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By - The Washington Times - Thursday, February 8, 2007
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday defended her bid for a large U.S. Air Force jet to take her home and back to Washington nonstop — and the White House backed her up.
Mrs. Pelosi suggested that former Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld may be involved in leaking information about her request.
"It still raises the question, why would the Department of Defense not be denying this information that has been conveyed?" the California Democrat told reporters. "Why are they feeding the flames? Of course I have been a constant critic — for nearly three years, I've called for the resignation of Donald Rumsfeld, who still has a desk at the Department of Defense, and I guess any chance they have "
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Larry Di Rita, Mr. Rumsfeld's spokesman while defense secretary, responded, "Secretary Rumsfeld's priorities while in office did not allow for time to get too involved in member travel issues, and I doubt that has changed since he left."
As her office pressed the Pentagon for a large plane, and a staunch ally, Rep. John P. Murtha, Pennsylvania Democrat, called defense officials on her behalf, Mrs. Pelosi said she does not particularly want a military jet and would be happy to fly commercially.
"I don't even like having the security," Mrs. Pelosi said. "I would rather travel on the plane with my friends to get some work done. I like my freedom, but there are certain sacrifices you have to make when you are speaker of the House."
The Pentagon told Mrs. Pelosi in a letter on Wednesday that it cannot guarantee her a plane capable of flying to California nonstop — as she requested.
White House press secretary Tony Snow defended Mrs. Pelosi against Republican criticism and labeled as "silly" press coverage of her request for a plane and the flexibility of transporting aides, lawmakers and family members. President Bush has reached out to Mrs. Pelosi in a bid to reach agreement on major legislation, such as immigration reform.
The Washington Times first reported last week on Mrs. Pelosi's request, saying she wanted a larger plane and more passengers than afforded her predecessor, Rep. J. Dennis Hastert, Illinois Republican. The Air Force allotted Mr. Hastert a small, 12-seat commuter jet to ferry him to his Illinois district.
Mrs. Pelosi said, "I'm not saying that I am being discriminated against because I am a woman, I'm just saying as the first woman speaker, I have no intention of having less respect for the office I hold than all of the other speakers that have come before me."
At the White House, Mr. Snow said, "This is a silly story, and I think it's been unfair to the speaker."
Mr. Snow's defense put him at odds with the Republican Party, and also Republicans on Capitol Hill who have blasted Mrs. Pelosi for demanding a perk reserved for the president and vice president and a few Cabinet members.
Mrs. Pelosi also asked the Air Force to fly her and her colleagues to a Democratic Party retreat in Williamsburg, where Mr. Bush appeared. The Air Force declined the request, saying it was not allowed under Defense Department directives.
Mrs. Pelosi stayed quiet after The Times first reported the story. But by Tuesday, the criticism grew intense and she began making TV appearances to defend her request.
Asked later in the day if the White House differed with its own party, Mr. Snow said:
"And I'll just repeat our position, which is as speaker of the House, she is entitled to military transport and that the the proper arrangements are being made between the sergeant of arms office in the House of Representatives and the U.S. Department of Defense. We think it's appropriate, and so I — again, I think this is much ado about not a whole lot. It is important for the speaker to have this kind of protection and travel. It was certainly appropriate for Speaker Hastert. And so we trust that all sides will get this worked out."
Republicans did not see it that way.
Members quickly drafted an amendment to an environmental bill on the House floor, forcing Democrats to debate Mrs. Pelosi and military planes for two hours.
"The Congress also finds that in order to lessen United States dependence on foreign sources of petroleum, and decrease demand for petroleum in aircraft, such as passenger planes with 42 business-class seats capable of transcontinental flights, the nation must diversify its fuel supply for aircraft to include domestically produced alternative fuels," says the amendment, a clear reference to the large jet requested by Mrs. Pelosi's office.
The Washington Times reported yesterday that the Defense Department sent a letter to Mrs. Pelosi that limits her choice of aircraft to commuter-sized planes that would have to be refueled. The letter said the Pentagon could not guarantee access to larger jets, and it stated rules for carrying family members and lawmakers.
The 89th Airlift Wing at Andrews Air Force base operates three jets that can make the nonstop flight year-round: the C-32 (Boeing 757); a C-40 (Boeing 737) and the C-20, a Gulfstream jet.
Mr. Murtha is playing hardball.
"I don't need to pressure them," he told reporters, when asked about his calls to the Pentagon. "I just tell them what they need to do."
Mr. Murtha warned the Pentagon against leaking information that makes Mrs. Pelosi look bad.
"They're making a mistake when they leak it because she decides on allocations for them," he said, referring to the Pentagon budget.
Rep. Tom Cole, Oklahoma Republican and chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee, responded:
"It is irresponsible and reckless for Congressman Murtha to use funding needed for the protection of our country and for our men and women in uniform as leverage in order for Nancy Pelosi to travel from coast to coast like a movie star. We are a country at war, and I think it is time for the Democrat majority to get their priorities straight."
In a statement yesterday, House Sergeant at Arms Wilson Livingood assumed responsibility for the decision to request a larger plane for Mrs. Pelosi.
"The fact that Speaker Pelosi lives in California compelled me to request an aircraft that is capable of making nonstop flights for security reasons, unless such an aircraft is unavailable," he said. "Such an aircraft will ensure communications capabilities and also enhance security."
He also said he regrets "that an issue that is exclusively considered and decided in a security context has evolved into a political issue."
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NEW DELHI: For all his promises of working to improve the lot of his country's religious minorities, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has had to capitulate to the will of Muslim clerics, radical elements and political parties protesting against the plan to build a Hindu temple in the capital Islamabad and put the project on hold.
The matter has now been referred to the powerful Council of Islamic Ideology, which is mandated to ensure all decisions in the National Assembly and provincial assemblies are in keeping with Islamic tenets. It will also determine whether money from the federal government can be used for the temple since the prime minister had sanctioned Rs 100 million as grant for construction.
Covering an area of 1,860 metres, the Shri Krishna temple would have been the first temple in Pakistan since partition in 1947. A crematorium is also envisaged. The project was cleared by Nawaz Sharif in 2017 but faced several hurdles including public protests over a boundary wall that led to it being partially razed. The controversy has underscored the growing intolerance towards religious minorities with the PML-Qaid, a party allied with Imran Khan, also opposing it.
An influential local seminary, Jamia Ashrafia, has issued a fatwa against the temple, warning that Sharia law only permits repair of existing minority places of worship, not building new ones. A plea in Islamabad High Court challenging the temple construction was dismissed but investigations have been ordered as to whether the temple violates the Islamabad master plan.
The Pakistan Ulema Council says minorities have the same rights as the majority Muslims but it's not clear if government money can be used for building a temple.
Amnesty International stepped in urging the authorities to "protect the right to freedom of religion and belief for the country's beleaguered Hindu community, including the construction of temples to exercise that right. Authorities in Islamabad capitulated to pressure from a discriminatory campaign mounted by politicians, media outlets and clerics to halt the construction of a rare temple in the Pakistani capital."
It also reminded Khan that he must stick to the promise he made earlier this year when he said: "I want to warn our people that anyone in Pakistan targeting our non-Muslim citizens or their places of worship will be dealt with strictly. Our minorities are equal citizens of the country".
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Outdoor Industry Association seeks Asia-Pacific trade feedback
OIA is seeking feedback on trade between its members and the the Asia-Pacific countries of Brunei, Malaysia, New Zealand and Vietnam. The four countries are vying for free-trade agreements with the U.S. and SNEWS reports how OIA is participating.
The Outdoor Industry Association is seeking input from its members by Tuesday, Feb. 15 on exporting to the Asia-Pacific countries of Brunei, Malaysia, New Zealand and Vietnam.
The four countries are negotiating with the United States to enter the Trans-Pacific Partnership and free-trade agreements. Singapore, Chile, Australia and Peru, which already have free-trade agreements with the U.S., are also scheduled to be part of the partnership.
OIA director of trade policy Alex Boian told SNEWS® that the association is helping the U.S. Commerce Department collect trade information in the categories of travel goods, footwear and sleeping bags between its members and the four vying countries.
"Our mission is to make sure for a strong negotiation that allows the greatest opportunity for U.S. outdoor products," Boian said.
Last month, OIA collected data and opinions on U.S. imports from the four countries – such as which imports might be most sensitive to the outdoor industry and possibly require longer tariff expirations; or which imports would benefit the industry with a speedier path to free trade.
By Feb. 15, OIA is looking for similar feedback on direct U.S. exports to the four countries.
"If an outdoor company is making product here in the U.S. and wants better export access in Brunei, Malaysia, New Zealand and Vietnam, this is their opportunity to give input," Boian said.
The U.S. government estimates that the four countries account for about $19.2 billion annually in industrial goods exports.
For now, the feedback is being requested only for U.S. direct exports.
"We are working with the Commerce Department to allow for submissions that would reflect a company's exports between non-U.S. partners, such as footwear made in Vietnam that is exported to New Zealand," Boian said.
OIA has a spreadsheet available where companies can mark their export priorities and provide comment. Feedback submissions and questions can be directed toward Boian at aboian@outdoorindustry.org.
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OIA supports free-trade agreement with protection for some outdoor items
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The GearTrends® Guide to trade shows serving and of interest to the outdoor and fitness markets in the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe GearTrends® and SNEWS® recommend the following partner trade shows: *editorial disclaimer: The descriptive copy provided for each listing is ...read more
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Nanjing, China & Friedrichshafen, Germany – The Asia Outdoor trade show – a joint venture between Messe Friedrichshafen and China's Nanjing Exhibition Centre – has enjoyed excellent feedback since its debut in August. In fact, some 70 per cent of the exhibitors who took ...read more
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• A total of 300 brands from 20 countries exhibit their products to 12,059 visitors (incl. ~ 800 opinion-leading consumers) from all over Asia• Increased presence of Chinese and Asian representatives of international brands testify the rapid growth of the sporting goods ...read more
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Outdoor Industry Association gets face time in DC
Nearing the Senate Hart building in Washington, D.C., members of the Outdoor Industry Association rode through a maze of ripped-up streets and concrete barriers. Major construction around the Capitol served as a reminder that this town is bracing to protect itself, as war and ...read more
What's new on the trade front in the outdoor industry
The outdoor industry is closely watching the Trump administration's trade deals, given the unfurling of several rounds of tariffs over the last two years. Outdoor Industry Association (OIA) recently provided two updates for members. North American Free Trade Agreement After ...read more
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Athletes compete in Rifle and Pistol events from distances of 10, 25 and 50m, in men's, women's and mixed competitions. Australian shooters have competed in every Paralympic Games since the sport was introduced in 1976.
The shooter fires a series of shots at a target from a distance defined by the event. The target consists of 10 concentric scoring rings, with the central ring worth 10 points and the outside ring worth one. The winner is the shooter who accrues the most points by consistently firing shots in the central rings. Targets vary in size depending on the event.
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Former Catholic priest does euthanasia (in numbing detail) recorded by the New York Times
It's beginning to feel like fill-in-the-blanks journalism: A terminally ill person wishes to die on his own terms and so we are walked through his last hours in a happy celebration of the joys of euthanasia.
Some of us have mixed feelings about assisted suicide, especially if you've spent any time in a ward of very elderly people, many of whom have no idea of where they are. And, were they cognizant, they might vote themselves off the Earth pretty quickly.
Yes, this is personal. After spending some time at the bedside of my dying father a year ago and seeing how miserable so many of the elderly and sick truly are, I can understand wanting to end it. But there is always that slippery slope when it comes to science, law and doctrine.
Here we have a lyrical New York Times piece about a former Catholic priest arranging his own death. We start here:
VICTORIA, British Columbia -- Two days before he was scheduled to die, John Shields roused in his hospice bed with an unusual idea. He wanted to organize an Irish wake for himself. It would be old-fashioned with music and booze, except for one notable detail -- he would be present.
The party should take up a big section of Swiss Chalet, a family-style chain restaurant on the road out of town. Mr. Shields wanted his last supper to be one he so often enjoyed on Friday nights when he was a young Catholic priest -- rotisserie chicken legs with gravy.
Then, his family would take him home and he would die there in the morning, preferably in the garden. It was his favorite spot, rocky and wild. Flowering native shrubs pressed in from all sides and a stone Buddha and birdbath peeked out from among the ferns and boulders. Before he got sick, Mr. Shields liked to sit in his old Adirondack chair and watch the bald eagles train their juveniles to soar overhead. He meditated there twice a day, among the towering Douglas firs.
Wait a minute: Chicken legs (not fish) on Fridays when he was a YOUNG priest? Maybe this is a sign of Catholic tensions to come.
Not surprisingly, the locale is in the Pacific Northwest in a part of Canada that the article calls "ground zero for assisted suicide in the country."
Tagged: John Shields, euthanasia, assisted suicide, New York Times, Victoria
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'Down-ballot issues': Religion News Service offers a look, but not balance
A quick quiz: How many horses does it take to make a race?
"That's easy," you say; "at least two."
That's right. So you'd want to know about them both.
So it is with the Religion News Service' guide to ballot issues that religious people are watching for the upcoming ballot.
"The nation's attention may be on the presidential election, but there are a number of down-ballot issues of interest to religious and nonreligious voters," RNS says, and they're right. Their list -- marijuana, gun control, minimum wage, the death penalty, assisted suicide, "public money for religious purposes" -- suggests the range of religious thought in the public sphere.
But in some of the issues, one side seems to enjoy favored status. In some, only one side gets to talk. And in some, only one side is even acknowledged.
Take the death penalty, which is up for review in California, Nebraska and Oklahoma. RNS grants that there are two sides: "In California, almost 30 different religious groups support a death penalty repeal, while in Nebraska, celebrity Christian author Shane Claiborne has spoken in support of retaining a repeal of the death penalty at anti-death penalty events."
But who gets the direct quote?
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In an environment-friendly 'mood' of transportation, the Haryana government has decided to introduce electric buses to Gurgaon roads.
Electric buses could help save about 4.25 lakh litres diesel and reduce carbon emissions by 1,150 tonnes in 10 years of operation, said Kavita Jain, the state minister in a Haryana government release. It is also predicted that they will reduce traffic congestion and give people better transportation facilities.
The electric-charge operated bus runs about 240 kms on a full charge, varying according to the terrain. Several test runs conducted in different cities in India have yielded favourable results. Gurgaon on account of having good infrastructure and resources will be a pilot study with about 75 to 100 buses becoming operational in the first phase.
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West Nodaway sophomore Eli Sanders scores on a layup in the first half of the Rockets first-round win over East Atchison on Tuesday in the Fairfax Tournament.
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West Nodaway leans on hustle, intensity to propel itself to semifinals in Fairfax
By JON DYKSTRA The Forum
Jon Dykstra
Sports Editor
FAIRFAX, Mo. — Some teams play above the rim, others excel below the rim, but when West Nodaway's boys are playing their best, they are playing on the floorboards.
"That is the first thing coach (Kolton Jones) preaches in practice every day," West Nodaway junior Korbin Koch said. "Just hustle, hustle, hustle and be the first one to the ball. It worked and the entire team just listened to coach."
The Rockets were playing without their only true post player in Tuesday's first round of the Fairfax Tournament with junior Brody Beason missing the contest against East Atchison with illness. So to compensate for their lack of size, the Rockets turned up their defensive intensity — a trait that has been a staple of the program under its first-year — to a whole new level.
"That is fun," Jones said of the way his team flew around. "That is what I want people to see us as. It gives me just a little bit of goosebumps once in a while when they play like that. I still kind of have the jitters right now."
With juniors Parker Ogle and Koch playing the head of the press and junior Dylan Carden, senior David Hull and freshman Tyler Blay jumping passing lanes, the Wolves were completely frustrated by the Rockets.
After East Atchison jumped out to an 8-2 lead on a pair of threes by junior Gage McAdams, West Nodaway was able to chip away with defensive stops and hard drives to the rim and go on a 13-2 run with Koch scoring seven points in the spurt.
The Wolves were able to break the relentless pressure a late in the second quarter and they cut the lead to 21-19, but Blay ended the half with a buzzer-beater to push the lead to four points.
While the hustle and defense gave the Rockets their lead in the first half, their shooting was off. In the third quarter, the entire West Nodaway roster seemed to catch fire all at once.
"We weren't hitting early, but we were stopping them and playing good defensive while getting rebounds," Jones said. "That aggression translated to the offensive side when we started cutting and passing to get easy layups. Then we started shooting in rhythm."
West Nodaway opened the quarter with a 23-11 run as the lead expanded to 46-30. The Rockets hardly ever had an empty possession during the run as they crushed the Wolves on the offensive board even when they missed.
"I don't care who you are and if you are the shortest or tallest guy, I want you finding a body and getting a rebound," Jones said. "That is what helped up tonight."
The rebounding was very impressive considering the Rockets only had one player over six-foot tall in uniform and the Wolves had the height advantage at nearly every position.
A three by Koch followed by a break-away layup for Hull capped the run.
East Atchison attempted to answer back and scored the final eight points of the third quarter to trim the lead eight.
The Rockets were not backing down though and Ogle — not known as one of the Rockets top scorers — knocked down an open three early in the fourth quarter to extend the lead to 53-40.
The Wolves hung around ten points behind for most of the rest of the contest until McAdams hit a three with 1:20 left to get the score down to 61-56, but the Rocket defense tighten up again and held East Atchison scoreless the rest of the way.
Koch led the Rockets with 17 points, but the unsung heroes were sophomore Eli Sanders and freshman Grant Adkins with big minutes off the bench for a team that generally goes just six or seven deep.
"We saw great minutes out of those guys and I am very pleased," Jones said.
The 63-56 victory sets up a game Wednesday with top-seeded St. Joseph Christian in a true 'David and Goliath' type game. The Lions will have the speed and size, but as East Atchison can attest, the Rockets aren't to be trifled with.
"We are all pumped about this," Hull said. "It is awesome."
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First thought… Moses coming down the mountain with the commandments while people perform rituals. Then people worshiping the next big thing in technology and replacing it with the old one.
I also felt that the characters/people in the video just worshiped it blindly without quite understanding it? Going with the masses kind of thing.
The best part was people casting aside the person who got them the technology only later to worship it. Is it a parallel to showing disdain with any new invention and then being a slave to it?
I loved this short movie. I think it was a utopian outlook. The protagonists are shy and lonely. Then they discover the magic bag. In the offline/normal world they would not venture out or be as free and open. The magic bag (the metaphor for technology) enables them to be themselves and connect (pun unintended) with each other. However, this technology has just connected them with each other. The need for human contact is still as alive as ever and hence they decide to meet.
The boy's bag get torn while he is swooning and he is not able to contact the girl anymore. I believe this represents the drawbacks of technology it made me think of disconnected internet. That's all.
The anonymity of it all makes them bold and be their own self which they might not otherwise have had the opportunity to be. This video I believe represents technology as the enabling force or medium through which individuals connect with each other.
Dystopian view. However nature still has some kind of intrinsic or inherent power to affect us – the rut in which humans are stuck and the bird that cuts off the wire to build its nest. The nest is interesting. It's built in a satellite dish as there's no more natural habitat for the bird. It's destroyed because of our technological advancement. The nest is made up from such 'wires'. Shows the two drastic ends of the spectrum. The humans have created a world within and of technology and this has become their new world (the man glares as the sun comes up and finds it irritating) whereas the bird is using these wires to build its nest its natural surrounding.
During the power cut, people unplug, connect with each other. However a man there just keeps hitting his keyboard even though that is not going to make it work again. Shows our frustration at being disconnected with technology?
Another woman messages the protagonist and they get together. They get into the lift and go to see the 'Amazing views' where they get to see the overview of their mundane lives – a digital matrix of sorts. They have their back to the twinkling stars and are instead looking engrossed at the matrix. At the same time it's interesting to see the bird soaring to such great heights to test and reach its physical capacity. Again, two extreme ends.
Humans stuck in their digital world however nature still holds the intrinsic or inherent power to affect/disrupt us.
Too grim a representation of our society crumbling under the weight of technology. First thought: digital brain drain, rewiring or restructuring of the brain. An extremist version of human race crumbling under the weight of technology. It reminded me of the movie Eagle Eye in which destroying the technology is essential for human survival.
Angela has come up with a very interesting post. She talks about biological elements oxytocin and adrenaline, that shape our social behaviour and how we can very well be on the verge of becoming addicted through our online activities to these two chemicals.
So here are some thoughts: If it is oxytocin, the love hormone, then would it fizzle out after the initial euphoria? After the initial obsession and then the following burnout, would we all just settle into a routine and not be that excited as we are now? Just wondering..
As for connecting with each other within this group, I agree when Ary says that the connections that we have formed within #edcmooc are more authentic. These connections were not forced upon us and are not based on what we know, how academic we are, whether we work in the same field and whether we live near each other. We did not form these connections with a certain goal in mind, only that we all wanted to learn and help each other out. Some things just clicked. Through our random chats, shared resources, we slowly built trust and then friendships. It didn't just happen within the first few days. Ary has a very nice presentation on how it all started.
The connections I believe also formed, with our ability to share our thoughts out there and take any kind of responses and reactions from people. It is the vulnerability in these acts that I think affect how we connect with each other.
Angela wrote about Digital identity and connection where she discusses about the separation, if any, between real persona and digital persona and how we assume our digital identity. I think it is somehow easier for us to project our professional self comfortably within social networks, however we fear putting forth our personal thoughts even though they might be worth sharing.
Let's pause and think about how we connect with people in real life. We don't just like certain people or love them for a few of their qualities, we like them overall, all their faults and flaws included. I believe it's the same with forming connections in the digital world. It would be impossible to follow someone's blog, tweets, podcasts just for their sheer academic knowledge. There has to be something that you identify with. There has to be that something special, queer or even weird that you find matches you own thoughts, ideas, voice, interests etc. Until that happens you cannot form real connections that can last for a long time.
Another major component that forms the basis of our #edcmooc is that we are more collaborative than competitive. We have a very fine balance between collaboration and cooperation for example through group work (google docs, map, classroom, fb group, organising twitter chat). This seems to be the inherent design within our group as of now.
Of course this might all change once the course actually starts and we may have a more of an instructive approach where the course operators might ask us to adapt to some kind of a strategy to develop and enhance our learning.
With all this precourse activity, I wonder whether the facilitators would modify their approach towards this course. Would they take up a facilitative approach or would they be more instructivist exercising certain controls? I also wonder how we as a group would then adapt ourselves within this highly focussed collaboration.
Another twelve hours to go and then we shall know.
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Hi! am Madhura and this is my into for #etmooc.
I am an Instructional Designer and I have worked for 5 years in corporate creating elearning and training materials. That was two years ago in India. Then my husband got posted in Edinburgh, Scotland in 2010 and I have been freelancing for the past one year. My projects include storyboarding and developing courses in Adobe Captivate and Articulate.
In July last year one of my friends blogged about her mooc experience on Coursera and I signed up for my first mooc through Coursera.org – e-learning and digital cultures offered by Edinburgh University. Then I signed up for Fundamentals of Online Education – Planning and Application – both courses that start together.
By now, everyone is aware of the frantic activity that has taken place with #edcmooc from last November. So when my fellow edcmoocers Ary, Angela and Laurie asked me to join etmooc I told them I was too busy with two moocs and work.
Then I did something that we all do on the internet. I lurked. I checked out the etmooc.org site, went through their topics, calendar, activities, etc and I was converted. With work, home and looking after my 3 year old and two moocs, I signed up for #etmooc yesterday.
I had used Videscribe for building a mindmap with my activities around #edcmooc. So for my intro assignment for #etmooc, I wanted to try something new. I looked through edcmooc fb group tools doc and animoto caught my attention. When I went through their site, I realised that the free version offered only a 30 sec video but I found the tool very interesting and very easy to use.
Categories: etmooc | Tags: #edcmooc, Alec Couros, Educational technology | Permalink.
Everyone participating in e-learning and digital cultures mooc has been discussing how very excited they are and how interesting they are finding this mooc experience. As I said in my last post, am spending loads of time throughout the day experiencing what edcmooc is all about.
Ary has put up some interesting questions on our discussion at wikispaces. The very first one being how do we make our learning visible in digital spaces. Then I thought, here is a creative way to come up with a digital representation of all the activities that I end up doing in a single day, well most of them.
Categories: EDCMOOC | Tags: #edcmooc, elearning | Permalink.
That too before the official start of the course! Being a part of this mooc has opened up a whole new world of networking and socializing. Perspectives – connections – experience is so exciting.
As for me am addicted. Almost all the free time is spent in checking updates on FB, google, twitter, diigo, pinterest. Books are kept aside, lunch and dinner times pushed back, other activities = null!
Know the feeling? So my fellow participants, if you are experiencing any of the following, consider yourself hooked to mooc!
#You forget to eat: Ultimate tell-tale. It means you are not only distracted but that you want more updates than you want food!
#You wake up in the middle of the night to check out latest discussions taking place in another timezone: Need I explain?
#You are obsessed with edcmooc: Any new post, discussion, video, article ou have to read it, comment and share.
#You feel you're a wreck: A mooc of this size may very well lead to emotional upheaval. You find yourself bouncing between exhilaration, increased energy, sleeplessness, euphoria, as well as anxiety, panic and feelings of despair.
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The Crescent City Seems to be Losing Some of Its Monuments
I was back in New Orleans in early February in conjunction with the Association for the Advancement of Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) Deans Conference. Once again, hundreds of business school deans got together to commiserate about their challenges, brag about the extraordinary work (perhaps an exaggeration) they have done, and renew old friendships that sometimes last for decades. For me, the meeting involved seeing even more new faces, a chance to hear about and discuss best practices in curriculum development and fundraising, visit with one of our most interesting alums, and have the opportunity to be back in a city that I really like.
This visit was a bit different than all of the other times I have been in the Big Easy. On Tuesday February 7, while Bill Hargrave, Dean of Business at Auburn University, was moderating a session on crisis management (his business school had a big fire in 2016), my phone alarm went off, three times. Little did we know but it was Twister Tuesday! No one seemed to know what to do, and there was no sign of the Hilton Staff (maybe they were in some bunker). So, we managed that crisis by not doing anything at all. Imagine that, 70 or so for the most part Type A personalities frozen in their chairs. Before much more time had passed, six tornados had set down (there were five injuries reported), one in Orleans Parish, the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway was closed, and Governor Jon Bel Edwards (last name sound familiar?) had declared a state of emergency. We, yes we, just sat there hearing about how others managed their crises!
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2017/02/07/tornado-inflicts-major-damage-in-new-orleans-east-building-collapse-reported.html
New Orleans continues to recover for the devastation from Hurricane Katrina. There are still remnants of properties destroyed, but on the positive side, there has been significant renovation and re-birth adjacent to the river, downtown, in neighborhoods and along Canal Street and other main thoroughfares. Only one large eyesore remains downtown, the former World Trade Center hotel at the foot of Canal right at the river. The Riverside Complex was buzzing with foot traffic, and on a Sunday afternoon I observed the departure of the Norwegian Dawn, a cruise ship with a bunch of crazy tourists bound for a few days of extreme sunburn in the Caribbean.
New Orleans celebrates its diverse culture, and, in particular, the contributions of immigrants to its over 200 years of history. The statue pictured below is one dedicated to Italians, my people. It's a very nice work of art, and is located along the river walk.
On the statue and monument front, New Orleans is having the same conversations that are occurring in many cities and towns in the old south. One of the main issues to be resolved is the future of monuments, mostly statues, commemorating the Civil War. I have written about statues before, in particular, the issues relevant to the removal of the statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest, slave-trader and first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, in Memphis. In 2015, the Memphis City Council voted to relocate the statue from a public park, only to be over-ruled by the Tennessee Historical Commission.
Recently, May 2017, four statues were taken down, three at night, after the City Council of New Orleans voted to have them removed. As expected, the backlash from incensed supporters of southern heritage was significant, thus there were no announcements regarding when the statues would be moved. A genius legislator from Mississippi recommended that the New Orleans leaders be lynched (although he did apologize later). Others posted Facebook threats and left nasty language telephone messages. Workers who removed the statues wore protective gear and had their faces covered out of fear of reprisal.
So, who came down:
General Robert E. Lee, all 16 feet of him on a 60 foot pedestal above St. Charles Avenue at Lee Circle. We know his historical significance as the leader of the Confederate States Army. His statue was the last to be removed, May 19. The statue was erected in 1884.
General Pierre Gustave Toutant (PGT) Beauregard, four feet taller than General Lee and on horseback. His statue was located at City Park, and was erected in 1915. P.G.T. Beauregard was a United States Military Academy graduate, rising to the rank of Brevet Major in the U.S. Army before he became a General in the Confederate States Army. He commanded the armies of the western theatre, but also served in Charleston and Petersburg. His statue came down May 17.
Jefferson Davis was the President of the Confederate States of America. His statue was 6 feet high, and it resided on a 12 foot column on Jefferson Davis Parkway at Canal Street. It was erected in 1911. Davis was also a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy, rising to the rank of Colonel in a volunteer regiment. He served as Secretary of War from 1853 to 1857 under President Franklin Pierce. Davis' statue came down May 11.
The Liberty Place Monument was erected in 1891, and commemorated a bloody uprising in 1874 of the white-supremacist Crescent City White League. The league objected to the New Orleans integrated police force and state militia. The monument was 35 feet tall and was located on Canal Street near the French Quarter.
I recommend reading more about the four monuments, asking yourself the more general question: what are we to do, if anything, with the hundreds or more monuments still standing throughout the south?
One final observation. The New Orleans Airport, named for Louis Armstrong, is old and tired. However, a new one is on the way, scheduled completion 2018 (you can look it up). Will the new airport be named for Louis Armstrong?
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Great games always have a great team behind them. There are a variety of key skills that are needed to build the most amazing and immersive experience for our players, one of these being the role of a Designer. We caught up with Adam Smart, Designer on Sniper Strike: Special Ops at EightPixelsSquare to chat about his work, and receive some expert advice on what's needed to break into the games industry.
What has been your proudest moment in the gaming industry?
It's an awesome moment when we release a new game after months (or years!) of work and get to see players having fun with the experience we've created. There are proud moments throughout development as individual elements of the game come together, but seeing the finished product out there on the app stores and in player's hands really drives home what we've accomplished - and really helps bring perspective to what we do for a living: creating fun!
Working on live, free-to-play mobile games makes for a lot of moments like this as the worldwide launch is just the start. Our games are constantly evolving, and we get to launch regular major updates that bring new features and gameplay experiences to players.
Who is your team's unsung hero?
It would be unfair to single just one person out, as the truth is there is a massive amount of 'under the hood' work that goes into each of our games and it really is a huge team effort. EightPixelsSquare is focused on delivering AAA quality titles on mobile and it's a complex - sometimes daunting - and always fun process that we're able to accomplish by leveraging the talents of a hugely experienced team of coders, artists, animators, and Designers.
What are the team currently working on?
Our current focus is on creating great new content for Sniper Strike: Special Ops, refining the experience and giving the community more of what they love about the game. We're always exploring new concepts and ideas, and whilst we're not ready to share any info on our next project just yet, it's an exciting time to be a Designer at EightPixels!
What advice would you give to someone wanting to enter the gaming industry as a Designer?
To get your first job in the industry it's essential that you can showcase a great understanding of games design in your portfolio work, from best practices through to a deep knowledge of games and how you've applied this to your own designs.
The first step to develop this is also the fun part... broaden your design knowledge by playing a lot of games! It's important that you look at the games you play as analytically as possible: a great game is composed of many design choices coming together to create a fun experience and by looking at how these systems are constructed, and how they all work together, you can really push your own work to the next level.
Learning from other designers is just as valuable, and I'd really recommend doing this whenever you can. There are many great talks, articles and game post-mortems to watch and read across the net and looking carefully at how others evolve their design work, through both successes and failures, will broaden your knowledge and strengthen your own work.
Your portfolio is really the key to demonstrating your design skills and landing your first job in the industry. The good news is that it's now easier than ever to get started, with a lot of awesome free software and modding tools that you can use to develop skills that directly transfer into your day-to-day job in the industry.
Design is a wide discipline with many specialized roles, from systems and UX designers through to gameplay and level designers, and showing your focus and strength in the areas that interest you will really differentiate you from the pack when you apply. For example, if you love level design, creating amazing levels for existing games is the ideal way to demonstrate your capabilities.
Creating your own game from scratch can be a great way to learn a broad range of industry skills, and it's essential for Designers to understand how all departments work, but where possible try to focus your portfolio on demonstrable design work that is relevant to the role. That way, you're making sure to showcase your strengths and create plenty of interesting opportunities for your future career.
From 1998 to 2018, we went from Gameboy Colours to VR Headsets. What do you think we will have in 2038?
Tech is moving at such an amazing rate that it's exciting to consider the types of experience we'll be able to offer gamers in just the next few years, let alone in 20 years time! Whilst it's almost impossible to predict what the long-term future holds, some things are for sure: games are getting bigger and better than ever, and with more people playing and more ways to play together, it's a great time to be making games!
Looking to join the UK's top AAA mobile games developer? EightPixelsSquare are hiring now!


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World Cup Draw 2014 Brazil
posted 6 Dec 2013, 14:58 by Sportech Nz
The World Cup Draw for Brazil 2014 took place overnight in Brazil and there are some fascinating groups. The 32 nations now know who they will play in the Group stages and who they may have to face in the Last 16 knock out round. Everyone will want to avoid Brazil and Argentina.
The top two powerhouses and favorites, Brazil and Argentina, have been given a green light by the draw to advance deep into the 2014 FIFA World Cup tournament, making them winners of Friday's draw.
Group A: Brazil, Cameroon, Mexico, Croatia
Group B: Spain, Chile, Australia, Netherlands
Group C: Colombia, Ivory Coast, Japan, Greece
Group D: Uruguay, Italy, Costa Rica, England
Group E: Switzerland, Ecuador, Honduras, France
Group F: Argentina, Nigeria, Iran, Bosnia-Herzegovina
Group G: Germany, Ghana, USA, Portugal
Group H: Belgium, Algeria, South Korea, Russia


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Q: Why the params go through the function when i use junit? I want to test the controller of java-end,so I need a params from web which is request for the controller.But I am confused of map&json,and the params I made is cannot use.
the key code:
public Object updateListLoggerUser(@RequestBody Map<String, Object> params, Model model, HttpServletRequest request)
        throws IOException {
    if (params.get("statusEvents") == null) {
        model.addAttribute(ReturnMessage.STATUS, ReturnMessage.STATUS_NOT_OK);
        model.addAttribute(ReturnMessage.ERROR_CODE, ReturnMessage.ERROR_CODE_MESSAGE.ERROR_CODE_500);
        model.addAttribute(ReturnMessage.ERROR_MESSAGE, "No statusEvents parameter");
    }
    List<HOSStatusEvent> statusEvents = JSON.parseArray(JSON.toJSONString(params.get("statusEvents")),
            HOSStatusEvent.class);//I need make a params whose key is "statusEvent"
    UserSessionDto usDto = ControllerUtils.getCurrentClientAdminInfo(request);
    hourOfServiceService.generateOneDayStatusEventForUser(usDto.getUserId(), statusEvents.get(0).getShortDate(),
            statusEvents);
    try {
        hourOfServiceService.reCal(usDto.getUserId(), statusEvents.get(0).getShortDate(), 0);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        model.addAttribute(ReturnMessage.STATUS, ReturnMessage.STATUS_NOT_OK);
        model.addAttribute(ReturnMessage.ERROR_CODE, ReturnMessage.ERROR_CODE_MESSAGE.ERROR_CODE_500);
        model.addAttribute(ReturnMessage.ERROR_MESSAGE, ReturnMessage.ERROR_CODE_MESSAGE.ERROR_MESSAGE_500);
    }
    model.addAttribute(ReturnMessage.STATUS, ReturnMessage.STATUS_OK);
    return model;
}

and what fields is the HOSStatusEvent model have:
private String userId;//"Jo"
private String devId;//"car123"
private Integer shortDate;//20160615
private Integer startTime;//1412
private Integer endTime;//1425
private Integer duration;//13
private String comments;//"some comments"
private String location;//"Hubei China"
private Integer status;//3
private Integer specialType;//1

My params which is incorrect:
statusEvent=[{'userId': 'jo','shortDate': '20160615','startTime': '1400','endTime': '1406','duration': '6','status': '3', 'comments': 'testlistupdate','location': 'sz'},{'userId': 'jo','shortDate: '20160615','startTime': '1412','endTime': '1525','duration': '13','status': '3','comments': 'testsingleupdate','location': 'Hubei China'}]

this is my relevant test Code(this part only show how I mock the param):
        params.put("statusEvents", "[{'userId':'jo','shortDate':'20160615','startTime':'1400','endTime':'1406','duration':'6','status': '3','comments':'testlistupdate','location':'sz'},{'userId':'jo','shortDate':'20160615','startTime':'1412','endTime':'1525','duration':'13','status':'3','comments':'testsingleupdate','location':'HubeiChina'}]");
    //params.put("type", "S");
    String content = JSON.toJSONString(params);
    String contentType = "application/json";
    String charset = "utf-8";
    RequestEntity requestEntity = new StringRequestEntity(content, contentType, charset);
    postMethod.setRequestEntity(requestEntity);
    httpClient.getState().addCookies(cookies);
    int status = httpClient.executeMethod(postMethod);

I test the function updateListLoggerUser() in the first block in this page with Junit.
but when i debug it ,it will print an exception while in this line:
List<HOSStatusEvent> statusEvents = JSON.parseArray(JSON.toJSONString(params.get("statusEvents")),
        HOSStatusEvent.class);

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Q: How to unlock a Database.mdf file so can share with friends? Does anyone know how to unlock a SQL Server .mdf file so can share with friends?
Because the file that my friend share with me for our group assignment happen to be locked up and that I can't use the data within and only can view it.
Actually I want to share my database with my partner in this group assignment. We use a similar database. However, due to reason of time meet up with our instructor, we both need to have our own holding of a database for presentation at different time.
Also the reason, I want to learn to unlock it is because, we may need to try in on different hardware as well. Is in by Exporting? Like what is shown in this link video? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2XmaCFk-kk

A: Firstly, to be able to use .mdf/.ldf files in common operations like Copy/Paste you need:
1. Under Sql Server Management Studio right click on the DB:

2. Then under Detach window check 'Delete Connexions' and click Ok:

You're free to do whatever you want with your .mdf/.ldf files

A: You probably shouldn't be sharing the MDF files, but if that's what you want to do you will indeed have to detach the database and transfer MDF and LDF files before attaching it on the other side.
It's not completely clear what you want to accomplish, but I think your best option is to take a backup on your machine, transfer the backup to the other machine and restore it there, that way the database doesn't have to go offline.
See this link for a how-to on the backup/restore method.
See this link for instructions on the detach/attach method

A: Share SQL connection, not the MDF file. Use SQL Surface to enable network access to your DB and define user logins.


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Q: Get a ASP.NET (inc MVC) application talking to a Flex UI over AMF How can I get a ASP.NET (inc MVC) application talking to a Flex UI over AMF.  I am wanting to push approx 100+ records around at a time and AMF would appear to be the way forward, but there doesn't appear to be anything obvious.

A: If you're pressed for time, you can just use the RemoteObject to hit a compiled DLL  (like WebORB - its free for .NET, but you need a VS copy above Express to compile your classes that you want to expose to Flex)
and Retrieve the object that way...
Obviously your objects should have a DAL in place or be generated so you can communicate with your database.
But i suggest using Cairngorm for any data intensive Flex application. It isn't simple and development won't feel as fast, but once you understand it, things go alot smoother and it just feels right. I could go into the details, but there are people that are much smarter than I am that have already explained it, in depth. Someone like yourself should be able to grasp the concepts pretty quickly.
here are the links to learning WebORB and Cairngorm:

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*weborb : http://www.themidnightcoders.com/weborb/

*cairngorm : http://opensource.adobe.com/wiki/display/cairngorm/Cairngorm

*learning Cairngorm : http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flex/articles/cairngorm_pt1.html

A: An alternative to WebORB for .Net AMF remoting is FlourineFx. I haven't used it, but it looks interesting. I have used WebORB which is quite powerful. It has some great code generation tools which speed up the process of building a database driven application.

A: One minor correction to the answer above: you can actually use the Express edition to compile your assembly. With WebORB you can simply deploy your DLLs into the /bin folder of the virtual directory and it will take care of enabling your classes as Flex Remoting services. You do not need to implement any special interfaces or use any special attributes. Just create a class that returns the data you want to deliver to the client, deploy that class into weborb and use the RemoteObject API on the client side. Here's a link to the getting started article:
http://www.themidnightcoders.com/articles/flextodotnet.htm

A: I would definetely check WebORB and the MSMQ support (FluorineFX has the same functionality. Both are free). You could let WebORB listen to a certain queue in MSMQ. On the flex side you would need to create a Consumer and suscribe it to that queue. WebORB will then push every message in the queue to all the Consumers created in the swf. Other applications like your ASP.NET application could put messages in that queue (serialized objects or xml for instance) and will be delivered to your Flex GUI.
I wrote some posts on the subect on http://blog.johlero.eu.
Another very good example is at http://www.themidnightcoders.com/articles/msmqtoflexdatapush.shtm where they use a Windows Form Application to send messages to a flex Gui.
Lieven Cardoen aka Johlero


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IKEA plans to return financial aid to the government
Summing up the quarantine, the Swedish retailer found that the losses were much smaller than expected.
IKEA is now negotiating with governments to return funds to nine countries that previously provided government support to the company during the crisis caused by the Coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic. The assistance was not in the form of direct payments, but through paid leave schemes for company employees.
According to Tolga Oncu, Retail Operations Manager, Ingka Group, at the beginning of the crisis the company expected a 70-80% drop in sales. However, at the moment, when almost all 374 Ikea stores in different countries have opened, the company is experiencing an increased influx of customers. Tolga Oncu explains this process by stating that consumers are realizing the deferred demand for goods for home improvement.
After evaluating the losses and finding that the financial situation is in line with more optimistic forecasts, the company decided to start negotiations on the return of the aid in one form or another with the authorities of nine countries - the United States, Czech Republic, Belgium, Portugal, Ireland, Croatia, Spain, Romania, and Serbia.
Negotiations are still only in the early stages. Due to the fact that different countries have different schemes for financial support or part-time work, the company does not yet have a specific scheme for the return of assistance. Also, the exact amount to be returned to the government in some form is not yet known.
According to Tolga Oncu, the return of the aid received is just "the right thing to do" for the company. He also added that IKEA is committed to working in the long term and believes it is important to have good relations with communities around the world.
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We are currently looking for writers to review new Latin American albums. We are constantly inundated with new releases both from Latin America and from the Latin American diaspora. As we don't want to miss a thing we'd love to have some new Music Reviewers on the team who are interested in hearing brand new Latin American music and airing their views. An in-depth knowledge of Latin American music is not a must (though it does help), the most important thing for us is that you can write clearly with passion for the subject.
In addition we are looking for a Mixtapes Editor and a Music Exclusives Editor. The first of these would source new Latin-flavoured mixtapes for the site before posting them up on the site. This would suit a DJ or music obsessive who really loves getting their hands on eclectic Latin sounds, whether they be old or new. The Music Exclusives Editor will help with the procurement and publishing of exclusives for the site – such as video and track premières. Both of these roles will work closely with the Editor. If you're interested get in touch and we'll provide further details.
All roles are voluntary. Though Sounds and Colours is an established website with a reputation for quality content and for showcasing the best new Latin American music, we are still small fish within the great pond of the Internet. However, we hope that you will compensated by the level of support we give you, by the opportunity of becoming part of a passionate team and by the opportunities that will come from working with Sounds and Colours.


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Rolf Löckmann (* 10. November 1942 in Wuppertal-Wichlinghausen) ist ein deutscher Fotograf und Denkmalschützer.

Leben
Rolf Löckmann studierte Elektrotechnik an der Ingenieurschule Wuppertal und Industrie-Formgebung an der Folkwang-Schule in Essen. Von 1972 bis 1977 arbeitete er als Leiter des Ausbildungszentrums für Fotografie an der Stadtbildstelle Wuppertal. 1978 bis 1979 war er Lehrbeauftragter im Fachbereich Design an der Bergischen Gesamthochschule in Wuppertal, daneben wirkte er von 1976 bis 1982 als Theaterfotograf an den Wuppertaler Bühnen.

1977 wurde ihm für sein fotografisches Werk der Förderpreis des Von der Heydt-Kulturpreis verliehen. Weitere Auszeichnungen für seine Publikationen folgten. Bekannt wurde er insbesondere für seine dokumentarischen Aufnahmen von verfallenen Häuser und gefährdeten Baudenkmälern in Berlin und Wuppertal, seit 1974 ist er an zahlreichen Einzel- und Gruppenausstellungen im In- und Ausland beteiligt.

Sein Interesse für historische Gebäude beschränkt sich nicht nur auf ihre detaillierte fotografische Dokumentation. So organisierte er die Translozierung von bislang sieben historischen Wuppertaler Wohnhäusern, für die er 2006 mit dem Michael-Metschies-Preis ausgezeichnet wurde. Er ist neben der Fotografie auch im gestalterischen Bereich aktiv. So gestaltete er zum Beispiel eine Figur der Pinguinale.

Rolf Löckmann lebt und arbeitet in Wuppertal-Küllenhahn.

Auszeichnungen
 1977: Förderpreis des Von der Heydt-Kulturpreis der Stadt Wuppertal
 2006: Michael-Metschies-Preis

Publikationen (Auswahl)
 Gesichter einer Stadt. Born-Verlag, Wuppertal 1982, ISBN 3-87093-003-9 (Fotoband zu Wuppertal).
 Die Schwebebahn. Verlag Fr. Staats, Wuppertal 1984. Ausgezeichnet als eines der Schönsten deutschen Bücher 1984.
 mit Michael Metschies: Gefährdet – gerettet – verloren, Schicksale Wuppertaler Bauten. Born-Verlag, Wuppertal 1982, ISBN 3-87093-031-4.
 mit Susanne Bossy: Lebendiges Wuppertal. Born-Verlag, Wuppertal 1987, ISBN 3-87093-050-0.
 Wuppertal. Born-Verlag, Wuppertal 1991, ISBN 3-87093-055-1.

Literatur
 Dirk Fröse: Rolf Löckmann. In: Sabine Selchow (Red.): Künstler im Wuppertal. 76 Porträts. Herausgegeben vom Kulturamt der Stadt Wuppertal. Peter Hammer Verlag, Wuppertal 1983, ISBN 3-87294-230-1, S. 86–87.

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There's a social purpose to this project that embodies an idea about bringing awareness to a situation, but also raising money to benefit the people they're documenting. Architecture has a tendency to be discussed anthropomorphically, and so the fact that they're using portraits and actually projecting faces onto existing architecture starts to splice known vocabulary with a more socially conscious direction.
This work is a documentary project and temporary installation intended to foster an understanding of issues facing Austin's underserved populations. In partnership with the C.D. Doyle Clinic — a student-run free clinic located less than three blocks west of Waller Creek in downtown Austin — patients will be given an opportunity to anonymously or publicly speak to the issues directly affecting their health and well-being. Throughout the year, a series of interviews and portraits will be compiled in both online and print formats.
The resulting collection is featured during Austin's 4th annual "Creek Show," encouraging mindfulness, empathy, and respect for the mission of the clinic and those it serves. The Creek Show, an outreach of the Waller Creek Conservancy, seeks to bring awareness about the importance and impact of the Waller Creek area of Austin and its transformation to the communities and people of Austin. The portraits collected during the year will be projected onto an ephemeral cloud of foggy mist beneath the 7th Street Bridge during the 10-day show.
Rolled steel armatures connected by a long section of unistrut pipe will rest on the creek bed, incorporating counterweights for stability but requiring no drilling or ecological disruption. A subsurface pump and filter will channel creek water through flexible tubing running up the armatures and across the unistrut pipe. A commercial-grade misting system will create the billowing fog from nozzles within the pipe. Two battery-powered projectors, mounted from the armature above, supply the imagery that will appear within the mist.


Throughout our lives we have all owned something. From the toy we wanted so badly for Christmas as a child to our first car. Something that we can look at and admire, something that we desired. While the common view is that owning something is beneficial and good, Plato argues that ownership is detrimental to character, while Aristotle argues that owning tangible goods develops moral character, and finally 20th century philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre claims that ownership extends to intangible things as well. Becoming proficient at a skill and thoroughly knowing it means we "own" it, according to Sartre. But how does ownership effect us? For many it varies, but for me I know that it is a simple journey towards refinement.
As Thoreau went out into the woods to, "live deliberately," I too believe that ownership should be a personal journey through necessity. Living in Southern California my whole life has brought me intimately close to opulence, greed, and gluttony. The Porsche's or Rolex's or material gains of the vapid do not impress or inspire me, at all.
Expanding on Sartre's point of view I agree that ownership extends to the intangible, but then therefore it coincidentally becomes a personal journey. Which means that you have the largest aspect of control, because it is entirely you. I personally would describe myself as a minimalist, only wearing, owning, and doing what makes me truly happy and a better person for myself, friends, and family. Most people strongly believe that my path is extreme, but to me it is simply life. Bringing me down to the honest, bare essentials to better myself and to experience the natural beauty of our world without the cop-outs of an obsession with wealth, food, material gains, or ego.
And that is what ownership is to me. The journey to find the true path that makes you the person you honestly need and want to be. To deliberately strip away the excess and the chaff to find your true self. While that may seem mystical, it is practical. That is what you need to do, to find the balance between the tangible and the intangible and fire down the path without regret, inflated ego, or impatience.
This was an essay I wrote in my AP English class on ownership.


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Back to module : Sunday Million Course
2. Sunday Million Winners
4. How to Turn 75 Cents into $32,000! (Part 2)
This is the second part of an interview with PokerStars School player 'Smart747' who turned the last 75 cents he had in his account into an amazing $32,000 score by winning Spin & Go's, one of which earned him a satellite ticket into the Sunday Million where he finished 5th. If you missed the first part of the interview you can find it here.
One of the biggest names in poker, Chris Moneymaker, knows all about winning big from a satellite. In 2003 Chris went to Las Vegas on the back of a satty on PokerStars and ended up becoming WSOP Champion for a life-changing $2.5 million USD! It's only fitting then that we asked Chris to review the hands played by 'Smart747' so that we could all learn how it's done.
PokerStars School: Did you ever dream you would do so well in the Sunday Million?
Smart747: Absolutely not, in fact, I often thought about not playing and instead playing smaller tournaments instead of just one big one. Luckily, as it turned out, because I qualified via a satty it was impossible to cancel my registration. If it was I might never had made such a big score.
PokerStars School: What do you think was the secret to your success in the tournament?
Smart747: My 'secret' I suppose was self-belief. I remember joking with friends a few days before the tournament that I would become a millionaire. While I was only joking I still went into the tournament with a lot of confidence, discipline, an a desire to win. At every break I took a minute to set new goals for the next levels.
PokerStars School: What advice would you give to new aspiring players here at PokerStars School?
Smart747: If you believe in yourself, go for it! We create our own destiny. Listen to your instinct and love what you are doing. If you never give up on your dreams then good luck and fortune will find you.
Other articles by Chris Moneymaker that you might enjoy:
How to play tournaments like me | Part 1


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Declining Volatility in the U.S. Automobile Industry
NBER Working Paper No. w11596
37 Pages Posted: 26 Oct 2005 Last revised: 26 Dec 2022
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Valerie A. Ramey
University of California at San Diego; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Daniel J. Vine
Date Written: September 2005
This paper documents the dramatic changes in volatility that occurred in the U.S. auto industry in the early 1980s. Namely, output volatility declined significantly, the covariance of inventory investment and sales became much more negative, and adjustments to output, which in earlier decades stemmed primarily from plants hiring and laying off workers, were more often accomplished with changes in average hours per worker after the mid 1980s. Building on the work of Blanchard (1983), we show how all of these changes could have stemmed from one underlying factor—a decline in the persistence of motor vehicle sales. We use both industry-level data as well as micro data on production schedules from 103 assembly plants in the United States and Canada to document the developments in the early 1980s. We then use the original Holt, Modigliani, Muth and Simon (1960) linear quadratic inventory model to show how a decline in the persistence of sales leads to all of the changes noted above, including the propensity to use intensive margins of adjustment over extensive labor margins, even in the absence of technological change.
Ramey, Valerie A. and Vine, Daniel J., Declining Volatility in the U.S. Automobile Industry (September 2005). NBER Working Paper No. w11596, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=800451
Valerie A. Ramey (Contact Author)
University of California at San Diego ( email )
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System ( email )
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AWS Elemental, an Amazon Web Services (AWS) company, today announced that the fifth annual 4K 4Charity Fun Run at IBC Show will take place at 7:00 a.m. local time on Saturday, Sept. 15 at Amstelpark in Amsterdam. Registration is open at https://4k4charity.com/ibc .
Among the non-profits supported by the 4K 4Charity Fun Run at IBC Show is Amsterdam-based StichtingNewTechKids , which provides computer science education for girls, minorities, and economically challenged youth in the Netherlands. The organization supports a computer science teacher training program for primary school teachers with proceeds from 4K 4Charity. Also supported is Iridescent , a global education non-profit that empowers underrepresented young people to become innovators and leaders through engineering and technology. Through their two programs, Curiosity Machine AI Family Challenge and Technovation, Iridescent introduces underserved communities to new technologies and empowers and equips them to apply those technologies to solve the real-world problems they face.
To register for the 4K 4Charity Fun Run at IBC Show, or to view sponsorship opportunities, visit https://4k4charity.com/ibc .
To see how 4K 4Charity funds help Stichting NewTechKids extend computer science education to children in the Netherlands, read http://stichtingnewtechkids.org/apply-now-free-computer-science-teacher-training-program/ .