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Le Centre d'accès à l'information juridique (CAIJ) est l'organisme qui gère toutes les bibliothèques de droit des associations de barreau du Québec, y compris celle du palais de justice de Montréal. Il offre aussi un portail de ressources en ligne pour démocratiser l'accès à l'information juridique, en permettant de consulter les lois canadiennes et québécoises, la jurisprudence des tribunaux et la doctrine des auteurs juridiques. Avec SOQUIJ, CanLII, Westlaw et LexisNexis Canada, il s'agit de l'un des principaux outils de recherche juridique utilisés par les juristes du Québec.

Cet organisme est le fruit des efforts initiés par les plus hautes autorités juridiques du Québec pour rendre accessibles au public les ouvrages juridiques en leur possession. Les dirigeants du Barreau du Québec ont notamment souhaité sa création. Les travaux qui ont mené à la création du CAIJ ont été commencés à l'époque du bâtonnier Francis Gervais. Parmi les fondateurs du CAIJ, on note entre autres le juge de Cour suprême Richard Wagner, le juge Michel Pinsonneault, le juge Clément Samson et l'avocat émérite Pierre Mazurette.

Le CAIJ offre aussi des formations en ligne aux avocats du Québec. Depuis 2017, la Collection de droit du Barreau est aussi disponible en ligne par l'intermédiaire des ressources du CAIJ.

Bibliographie
Barreau du Québec, Collection de droit 2019-2020, Collection des habiletés , Cowansville, Éditions Yvon Blais, 2020

Lien externe
Site web officiel du CAIJ

Notes et références

Association ou organisme lié au droit au Québec
Bibliothèque au Québec
Association ou organisme ayant son siège à Montréal
Bibliothèque de droit


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Rut Castillo es una gimnasta rítmica  individual mexicana quien fue campeona de los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe en Mayagüez 2010 y Barranquilla 2018

Trayectoria

La trayectoria deportiva de Rut Castillo se identifica por su participación en los siguientes eventos nacionales e internacionales:

Ha sido la primera en conseguir una plaza olímpica en la historia del país en gimnasia rítmica luego de su participación en el campeonato panamericano de la discliplina para Tokio 2020 a realizarse en julio de 2021 con retraso por la pandemia de coronavirus.

Quedó ubicada en el primer sitio del all around del certamen panamericano de gimnasia rítmica realizado en Brasil 2021 con un puntaje de 91.500, dando así el histórico primer pase a las olimpiadas.

Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe

Fue reconocido su triunfo de ser la sexta deportista con el mayor número de medallas de la selección de
en los juegos de Mayagüez 2010.

Mayagüez 2010

Su desempeño en la vigésima primera edición de los juegos, se identificó por ser la décima octava deportista con el mayor número de medallas entre todos los participantes del evento, con un total de 6 medallas:

 , Medalla de oro: Cinta
 , Medalla de oro: Equipos
 , Medalla de oro: Individual
 , Medalla de plata: Aro
 , Medalla de plata: Cuerda
 , Medalla de plata: Pelota

Veracruz 2014

 , Medalla de oro: Pelota
, Medalla de oro:Aro
, Medalla de plata: Cinta
, Medalla de plata: Cuerda

Toronto, Canadá  2015

 séptimo lugar: All around
 4.º lugar: Clavas
 5.º lugar: Pelota
 6.º lugar: Aro
 6.º lugar: Cinta

Barranquilla, Colombia 2018

 , Medalla de oro: All Around
 , Medalla de oro: Clavas
 , Medalla de oro: Aro
 , Medalla de plata: Cinta

Juegos Panamericanos

De Gimnasia Rítmica

 , Medalla de plata: Equipos

 , Medalla de bronce: Pelota

Otras competencias
World Cup  Pesaro Italia 2014

 24.º lugar: All Around

Torneo Nacional Ciudad de México 2014

 , Medalla de oro: All Around

Grand Prix Corbeil Essonness Francia 2015

 10.º lugar: All Around

Universiada Mundial Taipéi Taiwán

 9.º lugar : All Around
 6.º lugar: Aro
 7.º lugar : Clavas

Campeonato Mundial de gimnasia rítmica Sofía Bulgaria 2018

 28.º lugar: All Around

Vida personal
Castillo es abiertamente lesbiana. Fue una de las atletas LGBTQ+ que representaron a México en los juegos olímpicos de 2020.

Véase también
 Deportistas multimedallas de los XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe
 México en los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe
 XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Información del Participante en los Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe de Mayagüez 2010

Deportistas de México en los XXI Juegos Centroamericanos y del Caribe
Gimnastas de México
Deportistas de México en los Juegos Olímpicos de Tokio 2020
Mexicanas del siglo XXI
Deportistas lesbianas
Gimnastas rítmicas
Deportistas femeninas de México

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Metalock is an enhanced screen locker for the X11 windowing system.
It is best described as similar to the program slock, (and in fact, it is based on it) except that it has background image support, and several other features.
It is designed to be used with a background screen daemon, such as xidle.
It is written in C, and is distributed under the terms of the MIT License.
Why write another screen locker, when xscreensaver already exists? I don't like the lock dialog in that program! (I don't like flat colors/like images, and there were some missing features in that program) Additionally, it is a very large program with complex code.
I have been frustrated with the visual limitations of the xscreensaver lock dialog for over a decade, in fact. I simply decided one weekend in early 2012 to address the problem, and it turned out to be trivial to write a similar program starting from the very simple and didactic code of slock. Such is the world of open source / free software, where many issues are resolved immediately, but there is always something that never gets fixed, no matter how many users dislike the status quo.
The author of xscreensaver presents a compelling argument which emphasizes his priority of security/reliability over toolkit support. I agree with the vast majority of what he says, except that I disagree on the importance of the lock dialog appearance. Since it is something that I see fairly often, I would like to have a lock dialog that is visually pleasing.
I believe that with a little work, metalock can be brought to that standard of reliability without being hideously ugly. Metalock is a very small program, and is unlikely to get particularly large in the near future.
Current features include:
Support for pixmap (image) xpm background and login box.
It gives visual feedback as you type the password (Shows username and * for each character of password typed.)
Bind arbitrary commands to key combinations (allows tasks such as pause/un-pause music without unlocking the screen)
Optional XFT support for anti-aliased fonts. (This is optional in case greater security is desired)
Optional Imlib2 support for use of png or jpg formats, which are more appropriate for photos or high-color images than xpm.
In the future, there will also be an accompanying daemon called metaidle, (similar to xidle, except with more features) to match some of the features available in xscreensaver which metalock does not address. (such as support for the heartbeat command, DPMS support, and other features)
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Can visit my blog for more information on my experiences..
Wow! You really look prettier after the DEL surgery! Congrats!
Your friends must have said so too? Was any of them not able to recognise you?
How much did you pay for the surgery + medicine etc?
Thanks babyangel11! They are able to recognise me and but all said that i look very different due to my bigger eyes.
Right now, i cannot wait to start on the application of scar removal cream to reduce the appearance of the mini scar on my eyelids..
Wow! The rates are cheap n good results too!
How long is the mini scar on your eyelid? It should be very short, right?
The scar is about 0.5cm.. I can easily cover it with concealer so not really visible..
Dr Chen told me that after one month, swelling will go down by 70-80%... Now it's a month post surgery and the swelling has gone by down 80%.. I can start using the scar removal cream tonight.. Once swelling goes down totally, crease will decrease in height too.. Many people who don't know me cannot tell that i went for surgery.. hahaha..
hi everybody. i am noe in taiwan and i did my rhino with dr kao ytd.
The operation was done in less than two hours. I shaved a bump n got a tip plasty.
after i was wheeled out i rest for abt 30min nmake my way to ng ning to res.my nose kept bleeding n while i was slpingwith my head elevated blood was flowing down..my nose looks very swollen n tall now..waiting for the swelling to subside.
Thanks for sharing trilogytwist! Wishing you the best in the recovery stages!
As soon as you can, if you would, please tell us about your experience and interactions with Dr. Kao and if you could please share some b/a photos!!
Oh Dear,hope u will have a speedy recovery, do monitor bleeding.. Sec day should be much better.All the best to ur result ya!
trilogytwist wrote: hi everybody. i am noe in taiwan and i did my rhino with dr kao ytd.
thank u all for the well wishes. my bleeding today is minimal and my gauze and splint is full of blood n my dried blood in my nose as well. i do not dare to clean my nose as today is only the second day. Nose feels super stuffy.
i am flying off next Friday and i hope i can deswell until i am able to face the public!
Will you be sharing some pics in a few days?
am notbsure whether i will be comfortable sharing picture of my nose.
till now i am beginning to regret gg for this surgery.maybe because i am alone and looking in the mirror is depressing.
wondering why did i go thru all this....zzzz.
Did my surgery on friday night and gg for a follow up with dr kao on tue.at tri hospital..
cannot even think of stepping out my room nt to say gg all the way to another hospital.
my nose is all bloody n i havr no instruction on hw to clean my nose!!!
trilogytwist wrote: am notbsure whether i will be comfortable sharing picture of my nose.
although I've never done rhinoplasty before, cant give u advice on how to take care of your nose, I did p.s alone before and I understand how you are feeling.
Please relax, calm down, and dont keep looking at the mirror.
You may be alone at the moment but your friends and family are all waiting for you back in Singapore.
Watch tv, read magazines whatever..just keep yourself occupied.
Keep telling yourself it will all be fine.
Felt exactly the same too. I was scared and worried the first few weeks after my nose surgery.
which surgeon did you go to?
And what procedures did you do?
but can you tell us in detail about your experience with dr kao?
5 days passed. How's your recovery progress?
I'm planning to have my eyelids and nose surgery done in Taiwan. Problem is, I'm considering 2 different doctors at the same time.


A vulnerable 89-year-old man has been targeted by bogus callers who made off with £500 of his cash.
Police are appealing for witnesses after the incident at a house in Colley End Park in Paignton after the victim returned home from shopping at around 11am on Wednesday August 16.
DC Dixie Dean said: "Two unknown men called at the door of the victim ten minutes after he had returned home from being out shopping.
"The men advised that they believed he had a roof leak as they had been working at a neighbouring property when they spotted the leak and that a roof tile may have slipped onto the victim's roof blocking the gutter causing the water to back up into his bathroom.
"One of the men took the victim up to his bathroom and left him there whilst they went out into his back garden in order to look up at his roof. After about ten minutes the victim realised that the two men had not made their way into his back garden and made his way downstairs to his front lounge and noticed that £500 cash had been taken from his wallet on the coffee table.
"The two men are described as white, in their mid-20s with short dark hair. One man was of a larger build with a tanned complexion. The other man was wearing a white top which had some wording in bold letters on the reverse with the word 'Valley' on it.
"No vehicles were seen and the victim's neighbours had not had any builders working for them. We believe the suspects specifically targeted the victim after spotting him walking home and followed him either on foot or in a vehicle.
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Anyone who has information that may assist our enquiries they are asked to contact police via 101@dc.police.uk or by telephone on 101, quoting CR/069038/17. Alternatively information can be passed anonymously to Crimestoppers on 0800 555111 or via www.crimestoppers-uk.org.


Various connectors have been used for smaller devices such as PDAs, mobile phones or digital cameras. These include the now-deprecated (but standardized) Mini-A and the currently standard Mini-B, Micro-A, and Micro-B connectors. The Mini-A and Mini-B plugs are approximately 3 by 7 mm.
The micro-USB plugs have a similar width but approximately half the thickness, enabling their integration into thinner portable devices. The micro-A connector is 6.85 by 1.8 mm with a maximum overmold size of 11.7 by 8.5 mm. The micro-B connector is 6.85 by 1.8 mm with a maximum overmold size of 10.6 by 8.5 mm.
The Micro-USB connector was announced by the USB-IF on January 4, 2007. The Mini-A connector and the Mini-AB receptacle connector were deprecated on May 23, 2007. As of February 2009, many currently available devices and cables still use Mini plugs, but the newer Micro connectors are being widely adopted and as of December 2010, the Micro connectors are the most widely used. The thinner micro connectors are intended to replace the Mini plugs in new devices including smartphones and personal digital assistants. The Micro plug design is rated for at least 10,000 connect-disconnect cycles which is significantly more than the Mini plug design. The Universal Serial Bus Micro-USB Cables and Connectors Specification details the mechanical characteristics of Micro-A plugs, Micro-AB receptacles, and Micro-B plugs and receptacles, along with a Standard-A receptacle to Micro-A plug adapter.
The cellular phone carrier group, Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) in 2007 have endorsed Micro-USB as the standard connector for data and power on mobile devices. These include various types of battery chargers, allowing Micro-USB to be the single external cable link needed by some devices.


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Speaker opportunities are available on one of our 12 panels and speakers may apply for solo presentations or for group presentations.
Space is limited, so please submit your application by February 5, 2016. All speakers will receive two complimentary conference registrations.
Apps for Health will be held in Hamilton, Ontario on April 28, 2016. The conference is organized by Mohawk College's mHealth and eHealth Development and Innovation Centre (MEDIC – www.mohawkmedic.org) attracts over 350 attendees each year, bringing together clinicians, IT professionals, policy makers, researchers and educators.
To learn more about Apps for Health visit www.apps4health.ca. Email questions to appsforhealth@mohawkcollege.ca.


NEW YORK; March 31, 2008 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) will begin accepting applications for its annual Community College Scholarship program tomorrow, April 1. Up to 10 scholarships of $5,000 each will be awarded in June to graduates of community colleges and other two-year programs seeking a bachelor's degree in business or high technology at a four-year institution. The scholarships will be applicable for study during the 2008-2009 school year and will be renewable for up to one year or until a bachelor's degree is earned.
Each student will receive a $5,000 scholarship for the coming school year and will be eligible for an additional $5,000 for another year or until they earn a bachelor's degree.
Applications and detailed information on the scholarship program, including eligibility requirements, can be attained at Accenture Community College Scholarship. To enter the site, use Sponsor ID: 9916 and Security Code: Accenture08. Applications must be received by May 1, 2008.
Accenture launched the scholarship program last year to encourage graduates of community colleges to continue their education and to show its commitment to strengthening education in the United States and building a more competitive U.S. workforce. This year, the Educational Testing Service (ETS) Scholarship & Recognition Programs (SRP) will provide design and management services for the Community College Scholarship program. Utilizing the ETS core competencies in assessment and research, SRP provides scholarship program support for corporations, foundations, labor unions and other fraternal and philanthropic organizations.
Be seeking degrees and careers in the high technology and business fields.
U.S. Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon (R-CA), Ranking Member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, said, "California has a robust community college system that provides young people with great opportunities for entering the higher education system. I am excited that the business community is stepping up to encourage students to use community college as a stepping stone to achieve a bachelor's degree. Meeting the challenges of the 21st century will require Americans to be more educated than ever before. Community colleges are integral to America's ability to ensure that everyone who wants a higher education can get one. On that basis, I applaud Accenture's scholarship program."
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'Cabbage Subzi' is a delicious way to make the everyone to eat cabbage. According to Wikipedia, cabbage has beta-carotene, Vitamin C, and Fiber.
It also adds "cabbage is a source of indole-3-carbinol, a chemical that boosts DNA repair in cells and appears to block the growth of cancer cells." So, it is a best practice to include cabbage in our diet very often. This cabbage sabzi is the best combo for roti / chapathi.
You may also check other perfect sides dishes like Paneer Mutter Masala, Parota Chalna, bitter guard stir fry where parota chalna is the street food served as a spicy side dish for parottas.
'Cabbage Subzi' is a delicious way to make the everyone to eat cabbage. According to Wikipedia, cabbage has beta-carotene, Vitamin C, and Fiber.
Shred cabbage, onion, tomato, ginger, garlic.
Add oil to the pan followed by fennel seeds and fry till it becomes golden brown.
Add onion, tomatoes followed by ginger garlic till it becomes thick pulp.
Now add salt, turmeric powder, chili powder, dhania powder, and garam masala powder. Mix them well to get the cabbage coated with masalas. Cover the pan with the lid and simmer the flame. By stirring occasionally cook it till cabbage becomes soft and tender.
Serve the Cabbage Subzi hot with roti..
Do not forget to check out the basic recipe for making Roties, here in PepperBowl.
1. Add green peas and grated carrots if you are looking for little variation.
2. And few drops of lemon juice to add the little zing to the recipe.
Serve it with roti, parathas along with a chili powder drizzled a cup of curd.


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News: Marine Fenders
Evaluation of Wave Disturbance Study Results
The design of a port is primarily aimed to provide suitable berthing conditions for the ships. Each ship or craft, depending on its size and
Planning Study for the new cargo port in Naxos Island - Conceptual Design
CNWAY and its Associates have successfully completed the Planning Study for the new Cargo Port in Naxos Island as well as the Conceptual Design of
Small Port Facilities in Karystos - Evia Island
CNWAY and its Associates have successfully completed the study of a small port in Karystos of Evia Island on behalf of the firm "Blue Farm
Marine Fenders provide the necessary interface between the berthing ship and the berth structure and therefore the principal function of the fender is to transform the impact load from the berthing ship into reactions, which both the ship and berth structure can safely sustain (Carl A. Thoressen).
Photo1: Pneumatic marine fenders in use for cruise ship berthing at Rhodes cruise terminal (Rhodes Island - 2012)
Marine fenders typically operate as a group of single units where the type, location and density of their installation or deployment depends on several factors including their technical specifications, berth structure, ship type, etc. (see Photo 1).
The basic function of the marine fenders is to manage the excess kinetic energy of the ship during the approach or berthing operation preventing damage to occur in both the ship and the berth. In case of elastomeric fenders the excess kinetic energy is stored within the elastic elements, which are deformed by developing a counter parallel (to the motion of the ship) reaction force, which results in slowing down the vessel and keeping it to a safe distance from the quay.
The effectiveness of the fender system depends on the following three basic parameters:
The correct system design (selection of suitable fender types and optimum arrangement),
System operation according to the manufacture specifications,
Regular inspection and system maintenance.
The fendering system design is a specialized study which is sometimes omitted or incorrectly performed with the result that money is wasted for the supply of systems which are often unsuitable for the intended use (See photos 2.3 and 4).
Photo 2. V type fender system (Buckling type) with contact plate which does not correspond to the intended needs of the berthed vessel, resulting in the need to suspend used vehicle tires on the contact plate to reduce system rigidity (Port of Sοuda, Adrias Pier – Crete Island - 2011)
Photo 3. As above
Photo 4. Improper selection and installation of fender type resulting in an inefficient operation of the system and the failure of its anchoring (Port of Poros Island - 2014)
Photo 5. Installation of two different V- type fenders in short distance with different technical specifications and controversial operation efficiency (Port of Rhodes Island - 2012)
The successful design of a fender system should follow the following basic steps (PIANC 2002):
Determination of system requirements,
Determination of operating characteristics,
Assessment of the berth type where the system will be installed,
Assessment of design parameters,
Calculation of impact energy which will be received by the fender system (either during berthing or loading and unloading operations),
Appropriate system selection, according to the total energy absorption requirements and system design criteria,
Assessment of the reaction force and the associated frictional forces between fender and vessel,
Berthing vessel resistance capacity check to reaction force generated by the selected fender system.
The correct calculation of the design impact energy is particularly important because the selection of a suitable fender system will be based on that, while generally the principle «the Bigger the Better» does not apply. In fact the fender which has greater energy absorption than that required considering the design ship and the conditions of impact is more rigid developing greater reaction force and exerting inevitably greater pressure on the contact surface with the ship. These fenders require the application of a "larger impact force" to operate which may ultimately cause permanent deformation to the ships metal surfaces if the reaction force is greater than that of metal surface strength. Therefore, instead the impact energy being absorbed and converted to manageable reaction force solely by the fenders, in the case of a "harder" fender that greater force will deform the metallic surface of the vessel as well, causing damage to it.
On the other hand the under sizing of a fender system will cause its failure with adverse consequences to the berth and the vessel.
In many Greek ports improvised questionable quality and efficiency fender systems are used (see fig. 6 and 7) without specifications. In photo 7 a fender system made by used rubber tires can be seen suspended from a quay wall that has experienced damage from its insufficient operation.
Photo 6. Suspended used rubber track tires as marine fenders in a quay wall (Port of Naxos Island - 2010)
Photo 7. Old tires of vehicles with a chain suspended from a vertical quay wall that has experienced damage from its insufficient operation (Port of Souda, Crete Island - 2011)
Finally, equally important is the annual inspection of the fender system for damage. The inspection should be performed by experienced engineers so as to maintain the system in working condition and within the design specifications. In order to prolong the useful life of a system, any damage must be repaired according to product specifications and without altering its functional characteristics.
Photo 8. In the photo is shown a V type fender with contact panel and shear chains with failed anchor system after ship collision (Port of Souda, Crete Island- 2011)
Marine fenders are considered standard equipment for a berth and their effective operation can prevent significant damage to ships and infrastructure. The maintenance cost savings for a marine facility equipped with a well-functioning fendering system is significant and exceeds the purchase, installation and maintenance cost, provided of course that the system design is supported by a comprehensive study.


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Policy Questions
Where is Europe headed towards in 2050? What is the role of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)? What is the role of import dependency in Europe? What will the role of electrification be in the transport sector? What is the future of hydrogen in the EU? What are the costs and gains of current policies?
As part of the PARIS REINFORCE research project, a regional workshop took place on November 21, 2019, in Brussels, Belgium For the co-production of research underpinning new climate policy in Europe. Stakeholders were invited based on their displayed participation or interest in previous European climate policy events, resulting in a sample of over 800 invitations. During the workshop, high-level staff of the EC directorates-general (DGs) for energy, climate and research, ministries and climate-related governmental bodies from EU Member States, international organisations, business representatives, and scientists participated.
The consultation, along with an open crowd-sourcing process carried out via an online polling platform 24 h before the event, resulted in a list of 22 topics, which were broken down into 3 thematic groups.
57 individuals attended the workshop physically, although the event was also livestreamed to allow as large and diversified an audience as possible.
Given the range of proposed questions, participants were given the option to vote (via sli.do1) on and prioritise which questions they would be most interested in discussing. After topic selection, the floor was open for discussion between chairs and audience. Chairs spent 1–2 min introducing the discussion on each topic, and then stakeholders were able to raise any points or questions they had over the proposed research areas. Following the discussion, sli.do voting again allowed stakeholders to vote according to how relevant they see it for the project to follow up on and conduct research in each topic. The process is illustrated below.
Use the arrows to see the process step by step
Where is Europe headed towards in 2050?
From 1990 to 2015, annual CO2 emissions in the EU have decreased an average of 0.9% per year.
Between 2020 and 2030, models project a reduction of CO2 emissions reaching in 2030 -33% to -45% of CO2 emissions compared to 1990.
GHG emissions reduction in 2030 will range between −39% and −51%, compared to 1990 levels.
These figures are insufficient to comply with the new EU Green Deal objective of a 55% GHG reduction target.
These figures show the EU will reach the former −40% milestone, but not yet the new EU Green Deal objective of a 55% GHG reduction target.
In 2050, the median EU CO2 emissions are about 2.1 Gt, with a broad range of about 1.0–2.35 Gt, representing a CO2 emissions drop of −43% to −76% compared to 1990.
Total CO2 emissions
(in the EU across models until 2050)
The chart will present the total CO2 emissions from energy in the EU across models until 2050.
PR_CurPol_CP: Current policies evolving with GDP per capita growth (E3ME, GCAM, Gemini-E3, ICES, MUSE, TIAM)
PR_CurPol_EI: Current policies evolving with 2020-2030 GDP reduction rate (42)
PR_NDC_CP: NDCs evolving with GDP per capita growth (EU-TIMES, NEMESIS)
Variability between models comes from the different mitigation options available, key technologies (e.g. Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)), markets and national policies.
When looking into sectors, PR's EU model ensemble results indicate that:
Energy supply is the largest contributor of emissions cuts between 2020 and 2050 in almost all models (with an average of 47%).
On the contrary, median decarbonisation rates in industry (42%), buildings (30%) and transport (32%) differ significantly across models, with industrial CO2 emissions displaying the largest variability.
The two sector-specific models, FORECAST (buildings and industry) and ALADIN (transport) show significant emissions cuts in their sectors, compared to other models.
Energy CO2 emissions
(by sector)
Use the scrollbar bellow to change the timeframe of the chart
The chart will present the energy CO2 emissions by sector in the EU across models for 2020, 2030, 2040 and 2050.
Different columns in the same time period represent different models and their results for the CO2 emissions.
What is the role of Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)?
In the policy domain and among specific technologies used in modelling scenarios, CCS is considered a possible option for reducing CO2 emissions, particularly from hard-to-decarbonise sectors, like heavy industries and energy transformation.
However, there are still important barriers, that hinder the large-scale development of these technologies. As seen in the following graph, global, drastic emissions reduction currently depend significantly on these technologies mainly post-2040, although to different extents for each model.
On average, contribution of Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) in these models represents approximately 50% of captured CO2 in 2030 and 56% in 2050.
CO2 captured by CCS
Please select among the available models.
E3ME EU-TIMES GCAM MUSE NEMESIS TIAM Gemini-E3
The chart will present the CO2 captured by CCS by sector for 2020, 2030, 2040 and 2050.
Limited role of the technology in GEMINI-E3 and NEMESIS reflecting limited decarbonisation resulting from current policy efforts and GEMINI-E3 due to less detailed representation of the technology in power generation).
E3ME and EU-TIMES show a lower rate of CCS penetration in electricity generation.
Global, technology-rich models TIAM, GCAM and MUSE deliver high capture rates.
Different and more ambitious policy efforts may completely change the role of CCS in the longer run.
CCS is a critical factor and game-changing enabler of the deep decarbonisation foreseen, but it becomes so only upon hitting high decarbonisation levels (40–60%).
against CO2 reduction levels
(since 1990, based on European Environmental Agency, 2019)
The chart will present the CO2 captured by CCS against CO2 reduction levels (since 1990, based on European Environmental Agency, 2019).
Our results justify stakeholders' concerns over the potential failure of CCS as a game changer in the EU energy system. We see that, without setting in motion actions to deliver on the EU's increased climate ambitions, as reflected in its December 2020 NDC and broader mid-century vision for climate neutrality, CCS deployment is critical to achieving deep emissions cuts and eventually nearing climate targets. Our results should be interpreted alongside the adopted scenario framework; different policy efforts may completely change the role of CCS even in the longer run.
What is the role of import dependency in Europe?
Currently the EU is a net importer of fossil fuels, but reducing emissions and a transition to renewables will allow the EU to become less reliant on import dependency.
Some Member States have acknowledged the importance of improving energy efficiency, reducing overall gross inland consumption while also targeting more ambitious policies toward increasing domestic renewables.
Imported fuels
(until 2050)
Please select among the available imported fuels.
Coal Gas Oil
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The chart will present the imported fuels until 2050 under current policy efforts.
A reduction in coal and oil imports is also expected in 2050, but model results differ regarding the future of gas imports. Gas imports increase in EU-TIMES and GEMINI-E3, while in TIAM tends to reduce in the long run but retain some important role in the transition.
Import dependency
(in relation to CO2 emissions reduction levels)
The chart will present the import dependency in relation to CO2 emissions reduction levels (since 1990, based on European Environmental Agency, 2019).
In TIAM, import dependency decreases in time, in line with the higher decarbonisation efforts compared to the other two models, thereby attesting to future low-carbon energy systems relying less and less on imports, substituted primarily by energy savings and domestic energy resources.
What will the role of electrification be in the transport sector?
EU transport sector electrification
The chart will present the EU transport sector electrification in relation to CO2 emissions reduction levels (since 1990, based on European Environmental Agency, 2019.
All models illustrate increasing electrification through decarbonization, though at differing rates.
Sectoral models, delving deeper into the energy system, indicate that a 39% decrease in CO2 emissions is expected compared to 1990 values due to the electrification in the transport sector.
Both in Europe and globally, the transport sector plays a critical role in transition.
Global transport emissions have been increasing, making up a quarter of direct CO2 emissions from fuel combustion. In the EU, although transport emissions have stabilised after steady growth until 2007, they still make up 29.6% of total direct CO2 emissions from fuel combustion.
Electric vehicles (EVs) are considered a valuable option to reduce direct emissions and energy intensity of road mode, and their deployment is steeply growing.
(in final energy consumption until 2050)
The chart will present the EU transport sector electrification in final energy consumption in 2020, 2030, 2040 and 2050.
Different columns in the same time period represent different models and their results for energy consumption in the transport sector.
What is the future of hydrogen in the EU?
In a low-carbon future, hydrogen is generally expected to grow in order to sustain the decarbonisation of hard-to-electrify demand sectors, like heavy-duty transportation, navigation, aviation, and energy-intensive industries, or used for energy storage sustaining the uptake of large renewable energy shares (RES) in the power sector.
Hydrogen can be produced through a variety of processes and its manufacturing can be energy-intensive and associated with a wide range of emissions, depending on the technology used.
Generally hydrogen production can be divided into fossils based or renewables based.
Brown hydrogen is produced via coal gasification, grey hydrogen is from natural gas, blue hydrogen uses CCS technologies for the greenhouse gases produced via grey hydrogen and green hydrogen production uses renewable energy.
For a more detailed analysis on Hydrogen Production see the European Commission's communication.
Hydrogen production capacities
(by fuel type)
The chart will present the hydrogen production capacities by fuel type foreseen by three IAMS in 2020, 2030, 2040 and 2050.
Different columns in the same time period represent different models and their results for hydrogen production.
Most hydrogen production in 2030 is expected to be grey. By 2050, models show conversion to blue hydrogen, underpinning the increase of natural gas in the energy system with reliance on CCS technologies.
These findings indicate that current policies are not enough to drive a complete change from grey to green hydrogen in EU by 2050.
Hydrogen/ electricity comparison
(in final transport and industry demand)
The chart will present he hydrogen production compared to electricity in final industry demand.
Different columns in the same time period represent different models and their results for hydrogen/ electricity comparison in industry demand.
In industry, future scenarios based on current policies also indicate that the share of hydrogen in total final energy demand is negligible in comparison to the role of electricity, estimated at around 1% of total sector consumption in 2030 and 3.5% in 2050.
The chart will present he hydrogen production compared to electricity in final transport.
Different columns in the same time period represent different models and their results for hydrogen/ electricity comparison in transport demand.
In transport, only TIAM shows important hydrogen deployment, delivering 7% of total consumption in 2030 and 17% in 2050. In all other models, hydrogen remains a niche technology achieving in 2050 an average of 0.7% of consumption.
What are the costs and gains of current policies?
Extrapolating into the future
GDP projections are different across model results due to model characteristics and logic.
The two global computable general equilibrium (CGE) models (GEMINI-E3 and ICES) show negative GDP impacts of current policy efforts, relative to their no policy scenario.
The two macroeconometric models, on the other hand, display different behaviour: NEMESIS shows negligible GDP impacts, while E3ME projects positive impacts on GDP.
Both NEMESIS and E3ME models reveal positive impact of a long-term projection of current policy efforts on total employment.
Despite differences in the levels of investments overall, top-down macroeconomic models (GEMINI-E3, NEMESIS, E3ME) show moderate changes between 2020 and 2050. On the other hand, the technology-richer models (EU-TIMES, GCAM) project an acceleration of European investments in the power sector from 2020 to 2050, with both models showcasing a 2.5-fold increase.
The I2AM PARIS platform has been developed within the framework of the PARIS REINFORCE project, which has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under grant agreement No. 820846.
The platform is further supported by the H2020 projects NDC ASPECTS and ENCLUDE and the Horizon Europe projects IAM COMPACT and DIAMOND, under grant agreements No. 101003866, 101022791, 101056306, and 101081179 respectively.
The content of this page is for information purposes only. The European Commission and CINEA do not accept responsibility for any use made of the information contained therein.


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Malicious hackers attacked Microsoft's (Nasdaq: MSFT) India online retail store on Sunday evening, publishing obscured screenshots that appeared to contain personal user information.
A Chinese hacker group known as "Evil Shadow Team" took responsibility for the breach, posting a message on Microsoft's website stating that the "unsafe system will be baptized." In what seemed to be a warning against Microsoft's unencrypted user information, the group posted screenshots of what appeared to be partially obscured user information, including login IDs and passwords.
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As of Tuesday morning in the U.S., the breached site was still down. Microsoft did not respond to our requests for comment.
Microsoft joins a growing group of large companies that have been forced to deal with recent security breaches from relatively small, under-the-radar groups of hackers.
"When the CIA and FBI networks are compromised at will, it should surprise no one that a company like Microsoft could have an isolated part of its sprawling network compromised," Larry Walsh, president of the 2112 Group, told TechNewsWorld..
Powerful networks and international government agencies are seeing a rise in cyberattacks in response to unpopular decisions, such as the U.S. government's recent crackdown on sites such as Megaupload and illegal file-sharing. Networks have been compromised by groups such as Anonymous, which state they're using hacktivism to spread a political or social message. Keep hackers out of business wired networks and wireless networks in Newbury Park, Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, and Agoura Hills, with ABComputer Repair's comprehensive computer security. Our team of certified computer repair technicians will implement an affordable computer security solution for your business.
In addition to attacks in protest or the promotion of causes, though, retail and e-commerce sites have been taking more hits lately as well.
The hacking group LulzSec got into Sony's (NYSE: SNE) systems last summer, obtaining users' personal information such as e-mail addresses, birthdates and passwords. The incident wreaked havoc with Sony's online services for weeks while it scrambled to plug the holes.
"While some hacking methods are questionable and in fact illegal, they do reveal the insecurity of our digital world," said Walsh.
Taking the necessary precautions to avoid that insecurity is an absolute necessity in today's climate, according to Mike Lloyd, CTO of RedSeal Networks.
"To prevent this, likely targets need to use automation to understand weaknesses; today, it's all too easy for those who feel like it is to use their own automation tools to deface, degrade or even destroy online infrastructure," said Lloyd.
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Hackteria is a highly interdisciplinary multicultural group of artists, hackers and scientists who work and share their knowledge on DIY biology, generic lab infrastructure and garage science. Following the 6 day Retreat in L'ARC, Romainmotier - the second annual international HackteriaLab - Hackteria invites the public to participate in two days of workshops, presentations and discussions around various aspects of art and science practice. This weekend program will serve to conclude, communicate and reflect on the work and developments which have come about through our collaborative experiments over the last week.
Entrance free to all events. No advance inscription necessary for workshops, places will be filled on a first come, first served basis. Workshop activities are suitable for all age groups. Kids definitely welcome.
Display of objects, artefacts, prototypes and systems made during the HackteriaLab in Romainmotier.
DIY Video Microscopy day 1. Conversion of USB webcams into video microscopes.
Julian 'Togar' Abraham from Indonesia (Muhammad Hidayat) is an artist, programmer, scientist-wannabe and social researcher.
Brian Degger is an interdisciplinary biologist and creative from Australia based in Newcastle .
Antti Tenetz is a visual artist. His works are at the crossroads of media - bio and urban arts, Sci/Art, nature, documentary and interactive spaces.
Monica Bello Bugallo is artistic director of VIDA Art and Artificial Life International Awards founded in 1999 by Fundacion Telefonica (Madrid, Spain).
Andy Gracie, London -1967, is an artist working between various disciplines including installation, robotics, sound, video and biological practice.
From Ethics of Collaboration to Workshopology. Chaired by Yashas Shetty (IN) with various HackteriaLab participants.
Yashas Shetty is an artist and composer based in Bangalore, India. He is currently an artist in residence at the National Center for Biological Sciences in Bangalore and faculty at the Srishti School of Art, Design and Technology.
Christian Faubel is a researcher and artist interested in autonomous behavior and how it may emerge out of the interaction of very simple systems.
Ivan Henriques is a Brazilian artist and independent researcher working in multimedia and site-specific installations.
Aurelio Lucchesi (CH) During the last two years, he has been developing small games and an audio synthesis tool (called ES/executable sound). He is broadly interested, in new media culture, people doing free-form technology and nature.
Sachiko Hirosue works as a researcher at the interface of biomaterials and lymphatic physiology in the Institute of Bioengineering, School of Life Sciences, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland.
Artist working with DIY scientific practice focussed on the interface between the organic and the synthetic.
Currently an Artist in Residence and faculty at the Centre For Experimental Media Arts at Srishti in Bangalore and an artist in residence the National Centre For Biological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore. His practice explores working between various disciplines including installation, sound, software and biotechnology.
Has a Phd in molecular biology and is beginning to explore the hybrid territory offered by arts and science practice. Currently collaborates with Maja Smerkar on the creation of a communication portal between humans and rats.
An intermedia artist from Ljubljana with an MA at the New Media and Video Department of the Fine Art Academy in Ljubljana. Her main interest is based at the fenomenology of perception which she first started researching through space by composing live video among various collaborations in performative sound/visual projects with other artists.
Is on of the co-founders of DIYBio, a fledgling organization aimed at providing amateur biologists a common framework for striking out on their own. He was drawn to the idea after managing a 'wiki' website for the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition hosted by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Recently graduated from Bergen national academy of the arts and has been working on his own projects, with other peoples art, and also as a gallery technician. He is currently working on a project that stages a 20,000 year race between 2 mountains.
Is equal parts artist and naturalist. His works are at the crossroads of media-,bio- and urban arts, Sci/Art, nature, documentary, installations and EcoArt. Tenetz has contributed multimedia and documentaries to science exhibitions ranging in subject from arctic reindeer herders to glacial movements. The work he is doing about the wild nature goes far beyond all the usual clichés and the "green-hype" movement.
Works as a researcher at the institut für neuroinformatik , i do performances with the projectorband kunstundmusikmitdemtageslichtprojektor , with derstrudel i teach workshops at the edge of science and art and i create installations that are self-sustained habitats with autonomous robots .
Is based in Cologne doing postgrad studies and working as scientific research assistant at the Academy of Media Arts. Since some time, she has been researching and working on a project called "cellular performance", , based on some scientific research by Marc Dusseiller for his dissertation in the field of micro- and nanoengineering of cells in vitro. She just returned from Australia where she undertook a 4-month residency at SymbioticA, to work on the above mentioned project.
Her daily activities are at EPFL, making nanoparticles for vaccine applications and thinking about lymphatic drainage, always inspired by microorganisms - a bit of chemistry, a bit of molecular biology, a bit of pharmaceutical formulations, imaging, cell and animal work.
and the internet of things .
Has been working for the last few years in art/science from a curatorial perspective. I was at certain point very involved in the bioart scene, setting up several events in collaboration with university, cultural centres, etc. She is currently artistic director of VIDA (www.fundaciontelefonica.com/vida) . Previously she spent almost 3 years running the educational programme of Laboral in Gijón-Spain (www.laboralcentrodearte.org ).
Since 1981he has been working in the fields of art, nature and environment, which some today call ECOART. His work involves concepts of cross-disciplinary ecological arts and talking about ongoing architectural sculpture projects ?Self-decomposing Laboratories for cleaning-up PCB contaminated soil by Oyster mushrooms", developed since 1994.
Is an artist, programmer, scientist-wannabe and social researcher. Since 2006 he has been an active member of HONF. Through his involvement with HONF Abraham gained new ideas and experiences about how art, the environment, science and technology relate to one another - providing new tools to educate and engage both him and the society into a wiser, richer and more independent living being in a world of creation and annihilation.
Is a wine maker and bioethanol researcher. He is also one of the co-founders of HONF - the House of Natural Fibers.
During the last two years, he has been developing small games and an audio synthesis tool (called ES/executable sound), bedroom style, among other minor projects. He is broadly interested, in new media culture, people doing free-form technology and nature.
Is an artist based and working at L'ARC, Romainmotier. His work involves natural objects and processes.
Is involved in various projects at the interface of science & technology and culture/society. With his backround as a material scientist, and scientific research in the field of BioInterfaces, Micro- and Nanosystems for tissue culture and biosensors, he has already been involved in interdisciplinary projects, bringing together people from biology and engineering, developing research devices, so simple that even biologists can use them.
In the past few years he has been developing new ways of communication with other living organisms in his works. He is a visual artist graduated in sculpture at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and finally concluded my MA in ArtScience Interfaculty in the Netherlands last month.
Is a scientist, with a PhD in biotechnology. He has been involved in a lot of art science collaborationsand is also part of the antipodean art/science/technology diaspora, growing up in Adelaide, a city with a Mediterranean climate and a supprisingly active arts scene.


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A Niobrara woman missing since Sept. 25 has been found alive.
Boyd County Sheriff Chuck Wrede confirmed Thursday night that 37-year old Amy Heiser has been arrested and is now in custody of law enforcement. More details on the arrest will be released Friday.
A press release issued shortly after disappearance stated that the sheriff's office located her black 2000 GMC Yukon Denali at the public landing of Sunshine Bottom on the Missouri River on September 26 at approximately 12:30 p.m. Heiser was not found near the vehicle, but the sheriff's office says that items obtained in the vehicle lead authorities to believe she may have gone into the river.
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Per-Pupil Spending Over Time
Posted on 2015-03-03 by perryadmin
Are We Spending More or Less on Kids?
It's stated frequently, the statistical factoid (statoid? statisticoid? hmmm.) that per-pupil spending in Brookline Schools has fallen during the enrollment boom, i.e. between 2006 and now. We've added kids, so of course, we are spending less on each kid. We've cut to the bone. We're already underfunding our schools. Only the maximum extent possible override (MEPO) will retain your property value or keep our schools excellent.
And looking at the data, yes, we're spending less. But on what?
Less on interest payments for building the New Lincoln School in 1990 (Brookline's first override ever after prop 2 1/2) and renovating the High School in 1995 (Brookline's second override ever).
Less on health care because Brookline joined the GIC, saving us a bunch.
Less on out-of-district special education placements by providing equivalent services at less cost in-district.
But not less on School Budgets or teachers or kids. The Brookline School Budgets keeps going up. In fact, we'll see that from 2006 to 2014:
Enrollment in Brookline Public Schools went up 21% from 6014 to 7288 kids;
The Brookline School Budget increased 41.7%, from $60M to $85M;
The Brookline School Budget increased 4.48% per year on average.
Per-pupil the School Budget is doing just fine, too, thank you very much, having increased 17%, from $10,046 to $11,751;
Yes, even inflation-adjusted per-pupil spending is just around 0% (-0.67%) over the last 8 years.
I guess we do love our kids here in Brookline.
Let's dig into the data.
Types of Spending
What kind of spending are folks talking about when they say we are spending less?
Per-pupil average spending including the CIP
Hmm…that sounds a little wonk-ish. Per-pupil means you're going to do an average anyways. Let's mention that averages are often misleading, especially when there is a skew in the distribution, i.e. the level of spending on the special needs population skews the average "per-pupil spending" quite a bit. But let's stay with it.
Why do folks point to that? The argument is easy – each new child in school means our fixed dollars are spread thinner per pupil. It is also trying to build a subtle connection between spending and "spending on kids". That is an important distinction which we'll tease apart below.
And what about the "including the CIP" bit. Recall the CIP is the Town's "Capital Improvement Plan". The Town pays interest when it borrows money to build buildings, including School buildings. But there are a good number of other costs the Town pays on behalf of Schools beyond just the CIP. They are all factored into that "including CIP" bit.
So overall that is an …. interesting but hard to understand metric.
Who says Per-Pupil Spending is Down
First written history of it seems to be from the Override Study Committee's Schools Program Task Force, which had the executive summary item:
Average per pupil inflation-adjusted spending (including CIP) has in fact declined since the 2008 override. Spending was $17.4k per student in FY06, $17.9k per student in FY09 (increased following the override), and $16.9k per student in FY14.
And that position justifies the minority position for a large override – we're falling behind in how much we spend on our schools.
That leaves out a bit of important nuance. Let's look at the data at the Massachusetts Department of Education and the Brookline School Departments Budget.
Department of Education Data
Before we go to the source, let's get familiar with the Mass Dept. of Ed report for Brookline on spending for 2010 / 2011, the year when folks say things really went down hill for our spending.
Function 2010 2011
Total Exp Per Pupil Total Exp Per Pupil
Administration $4,740,885 $725 $5,012,395 $750
Instructional Leadership $7,077,144 $1,082 $7,626,542 $1,141
Classroom and Specialist Teachers $41,626,534 $6,362 $42,039,477 $6,292
Other Teaching Services $10,936,364 $1,672 $11,249,982 $1,684
Professional Development $1,617,351 $247 $1,909,144 $286
Instructional Materials, Equipment and Technology $2,498,293 $382 $3,179,712 $476
Guidance, Counseling and Testing $3,668,930 $561 $3,642,439 $545
Pupil Services $4,799,039 $733 $5,249,669 $786
Operations and Maintenance $9,467,236 $1,447 $9,655,472 $1,445
Insurance, Retirement Programs and Other $18,410,963 $2,814 $16,489,499 $2,468
Payments To Out-Of-District Schools $8,138,531 $119,509 $5,952,865 $70,952
TOTAL EXPENDITURES $112,981,270 $17,090 $112,007,196 $16,556
Which which items did we spend less money on between 2010 and 2011. The things I colored red in the table above:
Insurance/Retirements – almost $2M dollars. Good results from Brookline joining the state's GIC insurance pool.
Special Education (SPED) Payments to Out-of-District Schools – slightly more than $2M. This amount is highly variable from year to year based on the kids in the system. The per-pupil costs on those out-of-district placements went from $110,000 to $71,000, with the state average for that per-pupil out-of-district cost being… $20,000. At least we're on par with Newton in this metric.
What things did Brookline Schools spend more money on? Well, almost everything else.
Public School of Brookline Budgets
There are some good nuggets in the budgets that the Public Schools of Brookline publish.
[Aside: It seems that the PSB does not go back and publish "final" budgets, just leaving the previous "preliminary" available.]
Let's look at pages 317, 319, and 322 of the Superintendent's Preliminary 2014 Budget (beware 24MB pdf) to get some data on spending from the Schools and the Towns contribution.
Here are screen shots of the PDFs of those pages, starting with page 322, which is all about…per-pupil spending! Yeah, we found the source.
So the Per-Pupil Spending, using the somewhat complicated methodology described therein, does show a dip from 2010 to 2011 from $17,090 to $16,556. It does mention it includes costs carried by the Town of Brookline spent in support of schools.
Let's look at page 316 of that document showing net school spending, which shows a high level break out of the "School Department Budget" and "Town Spending on Behalf of Schools":
As the School Budget points out, the Town contributes to the Schools by paying for things like: school administration, utilities like oil & natural gas for the schools, maintenance of school grounds and buildings, insurance for retired and active employees, pension benefits for employees, principal and interest on loans for school building projects.
We find a detailed breakout of what categories the Town spends money on behalf of the Schools on Page 319.
Let's pull out some of that data from those various sources. And let's also join that with yearly student enrollment data from the DOE so we can get at per-pupil values for those spends. And for good measure, let's do some inflation adjustments using the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The full table of data used to make these graphs is available at the bottom of this article.
Student enrollment over time and the yearly growth. Yes, it is definitely positive over time.
Brookline Public School Enrollment over time
Here is the Public School of Brookline Budget per year, not including what the Town pays. The line in the graph shows the year-over-year change. Note the jump in 2009, which came from the 2008 passed in to add Elementary World Language and lengthening the school day by 20 minutes.
Absolute Brookline Public School Budget.
What has happened to the Town contribution over time?
Absolute dollars Town Contribution to Brookline Schools
Now let's look at both those values on a per-pupil basis, starting with the School Budget. The School Budget per-pupil growth is positive year-over-year. That means the Schools are spending at least the same per-pupil over time.
Brookline School Dept. Budget Per-Pupil
Now let's look at the Town share of spending on schools per-pupil. Almost neutral except for a big drop in 2011, the year we stopped paying debt payments for Lawrence and the High School.
Brookline Town Share of School Spending Per-Pupil
Finally, what about the comment that per-pupil inflation adjusted spending has gone down? A quick detour to the Bureau of Labor Statistics for an inflation calculator and let's run the per-pupil School Budget dollars through that to give us that:
Per-pupil School Budget inflation adjusted
The large increase in all those School Budget numbers in 2009 is due to the 2008 Override. The negative year-over-year change in 2011 was due to the items we talked about above: retiring debt from New Lincoln School and also joining the GIC insurance.
Back to the question at the top – are we spending more or less on our kids? That's kind of the wrong question. Are we spending more or less on the things that affect our kids education?
From 2006 to 2014, we had:
A 21% increase in enrollment from 6014 to 7288 from Pre-K to 12th grade;
A school budget increase of 41.8%.
Yes, that includes a previous override. But that's because we increased spending on schools.
A 17% school budget increase per-pupil over that time.
a hair below 0% change in per-pupil inflation adjusted change in the school budget since 2006.
Are our kids worse off because we we finished paying off debt and saved a bundle on health insurance? Absolutely not. If the metric you use for "average per-pupil spending" goes down when those two costs go down, then you've got a really stupid metric. And that, folks, is what the "average per pupil (including CIP)" metric is when justifying why the next override should be the Maximum Extent Override Possible (MEPO).
A "debt exclusion", by definition, is a temporary (albeit long ~ 20 – 25 years) measure. It goes away when the project is paid off. But more importantly, there should be zero surprise factor that the debt is retiring. As in – you can forecast it and build a budget around it. Thanks New Lincoln School and High School renovation, we're glad you're off the books.
The Town stopped spending $5M dollars. Did we spend less on teachers? No. Did we have to let go of librarian assistants because of this "reduction"? No. Did we have to increase user fees in Town? No. Did we have to reduce services to kids because we were "spending less money" on debt service? No.
Table combining data from the Dept of Education site, the Brookline School Budget, and the Bureau of Labor statistics:
Brookline School Spending By Year
Enrollment Pre-K to 12 6014 6142 6168 6321 6472 6627 6875 7112 7288
Yearly % Change 2.13% 0.42% 2.48% 2.39% 2.39% 3.74% 3.45% 2.47%
School Department Budget $60,414,544 $62,916,637 $64,786,212 $70,987,572 $72,515,419 $75,346,929 $78,443,875 $82,086,987 $85,643,933
Inflation Adjusted School Dept Budget $71,152,170 $72,046,830 $71,445,050 $78,562,930 $78,958,860 $79,531,010 $81,121,270 $83,663,190 $85,643,933
Yearly % Change 1.26% -0.84% 9.96% 0.50% 0.72% 2.00% 3.13% 2.37%
Per-pupil School Budget $10,046 $10,244 $10,504 $11,230 $11,204 $11,370 $11,410 $11,542 $11,751
Yearly % Change 1.97% 2.54% 6.92% -0.23% 1.47% 0.35% 1.16% 1.81%
Inflation Adjusted Per-pupil School Budget $11,831 $11,730 $11,583 $12,429 $12,200 $12,001 $11,799 $11,764 $11,751
Yearly % Change -0.85% -1.25% 7.30% -1.84% -1.63% -1.68% -0.30% -0.10%
Town Spending on Behalf of Schools $26,824,273 $27,188,868 $30,136,626 $31,937,918 $33,264,116 $29,765,693 $31,829,842 $33,362,664 $35,306,932
Yearly % Change 1.36% 10.84% 5.98% 4.15% -10.52% 6.93% 4.82% 5.83%
Per-pupil Town Spending $4,460.30 $4,426.71 $4,885.96 $5,052.67 $5,139.70 $4,491.58 $4,629.80 $4,691.04 $4,844.53
Yearly % Change -0.75% 10.37% 3.41% 1.72% -12.61% 3.08% 1.32% 3.27%
* MEPO = "Maximum Extent Possible Override" , an homage to the BSPACE report findings that several expansions should be done to the "maximum extent possible".
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There is a flutter, the heart skips a beat and the sensation travels downwards towards the stomach, a tingle rushing across, as butterflies make a home and begin to dance. We know this feeling all too well - this is a new love. In Ram Pam, we find a girl in the throes of such a love, a love that our girl wants to shout from the rooftops to anyone who will listen - with earnestness, she declares the state of her heart to Baba Bhatti, a man who has decided to be a mentor and friend to her restless condition.
At Coke Studio, it is Zoe Viccaji's voice that embodies the character of this girl. She tells Baba Bhatti of a newfound love that is making her heart go, "bam bam," and, "taara ra ram pam pam". The song's lyrics are lined with the slightest hint of melancholy. The object of her affections is not present, yet continues to occupy her thoughts obsessively. As she implores her love not to cause her sorrow or forget her, our girl declares that the loneliness caused by his absence has taken over her nights. Plagued by incessant dreams of her love, she tells Baba Jee that she belongs now completely to her dholna, that in her attempts to be with him, she could even court death for him. Her life now begins and ends with him: "tum pih shuru, tum pih khatum," she calls out to her absentee beloved.
Stepping in to console his young mentee is Baba Bhatti, in the form of vocalist Shahab Hussain. For Shahab, this is his first time on the mainstage as a featured artist on Coke Studio. With his wisdom and foresight, Shahab's fictional, "najoomi" Baba recognizes the sincerity in Zoe's affections and promises to be her friend as she pursues her beloved. In this way, the girl finds a humsaya in Baba Bhatti and the two sing together in what becomes a fun, upbeat duet between two members of the Coke Studio family.
Ram Pam is the creation of Sahir Ali Bagga, a songwriter known for his versatility with the theme of love, presenting it in soulful ballads, Punjabi bhangra duets and, now, quirky Urdu banter. "Sometimes in romance, you can be funny too, right?" says Bagga. "You can be happy, but you don't have to be dancing around like crazy, you can just be chilled out and funny with it," he explains the thought process behind Ram Pam. For Bagga, the lyrics came straight from a sentiment, from a mood of merriment and innocence that he decided to pen down, and the poetry made its way to Coke Studio's mainstage in Zoe and Shahab's voices.
When asked to give the song's protagonist her voice, Zoe was drawn to it because of its happy, playful vibe and mix of genres. "It's a pop song ... and goes into a jazz section. Because I come from a jazz background, and that's the kind of music I really love ... I get to show my jazz chops. Then it goes into a very Eastern section, so it's really a mix of different genres [and] that's essentially what pop is." Mixing these genres was also challenging for the singer, a challenge that only added to the fun of the song, "Murkis (eastern singing technique) don't come naturally to me so it's been really fun to see how I can play with them and merge them with [contemporary] styles."
Shahab happens to be an old friend of Zoe's so, for the two, this was a duet they fell into with ease. "Shahab and I go way back. We used to write songs together, like 7 years ago. I was really happy to find out that he was doing the part with me," says Zoe. The chemistry between the artists is important, Shahab explains, because of the unusual, quirky nature of the relationship between the characters of the song: "That relationships needs to show [in the performance]. We've tried our best to show our connection, through our words, our singing and also our actions."
For Shahab, while performing with an old friend was a welcome leap onto the mainstage, the nerves still existed while preparing: "It was a transition, going from a chorus of four people to standing, just me, next to the artist. Everyone is treating me like an artist and trying to buck me up. Everything is happening around me, I'm not working around the artist, everyone is working around me." As he starts performing however, Shahab's nervousness falls away, and the thrill of the performance takes over: "My hands started moving along to the song, I seemed to grow four extra hands," he laughs, "From inside, I think I felt the same because when I stand at the backing vocalists' space, I'm giving it my 100%, I'm singing from my heart, I'm like that 5-year-old kid who is singing with all he's got, and I felt the same on the mainstage."
The production experience behind this song is one of friendship and collaboration, in the end turning out to be as fun as the song's lyrics, a collective experience between colleagues and friends who have worked together, on and outside of Coke Studio. Shahab's fellow house band members tease and encourage him during the recording. Coke Studio resident Rachel Viccaji chimes in as Zoe rehearses, telling her sister to be less nervous, sharing inside jokes. "It's like coming back home," Zoe says of the experience, "It was a lot of fun, especially with the band because [they] were very upbeat. Everyone was laughing, interacting, there was good energy, so I had a really great time."
Ultimately, Ram Pam is a light-hearted take on romance, a reminder that, maybe, love need not always be a serious or tragic business, and much like the protagonist of the song needs a friendly ear to hear her plight, at the end of the day, we all need our friends in times of angst, excitement and silliness. Ram Pam is a song that invites listeners to participate in the fun that was had during the experience of creating it.
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Army vs Marines? The Army wins by a long shot when it comes to varying professional opportunities, both full- and part-time but the Marines are still a viable option for someone looking for part-time service. The Marine Reserve Forces have approximately 38,500 personnel in it.
The Marine Corps members are called marines, not soldiers, and they typically have to go through much more intense basic training than those in the Army do, creating a reputation for being some of the toughest and most highly trained fighters.
U.S. Navy SEALs are an elite unit, more exclusive and harder to be admitted to than the U.S. Marines.
The Army is the largest branch among the United States Armed Forces, and the Marine Corps is one of the smallest. While the Army has significantly more troops than the Marines, their counterpart possesses a more diverse aviation arm due to the Marine's relationship with the Navy.
Driven by an innate desire to answer our Nation's call, an unwavering commitment to emerge victorious, and a collective purpose that defines our unbreakable bond, Marines win the battles in front of them with an inner fight running through them.
By transitioning to the Army National Guard, Marines can continue their service and take advantage of the flexibility and other benefits the Guard offers its Soldiers. The Guard needs experienced warriors. And the skills and experience you earned in the Marines can transfer easily to the Army National Guard.
The Army and the Marine Corps have the same pay. All of the branches of the U.S. military use the same pay structure based on years of service and pay grade.
Marines aren't called soldiers because they aren't in the Army. Each branch of the military has its own mission, training, history, uniform, and esprit de corps.
The Marines' mission is unique among the services. Marines serve on U.S. Navy ships, protect naval bases, guard U.S. embassies and provide an ever-ready quick strike force to protect U.S. interests anywhere in the world.
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Three such words are "gyrenes," "jarheads," and "grunts." Their times of origin and usage differ somewhat, but each has the same role in the Marine Corps culture. They have become a source of pride for all Marines. ties to the U.S. Navy, Marines interacted with sailors more and more.
No, a Marine can not become a Navy SEAL.
For an individual to become a Navy SEAL, they must first be an enlisted member of the Navy.
Do Marines and Army Work Together? Yes, joint operations between multiple branches of the military are an important aspect of keeping Americans safe. Despite the difference between Army and Marine personnel, their work can still overlap, and, when combined, their training and capabilities can complement each other.
While ZipRecruiter is seeing annual salaries as high as $121,500 and as low as $11,500, the majority of salaries within the Marine Corps jobs category currently range between $37,500 (25th percentile) to $73,500 (75th percentile) with top earners (90th percentile) making $103,500 annually across the United States.
Marines are not soldiers, though they have been referred to as "soldiers of the sea" in past recruiting posters. In the U.S., people not in the Army are not soldiers, especially so for Marines — who will strongly protest being painted with that brush.
In the U.S. military, a service member's individual pay grade and years of service are the factors that determine basic pay. In other words, enlisted or military officer salary are equivalent whether you're in the Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy or Coast Guard.
1 United States Marine Corps.
2 United States Army.
3 British Army.
4 French Foreign Legion.
5 United States Navy.
6 Australian Army.
7 United States Air Force.
8 Canadian Army.
There are 5 main branches in the military: the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard. Usually, the Army has the most members responsible for land-based operations. As such, they are most likely to see combat.
The Marine Corps experienced the highest fatality rates per 100,000 for all causes (122.5), unintentional injury (77.1), suicide (14.0), and homicide (7.4) of all the services. The Army had the highest disease and illness-related fatality rate (20.2 per 100,000) of all the services.
Those in the Marine Corps Reserve are trained in combat and can be mobilized for active duty in time of war, national emergency, or contingency operations.
But there is much more training required to ensure they become combat trained and ready to join the ranks of Marines in our Operating Forces. This is the training newly minted Marines must overcome to fight and win the battles of today and into the future for our Nation.
Did you ever wonder why the Marine Corps is part of the Department of the Navy? Historically, marines serve as a navy's ground troops. In fact, the word "marine" is the French word for sea, which may be why the French military historically called English troops — who all had to arrive by sea — "marines."
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When you sign you will serve 4 yrs of active duty. You then have a choice to re-enlist or get out of the Marine Corps. This is called the end of active service, however you are still obligated to serve 4 years in the inactive ready reserve.
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The United States Air Force, Navy, Army, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, and Space Force are all equal in terms of basic pay. The basic military pay you earn is determined by military rank and years of service.
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marine, member of a military force especially recruited, trained, and organized for service at sea and in land operations incident to naval campaigns.
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Interest is very strong right now with using the current array of tablet computers in the classroom – both with the use of Apple's iPad and, to a lesser degree, Android-based tablets. Many educators say they are finding success with these devices in the classroom, and we decided that it's time to find out for ourselves.
About mid-February, using funds from a grant from the Seven Trees Foundation, two Apple iPads and two Samsung Galaxy Tab computers were placed in the hands of our third and fourth grade teachers, Mrs. Quigley, Mr. Leary, Mrs. Sherman and Mrs. Bender. The only instructions were to use them as they wished, and to pass along these instructions (and encouragements) to their students. We also provided a list of "functions" that we expected they could do or try with these devices, hoping that they would find these functions useful, and would then report back how well they performed.
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Overall, the iPads and Galaxy tablets are fun and useful machines, but they are not regarded as useful enough for third and fourth grades to replace the need for more traditional laptop, netbook, and desktop computers. Having said that – we'll keep our eyes and ears open, and look forward to running more tests and trials in the coming 20012-13 academic year to see how the technology – and our opinion on them – has changed.


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