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Tablets for teachers commendable, but long overdue
It's beyond debate that as Jamaica battles to get its society and economy in good order maximum use of modern technology is a must.
For the country to evolve to First-World status, and if the majority of ordinary people are to do more than eke out the barest of existence on low-wage jobs, training in cutting edge technologies of all sorts must become a matter of course.
It's obvious also that the fight to combat crime — increasingly being recognised and accepted as Jamaica's biggest problem — won't be won without integrated use of high-tech methodologies.
For all those reasons, and more, responsible people will applaud the announcement that 15,000 Jamaican teachers are to receive tablet computers under the ongoing e-learning project.
We are told by JIS News that the initiative is part of an agreement between the Government and the Jamaica Teachers' Association (JTA) to provide each teacher in public schools with a 10-inch tablet computer as part of their compensation package.
The tablets will be for personal use as well as to help teachers deliver the Ministry of Education's schools' curriculum.
It could be argued that such a project is long overdue. Indeed, we recall that when the landmark 'tablets in schools' programme was first introduced in 2014, a criticism then was that there was need to first target teachers to ensure proper implementation.
Of course, there has been much water under the bridge since then.
Today's cellphones are, in fact, hand-held computers, meaning that the great majority of the teachers receiving tablet computers under the new programme will already be acquainted with the technology.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at e-Learning Mr Keith Smith says the first phase of the new programme will address infant and primary schools, with the second phase focusing on high schools.
"We are now in [an era] that is being called the fourth industrial revolution, and we have to train our students in how to use these tools to get them ready for the workplace," Mr Smith is reported as saying.
"Therefore, e-Learning is focused on ensuring that students in public schools have the right technology and tools to improve their learning experience," he added.
Related projects include the previously mentioned 'tablets in schools'; 'technology integration for primary schools', intended to give all primary schools basic information technology (IT) infrastructure; and an IT infrastructure overhaul at some high schools.
Mr Smith said that upon completion of these projects there could be upwards of 400,000 devices operating in public schools.
It seems to us that crucial to all this must be greater Internet availability across the country, but especially in deep rural Jamaica where there are still far too many communities — and schools — where Internet service is unavailable or is too unstable to be functionally useful.
Jamaicans are still some distance from fulfilment of the pledge by then minister of technology, now Opposition spokesman, Mr Phillip Paulwell, for every Jamaican in "every nook and cranny" to have access to the Internet.
That needs to be fixed at the speed of light.
Mr Pompeo's visit an opportunity for our region
Ambassador Tapia, a true friend of Jamaica
Keep an eye on those critical trade deals
VAR delivering as promised, but review of one aspect needed
Ms Georgia Dyer's excellent example of fortitude
A knife in the heart; a heart-warming gesture
Intimate partner violence is everyone's business


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Transport for London builds new control centre to tackle gridlock and pollution
By Gary Flood January 5, 2022
Sopra Steria and transport body's Surface Management team's Common
Operational View Incident Management System will be key step in curbing traffic issues and creating a Greener London
(Image by Pierre Blaché from Pixabay)
A new information management system for the part of Transport for London that controls all non-Underground traffic movement in the UK capital uses real-time data visualisation to tackle congestion and speed up response to problems. It will soon also be a key part of a wider plan by the city's government to cut emissions, encourage more walking, cycling, and improve air quality.
Transport for London (TfL) is the main public transport provider in London. While many people know the famous London Underground, what is less well known is that the organisation - through its Surface Management subsidiary - also has responsibility for managing nearly 600 kilometres of the capital's busiest roads, as well as managing a few other transport assets, such as London's 6,000 traffic lights, road tunnels and some of its bridges.
The control room started to be built in 2019 as the outcome of a tender from TfL to find a better way to compile congestion, bus performance, weather and road works data, to make it easier to respond quickly to incidents and to keep London moving. The idea is to present a single, unified view of everything happening on the network, including up-to-the minute details of all known incidents and the actions being taken.
The control room contract was won by supplier Sopra Steria, but other elements of the programme, such as a real-time traffic signal updating system, are being delivered by other vendors.
Once fully operational and with all elements of the system in place, the claim is that Londoners and visitors will benefit from at least one minute per journey saved, reduced delays and better management of greener, active travel, like cycling.
Intelligence on the state of the road network
The control centre is the main nerve centre of a division of TfL Surface Transport, called Network Management. This is staffed every single day of the year 24 x7 and works to keep traffic moving around every incident - Royal Wedding, or Olympics - as need be. The organisation's Operational Control Manager Irfan Shaffi explained:
In that room, there's a heroic number of boys and girls working very hard to keep London moving. This is a constant challenge both in terms of scale and change - not of geography, but of the constantly changing asset base we have to use.
And they use a significant number of tools and systems to do that: they are often looking at anything from six to eight to 10 screens, each with many different applications, and those applications are producing lots of data and information for them to consume to process and assimilate into intelligence on the state of the road network. We needed to make that easier for them.
That is being done by a new dashboard named COV IMS, the Common Operational View Incident Management System. Co-developed by TfL and the supplier. It removes the need for controllers to check multiple screens, as well as delivers a new incident management system that will smooth out the process of detecting and sharing news of road incidents.
Shaffi said:
COV IMS will enable us to manage the transport network in a manner responding to the requirements of poor air quality areas, tackle congestion and improve incident response. It has definitely been moving us forward in the direction that we planned.
So far, he stated, the main benefit of the dashboard has been time saved by analysts. It has also improved Network Management's overall resilience, as some of the systems and data streams COV IMS is replacing were approaching end of life and/or were running as extended proofs of concept that never actually got fully upgraded into production systems.
Shaffi added:
So, this is giving us an immense amount of peace of mind, because we suddenly have a resilient, stable platform that has a full-service model behind it. Plus, as everybody understands how it works, if it breaks there is a plan to get it fixed within X minutes.
'I needed something that was going to work'
It is important to note that Shaffi and his team do not see this as anything like a 'smart' system, and in fact resist it being characterised that way:
People are very excited about things like AI and machine learning, but actually in terms of real-life capability and experience of people landing this sort of stuff, it's a little bit thin on the ground.
But I needed something that was going to work; I can't go out on a wing and a prayer and spend 20 million quid and not end up with the tool that I need. This is more advanced analytics tools, databases, to give us very high levels of accuracy in terms of incident detection. That's more the direction we're going.
The next problem that needs to be tackled is moving to automatic detection of incidents. This will be a major step, as it will stop TfL analysts being able to move beyond trying to spot problems by constantly checking their CCTV feeds, or a bus driver radioing in, but instead be detected by abnormal activity on the system that needs to be evaluated. Shaffi said:
That's really the COV IMS 'Holy Grail' and where all the benefits come. There are so many things going on in London on the roads, but we can't have hundreds and hundreds of traffic coordinators and operators constantly scanning the network - we don't have the space, we don't have the money, and so on.
If we can create a tool that does that for us, that will be really helpful for everyone.
Analytics planning and data analysis

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SpaceVenture's Backers... Where are they hiding?
By Johnathon, September 24, 2012 in Andromedan Spaceport
Warren P 5
Mop Jockey
The thought had occurred to me prior to this conversation, but maybe someone should interview Chris so everyone can get to know him a little bit better, and how he came to be involved in this project.
The thought of someone doing an interview/podcast with Chris, not "who is this guy" just to be clear!
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s_d 41
Trash Vaporizer
There were large sections of "get to know" in some of the commentaries (including the Chris @ Oakhurst photos), but this is a great idea. I like Chris and feel that he's brought a lot. In particular, one would have to be completely blind to not have noticed the storm of press & attention he arranged after the Great Blackout (and 218K debacle), which essentially saved my favorite Kickstarter project of all time. Not everyone was as involved in the day-to-day of the campaign, as a backer, but I, and a few dozen others, were deeply involved. In fact, it is, in large part, those individuals who've resurfaced here, and integrated into the forum communities.
I agree with the sentiment that the SpaceVenture web presences are fractured, and I disagree with the assertion more central organization wouldn't work for the project. I can see how (specifically) a private forum community would be insufficient for every aspect of backer/dev interaction (in particular, reward fulfillment), but having the production diaries and concept art presented in weblog format seems a misstep. Forums, with integrated polling, are perfect for posting, discussing, and voting on concept art (including IP.Board, running here). I don't find the wordpress sites particularly awful to look at (I kind of like them) but they are awkward use and navigate in comparison to a streamlined approach, on at least a single website. I've four sites to follow for SpaceVenture; Kickstarter, SQN, SVRewards, and GFA.com... in fact, GFA.com may as well be two separate sites, the way they are divided. This is a big headache.
I love the content, though. :)
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Troels Pleimert 748
Space Quest Historian
LocationRoskilde, Denmark
I would love to turn the tables and interview Chris for his own podcast. Not sure he'd be up for that, though, since we pretty much did that when he interviewed me. ;)
billybob476 32
I guess this is my issue too, I don't feel like I have one central place to go and see what's going on with the project. I usually end up coming here since I assume that any big news will end up being posted by someone.
ChrisPope 139
The Space Pope
Let me just say, anytime I get to spend time talking with Troels is a pleasure! Of course I'd do this :P
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I'll e-mail you. ;)
YankeeBravo 3
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(slaps forehead) Poor Chris. :P
Not that your impressions and opinions aren't valued, but I just have to be laughing my ass off now, not only at what you're saying, but at exactly "how" you're saying it. He must hear (read) his name preceded by the word "that" and followed by the word "guy" about a hundred times a week. It's quite sympathetically laughable.
Sincerely though, I don't mean to criticize you. I just find this amusing; but I must also tell you. Chris is a great Space Quest fan. I know it's not the public's job to know who EVERYONE in Hollywood/Gaming is (the technicians, and the cameramen/women, etc.), but contrary to common misconception, Chris is quite a seasoned professional in the industry. He's done plenty of work for Disney aside from the Two Guys.
But, the part you'll care about more. His fanship for the series goes way back. He even visited the Oakhurst location back when he was 16.
Furthermore, as others have pointed out before me, The Two Guys are accustomed to working their magic on their own terms and behind the scenes, without the pressure of 10,000 Ken William proxies egging them on or bugging them with questions; hence, I presume, Chris as the in-between public relations specialist. It's a different age and time. The Two Guys are adjusting to working for a mass of kickstarter funders. As Scott says, he's a stand up guy, and I'm certain they know what they're doing by having him hired on.
If I may say so, in light of having respect for your opinions and first impressions as a fan, people (all of us in general, and I INCLUDE myself, when I'm not conscientious of my instinctive first-thoughts/impressions) tend to worry too much and be too critical before having all the facts/sense of things as they are.
Imagine yourself, as a sculptor, for example, knowing your tools and knowing your assistants and employees, and having much experience, but also needing that special time to yourself, to work your magic, without distraction, and constantly having your boss or your clients hovering over your shoulder and pestering you as to why they're paying another $10 per hour for a laborer, or why the thing isn't done yet, or why you're using this tool instead of that.
The way I see it, we know what Scott and Mark are good at, and we either have faith enough in that and take things on their terms... or we don't. If we make suggestions or comments, it's probably best to phrase things a little more carefully or think more first, lest we risk accidentally insulting or turning off someone who may "seem" insignificant to us; yet actually is more fit than we are to take on the task/position that has been assigned to them.
Feel me?
Actually, a few points that I see here.
I'm one of those 10,000 or so who've largely been "lurking", at SVRewards, the project page, here and at the GfA site.
The earlier posts are pretty much dead on. SpaceVenture has more or less gone "dark", so there's really not a lot to talk about. Look at the SVRewards site...I was extremely excited to get the e-mail back in July about the thing opening up, and looking forward to the project diaries and all the rest, but really...There's just not much to discuss.
I know that there's a lot of planning and plotting and other preproduction discussions going on, but still, a couple posts a month isn't going to drive a lot of discussion or community involvement, particularly when half of them are 'What's Chris doing on the marketing front' type posts.
I'm hoping the Two Guys have changed their minds on timeframes since the HTML5 thing blew up and the Feb 2013 date's out the window. Not just because it gives them more time to deliver a quality product, but because I'm sitting here thinking 'What happened to those Kickstarter incentives?'
Don't get me wrong, I'm not in it for the incentives, I was putting in money to see a new SQ-style game from Scott and Mark regardless. However, they did come up with some pretty cool incentives for the campaign, and I'd be lying if I didn't admit to twinges of "buyer's remorse" at kicking in at the level I did with none of this "concept art voting" or "discussions with Scott and Mark" anywhere in sight. Hopefully that's still in the works at some point down the road.
For the time being, I'd definitely like to see more regular updates. As things stand, SVRewards and the other site are one of those 'Haven't checked in a while, let's see if anything's new' rather than somewhere I go regularly as I do with DFA or Wasteland 2 or Tex Murphy.
Just my couple cents on the 'Why is it so dead' discussion, for whatever it's worth.
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Johnathon 74
Waste Disposal Unit
LocationEarnonian System
I see your points regarding these.
I'd like to clarify my choice of title when I decided to make this thread. It was worded kind of cutsie-wootsie front line newspaper, I suppose. I probably should have thought about that a little more before posting it. I do think it's obvious enough, however, that my use of the word "hiding" wasn't/isn't intended to insinuate the bulk of the backer's as being deliberately anti-social. I also don't want you, here, getting the impression that I'm trying to insinuate that you are trying to suggest that I had intended such, solely b/c of my explaining it here. In fact, the only reason I feel like clarifying it is because, since the post was started, the degree of backers that have suddenly appeared here to state their case and reasons for silence.
In other words, and in greater explanation, the backers are not judged by the extent of their postings and as I've said before it's none of my business what they want to do with their free time. The reason I started this thread was because I was curious: for, given 4 months of time, even with a little activity as of late, I found it odd that only about 20 people total had posted in those 4 months. You'd have thought a bunch more would have at least posted at the initial topics/concept arts when the site first became active. I now attribute that prior believed-to-be phenomenon to the fact that there was a serious issue with the emailing system, apparently.
If I had to give my take, I'd say things are just taking longer than the 'Guys wish to deliver/organize all this. For that I cannot provide any excuse, explanation or wise opinion b/c it is not my arena. It's just when I read people suggesting negative things about people they don't even know (like elbowing and trying to steal the show) that I get a little pissed. That's one of my personal pet peeves. There's a big difference between me expecting everybody to admire and be as enthusiastic as I am - the people running this project and the project itself - and me expecting others to maintain a minimum level of dignity and common sense (the two are as far apart as it gets).
But all of your points are valid ones. I'm sure it'll all be delivered; maybe just not as quickly as we'd expected. We all do, of course, have every right and freedom to criticize and make suggestions regarding any aspect of the project and it's delivery. That's all part of the business/game.
No worries on that front. Even if it had been a snide jab, I'd take no offense. Develop an extremely thick skin working in print journalism, so....
I will say the title worked.
After all, it's an interesting thought and it is somewhat of an aberration given how active things were during the Kickstarter itself and more so when you compare it to the community that other projects have built up.
As I recall, I think the SVReward site has had the "community" link coming back the forums here since I first saw the place in July, so it's not completely that people don't know about it. I do think that whoever's handling the community aspect for the Two Guys may not have thought things all the way through. From what I've seen, a significant problem is that everything's so fragmented.
You have the SVRewards site, you've got the GfA site, you've got SQ.net (which I know has been around much longer) and you've got the "microsites" like the Andromedan Post (which I just learned about today, actually).
So just there you've got potentially four different sites/places where news or other information might pop up with no (immediate) mention on the others.
So, yeah. Obviously having an active community is more difficult in that type of situation versus something like DoubleFine where they had an established forum were everyone already knew they could go for discussions/information.
Who knows? Maybe it'd have been better to have incorporated the SVRewards site with SQ.net and used forum integration for commenting rather than WordPress. Or maybe that was explored and just wasn't technically or logistically feasible.
Bottom line: the lack of a centralized "hub" hurts, in my opinion.
But an issue that's just as big, as was touched on earlier and before I showed up, is that there simply isn't a lot to discuss. Hell, the anecdote about Chris' flea problem got 17 responses with a lot of them actually cat related, so...That suggests to me that people are willing to discuss, but it's just not going to happen until there's a steadier flow of things that CAN be discussed.
Which ties in to my last point.
It's taken papers a while to learn this and it's one of those things that everyone already knows as a matter of common sense, but....We spend a LOT of money commissioning research on how to drive traffic to our publication's webite (for ad impressions, as well as traffic numbers). The big factor to not just getting massive page views but building recurring traffic/community is to have fresh and exclusive content that can't be obtained anywhere else.
Obviously, the Two Guys have a lock on the "exclusive content" portion. What needs work is the "fresh" angle. When you know you're only getting something new maybe once or twice a month, you're not going to be hitting the site every day or even once a week. Not saying they need to have updates every day, but if they're serious about building a community, they need much more frequent content updates with material the fosters discussion.
Once a fledgling community's there and has things to discuss and debate on their own (as with Wasteland 2) you can ease off on the frequency of updates somewhat.
Again, just a few thoughts from my perspective.
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pcj 411
SpaceVenture Programmer
Sarien Sanitizers
The way it was explained to me: Guysfromandromeda.com is for the company GFA LLC, not SpaceVenture itself - we're currently working on tweaks to re-orient that more appropriately. SVRewards.com is the rewards site for the backers who pledged $15 or up ($30 or up for pre-release access) to get access to the diaries/chats/voting. There have been some diaries up, not as many as I would personally like but they've got to spend time actually designing the game I suppose. I know chat is on the way, I set up the page this week and Chris just announced it. Voting is going to be further down the road.
The Andromedan Post is for news about not only SpaceVenture but the Sierra community in general.
Like you said, SQ.NET has been around longer than any of the other sites and isn't under GFA "jurisdiction" (I do admin all of these sites, but that's where the control sharing ends). SQN has more of a fan-based/community-operated focus than the other sites.
We're taking all of these ideas into consideration when talking about where we need to go with the websites. So keep it up - thanks!
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I do believe/agree having real-time syncing between all the four sites (probably with this one serving as the main "node," b/c it has been around so long) would help. Perhaps that's too easy for me to say, b/c I don't know what labor that entails; but it seems it was done quite promptly between this place and twitter, and facebook, and the virtual broomcloset. It goes without saying that obviously non-backers wouldn't have access to the rewards site, but perhaps seeing more of it synced across the remaining websites would draw more attention.
Spikey 86
LocationTulsa edge of Earnon
Some really good posts in this thread; would love to see another interview with Chris, without wishing to place too much of the focus on his good self.
Thanks to Pcj, Troels and Chris for doing such a great job behind the scenes, mainly for free/not much too..
This weekend I switched around the layout of GuysFromAndromeda.com so blog posts are more prominent. The GFA site will continue to be about general goings-on with the company/podcast.
I hope this helps with any confusion. At this time there aren't any plans to tie in SQN more directly with the GFA site(s) - eventually I'll have to work something out for the SQN badge reward but one thing at a time...
Capn_Ascii 81
LocationEastern NC, USA
I have no idea why (at least) the rewards site isn't seeing more attention... after all, people paid for that access!
I dunno about that, now. I didn't pay for behind-the-scenes peeks; I paid to get the damned game made. :D
In my case, I've been *intentionally* avoiding most Spaceventure news and sneak peeks. Why's that? Because the Spaceventure is a once-in-a-lifetime, bonafide *treasure* - not just some new game - and I want NO SPOILERS WHATSOEVER. I intend to savor the game like some super-expensive French dish you pay 100 dollars for at a fancy resturant, and the best way to do that is to go in completely blind. No previews, no knowledge of voice acting casts or concept art or anything of the sort. I want to boot up the game eventually and be knocked on my ass by it because every single thing in it is delightfully unknown ahead of time. :)
The only reason I'm not doing the same thing with the LSL remake is because I've already played the original inside and out. :P In this case, it's like one of those "restore an old car" shows - it's fun watching them take the classic game and pour so much effort into making it shine for a new generation.
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Inserting FLV to a PowerPoint helps make a better, more appealing and more interesting presentation. Unfortunately, FLV is a native document file created by Adobe Flash program, in the form of .f4v and FLV format, which is incompatible with the PowerPoint and cannot be attached to a PowerPoint directly. However, the PowerPoint supports many other file formats such as AVI, WMV, and many others. Therefore, the practical way to attach an FLV video to a PPT is converting them to other formats that can be inserted to the PowerPoint directly. This article has outlined four effective ways of attaching FLV to PowerPoint slide including converting files to compatible formats using Wondershare UniConverter (originally Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate).
Step 1 Insert any object that can be edited to the PowerPoint. You can insert a dialog box, an image or a shape.
Step 3 After clicking "Hyperlink," you can add or paste the URL of the FLV video that you want to link.
Step 4 Click on the object with the video links, and once you do that, a new browser will pop up and take you to the page where the video is to be played.
Step 5 You can get the URL of the FLV video by copying the video address from the YouTube address bar.
Wondershare UniConverter (originally Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate) is the best solution to FLV conversions. It helps convert FLV to PowerPoint compatible formats such as AVI, MPEG, WMV and many others. The converter is effective in retaining the original quality of the video file, and it converts at a speed which is 30 times faster than other converters. Apart from converting FLV video files, the Wondershare Ultimate converts other files such as MOV, 3GP, WMV, MKV, MP4, VOB and many other video and audio files. The tool has a preview and editing option, and you can preview and edit your video file before conversion.
Launch Wondershare Converter on your computer. Then add the FLV video file that you want to convert. Click "Add Files" for Windows or "File >Load Media File" for Mac. Alternatively, drag the FLV file and drop it into the window of the app.
Go to the "Output Format" and then from the "Format" option click "Videos" all the supported video output formats will be displayed. Choose WMV, AVI or MPEG or any other file format that can be attached to a PowerPoint. You can also edit the FLV file by clicking the "Settings" option to crop, rotate, change brightness, volume, or add special effects to your video file before converting it.
Click the "Convert" button to start transforming your FLV file. The conversion will be over in few minutes, and you can now add the converter FLV file to your PPT.
You can embed FLV files by installing some add-on tools such as PowerPoint to Flash Converter PPT2Flash.
Step 1 To add the PowerPoint to Flash Converter PPT2Flash, just open the PowerPoint. From the toolbar, you will see an extra "PPT2Flash".
Step 2 From the toolbar, click "Insert Flash". Then, select that FLV file that you want to put into the PowerPoint slide.
Step 3 For you to preview the added FLV video, you can press the F5.
Step 1 Open the PowerPoint on your computer. From the PowerPoint options, click on "New Slide" to open a new slide where you will place the FLV video that you wish to add.
Step 2 Go to the top toolbar and then select "Developer." After clicking the "Developer" option, choose "More Controls." A small dialog window will be presented. From the dialog window find the "Shockwave Flash Object".
Step 3 Make a rectangular box on the opened slide. After drawing the box, right click on it and from the options that will be displayed, choose "Properties".
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Open the target PowerPoint file on your computer.
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Click "More Controls" for further actions.
Drag the video screen area with the "+" icon.
Right click on that area, and from the many listed options you select "Properties".
From the "Properties" window, insert the location path of the video. You can also insert the URL in the URL box. Then you can input the video by clicking "Browse." Uncheck "Auto Start" from the playback option to prevent the video from playing automatically.
Click the "OK" button to verify your selection.
Change the path of the video to the new path that you have put to ensure that your video plays smoothly.
Note that the above description is based on PowerPoint 2003 and the Windows Media Player 9.0. The choices may vary depending on the version on your computer.


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Q: Why do multi-line macros have backslashes at the end of each line? In a macro declaration like:
#define WAIT_SPI2_TRANSMISSON_END() {while ((SPI2_SR & SPI_SR_TXCTR_MASK) != 0) {\
                                     if( SPI2_SR & SPI_SR_RFDF_MASK ) {\
                                       (void)SPI2_POPR;\
                                       SPI2_SR |= SPI_SR_RFDF_MASK ;\
                                     }}\

What do these backslashes (\) mean or do there?

A: It is so called continued line. It means that your line is continued in line that follows. It is simply sometimes easier to read stuff if written this way.
BTW - continued lines are 'glued' at preprocessor pass.
Read here about step #3: gcc docs
Excerpt:
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is equivalent to:
#define FOO 1020

It is noteworthy to say that continued lines do not have to be used within preprocessor macros. It is perfectly legal top write this:
f\
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at f = 5.0;

which is the same as:
float f = 5.0;

A: This means that the define statement goes over more than one line.

A: It's a line continuation character.
There should be nothing else after it (aside from an end of line character), including white space.
It's particularly useful for macros as it adds clarity.
(Very, very occasionally - especially in old code - you'll see the trigraph sequence ??/ in place of \. These days though it's more of an interviewers' trick question.)

A: The slashes are used to make the following end of line a non-linebreak for the preprocessor. A #define has to be exactly one line for the preprocessor. To augment readability you can use the backslashes before the end of lines. The preprocessor will first erase any linebreaks preceded by a backslash and only after that parse the #define. So while you see multiple lines, the PP sees only one.

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Police: Man shoots at motorists, 1 killed, 4…
Police: Man shoots at motorists, 1 killed, 4 injured
By Red Bluff Daily News |
PUBLISHED: July 7, 2016 at 1:04 p.m. | UPDATED: May 17, 2018 at 5:34 a.m.
BRISTOL, Tenn. (AP) — A newspaper carrier was killed and four other people were wounded when a man armed with two guns opened fire on cars traveling along a parkway in East Tennessee early Thursday morning.
A responding police officer was among those wounded.
Authorities would say little late Thursday about the alleged shooter or what might have motivated him to open fire on passing cars in the middle of the night. He was wounded in an exchange of gunfire with police and has not yet been charged.
Jennifer Rooney, a 44-year-old mother who delivered the local newspaper, was driving to pick up papers for the morning delivery when she was shot and killed, said Bristol Herald-Courier publisher Jim Maxwell. Her family declined to comment.
Maxwell called it a "senseless act of violence" that has stunned the small city on the Virginia border.
"Residents of our community woke up to what was expected to be a typical July warm and humid morning, except today they were greeted with news of this extremely troubling event," Maxwell wrote. "It's like the crazy stuff you read about or see on television from other places suddenly and unexpectedly materialized here in our backyard. Things like this just don't happen here."
Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesman Josh DeVine said the suspect was armed with at least two weapons. He fired shots just after 2:15 a.m. at a Days Inn on Volunteer Parkway, then opened fire on passing motorists. DeVine said he then shot at responding responding officers, who returned fire and wounded the shooter.
Deana Fleenor, a local photographer, said she fell asleep with the windows open Wednesday night at her home about two miles from the Days Inn. The gunshots startled her awake.
"All of a sudden I heard pow, pow, pow, pow, pow," she said. "You run through a thousand things in your head of what it could be."
At first, she thought someone was hammering. Then wondered if a noisy car was going by.
Then she heard a second wave of rapid-fire shots.
Another minute passed and she heard a third round of gunfire, then the roar of ambulance sirens in the distance.
"It's startling, it's very scary," she said. "Nothing like that really has ever happened in our town. I've always felt safe here."
The suspect and the other wounded people were taken to the Bristol Regional Medical Center. Bristol Police Chief Blaine Wade said the officer's injuries were minor.
Police declined to identify the shooter or speculate on his motive as they continued to investigate several crime scenes along the busy highway. DeVine would not say whether there was any connection between him and any of the victims.
Hours after the shooting, media reported that TBI agents were still processing evidence at four locations along more than 100 yards Volunteer Parkway, which was dotted with dozens of evidence placards.
"We're working as aggressively, as quickly and as carefully as possibly to gather any and all relevant evidence to determine the exact set of events," DeVine said in a statement.
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Whether you admit it to yourself or not, being a parent is far from easy. Of course, it does come with some huge rewards, like watching your child grow and bloom into the kind and successful person you always want them to be, but that doesn't make the task any more straightforward. As the parent, you are your child's first and most important teacher, and, as such, it's your job to guide them and ensure they do what they need to better themselves and succeed. This applies to every aspect of their life but is especially important in regards to their education. Keeping that in mind, here are four things you can do to help your children do better in school.
From a very young age, children mimic and copy the emotions of their parents. This is why, when they fall over, toddlers look to those around them before they start crying. Because of this, it's important that you maintain a positive attitude when discussing schoolwork and education. You might have hated school when you were younger, but never let this show to your kids, or they'll think it's okay to start slacking. You should also avoid punishing your children for bad grades, as this will build an association between fear and learning.
When you feel sick and sluggish, it's very difficult to focus, which means that, if your children are ill a lot of the time, they're going to find school incredibly challenging. To avoid this, you need to make sure they eat a healthy and nutritious diet and go for checkups when required. Having healthy snacks can keep their appetite under control so that they can focus better, and Freedom Jars creates delicious, portable and healthy snacks. (If you'd like to learn more about them, click here.) Eyesight problems can cause a lot of issues in school, so make sure that your kids visit their optician regularly and get vision therapy if and when they need it. You should also encourage your children to exercise every single day, by going swimming or signing them up for a sports team.
If your children have to deal with a stressful and chaotic morning, it's going to affect the rest of their school day, lowering their mood and making it difficult to focus. Because of this, it's important that your mornings run smoothly, and are as organized, calm, and cheery as they possibly can be. A morning routine is vital for this, as it provides a sense of security and predictability for your children. You should also make your mornings as easy as possible, by setting out clothes, making lunches, and packing school bags the night before.
Although it might seem a little backward, reminding your kids that school isn't everything can make a world of difference and really help them to do better in class. After all, if your children think that one bad grade is going to be the end of the world, then they're going to get stressed, which will make it harder to get the grades they want and need. Because of this, you should encourage your kids to take breaks from studying and ensure they get enough sleep each night. You should also make sure they do things they genuinely enjoy, instead of working all the time.
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Natalie Africa is Senior Director for private sector engagement for the UN Secretary General's Every Woman Every Child movement. In this role she mobilizes the business sector to innovate solutions that advance maternal, child, and adolescent health. Previously, Natalie headed the Business Call to Action, an inclusive business commitments platform hosted by the UNDP. Previously, Natalie worked with the International Finance Corporation's gender program, designing and implementing programs for companies in Africa and South East Asia. Natalie has also worked for Absa-Barclays in South Africa and HSBC Bank in Bermuda and served as a diplomat with the South African government. She is passionate about the role of business in driving development outcomes and believes in the power of effective partnerships to achieve transformation.


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Q: How should I go about determining whether or not this series converges? $h_n=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}[\sum_{m=0}^{n}\frac{1}{2^m}{}]$
I know that $h_n=\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}(\frac{1}{2^0}+\frac{1}{2^1}+...+\frac{1}{2^n})$, but I'm not really sure where this is going.
Could someone at least hint towards what convergence test I should use?
Thanks

A: Hint: Add $\dfrac1{2^n}$ to the general term, and see what happens. :-)


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Emory University. Center for Research in Social Change.
Records of Fred Roberts Crawford as director of the Center for Research in Social Change (CRSC) at Emory University, including correspondence, printed material, reports, proposals, financial records, and clippings concerning the work of the center particularly related to mental health, civil and urban violence and crime, community relations, racial attitudes, aging, and human resources.
Records from Emory University's Center for Research in Social Change Witness to the Holocaust project (1978-1982) primarily consist of recorded interviews and their associated transcripts of World War II concentration camp liberators and survivors, many of them residents of Atlanta, Georgia. It also includes a large collection of photographic prints and negatives depicting the conditions in concentration camps circa 1945 as well as images from the post-World War II era; subject files, including clippings, reports, and published materials relating to the Holocaust, Nazism, Israel, and Emory University's Witness to the Holocaust project; and publications, including entire issues of such newspapers and magazines as Hadassah, Martyrdom and the Resistance, and The Southern Israelite.
Emory University. Center for the Study of Law and Religion.
Contains research project materials, invitations, lectures, and printed material related to the Center for the Study of Law and Religion.
20 linear ft. (37 boxes), 1 oversized paper folder (OP), and 3 extra-oversized paper folders (XOP), and web sites.
The Center for Women at Emory began as a recommendation to establish a center to advocate for women's issues and provide information, support services, and educational programs in 1990 by university-wide task force and began operations in 1992 as the Emory Women's Center. The records of the Center for Women at Emory consist of materials related to the administration of the center, events and programs sponsored by the center, and various audiovisual recordings and digital records produced by the center's activities.
Records include clippings, promotional material, scrapbooks, photographs, copies of the consititution, membership lists, and correspondence from CHOICES, the Undergraduate Women's Forum, feminist student group at Emory.
Emory University. College of Arts and Sciences.
Series consists of memoranda, reports, and recommendations made by the Planning Board of the College of Arts and Sciences, which was convened by Emory College Dean J.H. Purks in 1943 to conduct long-term planning for the University.
Clippings, programs, and ephemera from the Emory Dance Program.
Emory University. Dept. of African American Studies.
The Department of African American Studies was established at Emory University in 2003 from the African American Studies Program, 1992-2003, previously known as the Black Studies Program, 1971-1980; Afro-American and African Studies Program, 1980-1984; and African American and African Studies Program, 1984-1992. Prominent faculty members included Dolores P. Aldridge, the program's first chairperson, and Rudolph P. Byrd. The collection is chiefly the records of the Department of African American Studies' institutional predecessors at Emory University. Records consist of administrative materials, curriculum and course offerings, correspondence, programs and event planning, annual reports and audio-visual materials. There are also materials related to Emory University's affirmative action program, racial inequities at the University, and the recruitment of African American faculty members and students.
The Department of Biology was established at Emory College in 1911, though courses in biology had been taught prior to that. The Department continued to operate the auspices of Emory University after the rechartering of the school in 1914.The collection consists chiefly of the records, 1930-1993, of the Department of Biology at Emory University. The records include administrative materials, meeting minutes, audiovisual materials, newspaper clippings, and subject files. The records also include materials related to special endeavors by Biology Department faculty such as the Emory Herbarium and the Baker Woodlands. Many materials come from Woolford Bales Baker who served as Professor from 1919-1961. Materials relating to William Dudley Burbanck's history of the Department of Biology are also contained within the collection as are materials related to Emory University's chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society.


Discussion in 'Growing Marijuana Outdoors' started by BigBoB420, Apr 25, 2006.
there are many different ways to germinate, as you probobly know.
then in the soil, and 2 days later they were already sprouting.
First of all i have a grow going. I keep my water in the room so it is same temp. I use this water in a small cup and plop seeds in it. Let soak no more than an hour and then put in dirt. I have always had sprouts in 2 days.
paper towels works best in a dark warm enviroment.
I have tried paper towels, and tried planting directly into compost, keeping them warm and moist in both cases.
I have yet to discern any difference in the germination rate, or time to germinate.


Grab your conductor's hat and get ready to sip suds 19th-century style—on a chugging locomotive winding its way through picturesque Niles Canyon. Beer on the Rails will serve up adult sodas by a number of Bay Area brewers along with Polish sausage sandwiches, coleslaw and potato salad. The trip lasts two hours and runs along some of the oldest tracks in the Transcontinental Railway system. First laid in the 1860s, the Niles Canyon Railway was some of the earliest rail in California and created the first train connection between the San Francisco Bay Area and the rest of the United States.


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New England 2021 Choiniere Family Farm Highgate Center, Vermont Leopold Conservation Award Recipient
Choiniere Family Farm
Guy Choiniere believes the health of the soil is the health of the farm. This land ethic drives his actions on a dairy farm that's been in the Choiniere family since 1945.
While navigating changes in the farm economy, climate and farming practices, the Choiniere Family Farm has become a model of innovation and adaptability for other New England dairies.
Located four miles from Quebec, Canada, Choiniere Family Farm's 242 acres of farmland and 70 acres of woodland is crossed by the Rock River and its tributaries. Soil health and erosion control practices have kept the farm productive and resilient despite an increase in severe storms, rainfall and periods of drought in northwest Vermont.
Guy's parents, Henry and Raymonde, placed a conservation easement on the farm and sold its development rights before transferring it to him and his wife Beth in the 1990s. A generation later, Guy and Beth's children, Matt and Hannah, farm with them. The Choinieres sell beef, milk, pork, chicken, eggs, honey and baked goods at a store located on their farm.
Prompted by an unstable market for conventional milk in the 1990s, Guy studied and then transitioned to organic production. It's a move he said was good for his cows, land and bottom line. A few years later he seeded 25 acres of corn to permanent hay and pasture in order to convert his herd to 100 percent grass-fed. That move fetched an even better price for their organic milk.
After taking over the farm, Guy also began addressing environmental issues with assistance from the USDA's Natural Resources Conservation Service. The conservation plan he developed remains a work in progress today.
To prevent soil erosion and improve water quality, the Choinieres planted 5,000 trees along banks of the impaired Rock River. They also conveyed a 51-acre river corridor easement that designates an area where the river can meander naturally. The land can still be farmed, but the river will not be dredged. There is also a permanent 50-foot naturally vegetated buffer along 12,000 feet of the river's bank.
Keeping nutrients on the farm and out of the river was also aided when Guy switched from conventional liquid manure storage to an innovative compost bedded pack system. During the winter the cows are fed hay in large hoop barns designed to mimic the comfort and atmosphere of being on pasture. Excess hay provides bedding and catches manure before being trod down into compost. When the cows resume rotational grazing in May, pigs are let into the barns to root around and expedite the composting process before it is spread on fields as nutrient-rich fertilizer. Guy is an ambassador to help other dairies manage bedded pack systems.
Guy is also an instructor for the Champlain Basin Watershed Initiative. This partnership between Vermont, New York and Quebec educates elementary school teachers participating in a course called A Watershed for Every Classroom. The teachers are then equipped to teach their students – future stewards of Lake Champlain -- how agricultural conservation practices address water quality issues.
Choiniere Family Farm participates in Vermont's roadside sign program that identifies conservation practices like rotational grazing, cover crops, no-till and streamside plantings. The Choinieres, who were Vermont's Conservation Farmers of the Year in 2009, are now the first New England Leopold Conservation Award recipients from the Green Mountain State.
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Influenced by the Arte Povera movement and its usage of found materials in their fragmented forms placed outside their usual context, Al Souza has been working with found materials such as newspapers, jigsaw puzzles and vintage film posters.
In his works of puzzle pieces on wood such as Hold Your Head High, 2006, Souza explores the mundane, the fancy and the nostalgia: elements from American consumer culture: the banal objects and junks are assembled in muti-layers. The juxtaposition of each puzzle is entirely dependent on the artist's 'stream of the consciousness'.
Unlike a real jigsaw puzzle that can be reassembled anytime to produce an identical image over and over again, Souza's puzzles, glued on wood panels, are one-time puzzles, just like objects and junk depicted on the piece. Each time, there will be a different image based on chance. Souza is heavily influenced by John Cage's music, Fontana Mix in particular, in which the composer randomly cut holes in the music sheet to reveal notes from the other sheet underneath it.
Souza won numerous awards including the Houston Art League's Texas Artist of the Year in 2006 and in 2007 received the International Association of Art Critics' USA Award in 2007. His works are held in the public collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX, USA and Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France. Souza has also received numerous corporate commissions including Goldman Sachs American Airlines, the Federal Reserve Bank, Plaza Hotel New York, Phillip Morris Company and Chase Manhattan Bank.


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The Reformers: In possession of the family letters
A new theater company begins life surreally with "The Possessions of La Boite"
April 18, 2013 // THEATER // Barry Johnson
"The Possessions of La Boite"/Jody Ake
Since I saw it last weekend, I've thought quite a bit about "The Possessions of La Boîte," the first production of The Reformers. Some random images, some shreds of text, Sean Doran's Australian accent, Adrienne Flagg as a formidably opinionated mother. Had I been just a bit more creative, I might have assembled my own narrative linking all of these elements, but we're cursed with the reviewer we have, which in this case is me.
I like the story behind the story. After her mother died four years ago, director Charmian Creagle inherited lots of household stuff, and among that stuff she found a batch of letters, some written by people she knew well and others not all. The letters started to obsess her, and then a year ago she and Sean Doran (the couple had moved back to Portland after nine years in New York) and some other theater artists started using the letters as source material.
For what? Not a play, exactly, more like enacted poetry, action poetry, surreal poetry. And I only use "poetry" to convey that we aren't talking about traditional prose. Are these "found' lines poetry, truly? Sometimes, maybe yes.
"The new you is so wonderful, I wouldn't want you to go back to the old you."
"Birdseye has seven new vegetables out."
"This, I believe, is your way of keeping score."
"It is good for me to become more independent."
"My self-esteem and worth is based on my relationships. It doesn't mean I'm good at it."
"I'm OK for the most part, and sometimes very fine."
Things don't look very fine very often in "The Possessions of La Boîte," which wanders from domestic problem to domestic problem. Physically, it employs ordinary props, a hatrack, for example, in unusual ways, and the center of the action is la boite, the box of the title, which is…magical. The actors (Doran, Flagg, David Bellis-Squires, Jen Elkington, and Tamara Sorelli) sometimes act as though they are parents and children in a family, sometimes as though they are dating, and sometimes they are very difficult to pin down one way or another.
What will you pull out of "The Possessions of La Boîte"? I'm still laughing bitterly at the things my self-esteem and worth are based upon, though I'm not very good at them! You will use the performance for your own purposes, take your own lessons, find your own parallels, shrink in fear at "ordinary family behavior."
Creagle's family letters and the strange tableaux and interactions the cast invented from their snippets become more powerful the less you try to assemble them into something explicitly coherent. That makes sense, right? A set of letters from lots of writers won't be coherent, unless they are directed at some overwhelming event. Once I figured that out, I was a lot more available to their charms.
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Led by excellent showings by Carter Solomon, Ethan Byrnes and Brandon Boyd, Plymouth's varsity boys cross country team finished second Saturday at the Gabriel Richard Invitational.
The Wildcats nearly caught No. 5-ranked Ann Arbor Pioneer, who won the invite with 69 points.
Solomon ran a 15:54, putting him in sixth place on the school's all-time list. Byrnes and Boyd were right behind him, with respective times of 16:04 (seventh) and 16:20 (eighth).
"We now have three current runners (Byrnes, Solomon, Boyd) that have all broken into the Plymouth top-10 all-time list," Plymouth coach Jon Mikosz said.
Other Plymouth finishers included Jarrett Warner (25th, 17:03), Adam Stepek (36th, PR of 17:19), Jacob Steward (60th, 17:58) and Bassil Syed (63rd, 18:04).
Mikosz said Byrnes and Solomon currently are ranked in the top-30 in the state, with Boyd ranked No. 47.
• Canton's varsity boys cross country team competed Friday at the River Rat Open at Willow Metropark, placing second overall and putting up 18 season and/or personal bests.
At the top of the list was senior Zac Clark, third on the day with a Canton school record time of 18:58. Coach Bill Boyd said Clark now owns school records for seven invitationals including league and regional meets. His latest achievement bested Miles Felton's 2010 time at the state finals.
Other strong Chiefs performers at the River Rat Open included Shane Andrews (16:30), Nick Socha (16:59), Andrew Lake (17:10) and Zach Carey (17:17).
Plymouth's and Canton's varsity girls cross country teams finished seventh and ninth, respectively at the Wayne County Championships Oct. 8 at Willow Metropark in New Boston. Winning the team race was Salem with 86 points.
Plymouth (158 points in the team standings) was paced by senior Annie Bonds, who placed sixth with a time of 19:15 and earned all-county honors (and a medal).
Bonds exceeded her previous personal best at Willow Metropark by nine seconds, coach Alice Ahearn said.
"With only eight points separating us from fifth place, of course I'm looking at ways we could have hit that spot," Plymouth coach Alice Ahearn said. "But I really couldn't be happier with the way the varsity girls ran and the JV had a huge day.
"This is just what you want to see at this point of the season. This is a competitive race with many talented runners and I felt our girls performed tremendously."
Other strong showings by Plymouth runners included freshman silver medalist Lily Tiplady (14th, personal record of 19:42), twin sister Izzy Tiplady (36th, PR of 20:39), Ana White (20:58) and Arwa Hararwala (21:00).
Closing out the varsity were freshman Laura Bonds (21:03) and sophomore Emily Britton (21:04).
• Canton registered 229 team points, with sophomore Anna Nagelhout leading the team with a 13th-place time of 19:38, which earned her a medal.
Other Chiefs to compete included freshman Olivia Gatto (49th, 20:54), senior Shikha Advani (54th, 21:02), senior Kate Cotham (70th, 21:36), junior Shilpa Pindolia (73rd, 21:45), junior Veena Salih (89th, 22:18), sophomore Carly Smith (90th, 22:20), sophomore Claire West (93rd, 22:30) and sophomore Sydney Keyes (96th, 22:39).
"Our whole team did really well," Canton girls coach Kevin Palmer said. "Mostly every girl who ran either got a personal record or a season best time."


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KUALA LUMPUR: Losing someone close to you is very painful and the pain may take a long time to 'heal'. With the loss various emotions such as shock anger and guilt may follow.


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QUEZON CITY – The Alliance of Concerned Teachers lambasted the hefty cuts in the proposed education budget of the Department of Budget and Management for 2019, saying that the Duterte regime's purported prioritization of human resource development is a "big farce," as far as education budget is concerned.
"The drastic cuts in the proposed education budget for 2019 more accurately mean 'human resource destruction' than development to teachers, students, and the whole nation," said Raymond Basilio, ACT Philippines Secretary-General.
The DBM-proposed education budget is 6.4% or P44.87 billion lower than the approved 2018 budget for education. The Department of Education is about to suffer an 8.9% budget slash which is equivalent to P51.8 billion. It is in fact 28% short of what the agency requested. Despite the enactment of the Universal Access to tertiary Education Law, budget for State Colleges and Universities will still be decreased by .07% or P45.95 million.
"The cuts spell further hardships to education workers on pay and workload, worsening shortages on facilities and materials, and greater inaccessibility of education to Filipinos," Basilio stated. Aside from President Duterte's salary increase promise being amiss in the budget, personnel services allocation in the education sector will effect cuts of P6.4B in personnel benefits and P19.8B decrease in allocation for the creation of new teaching and non-teaching items. The long overdue increase in the alloted special hardship allowance proposed by the Department of Education was totally disregarded. Funds for the implementation of medical treatment and annual health examination of teachers guaranteed in the 1966 Magna Carta, as well as budget for benefits under the collective negotiations agreements were practically non-existent in the draft budget.
"It seems this government is condemning education workers to slow death. While it wrings us of indirect taxes under the TRAIN Law which will fund 39% of the 2019 budget, it deprives us of our legitimate and legal pay. It denies us further of additional teaching and non-teaching personnel much-needed to alleviate overwork which has caused the death of our colleagues recently," complained Basilio.
The proposed budget for DepEd and SUCs reflect big slashes in the allocation for facilities repair and replacement, procurement and computers, laboratory equipment, textbooks and manuals, and construction of new buildings.
"The cuts are tantamount to the further decline of quality and access to education. This is destructive to the nation's human resource, especially the next generation. Mr. President, you always say that you cannot just watch our youth being wasted on drugs, but by abandoning education, you let them go to the dogs!" called out Basilio.
However, it is remarkable how payment of vouchers to private schools remains to be included in the top 10 items with the biggest allocation in the budget for education, with a P5B increase for DepEd's SHS Voucher Program to private secondary schools.
"Instead of investing in public schools which can accommodate large numbers of pupils for years, it would rather hand out public funds to private businesses," noted Basilio.
The proposed budget will effect as well an 84% decrease in budget for all state colleges and universities.
"The Duterte government now carries out the paralyzation and the eventual death of SUCs. It only goes to show how insincere this regime is in implementing free tertiary education," Basilio concluded.


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The Endangered Wildlife Trust has teamed up with several parks and organisations to help protect wild lions at risk because of poaching. In October of 2020, wolves were removed from the Endangered Species Act across the contiguous U.S. Washington [US], October 19 (ANI): A study has found that sea lions have the largest negative effect on early-arriving endangered Chinook salmon in the lower Columbia River. This post aims to answer that question. Highway developers will likely have to build tunnels in some places to allow the animals to pass under roadways without being killed. Critically Endangered East Bay cops respond to burglary call, discover dozen raccoons brawling instead, | Natural resources and environment reporter. This post aims to answer that question. SHARE. Around the world, critically endangered … White lions are not a species, but a rare color morph, therefore they cannot be considered endangered. Zoo of horrors: Sickening footage shows emaciated lions left to starve along with hippos, porcupines, monkeys, elks and hyenas at a private wildlife menagerie in West Africa Rather, Thursday's vote gives state biologists one year to conduct a detailed scientific review, with a final vote expected afterward. Some organisations even want African Lions declared endangered. The Endangered Wildlife Trust has teamed up with several parks and organisations to help protect wild lions at risk because of poaching. That's the only way we can improve. On September 29, Gov. And, Lion's bones have a high demand in Asian medicine remedies. Two subspecies of African lions are being provided protection under the Endangered Species Act in order to discourage hunters from bringing lion trophies into the US العربية; ESP; РУС; DE; FR; Where to watch. In a closely watched move that could prohibit mountain lions from being shot by ranchers and other landowners from the Bay Area and Santa Cruz Mountains to Southern California, state wildlife regulators have taken a key step toward adding the big cats to the list of animals protected under California's Endangered Species Act. Last update: Oct 7, 2020 1 answer. TWEET. The Lions are the most symbolic, most powerful and majestic creatures in the animal kingdom. "This is about not losing one of our irreplaceable animals. October 19, 2020. According to the IUCN Red List, 5 species and 6 subspecies of dolphins are endangered. The vote does not affect mountain lion populations north of the Golden Gate Bridge, in the Central Valley or Sierra Nevada, where the animals are considered more numerous and less pressured by urban population growth and development. Mountain Lions temporarily protected as an endangered species for a year Loss of the vital pollinators, due in part to temperature extremes and fluctuations, could have dire consequences for ecosystems and agriculture. ANSWER: Dogs are also a known or potential threat to 188 threatened species worldwide: 96 mammal, 78 bird, 22 reptile and three amphibian species. He also has worked as managing editor of the Science team at KQED, the PBS and NPR station in San Francisco, and has taught science writing at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz. Central Coast mountain lions receive protections as endangered species candidates Posted By Peter Johnson on Wed, Apr 22, 2020 at 8:24 PM Central Coast mountain lions are now candidates to receive permanent protections under the Endangered Species Act—including a possible ban on depredation permits—following a recent decision by the California Fish and Game Commission. Wolves, chupacabras, Bigfoot? The Columbia River is home to one of the … "We don't see any way a depredation permit could be lawfully issued," said attorney Brendan Cummings with the Center for Biological Diversity. RT Shop. Sport hunting of the big cats, also known as cougars, was banned in 1990 when voters approved Proposition 117. Critically Endangered Are Lions Endangered? You can find out more about which cookies we are using or switch them off in settings. In October of 2020, wolves were removed from the Endangered Species Act across the contiguous U.S. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! "This is a largely political decision. Why the Bay Area's pets are behaving strangely. All Access Digital offer for just 99 cents! Lions in certain parts of Africa will soon be protected under the U.S. American Hunter Killed Cecil, Beloved Lion Who Was Lured Out of His Sanctuary, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants; Listing Two Lion Subspecies, Barbarous trade in bones from captive lions for use in Chinese 'medicines', wines and jewellery could spark risk of new pandemic, warn experts, The Red Giant is Suddenly Getting Fainter, Why Scientists Are Already Being Prepared 10 Years Before, Five Reasons Why a Naturopathic Doctor is the Best for You. Environmentalists noted Thursday that there are tools to keep lions from livestock, including lights, fencing, pens and loud music. Strictly Necessary Cookie should be enabled at all times so that we can save your preferences for cookie settings. Endangered Pandas, Lions, Tigers and Chimpanzees Are Born in Captivity. Early-arriving endangered Chinook salmon take the brunt of sea lion predation Date: October 19, 2020 Source: University of Washington Summary: A new study found that sea lions … Are Indian Lions Endangered? Related Articles ANI | Washington DC | Updated: 19-10-2020 14:00 IST | Created: 19-10-2020 14:00 IST. Ask Amy: I would like a wife. Farmers and ranchers said that while many landowners don't have lion problems, some do, and that alternative methods can be expensive and don't always work. This means that every time you visit this website you will need to enable or disable cookies again. The state Fish and Game Commission on Thursday set the stage for a fierce environmental battle by granting temporary endangered species status to … Tragically these lions are now only found in the Gir Forest National Park in the Gujarat state in north-western India. The next grade up from vulnerable is endangered, and globally, Panthera Leo remains classed as vulnerable. Yet, the IUCN Red List informs us " The West African subpopulation has been listed as Critically Endangered due to habitat conversion, a decline in prey caused by unsustainable hunting, and human-lion conflict. What were the arguments for and against delisting wolves from the ESA? This would mean importation and trade of lion parts and trophies would become illegal. We are using cookies to give you the best experience on our website. "They can't authorize any take now that it is a candidate species," said Wilbur. Since 1990, an average of 97 lions a year have been killed under such permits. I am dismayed," said Kirk Wilbur, vice president of the California Cattlemen's Association. SHARE. Four lions, two hippos, two porcupines, dozens of monkeys, a striped hyena, red-necked ostriches, turtles and elks had all been starved for weeks on end and their health is in a 'dire' state. Another controversy arose in the Bay Area in November, after the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, a public agency based in Los Altos, proposed allowing ranchers who lease its open space preserves for grazing to be allowed to kill mountain lions that kill their livestock, if other methods to chase the predators off did not work. Wolves, chupacabras, Bigfoot? A study has found that sea lions have the largest negative effect on early-arriving endangered Chinook salmon in the lower Columbia River. There are at least 36 known species of dolphins and a few more different subspecies. If the lions are added to the state endangered species list, the state will be required to draft a recovery plan. But the Cattlemen's Association, the California Farm Bureau Federation and other groups say Proposition 117, and its provisions to allow depredation permits, has precedence and that Thursday's vote was illegal.
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Samoan-Australian champion boxer, Jai Opetaia, gave back to the community by giving a boxing lesson yesterday for the kids at Inga's Gym, Sinamoga.
Jai said the clinic encourages the kids to stay focused.
Boxing clinic participant Sio Siuvesi of Falelauniu was excited to learn new skills and said he hopes to achieve as much as Jai has in the future.
"I want to learn great things from this guy, with his international fighting skills and trainings, whether it be easy or hard; I want to be like him," he said with a smiling.
A grandfather who brought his children to the clinic – Leituala Tapusoa Fifita, who is also the vice president for Samoa Boxing Federation, thought this was such a great opportunity for the children to learn from the champion.
"My older children have already done the game and moved away, this time I am here to bring my little boys here to be a part of this great program.
"They need to have the right skills if they want to get anywhere with the sport and they need to be in the right mind and determination, it's not an easy talent," said the 67 year old.
Jai Opetaia is in Samoa for a training camp before his 22nd of March fight in Belgium and wishes to extend his appreciation to Samoa for the love and support they have given him on his boxing journey.
"This is my second time in Samoa and after my fight in March were going to come back early for another training camp and then we got another fight night in June; so we should be going back a lot more, where thing will progress [into] bigger and better boxing camps," he said.


At Fuller Hospital, we work diligently to create an atmosphere to promote healing in an environment which is clinically sound, compassionate and focused on individualized treatment plans and goals. We engage with patients during some of the most difficult times of their lives. Our highly trained staff, competent and engaged physicians and clinically robust, evidence-based programs provide services for adolescents and adults across a continuum of care that includes assessments, community-based care, day treatment, and inpatient hospitalization. We provide specialized support to patients with co-occurring addiction and mental health disorders and we operate Massachusetts's only inpatient unit for adults with intellectual disabilities. Fuller Hospital seeks to lead the way in behavioral health, and we welcome the opportunity to serve you or a loved one.
Rachel is a proven healthcare leader with the ability to create a positive impact on the bottom line by analyzing the patient care experience, quality metrics and staff efficiencies from hospital access to discharge. She has been able to drive and lead a team approach to care, steeped in evidence-based practice, through diligent monitoring, coaching, and education to instill muscle memory with respect to expectations of an elite, premiere behavioral health facility where staff mirror these expectations. The micro-analysis of pressure points on this continuum continually expose opportunities for growth and change.
Rachel received a national award, alongside KD Lang and former Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, from the Human Rights Campaign for her work with youth in California, graduated from Leadership Rhode Island's year long program for RI leaders and was recognized by Rhode Island College with their Annual Diversity Award. Rachel is experienced in hospital administration, program development, innovative fiscal opportunities, community activism and prevention programming, lobbying, and macro policy and legislative work allowing her to bring an array of experience to her work and collaborations.
After working at Fuller for over 36 years, it has become part of my life. I began my career working an entry level position and diligently worked my way up, not only holding the senior financial position at Fuller Hospital, but also at HRI Hospital in Brookline, one of our sister UHS facilities. Hard work and long hours, along with expert mentors, are what molded me into not only a CFO behind a desk, but a real person who cares about the past, present and future of the place that I choose to call home. Fuller Hospital!
Mental Health was not what I envisioned for my future; however, I have a true compassion for those who struggle with mental illness and substance abuse. While my primary focus is the financial end of the spectrum, I consistently find time to intimately be involved on the units and grounds, where ever needed to increase employee and patient experiences. Patient safety and employee satisfaction are important facets for success. I am driven to continue to perform with this approach to continue to build Fuller Hospital to fulfillment.
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Carrie has her Bachelor's degree in Health Psychology and Visual Arts and Communication. She began her career in human services working in a clubhouse setting with adults directly impacted by mental illness. She then spent several years as a Program Specialist for children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, various psychiatric conditions, and Prader Willi Syndrome in a residential treatment setting outside Philadelphia. There she transitioned into the role of Admissions and Marketing coordinator prior to her return to Massachusetts.
Brian is the pharmacy director for Fuller Hospital and has been a registered pharmacist for 22 years. He graduated from URI in December 1996 with a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy, and then went on to receive an MBA from Bryant University in August 2009. He has managerial work experience in many facets of pharmacy including long term care, retail, consulting, medication reconciliation and his present position as director at Fuller. As project leader, he helped institute Health Care Systems (HCS) for the hospital which allows computerized physician electronic entry (CPOE) as the first step in transitioning the hospital to achieve EMR (Electronic Medical Records) status.
Dale Hershman received her MSW degree from The University of Chicago in 1983. She spent five years working as a case manager at The Arbour Hospital and was promoted to assistant department director. From there she was hired as the Director of Social Work for the inpatient psychiatric unit at Emerson Hospital. She then came to Fuller hospital over 25 years ago as the Director of Social Work. In her time at Fuller, she was also the program manager for the adolescent unit before moving into her current role as the Director of Utilization Review. She has worked tirelessly to make sure that patients receive the care that they require while ensuring that the hospital is reimbursed appropriately for care.
Scott Haltzman, M.D., is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and is a Distinguished Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is a graduate of Brown University and the Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University. He completed his psychiatric training at Yale University, and then practiced psychiatry as part of the Brown University faculty for more than 20 years. He had been appointed a Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Florida State University in 2014 and Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School of Medicine in 2016. He currently serves as the Medical Director of Fuller Hospital in South Attleboro, MA.
Dr. Haltzman has gained international recognition for his work in support of marriage and committed relationships. He has appeared on the Today Show, 20/20, Nightline, Good Morning America, Fox and Friends, The Rachel Ray Show, and in TIME, Glamour, Redbook, Parent's Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Men's Health, New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Chicago Tribune.
Dr. Haltzman's most recent book, The Secrets of Surviving Infidelity was published in 2013 by Johns Hopkins University Press.
Starting my career as a Recreational Therapist doing hands-on direct care with staff has paved the way for a life-long career in healthcare. My proven record of leadership in compliance and quality has had a direct impact on my work as Fuller's Director of Risk Management and Quality Improvement. In this role, I have successfully led the hospital through two accreditation surveys for The Joint Commission as well as numerous Department of Mental Health and Department of Public Heath licensing surveys. With a Master's of Science in Healthcare Administration, I have been able to transition my academic learnings into best practice, metric-oriented quality. My ability to not only support and understand the diligence of line staff, but to intimately be aware of their barriers, had served me well in my senior leadership position for the last five years. My passion is assisting Fuller in being the leader in the inpatient psychiatric world while Leading the Way in Behavioral Health for patients and families.
Jill is the Director of Clinical Services, with a long history of working in healthcare, counseling community mental health, and emergency services. With a demonstrated history of creating, implementing, and evaluating programs; Jill is skilled in leadership, management, crisis intervention, and mental health counseling. Jill has a strong focus on progressive management and integrating business operations and clinical work. Jill not only believes strongly in improving the access to quality mental health care and continuity of care across systems, but works diligently to implement strategies from process to practice.
Erin Elliott has come up through the ranks at Fuller Hospital starting her career as a Mental Health Specialist. Since that time, Erin has held multiple positions in other hospitals brining her to her current position as the Intake Manager of Fuller Hospital's new intake department. Erin brings a wealth of knowledge about hospital systems, operations and practices. As the previous Operations Manager of a large 2-hospital system, Erin was integral in driving both patient satisfaction scores as well as internal best practices. Erin's drive to create an intake department that is both accessible to referral sources as well as patients and their families is what Fuller is about.


In this mode, the map attempts to keep the location symbol on-screen by recentering the location symbol when the symbol moves outside a wander extent. Therefore, the location symbol may move freely within the wander extent, but as soon as the symbol exits the wander extent, the map view pans to recenter itself on the symbol.
The SDK provides default images that are used for the location symbol. These images are resources embedded in the ArcGIS Runtime assembly.
The following properties on LocationDisplay can be changed to use your own symbols.
Depending on the autopan mode in use, and the type of information provided by the location updates, one of the default images will be used for the location symbol.
In the off, recenter, and navigation modes, the default image is used only when location information is available. The course symbol is used if both location information and course (direction of travel) information are available. In the off and recenter modes, the course symbol is appropriately rotated by an amount specified by the course to display the direction in which the device is traveling; however, in Navigation mode, the map rotates instead.
Course information is only available when the device is moving at some nontrivial velocity. This is why the map typically only displays the course symbol when the device is traveling in a vehicle.
In the Compass Navigation mode, the heading image is used to display the device's location and bearing.
Maps are not always the focus of your application, yet device location can still matter. You may require location to populate fields in a form, display the current coordinates on the screen, or show a scrolling list of coordinates to represent movement. When coordinates are displayed on the screen, you can use the color, size, or font of the text to convey additional information. However currently, the location display is only available from a map view.


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Tel Aviv Attractions: Playing All the Angles
By Contributor - December 7, 2011
Above: the glass-topped central atrium.
Set against the Bauhaus backdrop of Tel Aviv's "White City"—the UNESCO-listed quarter built in modernist style between the 1930s and 1950s—the Herta and Paul Amir Building (tamuseum.com) is a bold new extension of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Designed by Boston-based architect Preston Scott Cohen, the structure features a faceted facade of over 400 polished concrete panels, each a different shape. Inside, a complex arrangement of gallery spaces spirals around a 26-meter-tall atrium, which connects each of the five levels via ramps and stairs and suffuses them with natural light. Apart from its eye-catching design, the building also houses a comprehensive collection of modern Israeli art, as well as a photography center and library. Its inaugural exhibition, featuring works by German artist Anslem Kiefer, will run until April 15, 2012. –David Tse
Originally appeared in the December 2011/January 2012 print issue of DestinAsian magazine ("Playing the Angles")
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It will be interesting to see what derives from Zappos' entry into the hotel business, and how it chooses to brand it. Given its Amazon ownership and funding, CEO Hsieh's knack for disruption, and the company's overall commitment to customer service, we can expect something pretty unique.
At the Global Wellness Summit in Tyrol, Austria, Zappos, the Amazon-owned online footwear and clothing retailer announced it is contemplating a foray into a new business model: hotels.
Q6: It's June 2019. What does Zappos look like?
In a profile piece published in The Washington Post in December 2015, Hsieh also hinted at the company's first foray into a new field.
In his interview with The Post, Hsieh said that his unconventional decision to implement "holocracy" by eliminating bosses or managers from his company structure was driven by a desire to expand into new industries beyond e-commerce. With Hsu's announcement at the Global Wellness Summit, that desire seems closer to becoming a reality.
The Downtown Project: A Test Pilot for Zappos Development?
In 2012, Hsieh launched the Downtown Project, an ambitious $350-million project aimed at revitalizing and transforming a derelict part of downtown Las Vegas into a new incubator of entrepreneurship, co-living, and co-working.
The project includes more than 300 different businesses, from shops and restaurants as well as two hotels: the Oasis at Gold Spike and Las Vegas Hostel. The Oasis at Gold Spike Hotel was newly renovated and reopened in 2014, and the Las Vegas Hostel was renovated and reopened in August 2015.
The community-driven foundation upon which the Downtown Project was conceived, however, could be a bit of a blueprint for how Zappos approaches its hotels in the future, given Hsieh's earlier comments about community and Zappos hotels. And as Skift has noted before, co-living and co-working concepts could be the next big hospitality trend.
Another noticeable trend in hospitality these days? New hotel brands being forged from existing brands outside the hotel space. Examples include: Equinox Hotels from the company known for its high-end gyms; West Elm Hotels from the company known for its home furnishings; Margaritaville Resorts from the company known for its line of restaurant-bars; and soon, Lagerfeld Hotels, brought to you by fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld of Chanel.
While it's not clear whether the Zappos brand will be the branded name of Zappos' new hotel venture, it is interesting that so many brands and businesses from outside the traditional hotel space are choosing to check into the hotel business.
Some of these transitions, for example, are a bit easier to understand. Take, for example, West Elm Hotels. Skift spoke with David Bowd, principal of West Elm Hotels, about the company's decision to launch hotels using its brand.
As Skift noted earlier this year, many boutique hoteliers are also looking to established brands to tell better stories with their lifestyle hotels.


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AIDAprima launched at MHI's Nagasaki Shipyard
AIDAprima launched in Nagasaki, due for delivery in autumn 2015
Mary Bond | May 03, 2014
The first of AIDA Cruises' Japanese-built ships, AIDAprima, was launched at the Tategami Plant of Nagasaki Shipyard of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Saturday.
At 2 p.m. local time, the building dock gates were opened and the ship touched water for the first time.
The 124,500gt newbuild was subsequently towed to the Kojagi Dock on the outskirts of Nagasaki, a journey of about one hour, where further outfitting will take place.
Before work on the ship continues, various technical systems will undergo extensive testing during the next few days.
Delivery of AIDAprima is scheduled for autumn 2015, about six months later than originally planned, due to issues encountered during the design stages, as earlier reported by Seatrade Insider. The maiden voyage is due to depart from Yokohama on October 1 and the ship will initially be deployed year-round from Hamburg to ports in Western Europe.
AIDAprima has capacity for up to 3,300 passengers.
The ship is designed to increase energy efficiency and reduce emissions, with a new hull design and a comprehensive filter system. The innovative exhaust treatment technology is projected to reduce soot particles, nitrogen oxide and sulfur oxide by 90% to 99%, AIDA Cruises said.
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