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namespace cpp3ds {

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// \brief Give access to the real-time state of the keyboard
///
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
class Keyboard {
public :

	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	/// \brief Key codes
	///
	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	enum Key {
		A           = 1,                     ///< The A button
		B           = 1 << 1,                ///< The B button
		Select      = 1 << 2,                ///< The Select button
		Start       = 1 << 3,                ///< The Start button
		DPadRight   = 1 << 4,
		DPadLeft    = 1 << 5,
		DPadUp      = 1 << 6,
		DPadDown    = 1 << 7,
		R           = 1 << 8,                ///< The R button
		L           = 1 << 9,                ///< The L button
		X           = 1 << 10,               ///< The X button
		Y           = 1 << 11,               ///< The Y button
		ZL          = 1 << 14,               ///< The ZL button (New 3DS only)
		ZR          = 1 << 15,               ///< The ZR button (New 3DS only)
		Touchpad    = 1 << 20,
		CStickRight = 1 << 24,
		CStickLeft  = 1 << 25,
		CStickUp    = 1 << 26,
		CStickDown  = 1 << 27,
		CPadRight   = 1 << 28,
		CPadLeft    = 1 << 29,
		CPadUp      = 1 << 30,
		CPadDown    = 1 << 31,
		Up          = DPadUp    | CPadUp,    ///< Either DPadUp or CPadUp
		Down        = DPadDown  | CPadDown,  ///< Either DPadDown or CPadDown
		Left        = DPadLeft  | CPadLeft,  ///< Either DPadLeft or CPadLeft
		Right       = DPadRight | CPadRight, ///< Either DPadRight or CPadRight
	};

	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	/// \brief Check if a key is still being pressed
	///
	/// \param key Key to check
	///
	/// \return True if the key is pressed, false otherwise
	///
	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	static bool isKeyDown(Key key);

	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	/// \brief Check if a key is now being pressed
	///
	/// \param key Key to check
	///
	/// \return True if the key is pressed, false otherwise
	///
	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	static bool isKeyPressed(Key key);

	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	/// \brief Check if a key is now being released
	///
	/// \param key Key to check
	///
	/// \return True if the key is pressed, false otherwise
	///
	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	static bool isKeyReleased(Key key);

	static float getSlider3D();

	static float getSliderVolume();

	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	/// \brief Update cache values for input
	////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
	static void update();

private:

	static float m_slider3d;
	static float m_sliderVolume;

	#ifndef EMULATION
	static u32 m_keysHeld;
	static u32 m_keysPressed;
	static u32 m_keysReleased;
	#endif
};

}

#endif

////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
/// \class cpp3ds::Keyboard
/// \ingroup window
///
/// cpp3ds::Keyboard provides an interface to the state of the
/// keyboard. It only contains static functions (a single
/// keyboard is assumed), so it's not meant to be instantiated.
///
/// This class allows users to query the keyboard state at any
/// time and directly, without having to deal with a window and
/// its events. Compared to the KeyPressed and KeyReleased events,
/// cpp3ds::Keyboard can retrieve the state of a key at any time
/// (you don't need to store and update a boolean on your side
/// in order to know if a key is pressed or released), and you
/// always get the real state of the keyboard, even if keys are
/// pressed or released when your window is out of focus and no
/// event is triggered.
///
/// Usage example:
/// \code
/// if (cpp3ds::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(cpp3ds::Keyboard::Left))
/// {
///     // move left...
/// }
/// else if (cpp3ds::Keyboard::isKeyPressed(cpp3ds::Keyboard::Right))
/// {
///     // move right...
/// }
/// \endcode
///
/// \see cpp3ds::Joystick, cpp3ds::Touch
///
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

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New Zealand Certificate in Study and Career Preparation (Level 3)
Kaitaia, Kerikeri, Whangarei
Home Programmes Foundation Studies
Fees-free tertiary study is now available for eligible first-time tertiary students. Find out more at feesfree.govt.nz
This bridging programme is ideal for developing the skills, capabilities, knowledge and attributes needed to succeed within your chosen field of study or career pathway.
You will learn key skills and techniques in reading, writing, speaking, technology and problem-solving. You will also develop research and presentation skills. You will explore possible educational and career pathways available.
Graduates of this qualification will be able to:
Identify and apply knowledge obtained from a variety of specialised sources.
Manage own learning and work effectively as an individual and as a team-member to achieve relevant goals.
Solve problems and communicate clearly using a range of appropriate media.
Evaluate opportunities and develop plans for study and career pathways.
Courses in this programme
Whangarei & Kerikeri – Courses
3509.3001 - Skills for Academic Study
Aim: To enable students to develop and apply a range of academic and self-management skills for tertiary study and career pathways.
On successful completion of this course the student will be able to:
Apply a range of study and self-management skills for tertiary study.
Present information using a range of media appropriate to the audience.
Discuss the impact of cultural identity on their learning and career goals.
3509.3003 - Making Sense of Calculations
Aim: To enable students to develop confidence with using strategies for solving problems which involve numbers, measurements and data without using a calculator.
Develop strategies for carrying out simple numeric calculations including with fractions, decimals and percentages.
Carry out simple metric conversions.
Use proportional thinking to solve simple problems involving rates and ratios
3509.3004 - Career and Study Skills
Aim: To enable students to develop and apply a range of skills for furthering study and career options.
Identify and apply the skills, knowledge, attributes and attitudes required to be successful in a selected study and/or career pathway.
Demonstrate a range of skills required to succeed in study and / or the workplace and reflect on own learning progress.
Contribute within a team environment and reflect on own role as a team member.
Communicate the specific skills and attributes necessary for engaging in a chosen study and/or career pathway.
3509.3007 - Introduction to Nutrition
Aim: To enable students to develop basic concepts of nutrition as it relates to sport and wellness.
Describe foods and their composition including nutrients.
Identify the role of major nutrients, including fluids, in relation to a range of physical activities and wellness.
Provide nutritional guidelines to individuals and groups.
Kaitaia – Courses
3509.3010 - Work Placement
Aim: To enable students to apply practical skills and knowledge through engaging in authentic work experience opportunities.
Includes 80 hours work experience
Apply job specific skills and responsibilities to an authentic work experience.
Analyse and reflect on authentic work experience.
These will help you develop:
a range of study skills
basic numeracy skills
written and oral communication skills in a variety of contexts
an ability to manage data using a personal computer
an ability to present information using information technology
Workload & Schedule
This programme runs 4 days a week. Times and days vary depending on the location, and are subject to change.
Indicative timetable is 9.00am-2.45pm.
All applicants must:
be at least 16 years old at the time the programme commences
be able to read, write, and communicate in English at a basic level
be physically able to complete the programme specific outcomes
International students or those for whom English is not a first language must attain an IELTS score of at least 5.0 with no band score lower than 5.0; or an equivalent score from a recognised alternative English proficiency test.
Qualification gained
Courses and programmes may be cancelled, postponed or have their content or configuration changed from time to time (including during the academic year) at the discretion of NorthTec. Fees are an indication, include GST and apply to domestic students only. View terms and conditions
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Kaitaia: July
Kerikeri: February
Whangarei: February
Cost Incl. GST (Approx):
Domestic: $779.98
Student levy may apply
International: $9,200.00
Programme Code
NZ2863
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Betty Jo Reihana - Foundation (Nursing)
The learning environment here is so different from school. Our classmates are a mix of ages and we all support each...
"This course is putting me on the right path to where I want to go. I've always wanted to be a nurse but left school without level 3 and did correspondence for a while, so this is a good refresher me and is giving me confidence."
"I love the classes and am amazed at my interest in human anatomy. I've even started to like maths. The learning environment here is so different from school. Our classmates are a mix of ages and we all support each other because we're all here to move our lives forward. I enjoy the tutors too and find them really focused on helping us better ourselves."
"From here I'll go on to level 4 which will make it more likely that I'll get into nursing. Later, my dream is to be a nurse practitioner in a clinic."
Detchie Pacete - Foundation (Nursing)
All the students here are keen to learn and we're all looking to step up and improve, and the tutors are wonderful...
"I was in hospital for a lot of my life and the nurses inspired me to start on the nursing training journey. Because I was fresh out of school, it seemed best to do this foundation course first. It's great because I'm learning so much that will help me in my career, and I'm meeting a lot of new people and seeing how they work."
"I'm really surprised at how much I'm enjoying human biology and how much I now know about it. I learnt biology at school but I didn't have the same motivation. All the students here are keen to learn and we're all looking to step up and improve, and the tutors are wonderful. They understand where we're coming from and relate the info we're learning to us and our lives."
"From here I want to go on and do level 4 so then will have a better chance of being accepted into nursing."
"It's interesting how my dream has changed. I wanted to become a flight attendant or get into hospitality but spending so much time in hospital inspired a fresh focus. I'm now forming a new dream to be a really good nurse and to be able to impact other people's lives in my own way."
Jade Homburg - Foundation
I've started my learning journey and I want to say to other young mothers – if I can do this, anyone can.
"I'm amazed at my own ability to learn. Doing this course has helped me realize I'm not as stupid as I thought. This is my first step on the learning ladder."
"Since I was five years old, I wanted to be either a doctor or a lawyer – and to have five kids. I've had six kids and for the last 13 years my priority has been being a Mum. I did cleaning jobs and bits and pieces but I've always wanted to do more…one day. I've had huge doubts that I could study and get educated."
"I've been through heaps with CYF and that pushed enough buttons to motivate me to want to change some things so people don't have to go through what we have. I want to do this to help mothers and children."
"The social side of being here around people has been challenging for me. I had grown to not like people but I've even been able to stand up and talk in front of people here. There's great support."
"I've got the confidence now to maybe go on and do the Mental Health and Addictions course and go on into Social Work."
"I still dream of being a doctor or lawyer. My son was in ICU at four weeks old and the dedication of the doctors there saved his life. You could tell they were not just doing a job – their heart was in it. I'd love to be able to have impact like that as a paediatrician, or to work as a family lawyer to make a difference in the lives of children."
"But for now, I've started my learning journey and I want to say to other young mothers – if I can do this, anyone can."
Katika Terry - Foundation
We have a strong class bond in the course because we're all motivated to move our lives forward. We're all here for...
"I want to catch up with some basics so I can do a Bachelor in Sport and Recreation. Until now, my life has been more about sport than study so it's great to be getting back on track with studies knowing I'm going in a focussed direction."
"We have a strong class bond in the course because we're all motivated to move our lives forward. We're all here for different reasons so it makes an interesting mix of people."
"My next step is to apply for the Certificate in Sport and Recreation course, then onto the degree so I can get work in the industry either here or in the army. My dream is to work as a personal trainer then get into the business side of fitness and recreation with my own gym and maybe a clothing brand."
"It's important to keep your motivation up by doing something you're set on doing yourself, rather than what others have said to do. Take the first small step then the next, and keep going in your motivated direction."
Community garden celebrated at NorthTec
A community garden created by students for students was celebrated with an open day at NorthTec's Raumanga campus yesterday.
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Young people who are considering tertiary education can find out all about training programmes at NorthTec at a special youth-focused event.

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Q: Confused about thread safe and race condition in C The book says that we need to eliminate global or static data  to be thread safe. I think that thread safe means that there is no race condition in the program.
However, in the following example, it changes the local veritable "Point pt_ptr" from a non-pointer type to a pointer type"Point *pt_ptr" in order to prevent the race condition. I noticed that he uses "malloc", which means he is going to create something in the heap. And things in the heap are shared by all the threads... Since it creates something that is shared, it prevents the data race BUT will it be thread UNSAFE?

int main(void) {
  pthread_t tids[NUM_THREADS];
  int i;
  Point *pt_ptr;

  for (i= 0; i < NUM_THREADS; i++) {
    pt_ptr= malloc(sizeof(*pt_ptr));
    pt_ptr->x= i;
    pt_ptr->y= 3 * i + 2;
    pthread_create(&tids[i], NULL, print_point, pt_ptr);
  }

A: It will only be thread unsafe if more than one thread attempts to access the same memory space (variable as an example) without some thread-safety mechanism, such as mutex or semaphore. They are used to provide a blocking mechanism, so that one thread will sit and "wait" until the current owning thread is thru, at which point the 2nd thread will have the ability to access/modify the variable.
Think of them as numbers at the DMV, and you have to wait until yours is called before you can get service.

A: In this case, each iteration of the loop calls malloc(), creating a new block of memory that is passed only to one thread.  (As J. Murray correctly pointed out.)  These dynamic variables are not really global at all.  You could instead write:
int main(void)
{
  pthread_t tids[NUM_THREADS];

  for ( int i = 0; i < NUM_THREADS; i++) {
    Point * const pt_ptr = malloc(sizeof(*pt_ptr));
    assert(pt_ptr);  /* TODO: Handle the out-of-memory error. */
    pt_ptr->x= i;
    pt_ptr->y= 3 * i + 2;
    pthread_create(&tids[i], NULL, print_point, pt_ptr);
  }
  /* ... */
  return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

That version makes clearer that each iteration of pt_ptr is really a separate local variable.

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Home Life Style Star-Wars-series The Mandalorian: Werner Herzog will star warriors
Star-Wars-series The Mandalorian: Werner Herzog will star warriors
Sam Yoon
From the Director's Guru, a cult figure: The German film Director Werner Herzog is now as a Person at least as well-known as for his films. Especially in the USA, where he lives for years, and works the audience amused with his strong German accent. He is allowed to carry now into the Star Wars universe: the Duke will take over in the series "The Mandalorian".
With the Star Wars story wants to equip Disney in the coming year, the start of the end of the streaming platform. The shooting have already started. The title role is played by Pedro Pascal, as Disney announced officially. It was previously been reported unofficially. New personnel, however, is Duke. It became known that "Rocky"Veteran, Carl Weathers and Nick Nolte round out the ranks of the old gentlemen of the animals. What are the roles you play, there is no mention of Disney in the past.
Jon Favreau, also the Director and actor ("Iron Man"), is the creative mind behind "The Mandalorian", he writes and produces the series. It is a nomadic living, the people of War, whose most famous representative in the Star Wars universe, the bounty hunter Boba Fett and his father Jango are probably fat. Directed the various episodes lead to, among other things, Taika Waititi ("Thor: the day of the decision") and the actress Bryce Dallas Howard.
Werner Herzog shot the film classics such as "Aguirre, the wrath of God" and "Stroszek" as well as award-winning documentaries such as "Grizzly Man". In front of the camera he was so far as a Ukrainian band-in-chief in the Action Thriller "Jack Reacher" and Alexander von Humboldt ("The other home").
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Sam Yoon has many years of experiences in journalism. He has covered such areas as information technology, science, sports and politics. Yoon can be reached at 82-2-6956-6698.


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Collaborative Safety
By The International Labour Organization
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Published: January 16th, 2020
MoU to see collaboration in occupational health and safety at work and corporate social responsibility.
The government of the State of Qatar, represented by the Ministry of Administrative Development, Labour and Social Affairs (ADLSA), the Kingdom of Sweden and the International Labour Organization (ILO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on a number of labour-related areas.
(from left) HE Anders Bengtcen, Ambassador of Sweden; HE Mohammed Hassan Al-Obaidli, Assistant Undersecretary for Labour Affairs and Houtan Homayounpour of ILO Qatar sign the agreement in the presence of HE Yousuf Mohamed Al Othman Fakhroo, Minister of Administrative Development, Labour & Social Affairs.
The agreement was signed in Doha on 9 January, 2020, by His Excellency Mr. Mohammed Hassan Al-Obaidli, Assistant Undersecretary for Labour Affairs, His Excellency Mr. Anders Bengtcen, Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sweden, and Mr. Houtan Homayounpour, Head of the International Labour Organization Project Office for the State of Qatar.
Cooperation will take place in the fields of occupational health and safety at work and corporate social responsibility with a focus on institutional collaboration and the exchange of expertise.
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Stan Lee & Bruce Timm!?
There were many great releases this week, but one really stood out to long-time comic fans, a beautiful Captain America collaboration between Marvel Mastermind Stan Lee and Bruce Timm, creator of Batman the Animated Series. This wonderful pairing takes place in the pages of Marvel's 75th Anniversary Celebration.
It's truly beautiful to see Cap rendered by Timm, who's distinguishable artwork has always had such a clear influence from Cap's creator, Jack Kirby. This huge comic is packed with many other amazing stories as well and is pretty much a staple for fanboy and collector alike!
Comic books are the American mythology, with a very small group of story tellers, creators, and universe builders who weaved entire worlds for fans to enjoy for the rest of history. Chief among these legends is artist Jack Kirby. Here are just a few of the highlights of Jack's life to catch you up on what you need to know about a true visionary.


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Preschool Program Options
HALF DAY PRESCHOOL
8:30am to 11:30am with 3 or 5 day options
SCHOOL DAY PRESCHOOL
8:30am to 2:30pm with 3 or 5 day options
FULL DAY PRESCHOOL
Half Day and School Day Preschool
Our Half-Day and School Day preschool programs are a part of our nine-month school program, available with 3 days or 5 days options.
The Half-Day program begins at 8:30am and ends at 11:30am.
The School Day program begins at 8:30am and ends at 2:30pm.
All the children are served a morning snack daily and then the school day children eat lunch and have a nap at school. We offer age appropriate classes in Spanish, art, library, fitness, and music to our preschool children. Each of these classes is taught by a specialist who joins the regular classroom teacher.
Operating year round, our Full Day program offers a twelve month program for our working families. We open at 7:30am and close at 5:25pm. You may choose 3 days or 5 days per week options.
The children are served a morning snack. Lunches are brought from home and the staff heats and opens containers and supervises the children during lunchtime. After lunch, all preschool children are required to nap/rest. Children may bring a favorite stuffed animal from home to cuddle with while they listen to classical music and lullabies. After nap, an afternoon snack is served.
Our preschoolers participate in our specialty classes in Library, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Art, Music and Fitness. Taught by qualified specialists who join our classroom teachers for these weekly enrichment classes, these special classes offer children the opportunity to explore through songs, games, and other age appropriate activities. These classes provide children with exposure to enrichment areas not normally offered to preschoolers, but which research has shown to be extremely beneficial to overall brain development at just this age.
Candy Ortega, her husband, Roberto and a group of investors and educators founded KLA Schools in 2008. They opened the first KLA School in Miami, FL, in 2008 and began franchising in 2010. For Roberto and Candy, the desire to provide an inspiring curriculum, a nurturing environment, and high quality education to pre-school students across America was deeply rooted.
Roberto, KLA Schools' CEO, inherited his passion for education from his grandfather who opened two schools of his own in South America. Candy, KLA Schools' Educational Director, grew up in Argentina and Brazil and came to the US in 1994. She earned an Associate's degree in Child Development and a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, and began her educational career as a pre-school teacher at a Reggio Emilia inspired school.
Candy and Roberto have attended several Reggio Emilia conferences and study groups in the US and internationally. Additionally, they have participated in the National Association for the Education of Young Children conference (NAEYC) in Chicago 2009, Anaheim 2011, Orlando 2011, and they have attended the 4th North American Reggio Emilia Alliance (NAREA) Summer Conference Boulder, Colorado 2008, the 6th NAREA Summer Conference Chicago, Illinois, 7th NAREA Summer Conference Pacific Grove, California, 3rd NAREA Winter Conference Mountain View, California and the 11th NAREA Summer Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico among others.
Roberto Ortega
Roberto Ortega is the founder and President of KLA Schools, where he is responsible for the development, operations and oversight of multiple high-performing preschools in the U.S. His scope of work encompasses the growth of the franchise arm of the company as well as the pool of corporate owned locations. Under his leadership, he manages a team of executives and educators with a passion for providing high-quality early childhood education.
Mr. Ortega inherited his passion for education from his grandfather who opened two K-12 schools of his own in South America. Together with his wife they wanted to create an impact in society by providing a quality early childhood education program. They knew the key was to have a curriculum suited for the 21st century and they selected the Reggio Emilia Approach hailed by Newsweek magazine as the best in the world.
Candy Ortega
Pedagogical Director
Mrs. Candelaria Ortega is the co-founder of KLA Schools. She has been the Director of the first school since the company opened in 2008. Mrs. Ortega became the Pedagogical Director of the KLA School Franchise in 2010 to support the corporate owned and franchise centers. As the Pedagogical Director of KLA Schools, Mrs. Ortega supervises the development and implementation of the philosophy and curriculum of KLA Schools. She is also responsible for the continuous improvement of the curriculum and professional development initiatives.
Mrs. Ortega and her team provide the necessary tools and materials to ensure that the students are getting a quality early childhood education program. Mrs. Ortega is the company spokesperson on education and child-related topics.
Claudia Chaustre
Director of Professional Development
Claudia Chaustre has 15 years of experience in the learning and practice of the Reggio Emilia approach to education. She was part of L'Atelier School - Miami's first Reggio Emilia inspired preschool - for 14 years. Throughout this time she was a teacher in the different age groups (0 to 5), a Pedagogical Coordinator, and a Co-Director. Her relationship with KLA Schools started in 2008, by being their consultant during their first years through L'Atelier school. She joined KLA Schools in January 2015 as a full-time Pedagogical Consultant. Her role is to visit the schools periodically to provide pedagogical support in the ReggioEmilia approach.
Dana Grimes
Ms. Dana Grimes has been in charge of the Accounting and Finance department of the KLA Schools Affiliates since 2008, and has served as our Director of Finance since November 2008. Mrs. Grimes has more than 15 years of experience in accounting and finance. She has worked in the public and private sector since 2001. She has an Associate's Degree in Accounting from Miami Dade College and a Bachelor's Degree in Accounting from Florida International University. She provides our staff and franchisees with training and support in the areas of Accounting and Finance. She holds these positions in our corporate office in Miami, Florida.
Adriana Lamas Ortega
Director of Admissions
A Miami native, Ms. Ortega has served as our Admissions Director since June 2013. Prior to that, she was a teacher for a KLA Schools Affiliate from August 2011 to June 2013. Ms. Ortega earned a Bachelors of Psychology from University of Miami in 2010 and has held these positions in our corporate office in Miami, Florida.
Jose Loor
Jose Loor has held the position of Director of Marketing and the Director of Marking of the KLA Schools Affiliates since April 2013. Prior to that, he was the Operations Manager of the KLA Schools Affiliates from January 2010 to April 2013. He has help these positions in our corporate office in Miami, FL. Mr. Loor has a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Miami and a Master of Business Administration from Universidad Complutese de Madrid, Spain.
Gillian Gavurin
Gillian Gavurin has worked for the KLA Schools Affiliates since August 2013. She started her career as a teacher for preschool children. After participating in projects throughout the school year of 2014-2015 with the marketing department, she became Assistant Director of Marketing in June 2015 and was later promoted to Director of Operations. She has been working in the education field since 2005, received her Bachelors Degree in Special Education in 2008 from Boston University and a dual Masters Degree in Early Childhood Education and Special Education from Touro College in New York City in 2010. She currently holds her position at our corporate office in Miami, Florida.
Maria Jose Morla
Director of Branding
Maria Jose Morla works for the KLA Schools Affiliates as the Director of Branding. She oversees marketing and advertising activities to ensure the right message is delivered among schools. Maria Jose received her Bachelor's Degree in Science in Communications with a Major in Advertising from Florida International University in 2009 and a Master's Degree in Integrated Marketing Communication from Emerson College in 2017. She holds her position at our corporate offices in Miami, Florida.
Magdalena Castro
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Magdalena Castro has worked for the KLA Schools Affiliates since 2008, before the first school was opened. She started her career as a teacher at KLA Schools of Brickell in the Class of the 2's, Class of the 3's, Class of the 4's and Kindergarten. She later became the Co-Director for that school and served as the Pedagogical Consultant for the schools in Coral Gables, Pembroke Pines and Aventura. Following that she was named the Director of KLA Schools of Aventura. In 2016, Ms. Castro stepped down from her School Director position and now serves as the Pedagogical Consultant for all the KLA Schools across the nation.
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Graham William Joyce (22 October 1954 – 9 September 2014) was a British writer of speculative fiction and the recipient of numerous awards, including the O. Henry Award and the World Fantasy Award, for both his novels and short stories.

Biography

He grew up in a small mining village just outside Coventry to a working-class family. After receiving a BEd degree from Bishop Lonsdale College in 1977 (now University of Derby) and an M.A. degree from the University of Leicester in 1980, Joyce worked as a youth officer for the National Association of Youth Clubs until 1988. He subsequently quit his position and moved to the Greek islands of Lesbos and Crete to write his first novel, Dreamside. After selling Dreamside to Pan Books in 1991, Joyce moved back to England to pursue a career as a full-time writer. He was awarded a PhD degree by publication at Nottingham Trent University, where he taught creative writing from 1996 until his death and was made a reader in creative writing.

Graham Joyce lived in Leicester with his wife and their two children.

Joyce was the regular first-choice goalkeeper for the England Writers football team, appearing in international fixtures against Germany, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Israel, Hungary, Turkey and Austrian Writers teams.  He described his footballing experiences in his non-fiction book Simple Goalkeeping Made Spectacular.

He was a supporter of Coventry City FC and occasionally wrote pieces for fanzines.

Joyce died on 9 September 2014. He had been diagnosed with lymphoma in 2013. Joyce's reaction to his cancer was to publish several essays on the "shocking clarity" the news had brought him on the subject of death. He said "your life is suddenly propelled along a remorseless narrative that has the structure of all great mythical journeys".

Style and themes

Publishers and critics alike have found difficulty in classifying Joyce's writing. His novels have been categorized as fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mainstream literature—with some even overlapping genres. Joyce utilizes a wide variety of settings and character perspectives. Settings include Scotland, The English Midlands, Greece, the Middle East, and the jungles of Thailand. He has penned for both adult and juvenile protagonists, with an emphasis on strong female characters. The greater unity in Joyce's works, however, lies in their thematic and philosophical topics. Bill Sheehan, who wrote the introduction for Partial Eclipse, states:

American  author, editor and literary critic Jeff VanderMeer said:

The mystical or supernatural often play a pivotal role in Joyce's works. For this, he taps the mythical or folkloric associations of his settings. Joyce's treatment of these experiences is what distinguishes his novels from genre fiction. The supernatural is not seen as a conflict or an obstacle to be overcome, but rather an integral part of a natural order that a character must accept and integrate. Running parallel to these phenomena is the possibility of a rational or psychological explanation. This literary approach is influenced in part by Joyce's experiences with his own family:

This particular quality has prompted some critics to classify Joyce as a magic realist in the vein of such Latinamerican writers as Gabriel García Márquez or Julio Cortázar. Joyce disagrees with this, feeling that his lineage is tied more closely to writers of the English "weird tale" such as Arthur Machen or Algernon Blackwood. He calls his style of writing "Old Peculiar."

Film

The short film Black Dust was released in 2012, produced by James Laws of Pretzel Films, scripted by Joyce and Laws. Currently, there are no feature-length films based on Joyce's novels or shorts. However, the film rights to Dreamside, The Tooth Fairy, and Dark Sister have all been optioned.  Dreamside, Do the Creepy Thing (Joyce scripting) The Silent Land and Some Kind of Fairy Tale are all in development.

Music
Joyce co-wrote song lyrics for French songwriter and composer Emilie Simon on her albums The Big Machine (2009) and Franky Knight (2011).

Games
On 16 January 2009, the site Computer and Video Games reported that Graham Joyce had been hired by id Software to "help develop the storyline potential" of Doom 4; after Joyce died in 2014, Adam Gascoine was brought in as a replacement.

Critical reception
Adam Roberts stated "Graham Joyce's The Year of the Ladybird showed that he is one of the best writers of ghost stories we have."

Bibliography
According to his official site and the Internet Database of Speculative Fiction, Graham Joyce published fourteen novels and twenty-six short stories.

Novels and short story collections

Short stories
 "Monastic Lives" (1992)
 "The Careperson" (1992)
 "Last Rising Sun" (1992)
 "The Ventriloquial Art" (1993)
 "The Apprentice" (1993)
 "Under the Pylon" (1993)
 "Gap-Sickness" (1993)
 "Eat Reecebread" (1994) with Peter F. Hamilton
 "The Reckoning" (1994)
 "Black Ball Game" (1995)
 "A Tip from Bobby Moore" (1996)
 "The White Stuff" (1997) with Peter F. Hamilton
 "Pinkland" (1997)
 "The Mountain Eats People" (1998)
 "As Seen on Radio" (1998)
 "Leningrad Nights" (1999)
 "Candia" (1999)
 "Incident in Mombasa" (1999)
 "Horrograph" (1999)
 "Partial Eclipse" (2000)
 "Xenos Beach" (2000)
 "Coventry Boy" (2001)
 "Leningrad Nights" (2002)
 "The Coventry Boy" (2002)
 "First, Catch Your Demon" (2002)
 "Black Dust" (2002)
 "Tiger Moth" (2003)
 "The Oversoul" (2008) – first published in Who Can Save Us Now? (2008), edited by Owen King and John McNally
 "An Ordinary Soldier of the Queen" (2009)

Articles
 "Working Class Monster" (June 2000)
 "Greek Virtues"
 "The Great God Pan"
 "Two weeks, three couples and six kids equals hell"

References

External links

 Profile at Fantastic Fiction
 Literature map of Joyce
 Simon & Schuster profile page

Interviews
 Interview at Actusf
 August 2007 interview. Located under "Fiction"
Graham Joyce at Worlds Without End

Academics of Nottingham Trent University
English science fiction writers
1954 births
2014 deaths
People from Coventry
English fantasy writers
Alumni of the University of Leicester
Alumni of the University of Derby
Ghost story writers
English horror writers
World Fantasy Award-winning writers
20th-century English novelists
20th-century British short story writers
English male novelists
O. Henry Award winners

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Counselling for admission to IITs, NITs, IIITs and CFTIs through JEE Main and JEE Advanced is over now. Branch wise opening and closing rank of IIT-Bombay and all other institutuion is published. All Students who wants to prepare for the next JEE MAIN / JEE Advanced entrance test can check the JEE Advanced-2015 opening and closing ranks for all the IITs participated in the JEE Advanced-2015. The following data is listed after the completion of final round of the counselling. Engineering entrance exam aspirants can check the institute wise, branch wise and category wise opening and closing ranks of JEE Advanced-2015.
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Q: Keep div height relevant to aspect ratio I'm working on building a mobile friendly site of our companies main website. The way it is designed is around 2x for retina. What I'm planning to do is set the main content around a maximum width of 640px, width set at 100%. I have a certain background image that fits nicely do that. But as the width of the div gets smaller, I need the height to adjust as well. Any ideas?
Here's the css:
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A: You can also use a little jQuery. I believe the advantage is that it is a semantically valid fix, so the next guy who edits your code might have an easier time understanding what's going on.
// Maintain aspect ratio of #my_div

// Set aspect ratio of #my_div
var aspect_ratio = 0.8;

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A: I did find an answer to this. It adds a little bit of unsemantic markup, but works well.
Can find it here: http://jsfiddle.net/AdQ3P/
The logic is in the padding-bottom. basically this needs to be (img_height / img_width) * 100.
Edit Here's the code, so not dependent on jsfiddle.

.container {
  width:100%;
  max-width:500px;
}

.hero {
  width:100%;
  height:0;
  background-size:100%;
  background:url(http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3410/photo2ue.jpg) no-repeat;
  padding-bottom:75%;
}

Also that was one messy desk i had lol.

A: while a non-fixed width (e.g. 100%) takes all the container's width, the height of an element when not set to a fixed size will stretch to accomodate any in-flow content (including padding, margin, borders...)
if you can use an  tag instead of a background image, you can then apply max-width:100% to the image itself and it will scale to fit the container - the browser will take care of resizing its height to keep the aspect ratio consistent - however replacing a css background with an image tag is not always possible or the best option in terms of semantics and/or any layout issues you may face.

A: Working very well without a set height or img using the new relative font sizing units, e.g. vm (http://www.sitepoint.com/new-css3-relative-font-size/).


If you've been using the Internet for a while, you've probably noticed that in the past few years, the term "VPN" has been coming up a lot. Although they've existed for a while, it is only now that VPN's have truly been getting the popularity they deserve. They're an amazing invention, and in this article, we'll try to convince you why you and virtually everyone else can benefit from using a VPN.
So what is a VPN anyway? VPN stands for Virtual Private Network, and essentially that's exactly what it is: It's a "virtual" network of physical computers, and this network allows the computers to share data among themselves as if they were physically connected inside a local area network. This is originally what VPN's were designed for. Before the age of flash drives, cloud storage, and ultra-fast Internet connections, LAN was the primary method of sharing files between computers. A problem arises, though, when you simply can't physically connect two PCs with a LAN cable (one is at home, the other is in your office, for example). If they're both connected inside a VPN, however, you can share files over the Internet, the same way you'd do it with a LAN connection.
Although that's primarily what VPNs were meant to do, today they can do so much more. By connecting to a VPN, you get a new IP address right away. Since your IP address is the number-one tool for anyone to learn anything about you online (your location, ISP etc.), you've just kept that entire information private – just by connecting to another network.
Now, it's a common misconception that torrents are "illegal". Torrent, or P2P, is just another way of sharing files over the Internet just like HTTP and FTP, which is perfectly legal in and of itself. It's illegal to share and download copyrighted material, which is another scenario altogether. Unfortunately, ISPs do tend to log your traffic, and chances are that if they see you sharing files over a torrent tracker, they'll pay more attention to you and log more of your traffic.
If you don't want people snooping around your Internet connection for whatever reason and want your connection to remain anonymous and private, a VPN is exactly what you need.
Today, there are dedicated VPN providers that offer people to connect to their networks and get their connections encrypted by an array of tunneling protocols (such as OpenVPN, PPTP, and SSTP). By doing this, the user receives a whole new level of security and privacy that they didn't have before. It's essential that you have some sort of protection online these days because hackers' tools are becoming more powerful and they're becoming more knowledgeable. It's very easy to penetrate and unencrypted connection and obtain sensitive information, and a VPN is by far one of the most effective ways to protect yourself against this.
There's been a growing trend of websites geo-blocking certain regions lately, for whatever reason. Geo-blocking means that the website in question cannot be accessed by users in a certain region. You've certainly come across the "This video is not available in your region" error message on YouTube, and if you're situated outside the US or Australia, you probably don't have access to Pandora, one of the best streaming websites in the world. This can also be solved with a VPN; the way geo-blockades work is that the website identifies the IP address you're connecting from, and that's how it "knows" your location. If you're in a geo-blocked area, you won't gain access to the site.
If you connect to a VPN server that's not in a geo-blocked area, however, the website will have no idea where you're actually connecting from, and will "think" that you're located where your VPN is located. By doing this, you can access various websites that perhaps you couldn't in the past, such as Hulu, Netflix, Spotify, Pandora and many more.
Perhaps you're a student that needs access to some file that's on a university computer, or an employee of a company that has a no-flash-drive policy (often a case these days). In order to access remote computers from your home PC, you need both your computer and theirs to be connected to the same VPN. This makes file sharing easy and quick, and you won't get in trouble by trying to dump company data on a flash drive.
As you can see, there are truly a lot of ways in which a VPN can benefit you. There are many both free and paid VPNs out there, and a lot of them are pretty good. Of course, you'll get a far better service if you pay for it, and if you really want good bang for your buck then a reliable service like ExpressVPN is a good choice. If not, you might want to try a free service like GPass or ProXPN. We do, however, recommend getting a good VPN subscription, because more likely than not, it will last you a lifetime.
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Massive disruption ahead for Auckland commuters following railway "declaration of war" – RMTU
By The Daily Blog / May 14, 2019 / 1 Comment
Workers responsible for maintaining and repairing Auckland's passenger trains are being suspended en masse for 30 days by their employer, CAF NZ, in a move their union labels a "declaration of war".
Rail & Maritime Transport Union members were set to begin partial strike action against CAF, in an attempt to campaign for fairer wages without causing excessive disruption to commuters.
The company has responded with an aggressive 30 day lockout that will cause severe disruptions to the Auckland passenger network, drastically reducing the number of trains available.
CAF, short for Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles, is an infamous Spanish owned labour-hire company with a global reputation for exploiting migrant workers and driving down industry standards.
CAF's largely migrant workforce are paid 13% less than those doing the same or similar work for other companies, such as KiwiRail.
"These skilled and dedicated people make it possible for the trains to run on time, and all they want is to be paid the market rate," says RMTU organiser Rudd Hughes.
"When we get on board a train we assume it'll be a safe journey, and when we arrive safely at our destination we have them to thank."
If maintenance staff are locked out and prevented from working by their employer for 30 days, rail workers elsewhere in Auckland Transport's Metro network cannot be confident in the safety of their machines and will face health and safety challenges.
"Passenger safety is our top priority, and our members will not allow a foreign corporation to risk lives with its arrogant, cost-cutting agenda," says Mr Hughes.
"If CAF workers are prevented from safely maintaining Auckland's trains, those trains will stop moving."
The Spanish company increased its revenue by 39% to €2 billion in 2018, and in its first quarter results has announced a 20% increase in net profit.
CAF bosses have openly stated that their refusal to pay fair wages is "not a question of affordability".
"This company pays below market wages to vulnerable migrant workers, and gets away with it thanks to conditions in their visa status," says Mr Hughes.
"The profits made by this exploitation are funnelled overseas, and these workers have had enough – we will not be bullied into submission."
Published: 2 months ago on May 14, 2019
Last Modified: May 14, 2019 @ 9:46 am
Filed Under: Most Recent Blogs, Raw News feed
Tagged With: RMTU
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Why are these "slave labour oragisations being allowed to flurish now here in NZ!!!!!!!
I would have expected this from National but not from Labour????
Sack this evil CAF as they are toxic.


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Jumping channels
Grace Patrick channel surfs through ARE YOU STILL WATCHING
It's a bit ironic that the first show I saw at a theatre festival was so firmly rooted in television, but this in itself reflects a balancing act between these two different modes of culture. They have no choice but to interact, and the questions of how to balance them have to be unpicked.
There were definitely some moments in ARE YOU STILL WATCHING which I felt could have been afforded more attention. An hour isn't a long time, and the nature of the piece means that many different perspectives are almost momentarily explored. In turn, this led me to a wish that they could have just given them a little more time, breaking them open and seeing what's inside.
However, perhaps that's at odds with the show itself. I may be wrong here, but the structure certainly seems to reflect a person skipping between channels, barely giving each one the time that they need to grow. That's kind of where the strangeness lies in creating a piece of theatre about watching television. In theatre, there's generally an acceptance that it's the company calling the shots of what we watch and when. The viewing experience of an audience member lies basically in their hands, and the dynamic between performer and audience tends to be reliant on the viewer accepting that fact.
By obvious contrast, television is the pinnacle of the autonomous viewing experience. With literally hundreds of channels and sources to flit between, the viewer entirely curates their own entertainment, but that doesn't mean that they do it well, whatever "well" means.
There's plenty of commentary in ARE YOU STILL WATCHING which focuses far less so on what people watch, but on why and how they watch it. Across these snippets of life, the emerging theme is definitely one of television offering a meeting point, or an easy form of interaction. The interesting thing to me here is the exclusion of other reasons: it's easy for us to read hundreds of words on the cinematic merits of Fleabag, but there's definitely a disconnect between this and how many people actually watch television, often giving up on shows seconds in.
In the case of this show, however, I wasn't fully convinced by how the experience of jumping between channels translates to the stage. By removing the autonomy of the audience in what to skip over and when, it started to feel a little closer to chaos than it needed to.
At the same time, there were some moments which worked brilliantly in isolation. The image of a group of people rubbing onions on their eyes to make themselves cry whilst talking about "the sad bit" tapped into something extremely pertinent about the emotions we express when we watch things, why we do that, and how we do it. This is the kind of thing that could have been dug into so much more, as it's such an interesting starting point.
I think I know what The Arden School are trying to capture. However, it seems to be something so abstract and ephemeral that they haven't got it yet.
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Everyone has these seasons...the ones where it seems like everything is falling apart .
makes me want to scream..."everything is breaking down!"
And that is the truth, everything IS breaking down!
It's the second law of thermal dynamics...increased entropy.
a contestant struggle for permanence of my stuff.
the old adage "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade"
by the breaking of stuff.
So this morning we started off with pancakes.
Smile and bake often pancakes. Such lovely photos from your precious kids!
Yes! We have a few things here that are hanging on by a thread! Eventually it all goes. It's good to remember it's just stuff! Relationships are different though. Those are harder to deal with. Hope all is well in that area for you.
Ah yes... the gradual decay that we must somehow embrace as Time marches on. And George Carlin's Iconic Skit puts everything in perspective... and comfort food, well, that can make you feel content amidst chaos ruling! *winks* Your Attitude towards it all is right on Point though... and this too shall pass.
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The term 'star-chitect' was coined to define a new breed of builders, the Rem Koolhaases and the Frank Gehrys, whose celebrity status in the design world is as big as the structures they build. Then, of course, there is the 'Starck-itect', a term that only refers to the discipline-blurring Frenchman, one of the most famous contemporary designers today. Philippe Starck's trademarked plus-sign is recognizable worldwide, even if you can't tell the difference between Zaha Hadid and Karim Rashid. He has constructed interiors, like the sophisticated Hudson Hotel in Midtown with an exquisite library or Spain's magical Ramses Restaurant. Starck has tackled vehicles, like this year's commissioned Motor Yacht A for the Eurostar train station in Paris. This year he traded 3D renderings for cashmere and knits, introducing a fully realized, 60-piece fashion line with Italian clothier Ballantyne.
Last month at Pitti Immagine in Florence, Starck debuted his characteristic techno-modernism, through simple steel-colored dusters with slouched hoods for men and long, hooded tunics with florescent details for women. Nothing groundbreaking, just soft, well-crafted sweaters and jackets, lined with silk or made from cashmere. Full collections appeared for both genders, and Starck With Ballantyne excels when the raw edges are folded back to reveal tangerine or lime pops of color. Hitting Ballantyne stores this fall, the clothing is geared towards basics, or as Starck says, "nothing else than just what we really need anytime, anywhere." The line, unlike his previous collaborations with Fossil or Puma, which focused on one-offs, is complete with scarves, glasses, bags and belts. For a man who has traversed many interior and exterior, it's a treat to see his take on an entire landscape of looks.


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Lord (soms gestileerd als LORD) is een Australische heavy metalband uit Wollongong. De band begon in 2003 als een solo-project voor 'Lord Tim' Grose van Dungeon en groeide uit tot een complete band toen Dungeon in 2005 uit elkaar ging. LORD is verschenen met grote acts zoals Queensrÿche, Nightwish, Nevermore, Saxon en Gamma Ray. De naam van de band is meestal gestileerd in hoofdletters.

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Tussen 1988 en 2000 had Dungeon-zanger/gitarist en oprichtend lid 'Lord Tim' Grose een aantal composities verzameld waarvan hij dacht dat ze ofwel te persoonlijk waren om aan de band voor te leggen, ofwel ongepast voor hun stijl. In 2003 verzamelde hij deze songs op het album A Personal Journey, dat werd uitgegeven onder de naam LORD. Eind 2005 kwam er een einde aan Dungeon en LORD werd een band met Grose en drummer Tim Yatras (ook van Dungeon), samen met gitarist Mav Stevens en bassist Andy Dowling van de metalband Sedition uit Brisbane. Yatras was ook lid van verschillende black metalbands, waaronder Nazxul, Austere en Battalion. A Personal Journey werd opnieuw gemasterd en vrijgegeven om de gelegenheid te vieren.

LORD gaf hun eerste liveshow op 31 maart 2006. De band lanceerde binnen enkele maanden een nationale tournee en voor het einde van het jaar hadden ze geopend voor Queensrÿche, Nevermore, Gamma Ray, Leaves Eyes, Atrocity en Skinless en ze verschenen bij de laatste Metal for the Brain festival. Op 23 december 2006 werd aangekondigd dat gitarist Stevens de band om persoonlijke redenen zou verlaten en naar het Verenigd Koninkrijk zou verhuizen. Shane Linfoot van de band Transcending Mortality uit Sydney trad begin 2007 in als live-gitarist, maar vanwege de hectische schema's van beide bands vertrok Linfoot om te worden vervangen door FromBeyond-gitarist Mark Furtner, oorspronkelijk in een tijdelijke hoedanigheid, maar zijn toevoeging werd permanent gemaakt in december 2007. Het werk van Furtner was al verschenen op het album Ascendence van augustus 2007. Chris Brooks droeg ook gastgitaren bij via de solo's in Rain en Through the Fire.

In mei 2008 toerde de band met Saxon langs de oostkust van Australië. Hierna begon Lord aan een derde album te werken. De ep Hear No Evil verscheen eind 2008 met twee nieuwe nummers, live tracks en een cover van Kylie Minogue's On a Night Like This. Het album Set in Stone werd uitgebracht in september 2009 en bevatte gastbijdragen van Craig Goldy van Dio, Glen Drover van Eidolon, Pete Lesperance van Harem Scarem, Felipe Andreoli van Angra, Chris Porcianko van Vanishing Point, Justin Sayers van Platinum Brunette, Chris Brooks en Stu Marshall van Paindivision. Lord voltooide in 2009 grootschalige tournees door Australië, Nieuw-Zeeland en Japan. In juni 2009 verliet Tim Yatras de band en werd vervangen door Damian Costas van de band Vanquish uit Sydney. In januari 2010 kondigde Lord Tim aan dat een medische aandoening zijn gitaarspel ernstig had beperkt en hem werd aangeraden om ten minste zes maanden geen gitaar te spelen. Tijdelijke gitarist Matthew Bell vulde in tijdens zijn herstel.

In september 2010 bracht LORD de ep Return of the Tyrant uit met een georkestreerd titelnummer van tien minuten en zes unplugged versies van Dungeon en LORD-liedjes, met een speelduur van bijna een uur. Dit werd gevolgd door hun vierde studioalbum Digital Lies in 2013. Fallen Idols, het vijfde volledige album van de band en hun eerste in zes jaar, werd in augustus 2019 in Australië uitgebracht door het eigen label Dominus. Drummer Tim Yatras keerde terug als sessielid voor dit album. De eerste single en muziekvideo van het album United (Welcome Back) werd uitgebracht in februari 2019. Fallen Idols haalde de Australian Artist Album Charts op #20. Na het succes van Fallen Idols startte bassist Andy Dowling de 10-delige podcastserie Nod to the Old School, alles over de old school generatie mixtape en metalcompilaties. Gasten die aan de podcast hadden deelgenomen, waren onder andere Andy LaRocque (King Diamond), David Ellefson (Megadeth), Johnny Dee (Doro) en Lord Tim.

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Studioalbums
 2003: A Personal Journey
 2007: Ascendence
 2009: Set in Stone
 2013: Digital Lies
 2019: Fallen Idols

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 2010: Return of the Tyrant  (beperkte persing - 500 kopieën)

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 2009: Live at The Metro
 2013: Digital Lies 12" Extended Mix (beperkte persing - 250 kopieën)
 2014: The Dungeon Era Box Set (beperkte persing - 500 kopieën)
 2015: What Tomorrow Brings (beperkte persing - 500 kopieën)
 2016: A Personal Journey: Revisited
 2018: Live at Prog Power USA XVII

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President Obama Cites Mad Men in His State of the Union
This week, President Obama mentions Mad Men in his State of the Union address, which does goes viral online via Twitter. Plus more news of the cast from Mad Men:
• In his State of the Union address, President Obama references Mad Men to make his point about continuing inequality between men and women in the workplace: "It is time to do away with policies that belong in a Mad Men episode. I believe when women succeed, America succeeds."
• According to Twitter, President Obama's Mad Men mention generated the most Twitter commentary of Tuesday night, at 33,555 tweets per minute.
• Following the State of the Union Address, Series Creator Matthew Weiner told The New York Times he is "honored that our show is part of a much-needed national conversation."
• Forbes estimates that President Obama's mention of Mad Men in his State of the Union address is "likely to be the most remembered part of the speech in the years to come."
• Reflecting on the State of the Union speech, Time observes that America possesses "the most powerful pop cultural references on Earth," citing President Obama's Mad Men reference.
• Deadline points out that this isn't the first time President Obama has mentioned Mad Men in the public eye.
• The Wrap and Medialife also report on President Obama's State of the Union Mad Men reference.
• Elisabeth Moss speaks with Vulture about one of her new films, Listen Up Philip and, in reference to Peggy and the impending end of Mad Men, says that "it's just going to be really weird not to play that character anymore."
• In a conversation with Elle about what's to come for Sally, Kiernan Shipka is called Mad Men's "most engrossing actor" by the magazine.
• The Huffington Post, speaking with John Slattery about his feature directorial debut, God's Pocket, declares that "his future as a director certainly looks bright."
• Reviewing God's Pocket, the New York Daily News praises John Slattery as "an astute interpreter of twisted Americana (via a Pete Dexter book) and also a confident, muscular filmmaker."
• Variety reports that Electric Entertainment has acquired the international rights to John Slattery's God's Pocket, which debuted at the Sundance Film Festival. (IFC Films bought the U.S. rights.)
• TheWrap reports that the worldwide rights to The One I Love, which stars Elisabeth Moss and also premiered at Sundance, have been acquired by Radius-TWC.
• Indiewire's rave review of Listen Up Philip calls Elisabeth Moss' performance in the film "wonderfully nuanced."
• Elisabeth Moss, Jason Schwartzman and Alex Ross Perry open up to the Los Angeles Times about Listen Up Philip, which displays "sharp, literary insight and a blunt power."
• The Huffington Post showcases "the perfection" that is Mad Men set to the theme song of Benson (which aired from 1979 to 1986).
• Fashion & Style checks out Mad Men's top 10 fashion moments, including Bob Benson's shorts, Peggy's pantsuit and Joan's "classic, sexy, endlessly gif-able red dress."
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Our planet is drowning in plastic pollution! While plastic has many important uses, we have become addicted to single-use or disposable plastic — with severe environmental consequences. Around the world, one million plastic drinking bottles are purchased every minute, while up to 5 trillion single-use plastic bags are used worldwide every year. In total, half of all plastic produced is designed to be used only once — and then thrown away.
Researchers estimate that more than 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic has been produced since the early 1950s. Only 9% of all plastic waste ever produced has been recycled. About 12% has been burnt, while the rest — 79% — has accumulated in landfills, dumps or the natural environment.
Through our Education and Environmental Centre in the Mentawai Islands, we are continuously educating and empowering the community about making sustainable choices to protect their health, marine life, ocean and environment. We are starting to make a difference to this small part of the world and people are noticing!!
We recently made Padang TV during the Mentawai Surfing Cup. Check out the video – even if you don't understand the Indonesian language you can still see the impact of our work!!
So remember if everyone makes small changes in their day to day lives, we'll all make a huge global impact together. Say no to single use plastic bags, straws and bottles and remember to reduce, reuse and recycle to protect our environment!! #BeatPlasticPollution #WorldEnvironmentDay
Besides our main project in the Indonesia, we also collaborate with other NGO's and organisations that align with our values and mission. We have just partnered up with Holiday Inn Kandooma Resort in the Maldives as part of a Corporate Social Responsibility project on the local island of Guraidhoo. We have donated a 120 litre water cooler machine and 300 refillable bottles for the patients and staff of a new "Home for People with Special Needs Centre" being developed. By supplying the water bottles we hope the community will eliminate the need for single use plastic waste such as bottles and straws and help create a plastic free environment and ocean for the Maldives.
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LEGO unveils limited-edition Lego Movie 2 minifigures
These 20 cute minifigures will hit the shelves on February 1st for $3.99 each.
by Christian Saclao January 16, 2019, 11:00 am
Roughly three weeks before the much-awaited release of The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, LEGO revealed a new collection of limited-edition minifigure characters, straight from the movie.
These 20 cute and colorful figures are Awesome Remix Emmet, Battle-Ready Lucy, Apocalypse Benny, Giraffe Guy, Crayon Girl, Sherry Scratchen-Post & Scarfield, Hula Lula, Watermelon Dude, Flashback Lucy, The Swamp Creature, Candy Rapper, Gone Golfin' President Business, Apocalypseburg Abe, Vest Friend Rex, Kitty Pop, Dorothy Gale & Toto, Cowardly Lion, Scarecrow, Tin Man, and Unikitty.
In addition to a collector's leaflet and a unique display baseplate, each of these minifigures comes with one or more accessory elements. Some of these accessories are Emmet's headphone wig, Lucy's Hood and President Business's golf club, plus apocalypse cat, Abraham Lincoln's headpiece, Rex's Fedora/Wig, Watermelon costume, Giraffe costume, Dorothy's hairpiece, Tin Man's Hat, Scarecrow's Hat and Cowardly Lion's Mane.
Each minifigure comes packed in a mystery bag. Unfortunately, LEGO cannot accommodate requests for specific minifigures. So if buyers receive two or more identical minifigures, they are encouraged to trade their extra minifigures with their friends and family. These minifigures will be available at all LEGO brand retail stores and shop.lego.com starting on February 1st for $3.99 each.
These limited-edition minifigures aren't the first LEGO products the toy manufacturer has revealed in line with the upcoming release of The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part. Earlier this month, LEGO unveiled the largest LEGO Movie-inspired construction set called Welcome to Apocalypseburg.
The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part, which stars the voices of Chris Pratt, Elizabeth Banks, Tiffany Haddish, Will Arnett and more, will open in theaters on February 8th.
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Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018) Theatrical Review: An Emotional Cleansing
written by Connor Alexander August 7, 2018
It's rare to see the audience sit through the credits of a film outside of a Marvel movie. However, that's exactly what happened in my showing of Won't You Be My Neighbor? After the emotional roller-coaster, we silently agreed it would be bad taste to immediately get up and walk out. While the credits were only a few minutes, I sensed the audience would've gladly sat there half an hour.
Hello there! Won't you join me?
I'm not exactly sure what I'm going to say here. This is new territory for me. Documentaries don't lure me in the same way works of narrative fiction do. Documentaries I've seen often only present facts about a certain subject or event hoping the audience finds it interesting. The only two documentaries I've seen attempt making a point with the information: 2013's Blackfish and Won't You Be My Neighbor?
Fred Rogers, it seems, really was as kind and caring as his famous television program depicted. The film uses his kindness, understanding, love of children, and compassion for everyone around him as a mirror for society. We live in a culture that that distrusts anyone or anything lacking a cynical outlook on the world. Society craves the public disgrace of celebrities, declining rate of news credibility, and forum arguments on the internet. These then create a world where we're always on our guard. We are constantly suspecting that somebody could be an enemy. However, this documentary's portrayal of somebody who didn't have an ounce of cynicism in his soul forces the audience to realize this. It also challenges them to change.
As I was watching Rogers onscreen I thought, "There is no way that this man didn't have a skeleton in his closet or a kid in his pants. There's no way he was this pure." However, when I made myself face the fact that he probably was just a kind man who loved children, I was confronted with how hardened my heart had become. All because of the past few years of turmoil, distrust and internet shouting matches.
Rogers (1969) defending the establishment of public television.
I'm not sure how to judge this on a technical level. Unlike fiction films, none of the main footage was filmed by the filmmakers. This means there's no composition, no blocking, no audio editing etc. I suppose the producer structured it well, smoothly transitioning from one topic to the next without it feeling jarring. I also saw no editing hiccups and they found good, interesting people to interview.
Won't You Be My Neighbor? Overall:
Won't You Be My Neighbor? is the best film I've seen all year. It's also one of the best-made documentaries I've ever seen. And, for the first time in a long time, I'm actively looking forward to the Blu-Ray release. It uses a beloved public figure to show the sort of love, compassion, and understanding we should aspire to yet never truly reach. In the doldrums of the summer-movie wasteland, this quality, heartfelt little documentary is exactly the sort of emotional cleansing we desperately need in our modern age.
Won't You Be My Neighbor? is still in select theaters. You can also pre-order the film digitally or on Blu-ray.
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Name: Henrique Duarte
E-mail: hduarte@ipatimup.pt
Academic Degree: PhD
Junior Researcher of Glycobiology in Cancer
Henrique O. Duarte has a PhD in Molecular and Cellular Biotechnology Applied to Health Sciences (FEUP/ICBAS) awarded by the University of Porto (2020), funded by FCT and the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR). Host Institution: Glycobiology in Cancer group of Ipatimup/i3S. During his PhD, Henrique has comprehensively dissected the glycosylation profile of the ErbB2 oncogenic receptor in gastric cancer and identified glycan-mediated pathways of molecular resistance to the trastuzumab monoclonal antibody.
Currently: Junior Researcher at the Glycobiology in Cancer research group (Ipatimup/i3S), where he is pursuing the structural characterization and assessment of the functional and clinical impact of specific glycosylation signatures of the ErbB2 oncogenic receptor in metastatic gastric adenocarcinoma. To carry out this project, early after finishing his PhD, Henrique has secured 50.000€ funding as Principal Investigator by winning the "Prémio Francisco Augusto da Fonseca Dias e Maria José Melenas da Fonseca para Jovens Investigadores" award attributed by Ipatimup.
Henrique's PhD research work has been acknowledged and funded by multiple highly renowned Institutions of Biomedical and Cancer Research (including the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) and the European Association for Cancer Research (EACR)). His work has selected for presentation in multiple international scientific meetings related to Cancer Biology (including the Porto Cancer Meeting), and has been awarded as both the poster and oral communication. He has co-authored 12 scientific papers in internationally recognized peer-reviewed journals (including high profile publications in Oncogene, Cancer Cell, Molecular Aspects of Medicine), and 3 book chapters (including one in the 2nd edition of the Encyclopedia of Cell Biology). He is the Principal Investigator of the above-mentioned research project (2021), serves as Co-Principal Investigator of an exploratory FCT-funded project (2021), and has integrated the teams of multiple FCT- and pharmaceutical industry-funded projects. He serves as a reviewer for high impact scientific journals, including Molecular Oncology, Cancers and iScience). He has integrated the organizing and scientific committee of two international scientific meetings.
Fields of Expertise: Molecular Biology/Oncology; Molecular Biotechnology/Bioengineering; Cell-based genome editing and glycoengineering; Mass spectrometry-based glycomics and glycoproteomics (training received by Prof. Manfred Wuhrer (2017 and 2019), head of the Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics of the Leiden University Medical Center (CPM/LUMC), Leiden, The Netherlands).
Previous studies Integrated Master in Bioengineering , with a specialization in Molecular Biotechnology (FEUP/ICBAS) awarded by the University of Porto (2014), for which he was awarded with a Merit Scholarship for Exceptional Achievement as a student of the University of Porto by the Portuguese Government (3rd best student of the 2009-2014 class). Research intern at the Department of Infectious Diseases of the National Health Institute: testing a novel fusion tag for recombinant protein expression in bacteria (2012). Research intern at the Structural Biology Department of the Vrije University Amsterdam, The Netherlands (ERASMUS international mobility programme): disclosing the identity of the protein kinase responsible for the phosphorylation of the Estrogen Receptor Alpha in breast cancer (2013).
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Glycans as gastrointestinal cancer biomarkers: Old and new diagnostic, predictive and stratifying tools Glycome: The Hidden Code in Biology 231-246, 2021. []
2. Duarte HO, Rodrigues JG, Gomes C, Hensbergen PJ, Ederveen ALH, de Ru AH, Mereiter S, Polónia A, Fernandes E, Ferreira JA, van Veelen PA, Santos LL, Wuhrer M, Gomes J, Reis CA
ST6Gal1 targets the ectodomain of ErbB2 in a site-specific manner and regulates gastric cancer cell sensitivity to trastuzumab. Oncogene 40: 3719-3733, 2021. [Article]
doi: 10.1038/s41388-021-01801-w PMID: 33947960.
3. Duarte HO, Gomes J, Machado JC, Reis CA
Gastric cancer: Basic aspects. Helicobacter 23 Suppl 1: e12523, 2018. [Article; Proceedings Paper]
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4. Duarte HO, Balmaña M, Mereiter S, Osório H, Gomes J, Reis CA
Gastric Cancer Cell Glycosylation as a Modulator of the ErbB2 Oncogenic Receptor. International journal of molecular sciences 18: ., 2017. [Article]
doi: 10.3390/ijms18112262 PMID: 29143776.
5. Duarte HO, Freitas D, Gomes C, Gomes J, Magalhães A, Reis CA
Mucin-Type O-Glycosylation in Gastric Carcinogenesis. Biomolecules 6: 1, 2016. [Review]
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SGA discusses $2.5 million deficit, possible allocation callbacks in privilege fee budget
By Rebecca Vrbas and Kaylie Mclaughlin
Student senate acknowledged an expected budget shortfall in the privilege fee budget in their weekly meeting on Thursday. According to minute documents from the Privilege Fee Committee meeting on Monday, the deficit could be as high as $2.5 million.
Madison Brown, chair of the Privilege Fee Committee and senior in finance, presented to student senate about how decreased enrollment and the shift to online classes have affected the overall privilege fee budget.
Additionally, the budget amounts are set for each entity to receive, and the amount students pay individually is based on enrollment. As enrollment declines, the individual cost to students naturally increases, but that normal increase was halted this year as part of the university's promise to keep tuition and fees flat to lessen the economic impact on students facing financial hardship caused by the pandemic.
The total budget, which amounts to about $16 million, funds on-campus service providers like Lafene Health Center, the Peters Recreation Complex, the K-State Student Union and Student Governing Association. (Editor's note: Collegian Media Group, the parent organization over the Collegian, is funded in part through privilege fee allocations.)
"We are expecting that we will have insufficient funds for fiscal year [2021] … so we will be reenacting the insufficient funds clause that is in all of our privilege fee contracts," Brown said.
The same clause was enacted at the end of the previous fiscal year in anticipation of declined enrollment on campus this fall. All entities, except SGA and Counseling Services, faced cuts to their overall allocations. In all, student senate approved a reduction of about $218,000 from the monies handed out to privilege fee receiving entities in a special meeting after the spring semester ended which took effect at the start of the fiscal year.
However, this round of cuts could look more like university callbacks, Brown said. In years when the general university budget was insufficient, it has called back dollars from budgets that were already dispersed. That's what could be in store for privilege fee entities to varying degrees.
Per the meeting documents, some entities, like Student Legal Services, Wildcat 91.1 FM, Collegian Media Group, the Union and the Rec, could face callbacks ranging from 10 percent to 30 percent. Others, like SGA, Lafene and Counseling Services could see smaller cuts — in the ballpark of three percent to nine percent.
The annual review of entities — a scheduled cycle based on a three rotation of each entity — has been pushed back until October.
"During the month of September, we will be focusing on receiving impact statements from entity directors, reviewing those impact statements and readjusting this year's budgets," Brown said.
'This year is going to be trying': SGA sets agenda for the semester, addresses accountability, diversity
Student senate also heard an update from Thomas Lane, vice president of student life and dean of students, on the campus COVID-19 situation.
In the past few weeks, Kansas State students have been linked to at least 10 active COVID-19 outbreaks in Riley County, nine of which are centered around Greek life. Since the semester has started, local case numbers have more than doubled.
"I think we're doing a great job with disease mitigation efforts while on campus, probably a not so great job off-campus," Lane said. "I know as a community we have what it takes to reduce the amount of COVID cases we're seeing. We need to wear a mask, keep social distance, avoid large parties, don't host large parties. Those four things alone I think will bring out case count down and help ensure that we don't have to go completely online."
Lane appealed to SGA as the general governing body presiding over students to participate in behaviors known to slow the spread of COVID-19.
"I'd ask for your help as student leaders to help get this message out and to model this behavior," Lane said.
Next week's student senate meeting will be held at 7 p.m. via Zoom. Students interested in attending may email speaker of the student senate and senior in political science and communication studies Nathan Bothwell at ndbothwell@ksu.edu or Kelli Farris, executive director the Center for Student Involvement, at kellifarris@ksu.edu.
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