Hilary Duff, Alexis Bledel, Raven-Symoné and Lindsay Lohan.
She explained to a fan, who had posted the cover shot purely out of nostalgia, that she was only 15-years-old and felt her "identity being erased."
Read her thoughts about the Hollywood starlet-filled shoot here:

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Lily Allen Details 'No Shame' LP, Shares Two New Tracks
Lily Allen recently revealed that her next album will go by the name No Shame, and now the UK singer has revealed that it will be dropping on June 8. See the album artwork pictured above.
It marks the follow-up to 2014’s Sheezus, and boasts the previously shared single “Trigger Bang” featuring Giggs. Allen has just given us another preview the upcoming album, as well, sharing a pair new LP cuts.
She’s released the sweet, piano-driven, ballad-leaning “Three” — written from the perspective a young child, and presumably dedicated to her young daughter.
Switching gears, she’s also unveiled “Higher,” which hears her calling out a dude for his shady behaviour.
“I believe that we as humans work through things by talking about them, and that’s what making music is, for me,” Allen recently told NME. “It’s sharing things that you hope are going to connect with people, not that are going to connect with algorithms.”
So, turn your brain f, open your heart and give “Three” and “Higher” a listen below. Scroll past the full album tracklisting to give them a spin.
No Shame is currently available to pre-order here.
1. Come On Then
2. Trigger Bang (ft. Giggs)
3. What You Waiting For
4. Your Choice (ft. Burna Boy)
5. Lost My Mind
7. Family Man
10. Everything to Feel Something
11. Waste (ft. Lady Chann)
12. My One
13. Pushing Up Daisies


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Kudos to Denver Councilwoman Robin Kniech on affordable housing
Re: “Denver City Council may toughen affordable housing law,” June 18 news story.
I admire Denver Councilwoman Robin Kniech for political courage in taking on the issue of low-income housing, as reported in The Denver Post. She has pointed out the utter failure of Denver’s efforts to foster affordable housing. Indeed, various forms of snob zoning such as height, size and density restrictions and other legal obstacles make solutions almost illegal. Added to that is zero interest by developers in serving the low-income market. We are in the immoral position of forcing low-income people into homelessness or criminality.
The need for low-income housing should be recognized as a social crisis in America. There is undoubtedly a need in America for millions of new inexpensive housing units. It is estimated that a quarter of a million are needed in the New York City metro area alone. These will not be provided without strong government leadership. Is anyone anxious to see millions more homeless families?
John C. Flemming, Littleton
This letter was published in the July 7 edition.

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Tamil Nadu is the eleventh largest state in India by area and the seventh most populous state. The state has installed electricity generation capacity of 19,432 MW (as on April 2013) that constitutes 9% of the total installed electricity generation capacity of India mainly from fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas. In addition to the major share of fossil based electricity generation capacity; Tamil Nadu has highest installed renewable energy capacity (7,979 MW by Sep 12, Tamil Nadu Energy Development Agency -TEDA) in India. Renewable energy contributes around 41% of the total installed capacity of the state. Among renewable energy, wind energy is predominant in the state having a total installed capacity of 7,134 MW (as of Sep 2012, TEDA) which is about 37% of the entire wind energy capacity of India.
Solar sector is picking up pace in the state with increasing interest among private players. Tamil Nadu state solar policy and the newly introduced Solar Purchase Obligations (SPO), have triggered development in the solar sector. Under SPO, obligated entities have targets to buy certain percentage of their total energy requirement from solar energy source.
Every obligated entity should have met its target as a result of their own generation from solar technology based power plants or through procurement of power from other solar energy generators or by way of purchasing Solar -Renewable Energy Certificate (REC0 or by the combination of all.
Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) are meant to increase revenue of the renewable energy projects developers through market based mechanism. Tamil Nadu Transmission Corporation Ltd (TANTRANSCO) is the nodal agency for accrediting REC projects. As of Sep 2013, Tamil Nadu has total 5 MW of grid connected solar energy projects registered under REC mechanism (REC registry website). Following table shows various project developers in Tamil Nadu and installed capacity of their solar PV technology based power plants registered under REC mechanism;
Date of Accreditation
Date of Registration
TRK Textile (India) Private Limited
Free Look Fashions
Sathy Silks Private Limited
Gajaananda Jewellery Mart India Private limited
Llpine Knits India (P) Ltd
Swelect Energy Systems Limited
Tamil Nadu solar policy entered into force in 2012 and will be operational till 2015. This policy aims to achieve 3000 MW of installed capacity by 2015 (1500 MW from utility scale, 350 MW for rooftops and remaining 1150 MW to be achieved through projects under REC mechanism). It also mandates 3% SPO requirement till December 2013 & 6% SPO requirement from 2014. Solar park development is another attractive feature under this policy. Developers would be selected through competitive bidding for the development of solar power projects in the state. TEDA is the nodal agency and would be responsible for granting single window clearance and various other statutory clearances required for the development of the project (Read more here).
At this stage, the registered solar capacity is very low as compared to the wind capacity (Total registered capacity under REC mechanism for wind energy in Tamil Nadu is 844 MW as on Sep 2013.). However, it is expected to increase considering increasing awareness for solar sector, decreasing cost of solar panels, favorable government’s policy and the ever increasing energy shortfall in the state.
Shailesh is post graduate in Environment Management from Forest Research Institute (FRI) University, Dehradun, India. Presently he is working in the areas of Environmental and Renewable Energy Advisory Services. He has started GreenCleanGuide.com during his college days.


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(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, March 5. Today, Azerbaijan is
celebrating Od Chershenbesi (Fire Tuesday), one of the four festive
Tuesdays before Novruz Holiday, Trend reports.
The four Tuesdays in the run up to Novruz symbolize the four
elements called Su Chershenbesi (Water Tuesday), Od Chershenbesi
(Fire Tuesday), Torpag Chershenbesi (Earth Tuesday), and Hava or
Akhir Chershenbe (Wind or Last Tuesday).
Each Tuesday has its own traditions. Folk belief has it that
water purifies and stirs, fire, earth and wind awaken the nature,
and trees begin to blossom, symbolizing spring's arrival.
Fire Tuesday honors fire. Fire means warmth and comfort. Ancient
legends associate fire with the Sun and light.
Fire is the symbol of purification and clarification. The fire
is never put out by water; it burns down by itself.
Fire is somewhat sacred in Azerbaijan, the Land of Fire. There
is a Zoroastrian pilgrimage in suburbs of Baku. Azerbaijan
historically had reserves of oil and gas that caused flames of fire
on the ground and this was interpreted as blessing.
On all four Tuesdays and on the eve of Novruz, and especially on
Fire Tuesday, it's traditional to light bonfires, dance around
them, and jump over them to cleanse their souls and ward off evil
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Ballerina in Green
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Louis Kronberg was a painter, art dealer, advisor, and teacher. Born in 1872 in Boston, Massachusetts, he lived in Boston until 1919, when he moved to New York and later Palm Beach. Throughout his career, he traveled back and forth to Paris.
Kronberg studied at the Art Students League and at Boston’s Museum School under Tarbell and Benson, where he earned a Longfellow Traveling Scholarship. He studied at the Academie Julian in Paris (1894-1896) with Benjamin-Constant and Jean-Paul Laurens and privately with Collins. In Paris, he became enamored with the works of Edgar Degas and proficiently painted ballet and Spanish dancers within theatre settings. After Bernard Berensen, he frequently went to Paris to buy art for the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and from 1921-1922 he painted in Algiers and Spain.
Kronberg was an Associate of the National Academy (1935) and a full Academician. He was a member of the Boston Art Club; the Guild of Boston Artists; Salmagundi Club; Lotos Club; Salon des Beaux-Arts, Paris; Copley Society; American Water Color Club; New York Water Color Club; Rockport Art Association and more.
His awards include medals form Pan-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco (1915); Salmagundi Club (1919); International Exposition, Paris (1937); Chevalier Legion of Honor, France (1951).
Kronberg’s work is represented in the permanent collections at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Metropolitan Museum of Art; Isabella Steward Gardner Museum, Boston; Butler Art Institute; San Diego Museum of Art; Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY: Joslyn Museum; New York Historical Society; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia; Art Institute of Chicago; Indianapolis Museum of Art and in Parisian museums; Luxembourg Museum; Societe Nationale and the Musee D’Orsay.
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Pvaas Growth Standard MethodologyPresentation Transcript
Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System (PVAAS) PVAAS Growth Standard Methodology: Statewide Implementation Questions about these materials and the Growth Standard Methodology can be directed to the PVAAS Statewide Core Team. See contact info on Slide 31.
Important Questions for Value-added Calculations
What is a Growth Standard and how is it set?
How can we compare scores across different years?
How do we estimate a student’s true level of achievment?
The Growth Standard: Key Metric in PVAAS
The Growth Standard specifies the minimal designated academic gain from grade to grade for a cohort of students.
The use of a Growth Standard creates the possibility that ALL schools can demonstrate appropriate growth.
Doctors plot a child’s length/height over time.
Each child may have a unique growth curve.
When growth “acceptable”?
The length/height measurement is increasing over time.
The length/height measurement maintains the approximate position in its length/height distributions as the child grows.
The child’s length/height continues to increase in a consistent manner.
A significant deviation of the growth pattern or a change outside the “typical” range of values is an indication that further investigation is required.
What is the Growth Standard for a child’s length/height?
The standard is that the child maintain the approximate same position each of the increasing distributions of length/heights as the child grows.
A significant deviation from that pattern indicates a need for further investigation.
Growth Standard Charts for Academic Achievement
Let us build an Academic Achievement Growth Chart.
Collect the average performances of a large sample of students using a uniform assessment during each year of their career through school.
Plot curves to represent appropriate percentile patterns.
An example: Suppose the following table represents the means and SDs of a group of students on the PSSA beginning in 3 rd grade and continuing through 8 th grade and ultimately 11 th grade.
In an ideal world…
We would have a large body of longitudinal data from many cohorts to construct our growth charts.
Since we do not, we will use the distributions from a base year for the creation of the growth curves.
The base year distributions are approximates to the achievement distributions of a cohort from grade 3 to grade 8 and 11.
Using the Base Year 2006
Suppose the distributions from 2006 are given by
Conversion to NCE scores will use the Base Year distributions in their calculations. 276 255 310 250 SD 1285 1300 1290 1270 Mean 6 5 4 3 Grade
Suppose the means of a cohort in two consecutive years are: 2007: 3rd 1390 and 2008: 4th 1450
NCE scores are calculated for both using the 2006 means and SD’s.
2007: 3rd 1390 2008: 4th 1450 All future PSSA scaled scores will be converted to NCE scores using the 2006 Base year parameters for the comparison to calculate the mean gain of a cohort of students. 310 250 SD 1290 1270 Mean 4 3 Grade
The NCE Growth Curves
This Growth Standard concept demonstrates the need for longitudinal data when considering academic growth since each student has his/her own academic growth curve.
The example also exhibits the remaining two issues for PVAAS value-added methods:
Comparing scores from year to year
Estimate the “true” level of achievement for input into the growth curve.
Calculation of Gain from year to year
Student growth is measured by difference in performance in consecutive years.
But there is a problem with this! These scores are not comparable! 6 5 4 3 Grade 35 20 20 Gain 1365 1330 1310 1290 Score
Comparing scaled scores on the PSSA from different years
PSSA tests have different means and standard deviations at each grade and for different years. For example, in 8 th grade:
239.7 1370 208.1 1350 2004 274.3 1360 222.2 1370 2005 SD Mean SD Mean Year Reading Math
A Solution: Conversion to NCE Scores
NCE scores indicate the position of a scaled score on a reference scale (mean = 50, sd = 21.06) so that the scaled scores from different distributions with different scales can be compared.
The use of NCE scores does not impose a normal distribution on the data, nor does the use of NCE scores have any relationship to normed referenced tests.
NCEs are excellent for looking at scores over time.
Using Data to Improve Student Learning in High Schools
Victoria L. Bernhardt
NCE Scores Are About Position
To calculate an NCE score:
Calculate the z-score of the data value of interest , that is, the number of standard deviations the data value is from the mean of its distribution:
The NCE score is calculated using the following formula:
George scores a 655 on the SAT mathematics exam.
George also scores a 28 on the ACT mathematics exam.
Which score should he report to his colleges if he wants to provide the “better” score?
A Matter of Comparison
How do we compare George’s scores?
The nature of each distribution is irrelevant to the question of interest: 28 655 George 5.0 20.7 ACT 110 520 SAT SD Mean
Conversion of both scores to NCE scores allows for the identification of the position of each score on the same scale.
This identification of position provides the capability of comparison since the converted scores will be based on the same distribution parameters.
Which Score Should George Choose to Report? Using a NCE scale with mean 50 and standard deviation 21.06… SAT score of 655 NCE score 75.85 ACT score of 28 NCE score 80.74 Clearly, he should report his ACT score! ACT score SAT score
Consider Another Hypothetical Scenario… In 2006, Wilma was in 4 th grade and scored as follows on the 4 th grade PSSA: Mean for 4 th Grade – 2006 = 1303.24 Standard Deviation for 4 th Grade – 2006 = 164.20 Wilma’s scaled score = 1425 In 2005, Wilma was in 3 rd grade and scored as follows on the 3 rd grade PSSA: Mean for 3 rd Grade – 2005 = 1356.75 Standard Deviation for 3 rd Grade – 2005 = 126.20 Wilma’s scaled score = 1425 Do these scores indicated that Wilma progressed during 4 th grade?
Let’s Look at it Graphically… Even though Wilma’s scaled scores were the same (both 1425), since the distributions were different, we really can’t compare the two scores… Wilma Wilma
A Tentative Solution: Conversion to Percentiles In our example, Wilma score of 1425 was in the 66 th percentile for 2005 but was in the 76 th percentile for 2006. These percentiles focus on Wilma’s position in each distribution. Wilma Wilma
We cannot calculate Wilma’s gain – the difference of percentiles does not make sense…
Percentiles are not meaningful for calculating means for different years, gains, etc., since they are calculated from different distributions.
The Complete Solution: Conversion to NCE Scores
To establish a basis of comparison for different distributions from different schools in different years, we convert the scaled scores to units in the SAME scale.
The scale we will use is from the NCE distribution with mean 50 and standard deviation approximately equal to 21.06.
The NCE Distribution and Wilma
Wilma’s NCE score for 2005 (3 rd grade) is 61
while her score for 2006 (4 th grade) is 66.
Wilma 2006 4 th Wilma 2005 3rd
Wilma’s gain = 2006 NCE score – 2005 NCE score
(4 th Grade) (3 rd Grade)
= 66 – 61
= + 5
The mean gain of all of the students in Wilma’s cohort can now be compared to the Growth Standard for growth for Wilma’s cohort.
PVAAS Statewide Methodology Student A Base Year NCE Score (2006) 2009 Observed School Mean NCE Scores Student A Test Score (2009)
The Problem with the Mean of the Observed Scores
The mean of the observed NCE scores at best represents a single snapshot in time of student achievement of the PSSA Anchors…
Is it the most comprehensive assessment of the school’s TRUE level of achievement?
How about the Bad Day syndrome?
Observed vs. Composite Estimate… Which is better?
What if we combined the new, observed data with all of the prior PSSA assessment information that we have for this cohort of students?
Would not a longitudinal view of the cohort’s performance yield a more precise and reliable estimate of the true level of achievement?
This is the essence and power of the
Consider an Example…
Determine the percent of candies that are blue…
If you were to open only one bag and find that 13% of the candies are blue, how much confidence would you have in your estimate of the true percentage of blue candies for all candies?
Only One Sample? A Bit Risky…
Let’s open 50 bags and look at the distribution of the percents of blue candies…
Looking at these 50 bags, what would you estimate the “true” percent of blue candies for all candies?
Let’s open 50 more bags and add them to the 50 selected earlier…
Distribution with n = 50 Distribution with n = 100 With this additional data, we can make a better estimate of the true percent of blue candies!
PVAAS Statewide Methodology Computer 2009 Observed School Mean NCE Scores 2008 Estimated School Mean NCE Score 2007 Estimated School Mean NCE Score 2006 Estimated School Mean NCE Score 2009 Estimated School Mean NCE Scores Gain = 2009 Estimate – 2008 Estimate Compare to Growth Standard School Rating
How to Measure Growth of a School?
Using a Growth Standard
Student scaled scores are converted to NCE scores (2006 parameters).
The mean NCE score for each school is calculated.
PVAAS revises all earlier estimates based on the addition of the current data.
PVAAS calculates an estimated NCE mean score.
Estimated Mean NCE Gain
= Current Estimated NCE mean – Previous Estimated NCE mean
Gain is compared to Growth Standard for School Effect Rating.
Here is the Fall 2006 PVAAS District/School Report
Gain Ratings Mean NCE Gain for a cohort in a given year represents the progress of students in that cohort relative to the Growth Standard of 0. Color ratings: Green – mean gain greater than or equal to the Growth Standard favorable indicator Yellow – mean gain less than one SE below the Growth Standard warning sign Light Red – mean gain is between one and two SE’s below the Growth Standard stronger caution Red – mean gain less two SE’s below the Growth Standard most serious warning
Level of Evidence – The Role of Standard Error
The color-coded ratings on the mean gain of cohorts are based on the level of confidence we have that the gain of the cohort is truly below the Growth Standard…
THE GOAL Slight Evidenceof Lack of Progress Greater Evidenceof Lack of Progress Significant Evidence of Lack of Progress At or above the Growth Standard Less than 1 SE below Growth Standard Between 1 and 2 SE’s below Growth Standard More than 2 SE’s below Growth Standard
The Power of PVAAS
The power of this methodology is that it produces:
Accurate estimates of the true level of achievement of the students in this school.
Updated estimates of all prior mean performance estimates simultaneously as new data is input into the longitudinal data structure.
Over time, more accurate and reliable estimates of the true level of understanding of the students in this grade or school.
For more information, contact:
Gerald L. Zahorchak, D.Ed. Secretary of Education Commonwealth of Pennsylvania www.pde.state.pa.us 333 Market Street Harrisburg, PA 17126

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Addict. These days, you can’t go anywhere—restaurants, cars, meetings, sporting events, concerts, even restrooms—without seeing people glued to their phones, tablets or laptops. What is it with us? Are we addicts, drawn to this 24/7 lifestyle, where instant connection and response are the norm?
Many of us have joked about and even wondered if our devices were addictive in some way. We’ve even suspected that social media really is addictive, but not like a “real” addiction. Not like drugs or food, right? A recent study says otherwise.
A study by two psychologists from Harvard University published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that sharing information about yourself (the beating heart of social media) “engages neural and cognitive mechanisms associated with reward.”
We’re all at risk of becoming addicts.
That means that posting a selfie tweaks the part of your brain that produces dopamine, the chemical that controls the brain’s pleasure centers. So when we eat food that we really like, see a very attractive person, or use an illegal narcotic, dopamine runs amuck. Dopamine also encourages us to do whatever we can to get more of what makes dopamine. So, we dive for the bottom of the carton of ice cream, sneak an extra glance at that photogenic someone sitting across the room at the conference…or steal, lie, cheat or worse.
Or, we post more selfies on Facebook. And spend more time tweeting and texting, and we just can’t stop. Unfortunately, like so much that the modern world has created, too much of a good thing is a bad thing.
The British blackened their teeth from sugar addiction when it was first brought to England from the Caribbean in the colonial era. A little sugar? A nice way to sweeten one’s tea. A lot of sugar? Rampant tooth decay.
This is not to say that your company should pull the plug on it social media presence. Not at all. But heed this warning: We’re all at risk of becoming addicts. Recent articles like the one on Facebook use and declines in well-being in young adults show that social media use affects how we feel moment-to-moment, how satisfied we are with our lives, and can even create serious psychological problems such as anxiety and depression.
The solution? Unplug. Set limits. Take a walk. Exercise. Talk to people face-to-face. As the visionary Roman playwright Terence wrote in the second century BC, “Ne quid nimis.” (“Moderation in all things.”)

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Sometimes, you just know when a film has the potential to satisfy. PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING promises viewers plenty of action involving giant robots and monsters. Quite frankly, the film delivers on its promise in spades. It’s not quite as creative or inventive as the first PACIFIC RIM, but it has a great cast and solid action sequences that guarantee a fun time.
PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING takes place 10 years after the first film, and the world has known peace from the monstrous kaiju during that time. Jake Pentecost (John Boyega) and Amara Namani (Cailee Spaeny) are captured breaking the law, and conscripted into serving as Jaeger pilots in the Pan-Pacific Defense Corps. Jake, the son of deceased hero Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba, from the first film), struggles with his family legacy as he reunites with his adopted sister Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi) and former Jaeger partner Nate Lambert (Scott Eastwood). When new drone Jaegers go haywire and start ripping open portals to the kaiju world, it’s up to the new heroes to band together and fight back against this new threat.
What makes PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING so much fun is its cast. John Boyega is the perfect person to lead this franchise into the future. He is so funny, and utterly infectious. His charm practically oozes off the screen. I also really enjoyed Cailee Spaeny, the young Jaeger cadet that joins as a new recruit. She’s young, but she’s spunky, resilient, and acts as a perfect foil to Boyega. Scott Eastwood is mostly forgettable in this film – he doesn’t do a bad job, but he’s very forgettable. He mostly plays straight man to Boyega, and his character suffers for it.
Returning from the first film, Dr. Newt Geiszler (Charlie Day) and Dr. Hermann Gottlieb (Burn Gorman) continue to serve as comic relief as scientists obsessed with studying the kaiju, although Day gets a little more dramatic range in this film – not always to effect. Day morphs from a funny character to a cackling villain, and he doesn’t have the range for that. It’s impossible to take him seriously. Mako Mori (Rinko Kikuchi) also returns, but in a very small role.
PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING doesn’t reinvent the wheel. Whereas the first film really set the stage and took time to explain concepts and ideas, this film just throws the audience right in. For the most part, it works. I don’t need a reminder of how “drifting” works – it makes sense through the course of the film. But the plot does feel a little derivative. It was really cool to watch these giant jaegers fight kaiju in the first film – but in PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING, the kaiju are much less prevalent. The action sequences are more focused on jaegers fighting jaegers – which, admittedly, is still really fun to watch. The film’s climax also includes a great fight sequence with a massive kaiju that easily dwarfs any kaiju seen before. But it also doesn’t feel quite as special. There’s no special moment in the film that makes the jaw drop in astonishment. Once again, cities are destroyed and massive damage is inflicted on robots and monsters alike, but it all feels a bit tired. The action sequences are still really fun, though, and the film has an earnest, almost scrappy feel to it.
PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING has a lot of heart. It feels more family-friendly than the first film, with a kind of innocence that makes it feel more inviting to kids – and that’s not a bad thing. PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING is the kind of film that a child’s mind would invent – giant robots, giant monsters, and giant action. Whereas the first film was a bit dark and edgy, this film feels much more inclusive and cheerful.
The word that kept echoing through my head as PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING ended was: fun. It’s a fun flick. It’s not reinventing the wheel or subverting expectations. It’s a very simple film that essentially boils down to giant robots punching other giant robots and monsters. It’s a loud film, filled with explosions and large-scale destruction. PACIFIC RIM: UPRISING is sometimes nonsensical, but always entertaining.


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Rosita Boland, a Journalist from the Irish Times, found her old religion workbook from primary school. This lesson conveniently teaches children the hierarchy of God’s love.
According to a story at Christian Today
An elderly man fed up with the sound of church bells took drastic action on Sunday when he locked a team of bellringers inside the church where they were practicing.
The unidentified man climbed the steps to the belfry of Saint John the Evangelist, in Sharow, near Ripon, Yorkshire, and vented his anger on the six musicians, swearing at them and threatening to damage their cars.
He then proceeded to trap the group inside the belfry by wedging a piece of wood in the tower door.
They were freed around half an hour later by church member Sandra Price, who heard them banging as she locked up.
The bellringers had come up to Sharow from the south of England for the three-hour practice session.
A complaint has been made against the man but police said they are not investigating the incident.
Not investigating the incident? This blatant disregard of persecution against Christians is appalling. If we let this slide the villagers will start locking up other annoying Christians in their churches.
Then again I think Jesus uses the following bell curve himself:
- 30 minutes of bellringing = worship
- 1 hour of bellringing = novelty wears thin
- 2 hours of bellringing = disrupts spiritual warfare
- 3 hours of bellringing = annoys both Holy Spirit and neighbors

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Ajaji community decry illegal acquisition of its farmland by Delta govt
By Nosa Akenzua, Asaba
The people of Ajaji community in Illah, Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta has decried what it called illegal acquisition of its farmland by the state government.
The community, rising from a meeting, which was presided over by its head, Diokpa Frances Chukwurah, on Wednesday, embarked on a peaceful protest at Northsworthy Investment, a multi – billion Naira oil palm company located at a forest reserve in the area.
The people said that the investor, Northsworthy Investment, had unduly encroached into Ajaji land outside the forest reserve assigned to it, thereby, causing the community famers to vacate their farmland, and crops at the mercy of the bulldozer.
The community spokesperson, who doubles as the Odogwu (War Lord) of Ajaji community, Prince Ugo Chima, said that the issues were still being discussed with government when suddenly, bulldozers were deployed to continue with deforestation and destruction of farmlands and crops at the site.
He said that the breach caught the attention of the community, hence, the peaceful protest to call for a halt of activities at the site pending the determination of the issues between government and Ajaji community in Illah.
He said that the land in question was owned by three communities; Ajaji-Illah, Ogbe Onihe -Akwukwu-Igbo and Ugbolu, adding that the recent survey showed that the larger portion belong to Ajaji community. He said that the community, on February 20, this year, sent a protest letter to the governor in that regard, adding that the peaceful protest was to draw government attention to the further encroachment and to forestall breakdown of law.
“We, the Ajaji community of Illah, is an autonomous community as it is with all the nine villages that make up Illah.
“Historically, there was a land dispute among the three communities namely; Ajaji-Illah, Ogbe Onihe-Akwukwu and Ugbolu and as a means of resolving the dispute, the then regional government declared the area as forest reserve.
“About two years ago, our community was invited to a ground – breaking ceremony of a farm project at the forest reserve by the state government. It was sad, however, that the ground -breaking progressed with our community (Ajaji-Illah) with about 90 per cent of the land area (forest reserve) was not recognised.
“Thereafter, there was communication breakdown between us and the government; we later observed that a company known as Northsworthy Investment had started clearing the land.
“Without any further engagement, we observed that the company had encroached into a vast area of our land outside the forest reserve; this assertion is confirmed by government’s survey plan,” he said.
Chima said that Ajaji community frowned at the mention that Akwukwu-Igbo was the official address and location of the forest reserve. He said that with the de -reservation of the forest, the land area would have been reverted to its original owners, but expressed pain that the land was, instead, leased to a private company as against the Land Use Act.
“It is our prayer that the governor direct the company to steer clear our land outside the forest reserve. Further activities at the project site should be suspended pending the resolution of identified grey areas.
“And that 90 per cent of the land area by Ajaji -Illah should reflect in the entire dominance of the equity accruals of all the ancillary advantages,” Chima said.
Responding, Dr Kingsley Emu, Chief Economic Adviser to Gov. Ifeanyi Olkowa of the state, said that by law, the state government has the exclusive right to manage the forest reserve. He said, however, that there is ongoing joint review by the government lawyer and the Ajaji community lawyer as regard the land area.
Some of the inscriptions on community placards read: “Our land is our heritage; Okowa, call Northsworthy to order;” “Ajaji community deserves justice.”


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A presentation at the Venture Association of New Jersey (VANJ) meeting in Whippany last Monday provoked some excellent discussion among participants about the role of N.J.’s government in helping small, early-stage technology and life sciences businesses in the state.
Frank J. Graziano, Monmouth Venture Partners managing partner, spoke about “Who gets funded and why and the current state of funding in the New York region,” and along the way compared and contrasted the entrepreneur-financing ecosystems of New York City and the state of N.J.
While New York is in the top cities in terms of both dollars invested and number of deals, N.J. is in the top 10 states for venture capital investments nationally, totaling $540 million in 2011, according to data from PricewaterhouseCoopers MoneyTree. “We averaged about 17 deals per quarter,” Graziano said, “and just over $8 million invested per deal on average, an amount higher than the comparable figure for New York.” N.J. is also among the top states nationally for investments in healthcare. “For a small state, I think N.J. punches above its weight class” when it comes to funding projects, he added.
New York is the place for young companies to go if they want to be funded in digital technologies, however, Graziano noted. “It’s easy to see where the money is going in New York: Internet, Internet, Internet,” with Internet accounting for 64 percent of all New York deals in Q4 2011. However, N.J. has a healthy ecosystem for healthcare, biotech and pharma, he said. As a place for VC and early-stage investments, healthcare and pharma are rebounding, he added.
“We could have a better venture environment in N.J. and even be the national leader in life sciences venture investing,” Graziano said. “Because we are dispersed and diverse here, we need a unifying factor. N.J. has all the core ingredients to create a vibrant entrepreneur-financing ecosystem.” However, “I see a lack of coordination among all the constituent components of the ecosystem,” he noted. Graziano suggested the state or some umbrella entity could at the very least play a central coordinating role, or an infrastructure platform like Gust.comcould be used by entrepreneurs, investors and other startup community members to collaborate among themselves.
Some audience members agreed with Graziano, pointing out that tech and venture events seem to be scheduled to conflict with one another. Others thought it was unfair to compare the startup ecosystem in N.J. with that of New York, especially along the R train corridor, which Graziano had pointed out is a smaller geographical area concentrated with engineers, VCs, angels, media companies and advertising agencies. This concentration creates the “right soup” for new startups to thrive, he said.
Graziano noted that if you look at deals being funded along the I-95 Corridor, from Boston to Washington, you’ll find VC investments are diversified across sectors. Also, seed-stage investments are becoming more prevalent, with superangels and funds they are developing leading the way, he said. “I am encouraged by this and hopeful these startups will be significant job creators as they mature,” he concluded.

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El Rincon has been serving exceptional quality Spanish food and tapas to the people of Epsom since 1992!
This firm favourite in the Epsom community is a labour of love for brothers Carlos & Jose Antonio. As a family run Spanish Restaurant diners enjoy authentic quality Spanish cuisine all within a relaxed and friendly environment.
Head to El Rincon and you'll savour freshly cooked delicious food.
Tapas is an appetizer or snack in traditional Spanish cuisine that can be served hot or cold.
El Rincon brings the taste of Spain to Epsom with an authentic Tapas bar which has become hugely popular among the locals. The restaurant has been delighting many people by serving up a range of tapas dishes, not to mention their world renowned, home-made paella. El Rincon's paella has quite the reputation, with people returning from near and far to enjoy it time and time again!
They also offer excellent value for money with not just one but two mid week set menus that include three courses, and a separate one available at weekends.
Weddings and parties
El Rincon is the perfect location to host a small wedding or party.
With an intimate atmosphere and delicious, authentic Spanish food and drink, your wedding or party will no doubt be one to remember for your guests.
First time we have been, definitely not the last great food and freindly service.
I now know why this place is Epsom's Number 1 restaurant! My husband’s family are Spanish, so we all have high standards! This place met all of our expectations and exceeded them. Carlos and Jose were...
I now know why this place is Epsom's Number 1 restaurant! My husband’s family are Spanish, so we all have high standards! This place met all of our expectations and exceeded them. Carlos and Co were amazing...
They don’t make restaurants like this anymore. Amazing food, wine, atmosphere and staff. Not super fancy if that’s what you are after but if you like proper Spanish food (not just tapas) and a great night...
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This year’s heat waves and subsequent droughts resulted in the hottest summer in recorded European history,according to a report by the Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) – an EU-funded Earth observation agency.
“We’ve not only had record August temperatures for Europe, but also for the summer, with the previous summer record only being one year old,” said Freja Vamborg, a senior scientist at the Copernicus Climate Change Service.
Of course, this ‘record’ heat in the summer has prompted activists to trot out the same old tropes that this ‘confirms climate change’ is having a catastrophic effect on the world already. With the energy crisis facing Europe, this is not a particularly comfortable topic as numerous nations abandon – albeit apparently temporarily – their green policies in favor of not letting their citizenry starve or freeze.
Read more: “Nothing To Do With Man” – Astrophysicist Says Climate-Cultists “Are On A Gravy Train” To Make Money


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West Fargo fire crews douse industrial oven blaze
WEST FARGO - A noon-hour fire caused minor damage to a West Fargo business today when an industrial oven apparently overheated.
According to West Fargo fire Chief Roy Schatschneider:
West Fargo fire crews were dispatched at 12:30 p.m. to Neal's Industrial Painting, 701 Main Ave. W., where employees told authorities that the contents of one of their industrial ovens had caught fire.
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A new study has linked alcohol abuse with breast cancer and breast disease.
Moderate consumption of wine could be associated with a reduced risk of depression, according to a new study appearing in the latest edition of the journal BMC Medicine.
Teen Stopper Protection is giving away free samples of the Bottle Blocker to the prevention community to evaluate as a tool to fight underage drinking and prescription drug abuse. Nesconset,
Booze and music are two things that are often tied together, and that isn’t likely to change. However, the amount of references to particular alcohol brands appears to be on the rise in recent years.
Alcohol Treatment Palm Bay has a renewed focus on how to help chronic drinker begin their journey to sobriety. (PRWEB) August 28, 2013 Alcohol Treatment
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I provided a morning tea shout for Hubby at work today, and included this, which is one of the recipes I’m most asked for…
It came about because I really enjoyed the one that the local smoked fish place did and wanted to make a version of it, that was cost effective for a big crowd. Embarrassingly easy, it’s a real crowd pleaser.
180gm Hot smoked salmon (without the skin) Either plain or flavoured.
250 ml Cream Cheese – I prefer the spreadable one – because it mixes better
1Tbsp Tomato paste
1-2t Lime juice
Put the cream cheese in a food processor and whiz until smooth, if you miss this step, you are in danger of ending up with small lumps of white in your finished dip. Add the rest of the ingredients and process until combined. Taste and add more lime juice or salt to taste. And that’s all there is to it.
You can serve with crackers, corn chips or on that old classic Melba Toast. And if there is any left the next day – it makes a scrummy breakfast toast spread.
If you want to serve it as an easy starter, you can put into individual ramekins, and top with a few slices of cold smoked salmon, with your crackers/Melba toast on the side..


Nuclear power is any nuclear technology designed to extract usable energy from atomic nuclei via controlled nuclear reactions.
A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. Both reactions release vast quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter; a modern thermonuclear weapon weighing little more than a thousand kilograms can produce an explosion comparable to the detonation of more than a billion kilograms of conventional high explosive. Thus, even single small nuclear devices no larger than traditional bombs can devastate an entire city by blast, fire and radiation. Nuclear weapons are considered weapons of mass destruction, and their use and control has been a major aspect of international policy since their debut.
Nuclear warfare, or atomic warfare, is a military conflict in which nuclear weapons are used. Compared to conventional warfare, nuclear warfare is vastly more destructive in range and extent of damage. A major nuclear exchange could have severe long-term effects, primarily from radiation release but also from possible atmospheric pollution leading to nuclear winter, that could last for decades, centuries, or even millennia after the initial attack
In the history of warfare, only two nuclear weapons have been detonated offensively, both near the end of World War II. The first was detonated on the morning of 6 August 1945, when the United States dropped a uranium gun-type device code-named "Little Boy" on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. The second was detonated three days later when the United States dropped a plutonium implosion-type device code-named "Fat Man" on the city of Nagasaki, Japan. These bombings resulted in the immediate deaths of around 120,000 people (mostly civilians) from injuries sustained from the explosion...


Fishery Management Plan and Amendments: FMP: Amendment 21
Allocation of Harvest Opportunity for Trawl and Other Sectors of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery
Amendment 21 concerns formal, long term allocations of a select subset of federally-managed west coast groundfish species to the limited entry trawl sectors. The long term allocations of Amendment 21 reduces the need for trawl/nontrawl allocation action in each biennial specifications process. Trawl/nontrawl allocations are needed to support the Amendment 20 trawl rationalization program and establish for the trawl sector the sector responsibility for bycatch that was called for under Amendment 18. Amendment 20 rationalized the West Coast groundfish trawl fishery by managing the shoreside sectors (i.e., sectors of the limited entry trawl fleet that deliver groundfish to shoreside processing plants) under a system of individual fishing quotas (IFQs) and the at-sea whiting sectors under a system of closed harvesting cooperatives.
Amendment 21 Partially Approved August 9, 2010
Concurrently with Amendment 20, Amendment 21 was partially approved by NMFS as described in a letter dated August 9, 2010. NMFS disapproved the portion of Amendment 21 asserting that it overrides the current allocation scheme between the groundfish limited entry and open access sectors. The Council is engaged in a trailing action to address this disapproved portion of the amendment.
On June 25, 2010, the Environmental Protection Agency published a Notice of Availability for the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Allocation of Harvest Opportunity between Sectors of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery. You may download an electronic copy of the FEIS below:
- Download FEIS: Groundfish Amendment 21: Allocation of Harvest Opportunity Between Sectors of the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery, Final Environmental Impact Statement Including Regulatory Impact Review and Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis; June 2010
Amendment 21 FMP Language
- Download the Amendment 21 FMP Language as Approved by NMFS on August 9, 2010


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In a gloomy mood yesterday, I looked up the mortality rate for American men of my age. I then saw that two more banks failed yesterday, bringing the year's total to 93.
Based on the CSO mortality table, and on the current rate of bank failures, I have a better chance of surviving to December 31 than my bank does.
My estimate of the odds has nothing to do with the actual condition of my bank, which I think is good; I hope it is, for I own some of its shares that would become worthless if the bank were taken from us. On the other hand, the bank holds some of my paper, which wouldn't be worth much if I were similarly taken. So it's a standoff: I'll agree to watch my cholesterol intake if it agrees to watch its other borrowers.
I know it's ghoulish of me, but in the way that other people watch the early returns come in on Election Day, every now and then, on Friday afternoons, I watch the FDIC site to see which banks have been taken over.
A casual comment from a schoolteacher friend brought to mind the current debate over national health care. We have a national health care system already, called Medicare, but it's age-limited, and those much less venerable than Venerable Mom aren't eligible. Proponents of national health care point to the success of Medicare; opponents complain about the cost and the spectre of creeping socialism.
My friend's comment made me think of an unsophisticated test for a national health care program: lets compare it to the public schools. We could (well, I can) imagine health care provided as the schools provide it, and then imagine education provided as we now provide health care. So here goes.
First, let's suppose that we could provide health care in more or less the way that we provide public education. Everyone would pay taxes to the local health care district in which they reside. The health care district would also get some state and national funding in exchange for undertaking the obligation to provide free (or very low cost) and appropriate health care for all of its residents who need medical attention. Each district would build and staff a number of health care clinics almost adequate to serve its population. People would register with the health clinic in their district. Some means would be worked out to allow clinics to exchange patients, or to cosponsor surgical hospitals (rather like the old union high school districts) so that not every district would need to provide a full range of care. The physicians would be somewhat underpaid, but in exchange would have tenure and a first-rate retirement program, won for them by their unions. All in all, not a bad system.
Now let's pretend that our government could provide education the way that it provides health care. People employed by large and generous corporations would be able to send their children to schools paid for by tax-deductible education premiums. People who lost their jobs could continue to send their children to school for another 18 months, but would have to pay the cost themselves, at just the time when they wouldn't be able to afford to do so. Private school insurance would be available, but inordinately expensive unless purchased in groups. Parents of slow learners who could not get into a group plan would find themselves slowly priced out of the market, or faced with notices of nonrenewal after Little Johnny fails a spelling test.
Students who want to study math or a foreign language would first need to obtain a referral from their primary care teacher, who could deny the referral if the teacher thought that the student wouldn't benefit from being able to multiply and divide, or being able to speak with the other 94% of the world.
People with no school insurance whose children, in an emergency, needed to learn the names of the states could take them to the emergency classrooms at the local schools. The schools would bill them for the education, but take few practical steps to collect, and ultimately pass the costs of providing emergency education onto their premium-paying members.
Some insurers would cover most of the schools in the area, but others would be selective, and parents who wanted their children to stay in the neighborhood school would have to pay up or change schools if Blue Cross or Aetna dropped their local school from its plan.
I'm a lot more open to the idea of national health care for the under-65 than I was before these two fancies popped into my mind.
Mark Twain included this delightful passage in his book Life on the Mississippi:
In the space of one hundred and seventy-six years the Lower Mississippi has shortened itself two hundred and forty-two miles. That is an average of a trifle over one mile and a third per year. Therefore, any calm person, who is not blind or idiotic, can see that in the Old Oolitic Silurian Period, just a million years ago next November, the Lower Mississippi River was upwards of one million three hundred thousand miles long, and stuck out over the Gulf of Mexico like a fishing-rod. And by the same token any person can see that seven hundred and forty-two years from now the Lower Mississippi will be only a mile and three-quarters long, and Cairo and New Orleans will have joined their streets together, and be plodding comfortably along under a single mayor and a mutual board of aldermen.
It came to my mind as I drove south (the only lawful direction) on SW Broadway past Portland State University, where from Market Street onward the City has removed one of the three traffic lanes to put in a bicycle lane. The specific question that occurred to me was to ask myself when, at the rate that the City is removing traffic lanes from city streets, it would have no streets at all. I think we have a supply that will be good for several thousand years to come, but I don't know all of the lane-removal projects, and I could be off by a few centuries.
On which did the government of the City of Portland work harder and spend more time and money: (a) helping Merritt Paulson move the soccer franchise from one soccer league to another, or (b) persuading Columbia Sportswear to retain its corporate headquarters in the city?
Extra credit question: How many persons will the promoted Portland Timbers employ within the City, net of the jobs lost when the Portland Beavers fold or move away? How many persons would Columbia Sportswear have employed within the City if the company had not moved to Beaverton when it couldn't get straight answers from the Portland zoning people? Compare these two numbers with the respective efforts put forth by the City, and explain any difference.
During the month of Ramadan, which this year began on August 22, observant Muslims refrain from eating during daylight hours. The Chinese government in Xinjiang wants the Uighur ethnic group, who are Muslims, to give up religious observance during Ramadan, and is threatening the Uighurs who do fast during Ramadan with being fired from their jobs.
As the Epoch Times reports, during Ramadan government offices in Xinjiang are offering free lunches to their workers. That's the carrot. The stick is that anyone found not eating lunch may lose his or her job and income, giving a new meaning to the phrase "eat or starve."
Beaverton's photo radar discourages speeders, but the police of Niketown, U.S.A. have been done one better by Jericho's finest. Jericho, Arkansas (population 157) is a speed trap. Even though it's lost a police car and a fire truck to the repo man, it manages to support 7 police officers on the strength of its traffic ticket revenue.
On August 27 one of the ticketed, Don Payne, came to court to protest his speeding ticket. Mr. Payne is Jericho's fire chief. His protest didn't go well, and when he went out to his car, he discovered that he'd been ticketed again. He went back to court to complain. All seven officers were present. Things "escalated," in the demure words of the Memphis newspaper (Jericho is 15 miles northwest of Memphis, just across the state line), and one of the seven officers shot Chief Payne. The bullet, in the best Barney Fife fashion, injured not only the fire chief but also one of the other police officers.
Chief Payne is recovering. The police department, on the other hand, has been closed down, and the county would like to know just where all the money from traffic fines has been going. The part-time mayor has no comment.

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If you have ever owned a pair of glasses, a camera, or anything that has a screen that requires cleaning without getting scratched, you will no doubt have been given a microfiber lens cloth as part of the package. These cloths are designed specifically to clean surfaces that require gentle but very effective cleaning.
Microfiber lens cloths from leading manufacturers have a huge amount of advantages over regular cloths from being more effective, non-abrasive, and hypoallergenic. Take a look at some of the biggest advantages of using microfiber lens cloths.
Can Remove 98.9% of Bacteria
One of the best advantages of using microfiber lens cloths is that with when used with just water, they are able to remove 98.9% of bacteria from any flat surface that they are used on. This statistic looks even better when you consider that any normal type of cloth that is used alongside bleach will only remove up to 90%.
Microfiber Cloths Are Non-Abrasive
Another great reason why microfiber lens cloths are perfect for cleaning is that they are non-abrasive and will not scratch any surfaces as well as leaving behind no lint as well. Ordinary cloths cannot achieve this and although you might not see any scratches left behind, you can be sure that they are there.
Microfiber Cloths Are Hypoallergenic
If somebody suffers from allergies or asthma, microfiber cloths are great for them too as they are hypoallergenic. Anything that is hypoallergenic is far less likely to cause any allergic reactions, so the fact that your lens cleaning cloths are, is always a good thing right?
Because a microfiber cloth requires no cleaning solution or chemical to be used alongside it, they are environmentally friendly. These microfiber cloths literally only need some water alongside them to produce a crisp clean that does not scratch any surfaces.
More Durable and are More Effective than Standard Cloths
A good quality microfiber lens cloth from reputable manufacturers are far more durable that regular cloths and can be reused hundreds of times before being requiring to be replaced. Additionally, because they contain more than 200,000 fibers on each square inch, they are far more effective at cleaning as well.
Those were just some of the main advantages to using microfiber lens cloths but there are many more too. They dry quicker than regular cloths, will save you money on cleaning chemicals as they are not required, and are easier to clean.
The great thing about these microfiber cloths is that you do not just have to use them on lens or glass surfaces and can use them on any surface that you want.
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Rosario Berry is a professional freelance writer, like to introduce Kycloth Co. Ltd . Microfiber Lens Cloth from leading manufacturers have a huge amount of advantages over regular cloths from being more effective, non-abrasive, and hypoallergenic.
Rosario Berry is an eminent author writing and publishing articles on various topics.This author has published 39 articles so far.


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The Hydrostatic transmission (HST) converts the reciprocal power into continuous power as the device involved the ocean waver energy converter (OWEC). This paper suggests a simulation model for the hydrostatic transmission (HST). Simulation and experimental results are compared with each other. And the validity of the simulation model is verified. Though the suggested simulation model, basic study is performed for the circuit design of HST.
Extrusion process can minimize the loss of the material, fast and low cost. However, extrusion of aluminum alloys is a complex and difficult process because tearing tends to occur at the surface. Therefore, Finite Element Analysis is necessary to minimize trial and error. The purpose of this study is that finding of optimal extrusion die for fabricating of Automotive Oil Control Valve by Finite Element Method. In summary, the considering geometric die design is selected to reduce the stress concentration by DEFORM 3D simulation tool.
A magnetic levitation control system is built as a classroom demonstration device for systems and control courses. System linearization and PID controllers are used to control the unstable nolinear system.
Since the discovery of carbon nanotubes (CNTs), many interesting studies on composites with CNTs have been performed. However, it is extremely difficult to disperse CNTs in metal melts due to their poor wettability and large surface-to-volume ratio. The array of short fibers in a preform could be used to disperse the CNTs in the matrix. The use of hybrid reinforcement is required to solve the dispersion problems. Multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWCNTs)/Al2O3sf preform-based aluminum hybrid composites were studied. A high temperature compression test was performed to evaluate mechanical properties and workability. In addition, dispersion of the carbon fiber was investigated using a hardness test. The compressive strengths of hybrid metal matrix composites (MMCs) increased with increasing Al2O3 fraction. However, the compressive strengths were not necessarily proportional to the CNT fraction. Excessive CNTs adversely affected the material due to agglomeration or poor wettability with the matrix.
Many researchers have studied for improving the control performance of electric hydrostatic actuator(EHA), but studies are limited to improve the characteristics of transient response such as a step response. In this study, ISF-FF-PI-D controller is proposed for the position control of EHA in the high frequency range. First, FF-PI-D control system is designed for compensation of disturbance input and improvement of target tracking performance. In addition, input shaping filter(ISF) is applied to prevent saturation of electric motor using FF-PI-D control system in the high frequency field. As the result, it is confirmed experimentally that target tracking performance of ISF-FF-PI-D control system is better than FF-PI-D control system in the high frequency range.
Carbon Fiber Reinforcement Plastics (CFRP) has been used as aerospace parts by vacuum forming or compression Recently, CFRP products have been increased the competitiveness with mass production of CFRP system. Also, hybrid composite is needed to improve the CFRP weakness such as low elongation. In this study, CFRP and SUS304 material is combined by hot press mold with temperature variable or loading time. As a result, optimal loading pressure and loading time is 0.4㎫, 5 minutes respectively. Especially, CFRP-SUS304 hybrid composites, which made by hot press molding, have a good interface states with each other.


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Through the Storm Audiobook
The audiobook of Through the Storms is now in production.
A few days ago I signed Sean Patrick Hopkins to narrate and produce the Through the Storm audiobook. Sean is a New York-based actor and Audible approved producer. He is a member of the Screen Actors Guild and his resume includes movies, television, off-Broadway and regional theatre credits.
The normal routine when making an audiobook is for the narrator to provide the first fifteen minutes for approval. This allows the author a chance to ensure the narrator has the voices, accents, and pronunciation correct. Sean did this perfectly and I’m thrilled to provide that clip from the book here. This will be my ninth story available as an audiobook and you can sample all of them on this special audiobook page of the website.
If all the production and post-production edits and checks go smoothly (as I expect they will) listeners can expect to see the Through the Storm audiobook available on Audible in early December. About a week later it will be released on iTunes.
I’m excited to hear the complete audiobook and hope you are also!


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Visual Cryptography and Its Applications
by Jonathan Weir, WeiQi Yan
Publisher: BookBoon 2012
Number of pages: 144
Visual cryptography provides a very powerful technique by which one secret can be distributed into two or more shares. When the shares are xeroxed onto transparencies and then superimposed exactly together, the original secret can be discovered without computer participation.
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by Bodo Moeller - TU Darmstadt
Multiple aspects of public-key cryptography are examined. The author covers the theory of provably secure public-key cryptography and the implementation of exponentiation and multi-exponentiation. An introduction to provable security is provided.
by Oded Goldreich - Cambridge University Press
The book gives the mathematical underpinnings for cryptography; this includes one-way functions, pseudorandom generators, and zero-knowledge proofs. Throughout, definitions are complete and detailed; proofs are rigorous and given in full.
by Bing Qi, Li Qian, Hoi-Kwong Lo - arXiv
We present the principles behind quantum key distribution and discuss a few well-known QKD protocols. We focus more on the implementation of QKD protocols rather than security analysis. Another topic covered here is the security of QKD systems.
by N.P. Smart - McGraw-Hill
Nigel Smart's 'Cryptography' provides the rigorous detail required for advanced cryptographic studies, yet approaches the subject matter in an accessible style in order to gently guide new students through difficult mathematical topics.

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PRAGUE: Petr Zelenka kicked off the shooting of his long-prepared absurd comedy Lost in Munich.
PRAGUE: The State Cinematography Fund´s new Filmmakers’ lounge located in the café of Čas cinema, T. G. Masaryka 3, will offer a new pleasant meeting point for film professionals during Karlovy Vary IFF.
PRAGUE: The famous Chinese director, scriptwriter and star actress Xu Jinglei is shooting a film with the working title Somewhere Only We Know in Prague.
PRAGUE: The Czech and Slovak Republics are sharing an online, TV, and cinema simultaneous release of film Sacro GRA, the first ever documentary winner of Venice Film Festival, today (5 May 2014).
PRAGUE: Czech producer Tomáš Hrubý heads to Cannes to participate in European Film Promotion’s Producers on the Move.
PLZEN: Miracle / Zázrak, a Slovak/Czech coproduction by Slovak director and co-writer Juraj Lehotský competes at Finale Plzen after an illustrious film festival roll-out.
PLZEN: Like Never Before by Zdeněk Tyc returns to Finale Plzen in the main competition, after having been given a pre-premiere screening there one year ago.
PLZEN: The feature film competition at the Finale Festival in Plzen, taking place 27 April – 3 May 2014, will include Ivan Vojnár’s hybrid film An Unlikely Romance, an intimate feature with documentary elements.
PLZEN: Karin Babinská, whose popular and internationally acclaimed road-movie Dolls, won the 20th Finále Plzen, returns to Plzen to compete with the romantic film Wings of Christmas (Kridla Vanoc).
PLZEN: Directed, written and photographed by Tomáš Vorel, Uni continues in the aesthetics prompted by his earlier film, The Can.
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