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Paradise lost: Violence against women and gender inequality in the Pacific islands
A woman sitting in a traditional hut in Samoa.
By Imrana Jalal
Women in the region must learn to defend themselves, and say enough is enough.
The Pacific islands conjure up images of paradise: white sand beaches, transparent sparkling aquamarine seas, and happy smiling islanders. But what lies beneath is the unacceptable treatment of women and rampant gender inequality, as the iconic tourist images mask the highest rates in the world of intimate partner sexual and domestic violence against women, ranging from around 68% in Papua New Guinea (PNG), Fiji and Kiribati to 40% in Samoa. Against this milieu, paradise is surely lost for women and girls in the Pacific.
Not much appears to have changed since Susan Brownmiller wrote her brilliant seminal book Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape in 1975. That book had such a profound impact on me becoming a feminist in my early 20s.
Gender equality appears to have advanced everywhere, and so, you would think, would attitudes about wife beating. However, according to a new UNFPA report, this is far from the truth.
The report highlights how in Timor-Leste a staggering 81% of teenage girls believe a husband is justified in beating his wife for at least one reason. The figures were slightly lower for Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Samoa, and Vanuatu, but still speak volumes about how girls perceive their mothers' status. In Tonga, faring somewhat better, just over 25% of girls think domestic violence is acceptable in some circumstances.
Aren't we raising our daughters differently? Aren't we asking them to dream a different dream, one that allows them lives with dignity, husbands who respect them, and a decent education followed by paid work? Not so, it seems.
Picture how the intergenerational cycle of domestic violence, actual criminal assault against women in the home, is perpetuated. Teenage girls watch their mothers being beaten by their fathers. The father is the patriarch after all. It is he who must be obeyed. These impressionable young women consider it justifiable, because their mothers do. They too get beaten when they are grown women, and in turn they teach their own daughters—even if it is only by subliminal socialization—that it is acceptable too. And so the cycle continues and that's why those 81% of Timorese girls think it's fine for their fathers to beat their mothers.
Last week, Dame Meg Taylor, Secretary General of the Pacific Islands Forum and the first female leader of the regional organization, reminded us of some of these problems in the Pacific. In ADB's Manila headquarters as annual Gender Month distinguished speaker, Dame Meg pointed out that the last 2012 Women's Economic Opportunity Index, published by the Economist Intelligence Unit, provided a global comparison of women's economic opportunities including, for the first time, six Pacific countries. The Pacific ranked very poorly in this index of 128 countries, with most of the six surveyed countries in the bottom 25%. The Solomon Islands and PNG were ranked at 124 and 125, respectively.
"The urgency of dealing with gender-based violence in the Pacific is self-evident," she said.
It is important to remember that one cannot point to individual successful women to rationalize the advancement of gender equality, as is commonly done in the Pacific. Gender indexes measure women's advancement as a group. The success of individual women is laudable, but it is an anomaly, an exception to the rule. They succeed in spite of the system, not because of it. It is important and appropriate to celebrate them for many reasons, including their importance as role models to girls and young women. But this cannot, and should not, be an overall indicator of gender equality.
So what can we do about it?
For a start we need to question the fundamentals of patriarchy that require fathers to reign supreme. Based on my experience representing hundreds of battered women in court, try counseling and mediation first, but if that does not work then prosecute and seek punishment. Women should expose their husbands and partners for their criminal acts. This would send an important message to their daughters.
We must raise our daughters and sons differently than we have been. We need to tell them over and over again at home, at school and in the churches, mosques and temples that hitting a woman is a criminal assault, a violation of a woman's human rights. The same act committed outside the home would be considered a crime. They need to understand that if their father considered their mother his equal, he would not beat her.
Women have to defend themselves and say enough is enough. Ultimately they have to walk away from marriages in which men refuse to change. These small acts of dignity may turn the tide for their daughters.
All of this reminds me of why I am still a feminist. For Pacific island women and girls, we need to keep working until paradise is regained.
Updated: March 2016
Imrana Jalal Principal Social Development Specialist (Gender and Development), Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department
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Princess Norwood in the house?! It looks like Ray J and Princess Love are going to be walking down the aisle and making it official. The Love & Hip Hop Hollywood couple announced their engagement on the red carpet at the BET Hip Hop Awards on October 9.
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Girls rule as UNILAG first class output takes nose dive
Rotimi Akinola Education Feb 7, 2013 Feb 9, 2013
Miss Favour delivering a speech at the ceremony, Wednesday.
For the first time in the history of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), two female students have beat their male counterparts to top two spots on the graduation ladder.
According to the information gathered from the school's Directorate of Academic Affairs, Ibok Favour Asuquo, who studied Accounting and Gabtony Flora Nkeiru from Psychology lead an overall total of 91 graduating students who finished in the First Class division. It was also gathered that the best doctoral candidate is female.
Miss Favour finished with a cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 4.89 which is a mere but decisive 0.01 more than Miss Flora's 4.88, to clinch the top spot.
Benson Godwin from the Faculty of Engineering CGPA of 4.87 emerged third best graduating students.
Conflicting information
The development contradicts the information that was given out to journalists at the Pre-Golden Jubilee Press Conference of the university a week ago by the Vice-Chancellor Prof, Rahman Bello, who informed journalists that the three best graduating students were females.
The VC, who amended the error on convocation Day One, as he changed the figure to just two best graduating students in his speech, did not apologise for the misinformation he handed out during the press conference.
That would seem not to be the only discrepancy surrounding the Golden Jubilee Convocation of Nigeria's number one varsity. It would be recalled that the school, after postponing the announcement of the ceremonies indefinitely, had fix February 7th, 8th and 9th 2013 as the date for the events obviously oblivious of the fact that the third day of the event (February 9th) would be a Saturday.
The VC, with no apology of any allusion to the apparent shift in dates, announced during the pre-convocation press conference that the ceremonies would be held on February 6th, 7th and 8th.
First class decline
In another development, the turn out of first class students took a nose dive as compared to that of the previous year. Out of the 6932 graduates, only 91 finished with CGPA of not less than 4.50 out of a maximum 5.0.
This is a 25.4 per cent dip as compared to last year's figure of 122 first class students. It would also be recalled that the school produced 119 first class finishers in 2011 which was a 59 per cent increase compared to the previous year of 75 first class students.
The fall in the number of first class students in the Faculty of Engineering, which produced the best graduating students (both males) for the 2011 and 2012 convocation, may be responsible for the dip. The faculty is also notable for churning out the highest number of first class graduates.
UNILAG for ever
The VC, while addressing the golden jubilee convocation audience said if the presidential-approved directive given to him from the federal ministry of education was anything to go by, the name of UNILAG will remain unchanged.
The professor Chemistry was, however, cautious to note that the nomenclature status-quo would be retained only if the law establishing the institution does not undergo any change that could rename it. That seemed to presently favour the school which has a significant number of alumni in the country's two tier National Assembly.
It would be recalled that the NASS, last year, trashed the name change bill sent to it by the presidency.
UNILAG remains the first Nigerian university to be established by an act of parliament in 1962 and so cannot undergo an arbitrarily name change. Its enacting act requires considerable amendment before the name of the institution can be changed.
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Locations: Columns, Opinion Published Oct. 6, 2021
By Dyana Z. Furmansky,
I read that John Hinckley, the man who shot President Ronald Reagan, might be released in a year if his mental health remains stable. Hinckley also ushered me into my 22-year stretch of freelancing for The New York Times. So whenever I hear about Hinckley, I recall that grim day in March, 40 years ago, when I was a reporter and arts editor for The Canyon Courier, a weekly newspaper in Evergreen, Colorado. Hinckley's parents and sometimes Hinckley himself lived in Evergreen, too.
We had finished pasting up the Courier layout, we had put it to bed, as we said. Just as I got home to chill out, the phone on the kitchen wall rang. It was an editor of one of the magazines in New York City I wrote for, who breathlessly informed me that Reagan had been shot and that the suspect in custody had driven to Washington, D.C. from Evergreen.
The magazine editor knew the Times's National Desk editor and gave me his number to see if I might assist in the coverage of this huge story. I was a young, bona fide reporter (with a master's degree in journalism from a prestigious university). The only things the desk editor cared about was that I could be one of the first reporters to lay 24-hour siege to the Hinckley family home and quickly drive back and forth to my house to phone in each infinitesimal development. By then, you see, the outside world could not call because the trunk lines into Evergreen had "exploded." I use quotation marks because certain terms now seem so quaint.
For a day or so, I held Fort Hinckley. A team of Times reporters flew in from around the country to take command of the coverage. I remained indispensable for my Evergreen expertise, helping to eliminate the many fictions that flood every fast-paced news event. No, Hinckley was not a member of a Nazi cabal rumored to meet at a mountain dive bar frequented by assorted misfits. I know, because I snooped around it a good bit. When I wrote my own stories for the Times, driving to the only Federal Express office in downtown Denver was the speediest way to get my hard copy to New York. Often, deadlines came so fast that I phoned in my stories to a "rewrite man." He ordered me to speak slowly and clearly and to say all the punctuation marks, period.
While the Times makes mistakes (as do I) and biases slip through, no publication I wrote for strived as hard as the Times did to get stories right. It could afford to; the Gray Lady employs layers upon layers of editors who called me well into the night for clarifications. A story I turned in by 2 p.m. Mountain Time to run the next day was not final until midnight. I never suggested headlines to editors. They demanded a pithy "slug" that said what the story was about.
One investigative piece I worked on for weeks, about a Buddhist leader in Boulder who knowingly infected some of his followers with AIDS, was spiked minutes before midnight. I discovered one of my sources had lied. My correct, more damaging story ran about a week later. National desk editors did not think freelancers deserved their own bylines, so my national news stories were written by someone named "Special to The New York Times." On that tragic story about the man who spread AIDS, I got my byline. By then, I discovered that freelancers were always credited in other domains of the paper, like travel, real estate and style.
Editors could be narrow; one wasn't sure there was enough happening in the West to open a Colorado bureau. Another liked me to pitch stories about ski resorts and bears that broke into peoples' kitchens. The controversy about whether a major dam ought to be built on the South Platte River was a tough sell.
I realize only now that the Reagan shooting brought me into the Times, and the shooting at Columbine High School drove me away from covering such stories. Within a few years all print media hemorrhaged red ink. People got their news online and believed that the free press ought to be free. I moved on to other kinds of writing.
As I sage on, I carry the conviction that the publication of edifyingly written stories that are as true as possible matters, in print and online. Through newspapers flows the lifeblood of small towns. The national media may not care about a place until somebody from it drives to Washington, D.C. to shoot the president.
But newspapers like The Sopris Sun must flourish to address their readers' concerns about the bad and the beautiful. Newspapers that are a public service don't just report on where we live, but how.
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Extending the Life of Braking Compressors - System Seals Inc.
Air compressors used in heavy vehicle braking systems were short-lived from unanticipated side loading and subsequent internal damage.
System Seals designed and created specialized bushings that resist side loads in high temperatures and could be retrofitted into existing compressors.
Extensive testing proved the new design to be more than effective and could be easily adapted to existing parts, saving the company millions of dollars in replacement costs.
The world's leading producer of braking systems for commercial vehicles recognized a serious problem, when their brake compressors began to fail well within the warranty life. As a critical safety component on heavy trucks and buses, the company had more than 100,000 compressors on the road.
The issue stemmed from unanticipated side loading during the discharge of pressurized air. The running clearance between the steel piston and the aluminum housing was about 2/1000th of an inch – so tight that even minor deflections caused the metals to scrape against one another. The ensuing damage caused the O-rings to prematurely wear away, and eventually the compressors began to fail.
System Seals engineers took a close look at the design and determined that two very small L-shaped bushing were needed between the piston and housing to properly resist the side loads. Because the design used no lubricant, the bushings needed to be highly abrasion resistant and withstand temperatures above 400 degrees F.
Inside the System Seals' research and development lab, engineers experimented with a wide range of designs. In the end, they determined that a custom blend of materials worked best. One bushing was composed of a molded PEEK – a semi-crystalline thermoplastic with excellent mechanical and chemical resistance properties that are retained in high temperatures. The second bushing was a precision machined Teflon composition with a polymer filler.
The company tested the new bushings for more than six months, and the design far exceeded their expectations. Moreover, existing compressors could be easily modified to accept the new bushings, which eliminated the need to replace the entire component.
The company created full rebuild kits for the troubled parts and later showcased the new design to major vehicle manufacturers as a key selling point. System Seals continues to produce the parts for the OEM to this day, and the compressors have long outlasted their warranties.


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the time, and has ever been esteemed unanswerable ; and in a point of constitutional law, it would be cited as readily, and be entitled to nearly as much weight, as any of his constitutional opinions.
Had he remained all his life at the bar, he could hardly have occupied the imposing station before his country that he now does. Eminent as he must have been in the very highest ranks of the profession, he would have had comparatively few opportunities of displaying that kind of intellectual power in which he was so richly gifted. He was most remarkable for calm, penetrating, profound wisdom, which is not the quality most important to an advocate; indeed, it would sometimes stand very much in his way. It is hardly consistent with the fervid eloquence which addresses the minds of men through their passions and feelings; for this seldom exists without a taint of exaggeration, and a certain facility of understanding, which makes it the slave of the impulses and affections. That pure reason, that mens sine affectu, which is so essential to a great judge, is not, and cannot be combined with that vividness of feeling and susceptibility of organization, which are ingredients so necessary in the composition of an orator or a poet. We cannot have at once the strength of the oak and the flexibility of the willow. The splendid forensic eloquence of Lord Erskine did not prevent his being an indifferent Chancellor. Chief Justice Marshall could no more have spoken Mr. Ames's speech on the British treaty, than Mr. Ames could have pronounced his opinion on the constitutionality of the United States Bank. The bold and commanding features of his mind were inconsistent with that intellectual dexterity, versatility, and power of doing one thing about as well as another, which our English brethren call cleverness. He would have argued a great legal question with irresistible power, and his exalted character would have given to his simplest statement, a force unknown to the passionate exuberance of rhetoric. But in many points of an advocate's duty, he must have been surpassed by men, who, in intellectual stature, were pigmies to him, and his love of truth, no less than his strong moral sense, must have prevented him from manifesting much ardor, where he felt himself to be clearly in the wrong.
Nor could he have reached his present eminence, if he had devoted himself to the graver departments of literature, in which he would undoubtedly have been eminent. His Life of Washington is remarkable rather for its judicial than its literary merit. It wants the vividness, the eloquence, the glowing narrative, the picturesque sketches, and the lively details, which make a biography attractive and popular; but it has, to a high degree, those qualities of accuracy, fidelity and truth, which give permanent value to a work.
It is not an easy
book to read ; nor will it be read by those who read merely for the sake of reading ; but it will be always consulted as the highest authority in the subjects of which it treats, equally correct in details, and just in its general views. It is almost unexampled for its candor and firmness, when we bear in mind that the author is narrating events in which he himself took an important share, and has occasion to make frequent mention both of political friends and foes. Let any one compare it with Clarendon's History of the Rebellion, for instance, and he will be prepared to perceive its superiority in these respects, and to understand how important it is that á historian should be a man of stern moral sense.
It is as a judge and a magistrate, that his claim upon the remembrance of posterity and the gratitude of his country, chiefly rests, and in this capacity he is entitled to rank side by side with the most exalted models of judicial excellence that the world has ever seen ; with Sir Matthew Hale, Lord Mansfield, and Chancellor D'Aguesseau. In looking back upon his long life, so crowded with the efforts and sacrifices of duty, so spotless, so perfect, beaming with so serene a lustre from every point and period, we cannot but think it a cause of national gratitude, that Providence has given us such a man, and crowned him with such store of useful
years. That he was one of our fellow-citizens, is a reason for feeling more proud of our country. A nation is twice blessed in such a being. He exerts a great indirect as well as direct influence upon the community. We are accustomed to speak of the inestimable services which Chief Justice Marshall has conferred upon his country, by drawing more closely the bonds of our Union, and by exercising over the various departments of the government that conservative and directing power, which is so essential to the good order and harmony of so complicated a system as ours. And this is just and proper. But we must not overlook the debt of gratitude, which we owe him for his example, and the effect produced by the daily beauty of his life upon all who approached him. He was a man,
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Or mild concerns of ordinary life,
A constant influence, a peculiar grace.' To converse with him was like beholding virtue in a visible shape ; and no susceptible person could leave his presence without feeling every good resolve strengthened, and every weakness rebuked. He was a memorable instance of a man, who, having been always in public lise, contracted no stain upon the whiteness of his soul, and never parted with one jot of his own stern self-respect. Did any one wish to cite an example of one, in whorn intellectual greatness was combined with unslumbering devotion to duty, and the healthiest moral sense ; did any father seek to point out to his son, a faultless model to be studied and imitated, and to make him love that light from Heaven, which shines round the good man's path, the name of Marshall came spontaneously to the mind and
Other conspicuous men bad obvious flaws; their public virtue was easily entreated; they acted under the inAuence of the selfish, animal appetites; they hungered after the loaves and fishes of office, or their private characters were stained with debasing vices, or they neglected the lesser moralities of social life. But here was one, in whose whole nature there was nothing upon which detraction could feed, or over which friendship could seek to cast a mantle of oblivion.
How beautiful is the contemplation of such a life, while passing before our eyes; how beautiful its recollection, when no longer seen. The memory of such men constitutes neither the smallest nor the least valuable portion of a nation's wealth. How superior iş it to the trophies and banners of a thousand battle fields, and the laurels and cenotaphs of a thousand mere warriors. Through the night of ages, it beams and sheds sweet influences. No generous-hearted Englishman can, at this day, pronounce the name of Alfred, without a throb of mingled gratitude and admiration. The lapse of time but deepens and hallows the feelings, with which the truesouled patriot contemplates such men as these. Short as has
been our own national existence, the page of our history is thickly studded with bright names. " Great men have been among us; hands that penned,
And tongues that uttered wisdom; better, none." The wise, the good, the faithful have toiled and watched and died for us. There is no dreary dearth of men to chill the patriot as he looks back upon the past. If we are insensible, it is not because there are no objects to awaken sensibility. The fault is in our own indifference. It is an ominous sign, when a nation no longer cherishes, with the liveliest fondmemory of its great men.
When the languid pulse of patriotism shall cease to be animated and quickened by the recollection of such names as Washington, Jay and Marshall, the grave of our prosperity will have been already dug.
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vania, upon the Subject of the Coal Trade. s. 'J. PARKER, Chairman. And Appendix of Documents.
Harrisburg. 1834. 2. Comparative Views of the most important Anthracite
Collieries in Pennsylvania ; exhibiting their Avenues to Tide Water; with an Appendix, Map, and Draught of Comparative Heights and Distances.
Pottsville. 1835. 3. Report of the President and Managers of the Schuyl
kill Navigation Company to the Stockholders. (In
Annual Numbers.) Philadelphia. 4. Report of the Board of Managers of the Lehigh
Coal and Navigation Company. (In annual num
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Coal Mining Association of Schuylkill County.
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sing to the eye, and most instructive to the mind. In the heart of a wild broken territory, amid the sharp ridges of the Alleghanies, intersected by the hundred rivers and streamlets which swell the tides of the Delaware and Susquehanna, in what was but a few years ago one of the most desert regions of the United States, we found a numerous and fixed population, with all the appliances of refined life, and a multitude of improvements, in railroads, canals, and other public works, of which the most advanced people in America, or even in Europe, might justly be proud. A new world seemed to have sprung up in the wilderness, as if by enchantment. Smiling villages were spread out in peace and abundance beneath overshadowing peaks, and beside mountain-tops reaching up their bleak summits to the sky. The dwellings of cultivated competency, and warehouses stored with merchandize, stood on the very edge of the old primeval forests of the Continent. Here was the centre of a vast business, which bad all at once vivified the surrounding country, converted the wildest waste into the theatre of active life, given a fresh stimulus to individual enterprise, created an inexhaustible source of wealth to the State in which it lay, and opened a new commerce and a new bond of fraternity to the whole Union. We left the scene, with a strong and abiding sense of the energy and spirit of our people, with renewed admiration of the resources and destinies of our country, and with deep-felt gratitude to that bountiful Providence which bestowed upon us this our happy land. We cannot hope to communicate our feelings and impressions by words; the scene should be seen to be appreciated. Nor shall we attempt to do so. Neither shall we enter into any speculations or inquiries concerning the geological history, formation, or natural character, of anthracite coal. The objects we have in view are more plain and practical. We have collected, from personal observation, from correspondence, and from a large mass of printed matter, part of which is described at the head of this article, a variety of facts respecting the production and commerce of anthracite coal, a summary statement of which we propose to lay before the readers of the Review.
Pennsylvania abounds in mineral treasures of the most useful kinds, that is, iron, and coal; these being the precise means, out of which the actual grandeur and opulence of Great Britain have in great part sprung. On a future occasion we may recur to its deposits of iron ore, and of bituminous coal; our
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This question has come up a few times recently in my travels and so I thought it would make sense to cover in an article.
Should I buy or should I rent when it comes to tech?
If you're a modern business that leverages the cloud - you're already renting the following items.
Your Email Services via Microsoft or Google.
Your Microsoft Office licensing via Office 365.
Your File Storage from Microsoft, Google or Dropbox.
Your Email Archiving via various cloud providers.
Your Internet Router from your ISP.
Your Firewall via a Managed Security Service.
Your CRM via Salesforce or some other cloud CRM provider.
Your Accounting System from QuickBooks, Sage or NetSuite.
Your Marketing System from HubSpot, InfusionSoft or MailChimp.
As you can see, there are many things that you are already renting.
Although they're called a subscription service the concept is still very much the same.
You basically pay to have access to the service or product.
While many businesses have knowingly or unknowingly adopted cloud technology.
There are still some people who want to buy their tech.
Here are some items where buying comes into the picture.
Each of the items just listed are also available via subscription.
But in certain cases the ROI is better when you buy.
Take for example a network switch.
It makes sense to buy - since the life cycle replacement on a switch is long.
In other cases technology changes rapidly with a more frequent refresh rates.
In those cases the cost model and ROI just doesn't make sense.
In these cases subscription is the way to go.
The rule of thumb is this.
What's the recommended life cycle replacement for an item and how often does the technology refresh?
Once you have a handle on life cycle and refresh rates then you can do a cost model.
Need a cost model? I do that.
That's the way they've always done it.
Sometimes it's done out of fear.
Fear that a vendor is somehow trapping them into a service.
Fear that somehow they will not be able to get out later.
Basically - Fear of relationship breakup.
To that mindset I offer the following.
If you rent a firewall from a provider and you want to change providers later you have 3 options.
1 - Cancel the service and rent a new firewall from the new provider.
2 - Keep the same provider for the firewall and switch your other services to a new provider.
3 - Buy a new firewall and shell out a chunk of change.
In any case you'll have to pay an installation fee.
When it comes to rent versus buy - shelling out a chunk of change now versus later is only one of two decisions you'll need to make.
How will the device be managed?
You see, the expectation for how a device is managed does not change.
The cost of management, monitoring and maintenance don't go away when you buy something.
Every device in your tech environment should be properly managed, monitored and maintained to operate properly.
To be fair - some devices are more set and forget than others.
Even so, devices like firewalls for example need regular monitoring and maintenance to minimize risk.
A huge benefit of a subscription service is that the item is managed, monitored and maintained.
Updates are included and issues are typically resolved quickly.
When you buy something the responsibility shifts to you the buyer.
And as a business owner - your truly better off having someone else manage your tech.
Hopefully this clarifies some misconceptions about buying versus renting technology for your business.
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Q: CKEditor Table Width and Column Width Units I am currently testing CKEditor.
Especially the features of the table resize and table plugin.
What I found out so far is that it seems to work sometimes with pt and sometimes with px.
Is there a way I can change the behaviour to work always with percentage or some other kind of relative ratio instead of px or pt for column width?

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My original post was on http://ckeditor.com/forums/CKEditor/CKEditor-Table-Width-and-Column-Width-Units. I decided to post it here because there was no activity on my question for two days.
I am looking for an easy way to adapt the table plugin in CKEditor either by configuration or programmatically via JavaScript to change the units from px e.g. to percentage or any other relative unit.
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What I want is that the users sees in WYSIWYG a table is for example 100% width while editing. When the user changes the column witdth they get changed in percentage and not in pixels. Or the user makes the table smaller than 100 % total width. Then the table gets changed in % not px.

A: There does not appear to be a configuration setting to change this behavior, and editing the plugin itself is probably a bit of a headache.
You could simply give your table a percentage width and leave the rest as is. Most modern browsers will treat/resize the cells in proportion. You could force this with jquery, or even with a simple CSS declaration. For example: $("table").width("100%");, or table { width: 100% !important; }.
Alternatively, you can use jquery to grab the current widths and change them to percentages, so for example something similar to this:
var tableWidth = $("table").width();
$("table tr").children().each(function( index ) {
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$("table").width("100%");

var tableWidth = $("table").width();
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For some information on how you might add this using class names to specifically target CKEditor tables, see:
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Reactor is armed and ready for Cambridge
18 October 2019 , Punters Info
By Garrick Knight
Expect big things from Armed Reactor at Cambridge tonight and as the season wears on. That's the word from one of his trainers.
The big son of Auckland Reactor is fresh-up since July for Ohaupo husband-and-wife duo Jason and Megan Teaz as he tackles an $8,500 pace on his home track.
It might well be the only start he has at Cambridge this season with the stakes on offer at Alexandra Park in Auckland impossible to avoid.
But with junior driver Dylan Ferguson in the cart this week, it's a potential 'free' win and connections fully intend on capitalising.
"We've been really patient because we've always had a lot of time for him," said Jason Teaz.
"He's potentially the best pacer we've had."
From gate three he has his first decent draw and the plan is to utilise that.
"We've always looked after him off the gate because he kept getting bad draws but this is the first time he's had a decent one.
"He can really fly the gate so we'll go forward and look to make it a staying test.
"He's untapped; we haven't found the bottom of him yet and good luck to anything that can outstay him."
Armed Reactor had a workout at Cambridge last Saturday which went as well as could be expected and put the polish on him, fitness wise.
"He went 2.48, home in 27 with the plugs still in and had a good blow afterwards.
"We topped him off with a nice run at home on Wednesday and I think it's fair to say he's more forward than most of ours usually are first-up.
"He's a natural athlete and comes to it very quickly."
The stable has two maiden three-year-old trotters stepping out in the last on the card – the resuming Tarukenga and the debutant Majestic Harry.
"Majestic Harry is a lot like another former trotter of ours, Mortician.
"He's got great manners, tries hard and has his share of ability too.
"His owner, Bill Hickey, has had a tough time recently so we are really hoping he has a good season for him."
Tarukenga was a race winner placed numerous times across six starts as a juvenile last season.
"She did a good job at two, despite being a bit weak.
"The family trait is to improve with age and she's come back well.
"The issue for her will be coming to grips with the standing starts; she made a bit of a hash of it at the workouts the other day."
Asked to compare the chances of their pair this week, Teaz says it is tough to split them.
"It's hard to say. Majestic Harry is more reliable but if they both trotted the whole way, I would expect them to be in the first four."
Rounding out the team is Hit The Sky, who has drawn wide in a race that he would otherwise have been pretty hard to beat.
"I think he's the best horse in the race. He's been running the best or second-best sectionals every time he goes round.
"Another nightmare draw but we are going to go push forward and take our chances."


speaking of that, anyone have a CD key that works online?
I'm not sure if it'll work on a 300mhz processor, but try Metal Gear Solid.
continuum is too ez, I kill like 20 noobs b4 I die once.
one that works for steam?
starcraft, runs on any crappy computers.
or you could get yourself a dancepad for Dance Dance Revolution, then install Stepmania and play DDR off your computer. I had to play on my crappy comp, instead of my new one. And it works fine.
cs is a llittle sketchy on a 300 mhz. You damn well better have DSL or cable too. Il try and hook u up with a cd key.
i gave all the ones i had to dodge, and he didn't even say thankyou....dammit.
I just found these next 2 games on the Game Maker forum. Their really cool.
Raging Skies - This game is like a 2D flight simulator. As soon as I saw it I thought, "World War I Fighter Pilots!!". It also has a cool storyline.
Jumper - This game is a platformer where you are this little retarded square called ogma and you have to escape your prison. The level design of this thing is nuts. It is so addicintg hmm.. maybe you shouldn't play it. Anyways, I'm at level 4-2. Try to catch me!!
Can't play liero, its like DOS, ever since I got WinXP I haven't been able to play that kind of games, not even Marshmellow Duel.
Anwyays, try Soldat. Can't remember the link, but search Soldat on google it should be the first hit. It's a side scroller deathmatch game (also has CTF and other modes) with good AI and even multiplayer mode if you feel like it. It's not free but the demo has everything you need from it. Kinda fun for a bit.
NO PAUL. Get rid of XP. only have xp if you have a good comp with LOTS of ram. Win 98 takes up 32 mb ram i beleive and XP takes up 64. 98 is also better for gaming and such.
Oh, yeah, and every once in a while -- just so you aren't too bored by the game/important work you are currently occuppied with -- you get to look at that pretty BSOD. Hooray for Win98.


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Blaxploitation: A Primer
October 21, 2009 Rich Drees Features, Genre
Last weekend, the comedy Black Dynamite opened in limited release to positive reviews. Although a loving spoof of 1970s blaxploitation films, no real knowledge of the genre is needed to enjoy it. Of course, if it does ignite an interest in the actual films, one will find a fascinating group of films that uniquely capture a cross-section of America in that decade. Here's a quick overview of the genre. Read with your Netflix queue open.
If blaxploitation was a revolution, then Melvin Van Peebles was its Che Guevara. His first two films – the interracial romance The Story Of A Three Day Pass (1968) and the whiteface satire Watermelon Man (1970) – were just warmups for the lobbed hand grenade that was 1971's Sweet Sweetback's Badasssss Song, the movie that would solidify the blaxploitation tone. Many mainstream critics, both black and white, would denounce the movie as containing nothing but negative stereotypes. But none less than Huey P. Newton, founder of the radical Black Panthers, would champion the film, devoting a full issue of the organization's magazine to it.
Hollywood also noticed. It wasn't the political message that intrigued studios, but the fact that the film managed to make a little over $4 million at the box office. The message was clear. African American audiences wanted to see African-American heroes on the big screen. And thus was a whole new wave of films born.
Shaft has a lot of history going for it. It was the second film from Gordon Parks, the first black director hired by a major motion picture studio, MGM. It had an unknown actor make his film debut in a lead role that would catapult him to stardom. Its composer would become the first African-American to win the Academy Award for Best Original Score. There is no denying that Shaft is an important milestone in black cinema.
But can it be considered a true blaxploitation film? Financed by a major studio, its hero is a "black private dick who's a sex machine with all the chicks," not the pimps, hoods and anti-heroes usually connected with the genre. If anything, its origins in a series of detective novels written by former newspaperman Ernest Tidyman place it closer to pulp and noir territories. However, it helped reinforce to Hollywood executives the lesson that Van Peebles Sweet Sweetback's Badasssss Song had taught just a few months earlier- there was money to be made by catering to black audiences.
Pimps, Hoods, Outlaws And Tough Guys
It took Gordon Park's son, Gordon Parks Jr. to really lead the blaxploitation charge with 1973's Super Fly, a tale of a Harlem drug dealer trying to do straight. The Mack (1973), starring Max Julien and Richard Pryor, was seen by its creators as more social commentary than exploitation. But both films proved that pimps were box office gold and soon there were plenty of imitators.
Fred "The Hammer" Williamson would play characters on both sides of the law. In The Hammer (1972), he would be a boxer stuck with a crooked manager, but would be making a move to take over all organized crime in Harlem in Black Caesar (1973). (You can skip Black Caesar's hastily thrown together sequel Hell Up In Harlem (1974).) Williamson also managed to transplant his tough guy persona to the Old West with the films The Legend Of Nigger Charley (1972), The Soul Of Nigger Charley (1973), Boss Nigger (1974) and Bucktown (1975).
Former football star Jim Brown found a measure of success as a supporting actor in films like Rio Conchos, The Dirty Dozen and Ice Station Zebra, but would be elevated to star status with films like Slaughter (1972), Slaughter's Big Rip Off (1973) and Black Gunn (1974).
And The Ladies…
Pam Grier wasn't just one of the blaxploitation's biggest stars, she also was one of the 1970s biggest female box office draws, behind only Barbara Streisand and Liza Minnelli. As tough an asskicker as she was (and still is) beautiful, Grier exploded across screens with the one-two punch of Coffy (1973) and Foxy Brown (1974). But her lesser known work is worth checking out including The Big Doll House (1971), Friday Foster and Sheba, Baby (both 1975). If it seems like she's beating on the same guy in film after film, you're probably seeing Sid Haig, who has appeared in five Grier films, mostly as bad guys.
The fact that Tamara Dobson falls a distant second to Grier is not fault of her own, but a testament to Grier's stardom. The six-foot, two-inch tall model turned actress's two Cleopatra Jones films are definitely worth watching and were popular enough to serve as the basis of a short parody in Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)-
Blaxploitation And Horror
Almost from the beginning of the blaxploitation craze, producers began cranking out horror movies with predominantly black casts. The first and still the best known of this subgenre is 1972's Blacula, which manages to capture a bit of the vibe of the cycle of horror films put out by Britain's Hammer Studios a few years previously. A success, it quickly launched a sequel one year later in which William Marshall's African vampire Mamuwalde squares off against none other than Pam Grier. Vampires would also show up in 1973's Ganja And Hess.
Zombies would bedevil the cast of Sugar Hill (1974), while Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll And Mister Hyde got remade as Dr. Black And Mr. Hyde. Meanwhile, 1974's The Beast Must Die grafts its werewolf story on to the template of the classic short story "The Most Dangerous Game" and then pauses midstream to allow the audience time to figure out who the werewolf really is. Blackenstein (1974) went so far as to hire Ken Strickfadden, who created all the unique electrical apparatus for the classic 1931 Frankenstein, to shock its own monster to life.
Even more recent horror wasn't exempt from a blaxploitation makeover. AIP's Abby (1974) was a little too close to The Exorcist for Warner Brothers' lawyers, who threatened to sue the indie studio. AIP withdrew the $200,000 picture, but it managed to gross over $4 million its opening week.
The Blaxploitation craze was just like any other. It started to fade out by the mid-1970s. But its spirit lives on. Cinematically, its influence can be seen in films like Tarantino's Jackie Brown and the works of Mario (son of Melvin) Van Peebles. And we will undoubtedly see more films bearing its imprint as well.
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If you said "any number greater than zero," you would be interested in the physician-assisted death of a 74-year-old woman with dementia in the Netherlands in 2016. The circumstances were so disturbing, even the Dutch regulatory body that retrospectively reviews, and usually rubber-stamps, euthanasias could not countenance it.
The patient, referred to in official documents only as "2016-85," had made an advance directive requesting euthanasia in case of dementia. But the directive was ambiguously worded, and she was no longer able to clarify her wishes by the time she was placed in a nursing home — though her husband did request euthanasia for her.
To ensure the patient's compliance, the doctor gave her coffee spiked with a sedative, and, when the woman still recoiled from the needle, asked family members to hold her down. After 15 minutes were spent by the doctor trying to find a vein, the lethal infusion flowed.
One has a certain sympathy for the doctor. Euthanasia is commonplace in the Netherlands, and the legal criteria are utterly subjective: "unbearable suffering," "due care" and, fuzziest of all, especially in cases of dementia or mental illness, a "voluntary, well-considered request."
As bioethicists David Miller and Scott Kim of the National Institutes of Health note in a recent paper , "Dutch physicians . . . report difficulty in applying the [euthanasia] laws," especially when it comes to judging patients' volition and deciding whether there is any "reasonable alternative" to euthanasia. Between 2012 and 2016 , Miller and Kim reported, there were 33 cases in which Dutch regulators found that doctors had broken at least one rule while ending a person's life, though not so flagrantly as to warrant criminal referral.
Pro-euthanasia activist doctors were overrepresented in problematic cases. "In some cases, physicians knowingly pushed the limits of [the] law," Miller and Kim noted.
Nevertheless, a 29-year-old woman, "Sarah," whose sole medical complaint is serious, nearly lifelong depression and self-harming behavior, has received permission for euthanasia, to take place Friday, according to the RTL Nieuws, a Dutch media outlet .
"It was a long and difficult road before she finally got permission," RTL Nieuws observed. "And that is why Sarah wants attention for her story. Not for herself, but for others who also find life psychologically too heavy, have no chance of healing and want to die in a dignified way."
In Belgium, meanwhile, reports of hasty and otherwise questionable euthanasias of people with mental illness have triggered a rare debate over physician- assisted death. Belgium legalized it in 2002, and the practice enjoys wide support.
Joris Vandenberghe, a psychiatrist at the University of Leuven, is calling for stricter controls. He complained last year that psychiatric patients have died at the hands of doctors who failed to meet criteria set forth in Belgian law: "I'm convinced that in Belgium, people have died where there were still treatment options and where there was still a chance for years and even decades of life."
The Vatican may decide to discipline the Brothers of Charity hospitals, but Pope Francis's influence in the Low Countries is limited. Many in the region hail legal euthanasia as a victory for individual autonomy over church doctrine.
International pressure from secular institutions might prevent the expansion of medical euthanasia for mentally ill or cognitively impaired people, whose ability to "consent" to their own deaths is manifestly doubtful. But the World Psychiatric Association completely ducked the issue last October during its congress in Berlin.


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You Design It; We Make It! Hot Cocoa glass goblet designed by Kexlee made by Chris Rochelle
Kexlee G., age 9, designed a hot cocoa goblet for gaffer Chris Rochelle to bring to life. "This is my hot cocoa goblet complete with mini marshmallows, pretty pink straw, and mini marshmallows ladder. They all have super cute eyes to add to the "aww" factor!" says Kexlee. Watch
Glass Pumpkins
Pick your own glass pumpkin at https://shops.cmog.org The Shops Virtual Farmer's Market is happening now! We have lined up videos featuring our local makers and their pumpkin making process.
Watch With the Artist: Megan Stelljes Guest Artist Demonstration at 2300
Have you ever wondered what's going through an artist's mind as they're making a piece of hot glass? Here's your chance to ask them directly. Join us on YouTube as we host our Watch with the Artist online event series. The artist will be available to chat and answer your questions in real time as
Raghvi Bhatia | Artist-in-Residence at The Studio
"The first glass seed beads were made in southern India around the 5th century," said Bhatia. "Often used as currency by European traders, these beads became a vehicle for colonialism, while indigenous communities across the world adopted and seamlessly incorporated the bead into existing religious
Watch With The Artist: Dan Friday Guest Artist Demonstration
Connected by Glass: The Glassmakers of Murano
The island of Murano, off the coast of Venice, Italy, has been known for its incredible glass industry and culture since the 13th century. With traditions that have stood the test of time, the glassmakers of Murano were perhaps as capable as any to face the unprecedented difficulties brought about
Watch With the Artist: Catherine Ayers Guest Artist Demonstration
Have you ever wondered what's going through an artist's mind as they sculpt a piece of hot glass? Here's your chance to ask them directly. Join us on YouTube as we host our Watch with the Artist online event series. For our next online event, watch with master glassmaker and member of CMoG's
Connected by Glass: Microscopic Worlds
Glass has an extraordinary ability to help us see into worlds beyond the one that's visible to the naked eye. Our universe expands through lenses of glass—whether it's into the depths of space, or the realm of the microscopic. In this unprecedented moment, we all have a heightened awareness of the
Watch With The Artist: SALT
Have you ever wondered what's going through an artist's mind as they're making a piece a piece of glass? Here's your chance to ask them directly. Join us on YouTube as we host our Watch with the Artist online event series. For our next online event, watch with master flameworker Salt on Wednesday,
Connected by Glass: Reconnecting with the Collection
As The Corning Museum of Glass reopens its doors to the public, visitors are getting reacquainted with the vast and varied objects in our collection—and so are our staff members! Meet several people on our team who are closest to the collection and draw inspiration from it. Learn about their
Experience the genius of master glassmaker William Gudenrath in this installment of the Glass Masters at Work series, filmed at The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass by award-winning documentary filmmaker Robin Lehman in 2010. Until now, this film has only been available on DVD. Watch the
Glass Masters at Work: Lino Tagliapietra
Lino Tagliapietra is an extraordinary artist, acknowledged widely as the best glassblower in the world. His work is noted for its complexity, elegance, and visual poetry. Tagliapietra has had a lasting impact on American studio glassblowing. Born on the island of Murano, he worked as an assistant
Glass Masters at Work: Mark Matthews
This video presents Mark Matthews, a maker of extraordinary glass spheres, and demonstrates how he creates some of his designs. Matthews is renowned for the impressive range of techniques he uses to produce complex geometric patterns and realistic interpretations of animal pelts within glass
Glass Masters at Work: Vittorio Costanini
Vittorio Costantini is a Venetian glass master known for his precisely rendered small flameworked sculptures. He is inspired by nature, and he works with a range of subjects, including multi-colored insects, butterflies, birds, fish, and flowers. Costantini's pieces are celebrated for their
Glass Masters at Work: Pino Signoretto
Venetian maestro Pino Signoretto is recognized as one of the preeminent glass sculptors in the world today. He trained with celebrated Venetian maestro Alfredo Barbini and became a master himself in 1960, manipulating glass with uncommonly high skill. Signoretto has worked with international
Connected By Glass: Hidden Identities
Queerness is as old as human civilization itself. Yet members of this community throughout time have often been forced to hide their identities to avoid persecution. Using subtle codes and signals to connect with one another is one way in which Queer people have managed to survive, live and love. A
Alternate Inflation A Closer Look
The Studio team has developed new techniques and equipment to allow for safe glassmaking. Learn more about the Alternate Inflation Devices that are installed at each bench.
Atlernate Inflation Device In Action
The Studio team has developed new techniques and equipment to allow for safe glassmaking, including installing Alternate Inflation Devices in all the hot shops.
Foundations Vol 1: Intro to Furnace Glassblowing with William Gudenrath
The Foundations Series is designed to help beginning students learn basic glassworking techniques. William Gudenrath, the resident adviser at The Studio of The Corning Museum of Glass, offers a step-by-step approach to begin glassblowing at the furnace. Gudenrath starts with simple exercises and
Foundations Vol 2: Intro to Flameworking with Emilio Santini
This series is designed to help beginning students learn glassworking techniques. Emilio Santini was born into a family with a 600-year glassblowing tradition on the island of Murano, Italy. A popular instructor at The Studio, he teaches a variety of courses. In this video, Santini instructs
Connected by Glass: Catch Up with the Curators
Hear an update about the Museum directly from our curators at this members-only Connected By Glass. Learn what they have been working on during our closure and how they are readying the galleries for visitors when we reopen. We'll be joined by: Karol Wight, President and Executive Director,
WWTA Patrick Primeau Guest Artist Demonstration
Have you ever wondered what's going through an artist's mind as they're making a piece in our Amphitheater Hot Shop? Here's your chance to ask them directly. Join us as we host our Watch with the Artist online event series. The artist will be available to chat and answer your questions in real time
Watch With The Artist: Laura Donefer
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Keeping Soft Glass on Center and Solving Some Basic Coordination Challenges on the Bench
Bill Gudenrath shows how you can practice glassblowing from home. William Gudenrath is a glassblower, scholar, lecturer, and teacher. He is an authority on historical hot glassworking techniques from ancient Egypt through the Renaissance, and has presented lectures and demonstrations throughout the
Engaging with Museums You Love | Connected by Glass
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Eggshell Thin Pâte de verre with Shin-ichi Higuchi | Master Class Series, Volume X
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Flameworking with Cesare Toffolo | Master Class Series, Volume V
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Cane Working with Lino Tagliapietra | Master Class Series, Volume I
Produced from 1998 to 2014, each video in The Studio's Master Class Series presents a portrait of an artist and teaches a glassworking technique. Until now, these 30-minute videos have only been available on DVD. This video follows celebrated glassmaker Lino Tagliapietra as he makes canes and uses
Kiln-Formed Glass with Rudy Gritsch | Master Class Series, Volume VI
Produced from 1998 to 2014, each video in The Studio's Master Class Series presents a portrait of an artist and teaches a glassworking technique. Until now, these 30-minute videos have only been available on DVD. Rudy Gritsch, an Austrian artist and instructor, takes viewers through many of his
Casting Glass with Daniel Clayman | Master Class Series, Volume IX
Daniel Clayman creates large-scale, cast-glass minimalist sculptures that evoke familiar objects and capture space and volume, transforming intangible light and shadow into the tangible. In this video, Clayman takes viewers through the process of kiln casting with glass, including creating the


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ReefSense Pty Ltd
R & D Team
Dr William Skirving - ReefSense Director and Lead Scientist
Dr Skirving has a BSc majoring in Geography and Mathematics, a BSc (Hons) in Climatology and Remote Sensing, an MSc in Hydrology and a PhD in Physics specializing in Environmental Remote Sensing. He spent 3 years teaching geography at James Cook University before moving to the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), where he was the head of Remote Sensing for 15 years. Towards the end of his time at AIMS, Dr Skirving was seconded to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Washington DC, where he worked for 3 years. Upon returning to Australia, Dr Skirving resigned from AIMS and set up ReefSense Pty Ltd. As well as being the director of ReefSense, Dr Skirving is an adjunct Research Fellow at the University of Queensland Global Change Institute, is a Senior Scientist within the NOAA Coral Reef Watch program, and is a visiting professor of the Marine Science Institute at the University of the Philippines.
Dr Skirving has published over 150 peer reviewed articles in journals that include Nature, Nature Climate Change, Nature Ecology and Evolution, Global Change Biology, Coral Reefs, PloS One, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing of Environment, Geophysical Research Letters, Limnology and Oceanography and others. His publications have totaled more than 10,000 citations.
Best described as a satellite oceanographer, Dr Skirving specialises in monitoring the effects of climate change on corals using environmental parameters derived from satellite data. While at AIMS, he gained extensive experience in the use of many remote sensing instruments including visible and thermal infrared sensors, scatterometers and altimeters as well as the deployment and use of relevant in situ instruments (e.g. wave staffs, wave-capable Acoustic Doppler Current Profilers, tide gauges, temperature and salinity sensors, etc). Dr Skirving was also a major contributor to Chapter 30 of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change 5th Assessment.
Dr Skirving has served on more than a dozen International and National expert committees including the GMS Pathfinder Working Group (Co-led by NASA and the Australian BoM), a sub-group (mini SAG) of the ESA Science Advisory Group to the ATSR-2 and AATSR missions, the Integrated Global Observing Strategy (IGOS) Coral Sub-theme, the Environment Facility's (GEF) international Targeted Research Project on Coral Reefs and Climate Change Remote Sensing working group, and is currently the lead to the international Group on High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature (GHRSST) Coral Heat Stress Task Team.
Dr Skirving has extensive experience in organising, running and participating in scientific and user outreach workshops for the various projects he has worked on. These workshops have been conducted all over the world, but mostly within the Pacific, Caribbean islands and around Australia.
Dr Blake Spady - Research Scientist
Dr Blake Spady acquired his BSc in Biology from George Mason University (GMU), Virginia, USA. During his studies at GMU, he worked for three years in the Freshwater Ecology Lab under Prof Christian Jones, which primarily involved field sampling, data compilation, and the identification/sorting of benthic microorganisms and macroorganisms. While attending university, Dr Spady also worked as a marine test-driver for Volvo-Penta, running endurance tests on IO engines and clocking well over 10,000 documented hours in the handling of various marine craft as well as developing skills in marine engine maintenance and repair.
In 2012, Dr Spady moved to Townsville, QLD, Australia to study Marine Biology and Ecology at James Cook University (JCU). Both his MSc and PhD research were supervised by Prof Philip Munday and Dr Sue-Ann Watson. Here, he focused on species-specific effects of climate change, with an emphasis on ocean acidification, on the physiology and behaviour of marine organisms. This work has led to an expertise in experimental biology, carbonate chemistry analyses, statistical analyses, respirometry, marine animal husbandry, aquaculture system design and maintenance, an abundance of field skills, and much more. During his studies and since his graduation, Dr Spady has been a returning guest lecturer for several postgraduate-level courses, and was a tutor for entry level science courses and practicals for over five years.
Dr Spady has published his work in numerous high impact journals, including Global Change Biology, and has presented his research at several international scientific meetings. He helped to organised and run a genetic tools workshop at the Cephalopod International Advisory Council meeting in Tampa, Florida. He also enjoys an ongoing role on the Range Extension Database and Mapping Project (REDMAP). REDMAP is a citizen science initiative aimed at tracking the range shifts of marine organisms within Australian waters. Dr Spady's role in REDMAP involves data compilation and analysis, outreach and communication with stakeholders, and administrative duties as the regional coordinator for Queensland. He also helped to secure a $30,000 AUD grant for REDMAP through the Queensland Citizen Science Grant. Dr Spady has also been the advisor for multiple MSc and Honours research projects, a role that has been one of his most rewarding experiences in science thus far.
Dr Spady currently works as a researcher and product developer for ReefSense Pty Ltd, and as part of that role, he is a member of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Coral Reef Watch program.
Benjamin Marsh - IT Specialist and Software Engineer
Benjamin Marsh is an exceptional software engineer with a wide range of experience in the use of environmental satellite data. He has written software to analyze many satellite products, covering environmental variables such as sea surface temperature (SST), surface solar irradiance, various wave statistics, sea surface height and wind. Mr. Marsh has also developed software to analyse data derived from various physical models such as sea surface height from the Hybrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM), various wave statistics from NOAA's Wave Watch 3, surface solar irradiance from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts Re-Analysis (ERA5), and SSTs from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP).
Over recent years, Mr. Marsh has developed all of the software that underpins the Coral Reef Light Stress Damage Product. More recently, he has been one of the main contributors to the development of demonstrations of the Wave-driven Flood forecasting on Reef-lined Coasts Early warning system (WaveFoRCE) project, a ReefSense, Deltares, NOAA and USGS joint project.
Mr Marsh's reputation as an excellent software developer, capable of handling very large datasets, is steadily growing among collaborators, including within NOAA NESDIS, Deltares, USGS, University of Reading, University of Exeter, University of Queensland, James Cook University, the Australian Institute of Marine Science, and Penn State University. This experience places him in a unique position to be able to assist with the development of various in situ, satellite and model-based products being developed by ReefSense scientists.
Cathy McDonald - Intern
Cathy McDonald is currently a year 11 student at The Cathedral School of St Anne & St James, Townsville. Her interests lie mainly in STEM subjects including Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. She is an active member of the school's TOASTMASTERS Gavel Club, and is a regular attendee of the Acadamy of Choi Kwang Do. She plans to attend university where she intends to study a bachelor of science.
Currently, Cathy spends 3 days per week at ReefSense during her school holidays. She has quickly mastered GIS and the Origin plotting package and is now using her skills to produce a number of diagrams that will be used in a paper about historical and future heat stress on the Great Barrier Reef.


The Quintana Horse Race is a competition among six knights, each one representing a local district. During the race, the knight must use a spear and ride a horse on a 8 shape route to hit the "moro" in the middle. Each assault corresponds to a certain score. The knight has to make 3 assaults in a row for each turn (named "tornata"). There are 3 turns for each knight for a total amount 9 assaults. The most precise and the fastest knight wins the race.
The tournaments were a product of feudalism and cavalry and were related to the war-fighting games of many populations, aimed at practicing military art. There used to be many tournaments during the XII and XIII century, both in big cities and small villages. Jousts became even more famous than tournaments from the XIII century and started to spread all around the country.
All year round, they train all agonists performing under the starry sky of Piazza Arringo, in the five specialities of the federeal regulation, and now boast national awards and medals that enrich the palmar of the Picenians.
With its 1500 figurines, dating back to the picturesque setting of the historic center of Ascoli Piceno, wearing gorgeous costumes of 1400, the historical parade of the Quintana of Ascoli Piceno stands out for its charm and beauty. In the eyes of the public jump to the eye, increasing the emotion, the beauty of the ladies, the carrying of the armed, the knights and the Magistrature.
Discover the detailed calendar of the 2018 summer events related to the Quintana of Ascoli Piceno and live the medieval atmosphere of the Picenians culture.
The stadium 'Squarcia' is closed to the historic center of Ascoli Piceno, in the avenue De Gasperi. After some renovation works, is now used to the Quintana, in particular for the cavalry Joust.


Hi everyone! Welcome to our DSD weekend slow scrap. Unlike a "speed" scrap where you run around at a million miles a minute, scrambling to find items for your layout, this is a much slower pace - in fact, 24 hours! It's perfect for a weekend like DSD, when you really want to be in multiple places at once (cloning, anyone?!), but still want to get some challenges done and participate in games.
Here's how this works. Below you'll find a list of items needed to create your layout and all the instructions to do so. That's right, you get everything up front - no surprises! You will have 24 hours to create your layout, post in the gallery, and then link us back up here in this challenge thread. Also, all pages need to be created using 100% TDP products, which can include freebies or retired products from our designers.
Anyone who completes a layout for this challenge will be eligible to go into a drawing for one of the DSD 'choose your own' prizes - you can check those out here.
So, without further ado, instructions to follow ... and remember, you have until 9:00 am US Eastern time tomorrow, Sunday, October 8, to get your layout finished and posted.
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Brushes!! Something with circular shapes (can you see a theme here??) – stamps, mists, paint … anything you like.
Two freebie elements – small … more on those later!
Place circular element (tag or chipboard piece) on the center of your background paper, the bright solid.
To the left of this element, about one inch higher and to the left, add your flower. The flower and the tag/chipboard should be about the same size.
Add the button and bow to the center of your flower.
Add a small set of scatters underneath the flower.
To the right of your tag/chipboard, and yes, again, about one inch higher and one inch to the side, add your photo … cropped in a circle! The photo should be about the same size as the flower and tag, but can be slightly larger, since it's the focus of the page. Optional: add a white stroke/outline to the photo. Tip: If your circular elements/clusters are in the straight line, that's not what I'm looking for ... you want them more in the shape of a shallow "V" with the left and right elements higher than the center.
Underneath the photo – but still peeking out on the sides – add your brackets/parenthesis, and under these, add another set of the small scatter elements.
Add brushes under everything, right on top of the background paper, but keep it somewhat tightly clustered, i.e., we're not putting brushes all over the page. Push the circles theme by edging or going around your circular elements. Be bold, be colorful.
Add a one-word title in the space between the element groupings, i.e., above the central one, and between the left and right.
Freebie elements – add two small elements of your choosing anywhere on the page. Me? I added a small heart-shaped flair and teeny piece of wordart.
Feel free to add journaling to your layout where ever you like, and as much or as little as you like.
Is this a wordart made from an alpha or wordart from fonts either ok?
I'm challenging myself to do as many challenges as I can this month using my Christmas 2009 photos. It seems I've been working on them for forever as I keep doing other pages.
Love all the glitter, Lisa - perfect for a holiday layout! Funny that this is the subject you chose to scrap. I was just looking through all the new kit releases and saw a holiday one ... it's on my list of purchases that I want this weekend.
Here's mine. Hope I did it correct, English is not my mother language and it was not always easy to completely understand.
Love seeing all of these pages!
Oh my, Anne, those sunglasses!
Getting down to the wire, folks ... I'll be back in about 10 minutes to close out this challenge and post my layout!
THANK YOU to everyone that playing along!


Working with one of the country's premier providers of event structures sees Jordon pulling out all the stops to deliver what often seems like the impossible.
Adopting a flexible asset-light business model enables Jordon to deliver 11th hour consignments and generally retain the same price for a European delivery as if it was booked a week in advance or just one hour in advance, providing massive competitive edge.
"For example, if structures need picking up in Paris, we find the nearest available empty trailers, rather than having to pass on charges for empty mileage running. Working in this way, combined with our investment in market intelligence and price benchmarking, we absolutely know the most cost-effective way of moving a load," continues Roddy.
The company's network of carefully selected, quality approved European hauliers is key to the contract's success. "We've invested heavily to ensure our network offers the same logistics expertise as we do. Our commitment to the ISO 9001:2015 quality standard, ensures quality of service across all aspects of our business, ensuring from our client's perspective it's a seamless operation and Jordon all the way.
"The contract works on trust from both sides; we plan properly and are committed to covering as many bases as possible ahead of time. Relationships like this simply can't be bought from a freight exchange or an online platform," adds Roddy.
Whilst this contract may be fast paced and pressurised, it's one of Jordon's most enjoyable. "We love nothing more than completing what our customers deem impossible".


What is the point of RS?
A sound curriculum contains principles which are fundamentally important for all children and young people, for communities, and for the well-being of society.
Religious Education helps pupils to understand the world around them, explore their own experience and identity, and compare this to others.
What have OFSTED said about RS at Aston Fields?
Religious Studies is taught through HSSE lessons at Key Stage 2.
To be able to make connections between various worldviews and religions. To demonstrate understanding of the significance of celebrations, forms of worship, pilgrimages and rituals.
To be able to describe and understand the various aspects of communities investigated. To consider the links between stories, beliefs, teachings and other sources of wisdom.
To explore how a range of beliefs, symbols and actions create a sense of meaning and impact upon lifestyle choices.
To be able to provide explanations as to the meaning and significance of various religions and worldviews.
To show appreciation of the value of belonging to a community of faith/ belief and the challenges that individuals may face due to their commitment.
To explore the various dimensions within a religion or worldview in order to reflect upon the diversity within and between faith communities.
To discuss and present their personal views, as well as the values of others, on challenging questions about belonging, meaning, purpose and truth. To express these ideas through a range of forms including reasoning, music, art and poetry.
To reflect upon how diverse communities can live together for the wellbeing of all.
To reflect upon a range of responses to ethical questions, including ideas about right and wrong and what is just and fair, with clarity in the explanation of their opinions.
Why do some people think that God exists?
What difference does it make to believe in ahimsa (harmlessness), grace and/ or Ummah (community)?
Is it better to express your beliefs in arts and architecture or in charity and generosity?
To explain and interpret ways that the history and culture or religions and worldviews influence individuals and communities. To appraise a wide range of beliefs and practices and their influence on others.
To explain and interpret a range of beliefs, teachings and sources of wisdom and authority (including experience) in order to understand how they impact upon the way we see the world.
To explain how individuals and communities express their beliefs in various forms and ways of living. To be able to compare and contrast a wide range of these, demonstrating understanding of the relationship within and between groups.
To explain the religions and worldviews studied with clarity and reasoning. To evaluate them using a range of educated methods.
To interpret a wide range of ways in which commitment and identity are expressed. To demonstrate insightful analysis and evaluation of the controversies about commitment to religion and worldviews, accounting for the diversity within communities.
To consider and evaluate the question: what is religion? To use a range of disciplines to analyse the various aspects of this question.
To explore a range of ultimate questions that are raised by human life, making well-informed and reasoned responses. To draw on a wide range of examples from the arts, media and philosophy.
To examine and evaluate issues about community relations and respect for various perspectives from varied religions and worldviews.
To explore and express insights into significant moral and ethical questions. To use well-reasoned personal responses which draw on a range of examples from real life, fiction or other forms of media.
What is so radical about Jesus?
What difference does it make to believe in Sikhism?
What is good and what is challenging about being a teenage Sikh in Britain today?
The Island/ Do we have a level of responsibility towards our Environment?
Does living biblically mean obeying the whole Bible?


The MIT AgeLab employs researchers and professionals across a wide range of disciplines, primarily within the fields of engineering and the social sciences. The positions below are open to all applicants who meet the qualifications listed on the linked Job Details page.
Postdoctoral Associate, Perceptions of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) - The Postdoctoral Associate will focus on investigating driver perceptions and behaviors associated with advanced driver assistance systems, to support research projects related to vehicle technology, in-vehicle technology use, and the future of mobility.
Postdoctoral Associate, Santos Fellow - The Massachusetts Institute of Technology AgeLab / New England University Transportation Center, with support from the Santos Family Foundation, is seeking an outstanding Postdoctoral Research Associate for an one‐year appointment, renewable dependent upon performance and funding. This opportunity will provide experience working with cutting edge experimental and naturalistic data, to enhance societal understanding of driver safety in areas encompassing driver attention (distraction), Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and other higher level forms of automated driving.
Project Manager - The Project Manager will be responsible for day-to-day management and execution of research projects focused around decision-making, aging, and consumer behavior in multiple domains, such as transportation, aging-in-place, and caregiving.
Research Specialist - The Research Specialist will perform quantitative and qualitative research related to driver perceptions around existing and new vehicle technologies, mobility preferences, and related factors.
Robotics Software Engineer - The Robotics Software Engineer will assume a range of hardware and software engineering duties that include implementation of deep learning based perception-control systems; semi-autonomous vehicle system design; instrumentation; and large-scale data storage, processing, and data analysis.
Technical Associate - The Technical Associate will create content for and support drafting materials for the lab's newsletters, website, and social media accounts; conduct literature reviews on topics related to research being done at the lab including summarizing research results and findings for other researchers in the lab; work collaboratively to support other researchers' work and to design and complete independent research assignments.


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Q: Two Time htacces Rewrite I need to do something like this :
1 Rewrite :

Force : localhost/main/ ==> localhost

2 Rewrite :

localhost/?api=test123&page=m1 ==> localhost/test123/m1

and if api is empty , just go page

localhost/m1 => Page : m1 ( in this url , user don't ask to api )

I have this htaccess :

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !main/
RewriteRule (.*) /main/$1 [L]
RewriteRule ([^/]*)/([^/]*)/$ /main/index.php?api=$2&page=$3 [L]

Thanks and sorry for my poor english.

A: It's the awnser :

RewriteRule ^page/([^/]*)/$ /main/index.php?page=$1 [QSA,L] [OR]
RewriteRule ^api/([^/]*)/$ /main/index.php?api=$1 [QSA,L] [OR]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !main/
RewriteRule (.*) /main/$1


Come see my new studio!
Join 40 West Arts District for a first Friday opening reception featuring multiple open locations, tons of artwork available for viewing and purchase, beer & wine and light bites, and much more! It's always a party on First Friday at 40 West Arts. Come support the District, check out some amazing artwork and enjoy multiple open galleries and creative businesses. 5-9pm.
Downtown Boulder Fall Fest draws 80,000 local, national and international weekend visitors, combining live music, a beer garden, children's activities and the fabulous Firefly Handmade artisan market!
Firefly Handmade is the Front Range's premier marketplace for exclusively handmade artisan goods. Each market is carefully and creatively curated to feature returning and emerging artisans with home goods & décor; jewelry & accessories; adult & children's fashion; skin care; ceramics; art; artisanal food; paper goods; and more.
The Downtown Aspen Art Festival has become a must-do experience for fans of fine art. Nestled in the Rockies, Aspen is known as an ideal weekend destination. The Downtown Aspen Arts Festival will provide you an exclusive opportunity to experience a range of phenomenal creations ranging from life-size sculptures, photography, glass, paintings, ceramics, one-of-a-kind jewelry, and mixed media. Take in fabulous views of Aspen, grab a bite at a local eatery, and purchase original artwork from the artists, as you enjoy this weekend of visual inspiration.
Rio Grande Park is located one block from Main Street on N. Mill Street and Rio Grande Place. Aspen's biggest public park runs along the river, and is bisected by the Rio Grande Trail for 2.1 miles. The park is home to an enticing skate park, outdoor basketball courts, a huge athletic field perfect for football or frisbee, an art museum and sculpture garden, and the John Denver Sanctuary (another garden).
At the Rock Drill in Denver.
I will be all set up inside Show of Hands Gallery during the Cherry Creek Arts Festival! Three days of amazing art, food and Colorado sunshine.
Join me at the Spring Green Art Fair June 23-24 in Sping Green Wisconsin.