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(-) Massachusetts (9)
(-) Pennsylvania (3)
(-) U.S. Virgin Islands (1)
2017: Cooperative Program for Atmospheric Sciences Education (1)
2013: ELG for Building Capacity of Informal and Formal Educators (1)
2012: Ocean Education Partnership Grants (1)
2012: AMS Datastreme Program (1)
2009: Ocean Education Grants for AZA Aquariums (3)
2008: ELG for Spherical Display Systems for Earth Systems Science-Installations & Content (1)
2007: Program for Professional Development of Educators in Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences (1)
2006: Science On a Sphere Installation Cooperative Agreements (1)
2005: Environmental Literacy (2)
(-) Open (5)
(-) Closed (14)
The Global Decision Room: An Interactive Science-on-a-Sphere Installation
Orlando Science Center offsite link · Orlando, Florida
The Orlando Science Center has assembled a project team to create a unique environmental science learning tool: THE GLOBAL DECISION ROOM. Founded on, and enhancing, the Science On a Sphere (SOS) digital globe, the Global Decision Room is an interactive theatre that puts visitors in the role of being decision makers on behalf of the behavior of large populations on the planet. The results of global decisions relating to the environment are seen played out on SOS.
The Orlando Science Center has assembled a project team to create a unique environmental science learning tool: THE GLOBAL DECISION ROOM. Founded on, and enhancing, the Science On a Sphere (SOS) digital globe, the Global Decision Room is an interactive theatre that puts visitors in the role of being decision makers on behalf of the behavior of large populations on the planet. The results of global decisions relating to the environment are seen played out on SOS. The interactive strategy that is created for the Global Decision Room will be flexible and well integrated into the SOS software platform, making it possible to design other educational story scenarios that can use the same system. The Global Decision Room is designed as a multi-use, high impact, exciting content delivery platform. This proposal is based on a well developed initial educational premise, but the resulting construction of the Global Decision Room will be the perfect environment for other educational topics of interest to NOAA's outreach strategy. As new datasets become available in the future, new interactive stories will be developed for the Global Decision Room. The Orlando project brings with it significant additional funding from the Department of Education, the Department of Energy, the Orlando Utilities Commission, and the Florida Hydrogen Initiative, which will greatly leverage the funding from NOAA. Partners in the project include a strong technical team from the University of Central Florida and the Florida Solar Energy Center, interactive digital media experts from the Institute for Simulation and Training, the creative design team "i.d.e.a.s." located at Disney-MGM Studios, and the XhibitNet interactive multimedia design team.
Competition: 2006: Science On a Sphere Installation Cooperative Agreements
PI: Brian Tonner
State: Florida County: Orange District: FL07
Partners: University of Central Florida / Geospatial Analysis and Modeling of Ecological Systems (GAMES) Lab · University of Central Florida / Institute for Simulation and Training (IST) ·
Climate Change Community Outreach Initiative
Florida Aquarium offsite link · Tampa, Florida
To promote ocean and climate change literacy that addresses the needs of our region, six aquariums based on the Gulf of Mexico will partner to educate our communities on both our risks and ways to contribute locally to sustainability. The aquariums will combine community outreach programs, stewardship promotion, social networking and workshops for non-formal educators to reach broad audiences throughout the Gulf in Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas and Mexico.
To promote ocean and climate change literacy that addresses the needs of our region, six aquariums based on the Gulf of Mexico will partner to educate our communities on both our risks and ways to contribute locally to sustainability. The aquariums will combine community outreach programs, stewardship promotion, social networking and workshops for non-formal educators to reach broad audiences throughout the Gulf in Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas and Mexico. Each partner will develop content that emphasizes local ecosystems and consequences of climate change, tailoring stewardship activities to address them. Over five years, the aquariums will reach out to diverse audiences in their communities, which have populations that total over five million people.
PI: Debbi Stone
State: Florida County: Hillsborough District: FL14
Partners: Audubon Aquarium of the Americas · Texas State Aquarium · Dauphin Island Sea Lab (DISL) · Institute for Marine Mammal Studies (IMMS) · Spectrum Communications ·
Building Ocean Awareness Together (BOAT)
A consortium of Alaska SeaLife Center, Florida Aquarium and Monterey Bay Aquarium with their partner National Association for Interpretation will increase the effectiveness of informal science educators (ISE) to promote public understanding of three complex topics that impact the ocean (oil spills, ocean acidification, and energy literacy) and encourage stewardship of ocean and coastal resources. This project will have a direct impact on 252 interpreters in and around Alaska, California, and Florida through 12 weeklong trainings.
A consortium of Alaska SeaLife Center, Florida Aquarium and Monterey Bay Aquarium with their partner National Association for Interpretation will increase the effectiveness of informal science educators (ISE) to promote public understanding of three complex topics that impact the ocean (oil spills, ocean acidification, and energy literacy) and encourage stewardship of ocean and coastal resources. This project will have a direct impact on 252 interpreters in and around Alaska, California, and Florida through 12 weeklong trainings. Groups of interpreters will develop, assemble and produce online training toolkits, all of which will be widely disseminated to the ISE community. Each toolkit will utilize NOAA multimedia content, data visualization products, expertise and other relevant resources. Project participants – who interact with a diverse mix of local, regional, national and international visitors (including underserved local populations) – will provide enhanced training content for their colleagues through professional trainings, presentations, and online networks.
Competition: 2012: Ocean Education Partnership Grants
Partners: California Academy of Sciences · Monterey Bay Aquarium · National Aquarium / National Aquarium In Baltimore (NAIB) · New England Aquarium Corporation / New England Aquarium (NEAq) · Seattle Aquarium · Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science / Alaska SeaLife Center · Association of Zoos and Aquariums · National Association for Interpretation (NAI) · University of Alaska (UA-Fairbanks) · NOAA Office for Coastal Management (OCM) / Pacific Islands · NOAA Climate Program Office (CPO) ·
National Model Earth Science Lab Course
Technical Education Research Centers / TERC offsite link · Cambridge, Massachusetts
A collaboration of five key states, an array of scientists and educators, and an experienced science curriculum team will develop and establish a National Model Earth Science Lab Course, providing standards and exemplary activities that will reach hundreds of thousands of students annually. The team will create a lab handbook with guidelines and exemplary activities in Earth system science and environmental literacy. All materials will be published on the web and available for free to teachers and students.
A collaboration of five key states, an array of scientists and educators, and an experienced science curriculum team will develop and establish a National Model Earth Science Lab Course, providing standards and exemplary activities that will reach hundreds of thousands of students annually. The team will create a lab handbook with guidelines and exemplary activities in Earth system science and environmental literacy. All materials will be published on the web and available for free to teachers and students. The initial set of four exemplary labs will engage students in field experiences, classroom experiments and active use of data and computer visualizations dealing with oceans, atmosphere and other NOAA domains. These hands-on learning experiences will help students develop environmental literacy, build deep understandings of Earth as a system, and apply scientific thinking, problem-solving and data analysis. The participating states view this as filling a crucial gap in the approval and implementation of Earth science as a standard high school lab science. This project builds on planning done in a series of projects: National Conference on the Revolution in Earth Science Education, State Alliances for Earth Science Education, and Planning Grant for Earth System Science as a High School Lab Science. This National Model responds directly to essential needs expressed by the states. The labs will comply with national and state standards for Earth science and meet requirements for a true lab science course. This project is bold and ambitious, but also essential for states striving to strengthen their high school Earth science offerings, and it is a practical response to NOAA's need to infuse its resources into the fabric of public Earth science education.
Competition: 2005: Environmental Literacy
PI: Daniel Barstow
State: Massachusetts County: Middlesex District: MA05
Partners: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt · Science Education Resource Center (SERC) / Carleton College · Texas Education Agency · Massachusetts Association of Science Supervisors · New York City (NYC) Department of Education (DOE) · U.S. Geological Survey Headquarters ·
DataStreme Ocean: AMS/NOAA Teacher Enhancement
American Meteorological Society (AMS) offsite link · Boston, Massachusetts
This project provides for the continued development of a national cadre of precollege teachers competent in ocean and coastal environmental science content and appropriate pedagogy who serve as Ocean Education Resource Teachers and leaders in their local areas and home states. In recognition of the vital role of teachers in promoting environmental literacy, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) proposes the ongoing offering and continual development of its in-service precollege teacher enhancement course entitled DataStreme Ocean (see https://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/ds-ocean/home.html).
This project provides for the continued development of a national cadre of precollege teachers competent in ocean and coastal environmental science content and appropriate pedagogy who serve as Ocean Education Resource Teachers and leaders in their local areas and home states. In recognition of the vital role of teachers in promoting environmental literacy, the American Meteorological Society (AMS) proposes the ongoing offering and continual development of its in-service precollege teacher enhancement course entitled DataStreme Ocean (see https://www.ametsoc.org/amsedu/ds-ocean/home.html). The semester-long, three-credit hour graduate course will be offered at up to 25 sites nationally via three-member Local Implementation Teams (LITs). About 75 specially trained precollege teachers, college/university professors, and scientists serve on LITs. Project institutional partners include NOAA and the State University of New York at Brockport. DataStreme Ocean is partially delivered online and focuses on investigations of the ocean and coastal environment emphasizing the use of the most current NOAA data available on the Internet. Offered fall and spring semesters, 400 teachers will be trained during the 2005-06 school year. As part of their training, participants develop Plans of Action outlining their roles as Ocean Education Resource Teachers in their schools.
PI: Ira Geer
State: Massachusetts County: Suffolk District: MA08
Partners: State University of New York at Brockport ·
Supporting NOAA's Mission by Improving Pre-college Teachers' Knowledge of the Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) Education Program is continuing its development and implementation of a highly innovative NOAA/AMS partnership built on the recognition that teachers are key to realizing NOAA's and AMS's shared vision of an environmentally literate public and a geoscience workforce that reflects the human diversity of American society. This proposed phase of the program focuses on the crucial professional development of pre-college teachers in the pedagogical content knowledge of the essential principles and fundamental concepts of the atmospheric and ocean sciences.
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) Education Program is continuing its development and implementation of a highly innovative NOAA/AMS partnership built on the recognition that teachers are key to realizing NOAA's and AMS's shared vision of an environmentally literate public and a geoscience workforce that reflects the human diversity of American society. This proposed phase of the program focuses on the crucial professional development of pre-college teachers in the pedagogical content knowledge of the essential principles and fundamental concepts of the atmospheric and ocean sciences. Project Activities and Expected Outcomes: Central to the program is the offering of the AMS DataStreme Ocean and DataStreme Atmosphere courses for in-service teachers and the content-similar undergraduate AMS Online Weather Studies and Online Ocean Studies courses for pre-service teachers. All AMS courses include delivery of engaging inquiry-based investigations of the ocean and atmospheric environments employing Internet-delivered NOAA products and services. The proposed project will expand a cadre of pre-college teachers well trained in the essential principles and fundamental concepts, online data sources, and pedagogical issues related to the teaching of atmospheric and ocean sciences from an Earth system perspective. Participating in-service teachers are committed to changing the way they teach atmospheric or oceanographic topics, will serve as resource agents in their schools, and are expected to provide leadership in science curriculum reform at local, state, and national levels. During this proposed funding, AMS DataStreme courses will train 4,000 teachers via semester-long graduate courses at 50 or more sites nationally via Local Implementation Teams (LITs). Within two years of training, in-service teachers will directly impact 40,000 other teachers and 1,400,000 pre-college students. AMS undergraduate courses with similar pedagogical and content underpinnings will impact thousands of pre-service teachers on hundreds of campuses. Rationale: The AMS, working closely with NOAA line offices and personnel, outstanding pre-college teachers, and science educators around the country, is transforming Earth system science education across the pre-college curriculum by addressing what and how teachers teach. Trained content-competent teachers are essential to realizing a scientifically literate public and creating a high-quality geoscience workforce that reflects and benefits from the diversity of American society. The AMS recognizes that teachers must experience learning that incorporates an Earth system science perspective and develop pedagogical content knowledge if they are to more effectively deliver authentic inquiry-based instruction in their classrooms. Major Project Partners: All NOAA line offices have been and will continue to be partners as AMS assists NOAA in advancing its goals of environmental assessment and prediction, protection of life and property, and the fostering of global environmental stewardship. The State University of New York grants tuition-waived graduate-level credit for the DataStreme courses.
Competition: 2007: Program for Professional Development of Educators in Atmospheric and Ocean Sciences
PI: James Brey
Partners: State University of New York at Stony Brook ·
Summer Science in New England: Ocean Education through Informal Science Centers
New England Aquarium Corporation / New England Aquarium (NEAq) offsite link · Boston, Massachusetts
The Summer Science in New England project has established a regional network of summer camp programs grounded in ocean science. In year one, six institutions - New England Aquarium, Northeastern University's Marine Science Center, University of Rhode Island's Alton Jones Camp, the University of Connecticut's Project Oceanology, the Seacoast Science Center in NH, and the Marine Environmental Research Institute in Maine - work alongside research scientists to engage campers, ages 14 and up, in near-shore biodiversity monitoring.
The Summer Science in New England project has established a regional network of summer camp programs grounded in ocean science. In year one, six institutions - New England Aquarium, Northeastern University's Marine Science Center, University of Rhode Island's Alton Jones Camp, the University of Connecticut's Project Oceanology, the Seacoast Science Center in NH, and the Marine Environmental Research Institute in Maine - work alongside research scientists to engage campers, ages 14 and up, in near-shore biodiversity monitoring. In years two and three, the number of partners increases to 10, then 12. The project provides a citizen science experience across a wide geographical area, supports and trains informal science center staff to incorporate citizen science while using environmental literacy principles with teens, and offers opportunities for all participants to share findings with peers at annual forums.
PI: William "Billy" Spitzer
Partners: Sea Research Foundation / Mystic Aquarium · Seacoast Science Center · BOAT CAMP, Inc. · Downeast Institute · Marine Environmental Research Institute · Suffolk University · University of Rhode Island (URI) / Environmental Education Center (EEC · Northeastern University (NU) / Marine Science Center (MSC) · Project Oceanology ·
A National Coalition of Aquariums Educating About Climate Change
This collaboration led by three major national aquariums - Monterey Bay Aquarium (MBAq), National Aquarium in Baltimore (NAIB), and New England Aquarium (NEAq) - is developing a leadership initiative to build capacity within aquariums and related informal science education institutions nation-wide, enabling education staff to engage and inspire millions of visitors to take action about climate change and the ocean.
This collaboration led by three major national aquariums - Monterey Bay Aquarium (MBAq), National Aquarium in Baltimore (NAIB), and New England Aquarium (NEAq) - is developing a leadership initiative to build capacity within aquariums and related informal science education institutions nation-wide, enabling education staff to engage and inspire millions of visitors to take action about climate change and the ocean. The project increases climate literacy among informal science educators by: 1) creating a national network for training, resource sharing and support; 2) developing climate change activity carts to support exhibit interpretation; 3) providing training for youth interpreters; and 4) hosting regional and national summits to strengthen collaboration and showcase and disseminate model programs. Outcomes for educators include increased knowledge of climate change science; knowledge of strategies, tools and materials for educating about climate change; and confidence in their ability to communicate about climate change.
Partners: North Carolina Aquarium Society / North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island · California Academy of Sciences · Monterey Bay Aquarium · National Aquarium / National Aquarium In Baltimore (NAIB) · Seward Association for the Advancement of Marine Science / Alaska SeaLife Center · Florida Aquarium · National Association for Interpretation (NAI) ·
AMS/NOAA Cooperative Program for Earth System Education (CPESE)
The Cooperative Program for Earth System Education (CPESE) – with assistance from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service and the State University of New York (SUNY) at Brockport – is a major collaboration between the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and NOAA that advances NOAA's mission of Science, Service, and Stewardship by sharing knowledge and information about weather, climate, and the ocean.
The Cooperative Program for Earth System Education (CPESE) – with assistance from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service and the State University of New York (SUNY) at Brockport – is a major collaboration between the American Meteorological Society (AMS) and NOAA that advances NOAA's mission of Science, Service, and Stewardship by sharing knowledge and information about weather, climate, and the ocean. CPESE facilitates national offering of the DataStreme Atmosphere and DataStreme Ocean courses and supports Project ATMOSPHERE leadership training workshops at the National Weather Service Training Center (Kansas City) for in-service K-12 educators. Over five years, about 3,000 teacher participants will earn graduate credits through a partnership with SUNY at Brockport and become confident Earth science educators capable of implementing engaging, pedagogically appropriate activities in their classrooms. These educators are expected to impact more than 30,000 additional educators and one million K-12 students. In addition to the professional development for in-service K-12 educators, CPESE enables the AMS to design curricula for introductory college-level Earth science courses, which help prepare pre-service educators. CPESE is built on a shared vision that highly trained educators are key to an environmentally and geo-scientifically literate public.
Competition: 2012: AMS Datastreme Program
PI: Wendy Abshire
Partners: State University of New York at Brockport · NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) · NOAA Climate Program Office (CPO) · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) · NOAA Office of Education · NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Mount Holly, NJ Weather Forecast Office · NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Grand Rapids, MI Forecast Office · California University of Pennsylvania (CalU) ·
Visualizing Change: Training and Tools to Support Informal Educators
A consortium of Aquarium of the Pacific, National Aquarium in Baltimore, New England Aquarium and Seattle Aquarium will build educator capacity in the aquarium community and informal science education field to more effectively communicate about climate change and its impact on coastal zones and marine life. The project will utilize NOAA datasets and visualizations in providing interpreters with training and strategic framing communication tools based on the best available social and cognitive research.
A consortium of Aquarium of the Pacific, National Aquarium in Baltimore, New England Aquarium and Seattle Aquarium will build educator capacity in the aquarium community and informal science education field to more effectively communicate about climate change and its impact on coastal zones and marine life. The project will utilize NOAA datasets and visualizations in providing interpreters with training and strategic framing communication tools based on the best available social and cognitive research. The objectives of the project are to: (1) develop and test four exemplary interpretive "visual narratives" that integrate research-based strategic communication with NOAA data visualization resources; (2) test the application of the visual narratives in a variety of geographic regions and institution types (aquarium, science center, etc.) using multiple technology platforms; (3) build a professional development program for climate change interpretation with data visualization; and (4) leverage existing networks for dissemination and peer support. Other key partners include the NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory (VisLab), the NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), the Exploratorium in San Francisco, the Ocean Explorium in southern Massachusetts, and FrameWorks Institute.
Competition: 2013: ELG for Building Capacity of Informal and Formal Educators
Partners: Aquarium of the Pacific · Exploratorium · Monterey Bay Aquarium · National Aquarium / National Aquarium In Baltimore (NAIB) · Science Museum of Minnesota · Seattle Aquarium · Buttonwood Park Zoological Society · Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) · NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory · NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL) ·
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) work together to share knowledge and information about weather and climate, ocean, and coasts with educators and students across the country. The goal of this effort is to build a scientifically informed and engaged society and a diverse STEM workforce prepared to respond to environmental hazards.
The American Meteorological Society (AMS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) work together to share knowledge and information about weather and climate, ocean, and coasts with educators and students across the country. The goal of this effort is to build a scientifically informed and engaged society and a diverse STEM workforce prepared to respond to environmental hazards. AMS facilitates a national offering of the DataStreme Atmosphere and DataStreme Ocean courses and supports Project ATMOSPHERE leadership training workshops at the National Weather Service Training Center for in-service K-12 educators, with focus on those at schools with considerable numbers of students underrepresented in STEM. By 2023, about 2,100 educators will earn graduate credits through a partnership with California University of Pennsylvania and become confident Earth science educators. These educators are expected to impact more than 20,000 additional educators and several hundred thousand K-12 students.
Competition: 2017: Cooperative Program for Atmospheric Sciences Education
Partners: Consortium for Ocean Leadership · NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) / National Centers for Environmental Prediction · NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Grand Rapids, MI Forecast Office · California University of Pennsylvania (CalU) · NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Training Center · NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Quad Cities, Iowa Forecast Office · NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Newport, North Carolina Forecast Office · NOAA National Ocean Service (NOS) / NOAA Planet Stewards · American Geosciences Institute (AGI) · American Institute of Physics (AIP) · Lockheed Martin Corporation · National Association of Geoscience Teachers (NAGT) · GLOBE Program · NASA Headquarters / NASA Disasters Program · University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) / Unidata · National Earth Science Teachers Association (NESTA) · Austin Peay State University · Brandeis University · State University of New York (SUNY) / Oswego · University of Central Missouri · University of Mary Washington · West Virginia University Institute of Technology · EdCuration · Washington College · Adelphi University · Ohio State University (OSU) / Byrd Polar and Climate Research Center ·
Citizen Science, Civics, and Resilient Communities (CSCRC)
Museum of Science Boston offsite link · Boston, Massachusetts
The "Citizen Science, Civics, and Resilient Communities" (CSCRC) education project led by the Museum of Science, Boston in partnership with Arizona State University and Northeastern University will increase resilience to extreme weather and environmental hazards through citizen-created data, local knowledge, and community values.
The "Citizen Science, Civics, and Resilient Communities" (CSCRC) education project led by the Museum of Science, Boston in partnership with Arizona State University and Northeastern University will increase resilience to extreme weather and environmental hazards through citizen-created data, local knowledge, and community values. Building upon previous funding from NOAA in which a set of modules were created and used to engage participants in active learning and resilience planning about four natural hazards (heat waves, sea level rise, extreme precipitation, and drought), the museum and its partners will add participatory citizen science activities selected in close collaboration with resilience planners. This new and expanded project will involve diverse groups of participants at 28 U.S. science centers collecting, analyzing, and sharing data relevant to local resilience planners, learning about vulnerabilities through visualizations of geospatial data and deliberative problem-solving, sharing perspectives about resilience strategies and their societal and environmental trade-offs, formulating community resilience plans, and presenting findings and recommendations to resilience planners and publics. The project aims to formulate a theory of action that sustains engagement and increases environmental literacy among participants, contributes citizen-created data, knowledge, and values to resilience planning, and increases capacity among science centers for including publics in resilience planning and data collection.
PI: David Sittenfeld
Partners: Bishop Museum · New England Aquarium Corporation / New England Aquarium (NEAq) · Nurture Nature Center · Science Museum of Minnesota · Science Museum of Virginia · Cornell University / Cornell Lab of Ornithology · Northeastern University (NU) / Marine Science Center (MSC) · North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences · Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) · Arizona State University (ASU) / Consortium for Science, Policy & Outcomes · Arizona Science Center · Chabot Space and Science Center · Museum of Life and Science · Ellerbe Creek Watershed Association · City of Cambridge · NOAA Climate Program Office (CPO) · Boston Harbor Now · City of Boston · Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management (CZM) · Portland State University / Sustaining Urban Places Research (SUPR) Lab · National Sea Grant College Program / North Carolina State University (NCSU) / North Carolina Sea Grant · Gulf Coast Exploreum Science Center · University of Southern Alabama / Civil, Coastal, and Environmental Engineering · Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) · General Services Administration (GSA) / CitizenScience.gov · Town of Brookline · Climate CREW · Charles River Watershed Association · Mystic River Watershed Association · The Harborkeepers · Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH) · Durham County Government · North Carolina State University (NCSU) / Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center · North Carolina State University (NCSU) / State Climate Office · Explora · ExplorationWorks · California State University at Chico / Gateway Science Museum · Montana State University · Science Museum Oklahoma · South Dakota Discovery Center · Insights El Paso Science Center · McAuliffe-Shepard Discovery Center · Children's Museum of the Treasure Coast · Cape Fear Museum of History and Science · Tulsa Children's Museum Discovery Lab · Western Kentucky University / Hardin Planetarium · Jesse H. Jones Park & Nature Center · Kentucky Center for African American Heritage · Owensboro Museum of Science & History · Pensacola Mess Hall · SEE Science Center · Cape Cod Museum Of Natural History · Long Island Explorium · Museum of Science and Industry (MOSI) Tampa · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) / Center for the Study of the American South · Town of Nags Head / Planning Department · North Carolina Cooperative Extension / Duplin County Center · North Carolina Cooperative Extension / Columbus County Center · Extra Terrestrial Projects · North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services · Trees Durham · City of Asheville / Office of Sustainability · Colorado State University / Colorado Climate Center (CoCoRaHS) · Duke University / Nicholas School of the Environment · Climate Central · ISeeChange · Arizona State University (ASU) / SciStarter · California State University at Bakersfield ·
Science On a Sphere in the Forces of Nature Exhibition
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts offsite link · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Whitaker Center for Science and the Arts in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania is developing a new permanent public exhibition gallery focusing on environmental and earth systems science to be called Forces of Nature. With NOAA support, Science On a Sphere will be the centerpiece for this new gallery. A collaboration is planned between Whitaker Center and the Department of Meteorology at The Pennsylvania State University in which existing datasets provided by Penn State researchers with NOAA data and meteorological models will be prepared for presentation on spherical display systems.
Competition: 2008: ELG for Spherical Display Systems for Earth Systems Science-Installations & Content
PI: L. Bishop
State: Pennsylvania County: Dauphin District: PA10
Partners: Pennsylvania State University (PSU) / Department of Meteorology ·
Science on a Sphere and Flood Forums: Education to Action
Nurture Nature Center offsite link · Easton, Pennsylvania
The Nurture Nature Center (NNC) in Easton, PA, a joint project of the multi-state Nurture Nature Foundation and NNC, Inc., will install a Science on a Sphere and develop a new SOS module about climate and flooding. Working with the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, the Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown, PA, and science advisers from NOAA and research universities, NNC will use existing SOS datasets, as well as new data formats, to create a docent-guided program that explains the connections between climate patterns and flooding.
The Nurture Nature Center (NNC) in Easton, PA, a joint project of the multi-state Nurture Nature Foundation and NNC, Inc., will install a Science on a Sphere and develop a new SOS module about climate and flooding. Working with the Maryland Science Center in Baltimore, the Da Vinci Science Center in Allentown, PA, and science advisers from NOAA and research universities, NNC will use existing SOS datasets, as well as new data formats, to create a docent-guided program that explains the connections between climate patterns and flooding. The Flood Forums: Education to Action program will engage audiences in deliberative forum programming to promote public understanding of the atmospheric, oceanic, and other climatic factors affecting flooding in some regional communities. Project deliverables include a program on climate change and flooding for SOS users; the same program calibrated for Magic Planet users; Forum models on issues related to climate change and flooding; project and evaluation reports; and training materials for SOS network members and other informal educators.
PI: Catherine Brandes
State: Pennsylvania County: Northampton District: PA07
Partners: Maryland Science Center · Da Vinci Science Center · Lehigh University · NOAA Regional Climate Center / Northeast Regional Climate Center ·
CREATE Resilience: Community Resilience through Education, Art, Technology, and Engagement
CREATE Resilience: Community Resilience through Education, Art, Technology and Engagement, is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between youth and community to 1) improve environmental hazards literacy, and 2) increase engagement in resiliency actions by youth and adult residents in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. CREATE Resilience is designed to increase community knowledge about weather and climate science, risks from local hazards, and strategies for hazard mitigation, while co-creating a vision for community resilience.
CREATE Resilience: Community Resilience through Education, Art, Technology and Engagement, is a multi-disciplinary collaboration between youth and community to 1) improve environmental hazards literacy, and 2) increase engagement in resiliency actions by youth and adult residents in the Lehigh Valley region of Pennsylvania. CREATE Resilience is designed to increase community knowledge about weather and climate science, risks from local hazards, and strategies for hazard mitigation, while co-creating a vision for community resilience. Developed by Nurture Nature Center (NNC) in Easton, PA, the four-year project will work with local, state and federal partners in three hazard-prone communities in the Lehigh Valley (Easton, Bangor and Wilson areas). Hazards, particularly weather-related hazards including flooding, have had major impacts in these communities historically and recently, causing extensive damage to property and disruption to community services. Damaging river flooding along the Delaware River in 2004, 2005 and 2006 highlighted major planning and safety challenges for many municipalities in the area with high flood risk, and a recently updated regional Hazard Mitigation plan highlighted other hazards – as well as the need for public education about hazards and mitigation. CREATE Resilience's advisory board will work with NNC to bring education and engagement events to teach the science of these hazards, as well the household and community-level strategies and tools available for resilience. Partners include the National Weather Service (NWS) Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center and Mt. Holly, NJ Weather Forecast Office, and Weather Prediction Center, as well as LV Planning Commission, Northampton County Emergency Management Agency, LV Community Foundation, Lafayette College, and FEMA Region 3 Mitigation Division. In years 1 and 2, the project will form CREATE Youth Ambassador teams, in which student interns from area high schools will meet NWS meteorologists, engage in community storytelling events, develop local hazard and resilience tours, and learn from climate and other scientists about hazards and strategies for resilience. Ambassadors will also develop and lead programming for community residents. Simultaneously, residents will participate in active-learning education events, dialogue forums, arts-based activities, technology-based programs using NOAA assets, and hands-on preparedness activities. Each community will build a collective understanding of local hazards and mitigation strategies, and co-create a vision for resilience, represented in traveling visual artist-designed murals in the third year of the project. This education and shared vision will build community support for planning and resilience and help households in making better preparedness decisions. Dissemination through Science on a Sphere® and guidebooks will share the replicable model with other organizations and communities, extending the reach of the project. Close cooperation with NWS offices helps the project meet key goals of NOAA's Education Strategic Plan, related to safety/preparedness and a science-informed society. Through public events and print materials, the project will showcase and interpret NOAA-related science and data with area residents, while creating collaborative learning opportunities for youth and community to interact with NOAA scientists. CREATE Resilience also engages youth and adults in preparing for hazards, and in multi-generational learning to improve community awareness and involvement in preparedness and mitigation.
PI: Rachel Carr
Partners: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center · City University of New York (CUNY) / Hunter College · NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) / National Centers for Environmental Prediction · NOAA Climate Program Office (CPO) · Consortium for Climate Risk in the Urban Northeast (CCRUN) · NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Mount Holly, NJ Weather Forecast Office · NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) State College, Pennsylvania Forecast Office · Lehigh Valley Community Foundation · Lafayette College / Civil and Environmental Engineering · Easton Area School District · Wilson Area School District · Northampton County Emergency Management Services · Lehigh Valley Planning Commission · Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency · NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) / Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center (RFC) · Bangor Area School District · American Society of Civil Engineers / Lehigh Valley Section · Northampton County Conservation District · Northampton County Parks & Recreation Division · City of Easton · Martins-Jacoby Watershed Association · Borough of Wilson ·
U.S. Virgin Islands Storm Strong Program
University of the Virgin Islands / Center for Marine and Environmental Studies offsite link · St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Under leadership from the University of the Virgin Islands, the Virgin Islands Marine Advisory Service, and local, non-profit, long-term, 2017 storm recovery groups, this 5-year project will create the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Storm Strong Program. To date, minimal efforts have been made to engage the USVI community in hurricane education and preparation. As a result, USVI communities face significant, but often preventable, storm risks. This is the Territory's first sustained, community-based, hurricane hazard preparedness, and community leadership building program.
Under leadership from the University of the Virgin Islands, the Virgin Islands Marine Advisory Service, and local, non-profit, long-term, 2017 storm recovery groups, this 5-year project will create the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) Storm Strong Program. To date, minimal efforts have been made to engage the USVI community in hurricane education and preparation. As a result, USVI communities face significant, but often preventable, storm risks. This is the Territory's first sustained, community-based, hurricane hazard preparedness, and community leadership building program. The USVI Storm Strong Program will engage underserved and underrepresented middle- and high-school youth and their families on all of the Territory's main islands - St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix - in a program modelled after the U.S. Climate Resilience Toolkit framework. Youth and their families will: (1) explore the science and hazards associated with hurricanes, (2) assess their communities' vulnerabilities and associated risks, (3) evaluate personal and community assets and options to increase resilience, (4) prioritize and plan for events occurring before, during, and after a storm, and (5) take action, in this case, through Community Transfer Projects, which will turn the information gained through the Program into local actions to increase individual and community resilience, sharing knowledge and actions with the broader USVI community and beyond. Through this training, ~400 USVI youth and their families will be empowered as environmental leaders and change agents within their communities and important insights will be learned as to how best to engage underrepresented and underserved groups in hazard preparedness. Creation of the USVI Storm Strong Program is timely, given the significant impacts resulting from Hurricanes Irma and Maria, two Category 5 hurricanes that devastated the USVI in September 2017. These storms provide a window of opportunity to bring together partners from federal, territorial, non-governmental, academic, and the private sector, to develop a strategic, cohesive, long-term, high-impact, community-based program to improve environmental literacy and extreme weather hazard preparedness in the Territory, goals that align with the mission of NOAA's Office of Education.
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Quinn signs bills banning hand-held phones in cars
Posted by wlpo on August 16, 2013
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) – Using a hand-held cellphone while driving in Illinois will be illegal on Jan. 1.
Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation Friday aimed at reducing distracted driving. It requires motorists to use speakerphones or headsets that allow for one-digit or audio dialing.
Illinois joins 11 other states and Washington, D.C. in banning hand-held phone use on the road.
Texting while driving is already illegal in Illinois.
Sen. John Mulroe (muhl-ROH') — a Chicago Democrat and sponsor — says he wants motorists to "keep their eyes on the road and their hands on the wheel."
The U.S. Transportation Department says drivers using hand-held devices are four times more likely to get in a crash causing injuries. Distracted driving caused 387,000 injuries and 3,000 deaths in 2011.
Peru reschedules city council meeting
Money for a bike and walking path is available if Peru can receive a grant through the Illinois Department of Transportation. The ITEP grant is also being pursued by La Salle and Ottawa.
Peru Aldermen are considering if they should commit the money for the grant. They held off voting on it earlier this week but they'll be voting on it Monday. The regular city council meeting that was scheduled for Wednesday has been rescheduled to Monday so they can take action. They have until Tuesday to give their information to IDOT.
Last Monday, a couple of the aldermen questioned committing money to the grant when several years earlier they didn't apply for a grant to replace their swimming pool.
The city council meets at 7:30pm Monday.
Tonica man to be recognized at state fair
A retired DNR employee from Tonica has been named a Volunteer of the Year in Illinois.
Mark Walczynski will be at the Illinois State Fair Saturday to receive one of a handful of "Outstanding Volunteer of the Year" awards from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. During his retirement he's an adviser to the Starved Rock Foundation and historian for Starved Rock State Park. He also wrote a book called "Starved Rock State Park: the First 100 Years" and has the proceeds going to the Starved Rock Foundation bookstore.
Walczynski also finds the time to teach at Illinois Valley Community College.
Ottawa Looking At Easier Way To Cross I-80
As successful as they've already been, you can't blame Ottawa for going after more grant money.
The city is now asking for a two million dollar state grant to make a pedestrian bridge over Interstate 80. City officials think people biking or walking over I-80 on the overpass now are put at risk.
Ottawa tried for this same ITEP, or Illinois Transportation Enhancement Program grant a few years ago but were denied. If they get it this time, the local match would be 400 thousand dollars.
Nine People Vying For Pam Roth's House Seat
Voters living in places like Seneca and Sheridan should know after this Monday who their new state representative will be.
Republican county chairpersons in Grundy, La Salle, Kendall and Will County will interview applicants Monday according to La Salle County Republican Committee Chairwoman Susan Thornton. Thornton won't have all that much pull in the decision because not a lot of voters are represented by the 75th district.
Pam Roth announced last month she was going to resign this summer to move out of state after because her husband accepted a job in Texas. Her term expires in January 2015.
Thornton says there are nine applicants to replace Roth with two of them living in La Salle County. She won't say who the candidates are.

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What To Watch For At Rookie Minicamp
Eddie Paskal
Defensive End Shilique Calhoun, Running BackDeAndré Washington and Quarterback Connor Cook
The Oakland Raiders' rookies are finally about to hit the field.
After arriving at the team's Alameda, Calif., facility Monday, the rookie class – along with the players signed as undrafted free agents – will hit the field together Friday, kicking off their three-day Rookie Minicamp.
Headlined by former West Virginia defensive back Karl Joseph, here are the storylines to keep an eye on this weekend as the rookies hit the field for the first time.
Who Will Be On The Field?
Fans hoping to get a glimpse of Karl Joseph on the field will have to wait – the Raiders' first round draft pick is recovering from a knee injury and is hoping to be a full go by the time the Silver and Black report to Training Camp 2016 in July.
However, Joseph aside, will the Raiders see full participation from the rest of their rookie class at their first minicamp? It will definitely be something to keep an eye on as the weekend progresses.
Where Will Ward And Calhoun Line Up?
On the second day of the Draft, the Raiders selected a pair of players lauded for their versatility throughout their college careers.
Both Jihad Ward and Shilique Calhoun have played multiple positions on the defensive side of the football, and as it stands now, it's unclear where they'll be lining up on Sundays, which isn't too surprising – Head Coach Jack Del Rio repeatedly says he wants his players to be multiple.
Currently Ward is listed as a defensive lineman and Calhoun is listed as a linebacker, and while it's admittedly too early to put too much stock in where they'll be lining up, it will interesting to note nonetheless.
Cook Goes Under Center
The Raiders made arguably their most intriguing pick of the 2016 NFL Draft in the fourth round, selecting Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook No. 100 overall.
Cook, was widely regarded as a Day One talent, and after seeing him still on the board in the fourth round, General Manager Reggie McKenzie saw an opportunity to bolster the team's depth, and traded up to grab the former Michigan State Spartan.
"It's a situation that you look at the board, and it was a player that we still had up there," said McKenzie. "It was a great opportunity for us to explore trying to get up there. We found a partner and we made the deal. He's a good player. We just felt like he was too good of a player not to try."
Derek Carr is the starting quarterback for the Raiders, in 2016 and hopefully for years to come, but Cook does undoubtedly possess talent throwing the football, and he'll be a captivating figure as the team hits the field.
A First Look At DeAndré Washington
Heading into 2016 it was no secret that the Silver and Black had to address the issues with their running game
Yes, Latavius Murray ran for over 1,000 yards in 2015, but behind him, the second-leading rusher on the team was Derek Carr, and that simply can't be the case going forward.
Enter DeAndré Washington.
While it's easy to look at his measurables – 5'8" and 204 pounds – and assume the former Texas Tech Red Raider will be just a third-down weapon, Reggie McKenzie believes that Washington is more than capable of being an every-down back in the NFL, and will turn some heads once he puts the pads on.
Will he do just that? Only time will tell.
The Sleepers
It seems like each season, an undrafted player or two flies under the radar and ends up making the final roster come Fall.
With an impressive group of undrafted free agents now under contract, be sure not to forget about this group of players – you just might see a few of them contributing on Sundays.
Just like the 2016 Draft Class, they'll get their first chance to make an impression on the coaches beginning this weekend.
Raiders.com Mailbag: Talking Doug Martin And The Situation At Middle Linebacker
You know what time it is; time to answer some more fan questions in the Raiders.com Mailbag.
Raiders Spend Morning At Gene Ward Elementary School
Five members of the Silver and Black spent the morning at Gene Ward Elementary School in Las Vegas.
Head Coach Jon Gruden Announces Signing Of Derrick Johnson
Head Coach Jon Gruden announced Friday that the Raiders had signed linebacker Derrick Johnson.
Raiders.com Mailbag: Are We Close To The Return Of Gareon Conley?
You had questions, and now, we have answers. Check out another edition of the Raiders.com Mailbag.
A Complete Look At The Oakland Raiders 2018 Draft Class
With Rookie Minicamp on the horizon, let's take a look at the Raiders 2018 Draft Class.
Six Takeaways From The Oakland Raiders 2018 Draft
The Silver and Black just wrapped up the 2018 NFL Draft. Here are six, quick takeaways.
Raiders Invest Heavily In The Trenches In First Two Days Of NFL Draft
One thing became abundantly clear during the first three rounds of the NFL Draft; Jon Gruden wanted to invest in the big fellas.
Raiders Trade Third-Round Pick For Wide Receiver Martavis Bryant
The Oakland Raiders traded the Pittsburgh Steelers a third-round pick in exchange for explosive wide receiver Martavis Bryant.
Derek Carr Makes Early Impression On Jon Gruden In Veteran Minicamp
The Silver and Black hit the field for Day 1 of Veteran Minicamp Tuesday afternoon, and Derek Carr made an early impression on his new head coach.
General Manager Reggie McKenzie Provides Khalil Mack Update
Reggie McKenzie provided an update on the status of defensive end Khalil Mack Friday afternoon during his pre-draft press conference.


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The Left is making gender equality an idealogical issue
EPP Group in the European Parliament
The European Parliament today rejected the EPP Group's Resolution on equality between men and women in the EU in 2012. MEPs also voted against the draft Resolution tabled by the Left. Anne Delvaux MEP, Rapporteur for the EPP Group, and Mariya Gabriel MEP, EPP Group Spokeswoman on the subject, regretted the lack of objectivity and consultation in the preparation of this annual report.
Anne Delvaux deplored the ideological line followed by the Left since the beginning of the work: "From the beginning, the Left has focused its Report on the negative effects of austerity measures and their consequences on employment and public services, continuously diverting from this fundamental issue which was addressed in the Report: the equality between men and women on our continent! On several occasions, our wish has been to refocus the debate and make it more unbiased.
"This is the main reason why we have decided to table a Motion for Resolution", explained Maryia Gabriel. "We wanted a text which addressed equality between men and women through its multiple aspects and not only through employment and the economic crisis. We focused on reducing the wage gap, on the reconciliation of work and family life, on tackling violence against women in a balanced and clear text", she underlined.
For Anne Delvaux, it was fundamental to propose an alternative to the rejection of the Report. "The EPP Group is of course mobilised and committed to reaching equality between men and women. Gender equality is a fight that must be fought on a daily basis, and that concerns society as a whole. It is women's fundamental rights that are at stake; this Report cannot suffer any political or ideological exploitation!". Mariya Gabriel continued: "We must recognise that progress in the field of gender equality is far too slow, but we cannot blame it solely on the crisis. We have to come up with solutions."
The two EPP Group Members regret that the Group's position did not get the support of a majority of Members and that no balanced position could be adopted. "It is to be deplored that, on such an important debate, the European Parliament – which generally plays a leading role in defending women's rights – couldn't go beyond ideological considerations and propose an objective work, worthy of this Institution and of the legitimate expectations from women, but also from men."
The EPP Group is by far the largest political group in the European Parliament with 274 Members from 27 Member States.
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SANAA's Grace Farms raises uncomfortable questions about the role of corporate money in public projects
By Orhan Ayyüce
Mar 31, '17 11:27 AM EST
Grace Farms, Connecticut, USA © Photo by Iwan Baan
Critic Curt Gambetta brings forward an age old uncomfortable question on corporate public spaces whose main purpose is often curtailed by exemplary architecture that is hard to reject.
His piece titled, "No free gifts," carefully borrowed from the anthropologist Mary Douglas, asks the question of, what would be the return of such corporate gifts. In his article, Mr. Gambetta alludes to large tax breaks and other conservative agendas of corporate cultures. After all, "nothing in life is truly free."
"Much as 'radical transparency' is demanded from senior management at Bridgewater, the openness of Grace Farms to its community feels forced, its agenda delegated from above. When I visited this winter, the library contained an assortment of suggested reading, a series of social justice greatest hits for anxious Northeast liberals to get up to speed on: Bell Hooks, postcolonialism and so on. Next to a series of flyers about the foundation's involvement with advocacy against sexual slavery and other social justice causes, a series of tablet computers invited browsing. The screen backgrounds seemed fitting: four executives in suits, sitting in front of a wall of glass, in front of which hovered a series of browsing options dedicated to the theme of 'justice'. It is a classic image of liberal justice: something debated on behalf of those who require it, its protagonists nowhere to be found." - interwoven
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I'm done with these pieces that try to find the sins of the owner in the architecture. It's the political hackery of our time. Maybe Grace Farms owners are hypocrites, but that doesn't say anything about the thing itself any more than Volkswagens are tied to Hitler.
archanonymous
Lebbues Woods covered this well in a piece on the Seagram Building:
"The Seagram Company assumes the aesthetic raiments of government, bestowing on the public space of the street an imposing demonstration of social hierarchy and the ethical relationships of New York's social classes. The rich give, the poorer receive. The rich are generous—they bestow on the teeming masses beauty, and space for gathering and enjoyment, and ask, in return, what the givers of all gifts ask, appreciation and a kind of fealty that amounts to a confirmation of the social arrangement the gift expresses."
jla-x
Thats just such a beautiful buliding. In time all architecture sins are forgiven. See Giza, tenochtitlan, rome...etc. The object becomes dislocated from the crimes of the times, and if good enough, its essence supersedes its original function.
Gregory Walker
i don't know where to even begin. wait, no, i do. read up on some background on the project - it's a church that's not a church because the neighbors didn't want a church and the property wasn't zoned to be a church. but they most definitely have an evangelical mission and, at least on my visit there, were completely transparent about that as far as they could go without saying they were a church.
so, to compare a church to or as a form of "corporate public space" completely misses both the intentions of the founders as well as deliberately mis-reads the nature of the facility. this is not a corporate public space, ala the plaza in front the seagram building. it's not even close or in the same genre. it's a church, which has opened it's grounds to those who make the trek.
and if we're seriously going to indict every church that takes money from individuals who make it in ways we disagree with... sigh...
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Woods is offering more of a direct architecture critique there, though wrong. Grace Farms is a public oriented facility called out as hypocritical. Seagram Tower is critiqued as a show of elite dominance. Anyone who has seen Mies' unique, transparent, classical (ordered) take on modernism from the plaza may disagree. modernism was the ultimate leftist style, tied directly to housing for the masses, and Seagram its shining example. Postmodern towers of the more recent past, with opaque reflective glass, hovering forms, and priveledged crowns (like Citigroup, AT&T, VIA57, Houston, etc) or little connection to ground level would be better examples of elitist form.
Christopher Perrodin
Roman elites were also known to donate/build public works projects as a display of their wealth
Apr 2, 17 8:08 pm
Chemex, I understand your reasoning but disagree. Mies was a classicist. That Seagram is done in the style of modernism does not mean its proportions and motivation aren't thoroughly patrician.
I see Grace Farms as the updating of that - it is no longer enough to disguise corporate money in the "unique, transparent, classical modernism, the ultimate leftist style..." - instead it must be more thoroughly dressed up as Grace Farms has done.
Also agree with other posters - all sins leading to iconic buildings are forgiven - sometimes in a shockingly short time period - ahem - CCTV.
Apr 3, 17 8:35 am
Dangermouse
this building is a great piece of landscape architecture ;)
Apr 3, 17 12:28 pm


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10 facts you didn't know about Nature
By: Laura Graham-Clare, Mon Mar 25 2019
Author: Laura Graham-Clare
With the 150th Anniversary of Nature on the horizon in November 2019, our archivist and in-house-historian, Alysoun Sanders, has been exploring our archive and discovered some interesting, fun and significant highlights that you may not have know about one of the oldest scientific journals in the world!
1) Nature was initially published at a loss. Science historian Roy Macleod has estimated that the four pages given over to advertisements would have accounted for only half the annual costs of producing the magazine and that there were in fact probably less than 200 subscribers in Nature's first year.
2) There have only been 8 Chief Editors of Nature, 4 of whom have been knighted:
Sir Norman Lockyer 1869-1919 (Knighted 1897)
Sir Richard Gregory 1919-1938 (Knighted 1919)
A J V Gale, L J F Brimble joint editors 1938-1961
L J F Brimble 1961-1965
Sir John Maddox 1966-1973 1980 – 1995 (Knighted 1994)
David Davies 1973-1980
Sir Philip Campbell 1995 - 2018 (Knighted 2015)
Magdalena Skipper 2018 - present
3) In 1873, Nature reported the death of a wasp. The wasp was the pet of Sir John Lubbock, a regular contributor to Nature (including a book review in the first issue) and who also wrote 39 books for Macmillan, including On the Origin & Metamorphoses of Insects in 1874, part of the Macmillan Nature series, where said wasp's adventures may also appear!
4) The first woman to be published by Nature was Elizabeth Brown, Astronomer (1830-1899). She specialised in solar observation, particularly sunspots and solar eclipses. Elizabeth was involved in organising the formation of the British Astronomical Association (1890) which accepted women members from the start. Her first article 'The Recent Aurora' was published on 5th October 1882.
5) Lewis Carroll/Charles Dodgson, author of 'Alice in Wonderland' and also of mathematical books published by Macmillan, had 3 contributions in Nature:
To Find the Day of the Week for any Given Date (8 March 1887)
Brief Method of Dividing a Given Number by 9 or 11 (28 Sept 1897)
Abridged Long Division (21 Dec 1897)
6) In 1961, about 2,500 communications of new research results were published in Nature from 65 different countries from Argentina to Yugoslavia. This figure includes only research communications and does not include main articles, general reports, books reviews and so forth.
7) The 5,000th issue of Nature was published on 28th August 1965.
8) Mary Berners-Lee (mother of Tim), said to be the "grandmother of the web", answered an advertisement in Nature that read "Mathematicians wanted to work on a digital computer". She spent 2 days researching what a digital computer was then applied for, and succeeded in getting the job. (www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jan/23/mary-lee-berners-lee-obituary)
9) The Nature podcast was launched in 2007 and in 2013 celebrated broadcast of the 300th podcast with on average 40-50,000 downloads per week.
10) Nature is mentioned in H G Wells classic story The First Men in the Moon published by Macmillan in 1904. Referring to the main character Cavor and his proposal for Cavorite (to cut off the gravitational attraction of the earth), "If he made it, it would go down to posterity as Cavorite or Cavorine, and he would be made an FRS and his portrait given away as a scientific worthy with Nature, and things like that." p.24-25.
You can read the editorial on the history of Nature in 150 years here.
Stay tuned throughout 2019; we'll be sharing content, stories, interviews and insights from across Nature – not just looking back, but looking at where we are now; our incredible staff, the communities we serve; and the future.
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Yesterday, team captains LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo picked their NBA All-Star teams old school P.E. class-style. Even though they don't have any players in that big game, the New York Knicks are still winning. The team landed the number one spot on the Forbes list of most valuable NBA teams, with a value of $4 billion. YOU WIN SOME, YOU LOSE SOME
New Orleans Saints (NFL - National Football League) fans boycotted this year's Super Bowl after the egregious missed call that may have cost their team a spot in the Super Bowl. But one Saints fan took it to extreme. According to his obituary, it was better to die than watch the big game. THAT'LL SHOW 'EM
If a week without football has you going through withdrawals, you're in luck. The brand new Alliance of American Football League (AAF) starts this weekend and will feature players with NFL level talent playing on one of the eight teams. The season will last until April and their rules are a little different than the NFL. COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU
Major League Baseball (MLB) has been floating ideas around that would improve the game, from pitching changes to an universal designated hitter. As opposed to implementing new, controversial and game changing rules, they opted to rename the disabled list to the injured list. EARTH SHATTERING
The Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL – National Hockey League) traveled in style to their outdoor practice. They hopped on the subway in their full uniforms (pads and all) and gave their fellow commuters quite a surprise. HELMETS ON THE SUBWAY? SMART.
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7 New Songs Out Today
So many artists, so little time. Each week we review a handful of new albums (of all genres), round up even more new music that we'd call "indie," and talk about what metal is coming out. We post music news, track premieres, and more all day. We update a playlist weekly of some of our current favorite tracks. Here's a daily roundup with a bunch of interesting, newly released songs in one place.
JOLIETTE - "CONTRALUZ"
Mexico City screamo band Joliette are back with their first new song since 2019's Luz Devora, "Contraluz," and it's a towering song that finds them nailing the heavy/beautiful divide expertly.
LEIKELI47 - "CHITTY BANG"
Back in 2020, Brooklyn rapper Leikeli47 released the new song "Zoom" and said a new album called Shape Up was on the way. Still no word on that album, but now she has put out another new single, "Chitty Bang," and it's an energized new song that has us excited to hopefully hear more soon.
AGE OF APOCALYPSE - "FURY"
Hardcore-infused alt-metal band Age of Apocalypse's debut full-length Grim Wisdom arrives 1/21 via Closed Casket Activities, and here's another heavy, howling single from it.
KENDRA MORRIS - "PENNY PINCHER"
Kendra Morris (who's collaborated with DJ Premier, 9th Wonder, MF Doom, Czarface, Ghostface Killah, Dave Sitek, and others) is releasing a new album, Nine Lives, on February 18 via Karma Chief Records, and you can hear the soulful, stripped-back lead single "Penny Pincher" now.
LOVE, BURNS (MEMS COMET GAIN, CRYSTAL STILTS) - "DEAR CLAIRE"
Love, Burns is a new Brooklyn band led by Phil Sutton of Comet Gain and Pale Lights, and the band also includes Kyle Forester (Crystal Stilts, Woods). Their debut album, It Should Have Been Tomorrow, was produced by Gary Olsen (Ladybug Transistor) and features appearances by Hewson Chen (Lake Ruth), Ben Phillipson (Comet Gain), Alicia Jeanine (Jeanines), and Laura Bridge (Harper Lee). First single "Dear Claire" is an organ-fueled slice of indiepop that recalls Felt and Lloyd Cole.
WIDOWSPEAK - "EVERYTHING IS SIMPLE"
Widowspeak will release their sixth album, The Jacket, on March 11 and here's the first single,/A>.
THE ERGS! - "ULTIMATE FALSETTO BOOK"
The Ergs!' new EP Time and the Season gets an official release this month via Dirtnap, and you can hear "Ultimate Falsetto Book" now. Read more here.
Looking for even more new songs? Browse the New Songs archive.
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The middle value of the selected set. For example, in a set of 21 values, the median value is the 11th value in ascending order.
For datasets with an even number of values, the median is the mean of the two middle values.
Upper Quartile The median of the upper half of values (75th percentile)
Maximum Highest value in the column
Average Average value in the column
Standard Deviation The computed standard deviation for the selected values.
The following functions can be applied to a set of columnar data taken from one or more columns in your dataset. Unless otherwise noted, these functions apply to numeric data. For more information, see Aggregate Functions.
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How to Get More Out of ITIL with Version 3
Advice from users who have been around the track.
By Gary Anthes
This version of the story originally appeared in Computerworld's print edition.
It has been just over a year since the introduction of Version 3 of the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL). The update to ITIL, a framework for best practices in IT service delivery, was intended to sharpen its focus and attract a new group of followers.
So did it? Well, yes and no. Early adopters have mostly high praise for ITIL Version 3. It is broader, deeper and better organized, and users say its "life cycle" approach to IT service delivery is a major improvement over Version 2's more narrow focus on day-to-day operations and its disjointed collection of point prescriptions.
Still, not all users of Version 2 have rushed to adopt Version 3, which its authors call a "refresh."
Many say they are happy with the older version of ITIL because they have patched its shortcomings with other methodologies and homegrown remedies. And, they say, a comprehensive adoption of any version of ITIL is a huge task, often requiring a major cultural change inside IT.
ITIL was created in the late 1980s by an agency of the British government, now called the Office of Government Commerce (OGC), as a way to describe a systematic approach to the provisioning and management of IT services. ITIL became popular in Europe during the 1990s but didn't catch on in the U.S. until well after 2000.
ITIL was, and remains, literally a library of books, though the OGC also offers a raft of ITIL-related materials on its Web site.
Published in 2001, Version 2 focuses on two pillars of IT infrastructure and operations: service support and service delivery. It prescribes best practices for incident, change, capacity and configuration management. Using those best practices, companies found that they were able to improve and standardize their data center operations.
But important topics such as security, financial management, the relationship between IT services and business value, and links between ITIL and other process disciplines got only lip service, if that, in ITIL v2.
And Version 2 tended to say what to do without specifying exactly how to do it. Many companies liked that approach, saying it gave them freedom to adapt ITIL to their unique situations, but others complained that it left too much to the imagination.
In 2000, Microsoft Corp. put some of the "how to" into the Microsoft Operations Framework (MOF), its extension and enhancement of ITIL tailored to Microsoft IT environments.
Version 3 to the Rescue
Version 3 sweeps aside many of those earlier criticisms. It is more specific as to how its advice might be carried out, turning v2's theories into specifics by including business-case examples and templates for capturing information. It also provides performance metrics and workflow examples.
"What v3 has done is integrate ITIL's different components much better," explains Robert Humphrey, global process governance director at Computer Sciences Corp. "With the introduction of the life-cycle model, which covers strategy through design through to continuous improvement, ITIL provides a much more natural flow," he says. "Now it gives equal importance to all the elements."
ITIL v3 has expanded the concept of IT service delivery from day-to-day operations to five life-cycle phases (each with its own guidebook): strategy, design, transition (which covers implementation and change), operations and continual improvement.
And at the strategy end of things, v3 specifically invites the business manager into the process by asking IT to base the design, maintenance and evolution of IT services on the business objectives of the organization. ROI, business metrics and business benefits are covered in much greater detail.
Evelyn Hubbert, an analyst at Forrester Research Inc., says v3 will accelerate the already rapid adoption of ITIL. She says that ITIL is here to stay in part because "there is nothing else."
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Malaysia: Journalism students find inspiration in humanitarian storytelling
Article 10 January 2023 Malaysia
The hallmark of a good journalist is the ability to remain neutral in their reporting and avoid causing harm to others while fulfilling their professional duty of telling the truth.
Although they work in different fields, humanitarian workers are not very different from journalists as they also abide by a similar code of ethics. This was the observation that winners of the recently concluded 2022 Young Humanitarian Journalists Competition (YHJC) shared.
The competition, now in its eighth year, emphasized on humanitarian reporting and encouraged aspiring journalists to proactively seek story angles that can create positive impact in their community and the country.
First prize winner Ummie Najihah Nor Azlan said the experience helped her realize how everyone can contribute to humanitarian action. Ummie's heartwarming report about a Roti John (a local sandwich) seller who helps others selflessly taught her that humanitarian work need not be about grand gestures. "Help can be offered by anyone in any way, be it through their skills, knowledge, time or energy," she said.
Urging participants to look at the world through a humanitarian lens, the competition also pushed them to learn about humanitarian events taking place across the world. Several participants wrote on climate change, given its increasing threat to the lives and livelihoods of people worldwide.
Participants and judges during the winner announcement call!
Siti Sufea Irdina Shikh Salehuddin, who explored the need for climate adaptation in humanitarian action, won the second prize. The third prize went to Natalhia Mohd Nordin, who reported on the lack of access to health care and aid for people who identify as LGBTQIA+ during the December 2021 floods in the state of Selangor.
Consolation prize winner Daniel Isqandar Ahmad Bakri affirmed his determination to become a journalist and use the power of reporting to make a difference in the world. Meanwhile, fellow consolation prize winner Nursyazwani Jamil said she had gained a deeper understanding of the humanitarian world through the competition and aspires to join the sector.
The 2022 edition of the competition was co-organized by the International Committee of the Red Cross' (ICRC) regional delegation in Kuala Lumpur and the School of Communication and Media, College of Computing, Informatics and Media, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), with the support of the Malaysian Red Crescent Society.


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Main page » Catalogue » Trackswitch
Trackswitch
Central Electronics without casing, Article No. 1100, for Control System Trackswitch
Shipping time:	2 Weeks
Starter Kit 1002
Starter Kit 1002A
This set contains everything you need in order to operate Trackswitch in a model railway system. The decoder 1130 (included in the set) is ideally suited to use with standard point mechanisms with twin coil magnet power units. Up to 8 point mechanisms can be connected and these are especially protected by the decoder. Only short impulses of 0.2 seconds are ever emitted in order to switch drives. It therefore plays no role whether or not the point machines are fitted with functional limit stops. The power supply is provided from the Trackswitch centre via the switch decoder bus line (0,5m, 1m, 2m, 3m also enclosed). As such, the centre ensures the serial activation of the operators – that is, only one operator is ever switched at one time – thus maintaining a low current load on the power supply.
For using Trackswitch, Signal box, switch commands, indication controls, shadow station controls, commuter train controls, turnaround loop controls,
Starter Kit 1002B
This set contains everything you need in order to operate Trackswitch in a model railway system. The decoder 1132 (included in the set) is ideally suited to use with motorised point mechanisms. Up to 4 point mechanisms can be connected and these are especially protected by the decoder. Addresses and output circuit times can be programmed. It therefore plays no role whether or not the point machines are fitted with functional limit stops. The power supply is provided from the Trackswitch centre via the switch decoder bus line (1m, also enclosed). As such, the centre ensures the serial activation of the operators – that is, only one operator is ever switched at one time – thus maintaining a low current load on the power supply.
Control Panel 1010
The Control Panel 1010 is necessary for keying in/ programming the Trackswitch centres 1000 and 1100. It is intended for assembly in a signal box or at an alternative accessible position and is connected to the centre via bus line (included). Not only is the control panel required for programming, it also serves as a status display during operation.
Junction Box 1120
The Junction Box 1120 provides a means of connecting the track key within the signal box (start-target principle). The bus line required to connect the Junction Box 1120 to the centres 1100 and 1000 is included. A total of 15 track keys per port can be connected to each of the 16 ports. Each combination of two connections (keystrokes) produces two possible tracks, as a distinction is made between the key pressed first and that pressed second. In this way, simple directional definitions are generated for like routes, resulting in a total of 240 possible routes.
Switch Decoder 1130
The Switch Decoder 1130 switches points, signals, relay modules, sound modules, decouplers and other electrically operated elements. Every switch decoder has 16 outlets for 8 points (magnetic twin coil operators), for example. All outlets are switched to ground with an impulse of 0.2 seconds, making it possible to use point mechanisms without individual limit switch contacts. Each outlet can withstand up to 1.5A and, thanks to the circuit breaker in the central control unit, short-circuits have no adverse effect. Each switch decoder is addressed via a 4-pin DIP switch. In this way, it is possible to connect up to 16 differently addressed switch decoders to a control centre, resulting in 128 possible switch addresses. A 15-pole cable provides the connection. Every switch decoder is fitted with a connector and a connection jack to connect this cable to the next switch decoder. The switch decoder can be fitted wherever it is required, including underneath the system. All the necessary ports required for the power supply to the points, signals, etc. to be switched are located on the switch decoders, eliminating the need for additional cabling and reducing the length of time required to set up the model railway system.
Point Motor Decoder in case 1032
The Point Motor Decoder is used to directly operate four motorised point drives. Programmable address and outlet switching time. It is as programmed as the decoder in 1131
Suitable for all conventional motorised point mechanisms (Hofmann, Tillig, Fulgurex, etc.). Polarity-dependent magnet point mechanisms (Kato) can also be operated. The paired outlets provide the accordingly polarised DC when active. The polar direction of the voltage defines the operating direction of the motor. Each outlet can be loaded with approximately 0.5A, sufficiently dimensioned for all conventional motorised point mechanisms.
Also available without casing as 1132.
Display Modul 1140
Display Module 1140
The Display Module 1140 enables the visual display of the operational state of your system on the track control panel. Information relating to active routes, track occupied notifications, signals, point positions, etc. can be displayed here. 8 displays can be connected to each display module. Each of the outlets can be loaded with up to 0.5A, carrying a positive potential of 16V. Displays in the track control panel should preferably be constructed using LEDs in order to reduce the overall power requirements of larger systems. As such, this module is not only particularly suitable for being connected to the Digimoba track layout modules, but also for commercially available LEDs with series resistor (c. 1.5kΩ). Up to 64 display modules in a row can be connected to the display bus on the central control system Trackswitch, making it possible to have up to 512 displays on the track control panel. As the display modules were specially designed for this purpose in the track control panel, they are mounted appropriately below the track control panel. All of the connections required to operate the track layout displays, including the collective ground connection, can be found on the display module, eliminating the need for extra supply lines.
Feedback Module 1051
Specifically developed in accordance with modern model railway system requirements. Each feedback module has 8 isolated inlets, electrically separated from the electronic system by optocouplers. The feedback module is connected to the centre 1000 or 1100 using a separate 6-pin cable with modular plugs (8015-19). The feedback modules are simply connected in a row and so can be expanded to up to 32 modules. Thus, up to 256 feedback signals can be fed in. This includes in particular line occupied signals, track switches, track contacts, point position feedback signals, timers, switch keys and other switching operations. Switch keys can also be connected within the signal box for some specific applications (e.g. for track splitting, for operating special edition models and working models, etc.), in order to activate defined processes and automatic mechanisms. These are specified in advance in the central unit 'Trackswitch'.
Feedback Module 1151 without case
01. Display Modul 1140
02. Switch Decoder 1130
04. Feedback Module 1151 without case
05. Universal Decoder 1131
07. Feedback Module 1051
08. Starter Kit 1002A
09. Central Electronics without casing, Article No. 1100, for Control System Trackswitch
10. Starter Kit 1002


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Þingvellir National Park
Nomination 1152 (inscribed)
2004 Nomination file 1152 (18 MB)
Advisory Bodies Evaluations
2004 Advisory Body Evaluation (ICOMOS)
2004 Advisory Body Evaluation (IUCN)
2004 Þingvellir National Park - inscribed property
2014 38COM 8E - Adoption of Retrospective Statements of Outstanding Universal Value
2004 28COM 14B.41 - Nominations of Cultural Properties to the World Heritage List (Þingvellir National Park)
2013 Periodic Reporting Cycle 2, Section II
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