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Greek-American Steve N. Economou Joins G-Squared Partners
Steve Economou. (Photo via gsquaredcfo.com
NEW YORK — G-Squared Partners, LLC announced today that Steve Economou has joined the firm as a Managing Director, M&A to establish an investment banking practice. The new practice – a natural extension of G-Squared's outsourced CFO, finance, and accounting work – is dedicated to offering skilled investment banking services to middle market companies that are often underserved by national investment banking practices. The effort will focus on M&A advisory services, capital raising, recapitalizations, and evaluating strategic alternatives for these businesses.
Steve brings more than 35 years of corporate finance experience to G-Squared, including investment banking, venture capital, private equity, capital raising, and mergers and acquisitions. He began his career with one of the leading investment banking boutiques in Philadelphia and subsequently worked in the investment banking subsidiaries of a global commercial bank and two large CPA firms.
Steve has advised on more than $2 billion of transaction value and completed more than 100 board and strategic advisory engagements. With his expertise, G-Squared is now capable of advising firms throughout the entire financial lifecycle from start-up to exit. This includes outsource CFO, capital formation, recapitalization, efforts, preparing for a sale, assessing buyout offers, and initiating a sales process.
Gene S. Godick, CEO of G-Squared, said, "Steve is a great fit for G-Squared, our team, and our clients. We have been receiving more requests from clients to assist them with M&A and raising capital. Adding Steve to the team to spearhead our investment banking practice complements our work in accounting, finance, and operations. We now are able to offer a full array of services that provide family-owned and entrepreneur-owned businesses with strategic financial expertise.
Said Steve: "I am excited to join a rapidly growing entrepreneurial firm truly dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs and investors. Gene and I have known each other for twenty years, and I could not pass up the opportunity to join the team at G-Squared."
G-Squared Partners is a leading outsourced CFO, finance, and accounting team. G-Squared has been a member of the INC 5000 company list for the past four years. The firm provides strategic financial, accounting, operational, and investment banking expertise to CEOs and investors who recognize that an outsourced finance team can accelerate their success. G-Squared has a demonstrated track record of success in improving financial reporting, enhancing profitability and working capital, securing funding, and supporting transactions. G Squared clients are national and focused in SaaS, technology enabled services, professional services, and growing consumer products companies.
Securities Products and Investment Banking Services are offered through BA Securities, LLC. Four Tower Bridge, 200 Barr Harbor Drive, Suite 400, W. Conshohocken, PA 19428. (P) 877-738-5841. Member FINRA SIPC. G-Squared Partners, LLC and BA Securities, LLC are separate, unaffiliated entities.
THI/TNH Takeover – Marianthi Vlachos
Welcome to TNH's Takeover! In collaboration with The Hellenic Initiative (THI), The National Herald and THI have begun a partnership to introduce the NEXTGEN of Greek/Cypriot 'movers and shakers' to the rest of our Diaspora community around the world.
Yanni Georgoulakis: Social Media Trendsetter with 6M Followers
THI/TNH Takeover – Constantine Katsarakis


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African All Stars
Bassey strong for Ajax and enjoys physical side of the game - Blind
Dennis Mabuka
10:08 EAT 06/09/2022
The 22-year-old Super Eagle has already made his mark for the Dutch side and provided an assist in Saturday's league win
Ajax defender Daley Blind has credited Calvin Bassey for understanding the team's style of play ahead of their Uefa Champions League fixture against Rangers on Wednesday.
The 22-year-old Nigeria international left the Scottish giants to sign for the Dutch champions and has already made his name there, starting in three straight Eredivisie matches.
After missing the first two owing to suspension, Bassey featured for 90 minutes as Ajax defeated Sparta Rotterdam 1-0, was in action in the 2-0 win against FC Utrecht, as well as last Saturday's 4-0 thrashing of Cambuur at the Johan Cruyff Arena, where he chipped in with an assist.
"Already we can see that he Calvin [Bassey] is a big talent," Blind, who formerly played for Manchester United, told the Daily Record.
"We can see he is strong and enjoys the physical side of the game – but he is also comfortable on the ball and playing out from the back – and that is the style of football threat we try to play at Ajax."
Blind further praised Rangers for the role they played in nurturing the Super Eagle's talent.
"Rangers must take credit for the player he is and his development," Blind continued.
"He is a young player still and as a young player it is so important where you can be at a club where you will play and where they obviously want to develop you – and Rangers was that club for him.
"Now he is at Ajax we hope his development can go up a level and he can become one of the best defenders in Europe."
On whether Ajax have question Bassey on Rangers' style of play ahead of their clash, Blind said: "Of course, we have spoken with him [Bassey] about the game against Rangers to help us prepare.
"He has only positive things to say about them – but all that will matter will be trying to win the game.
"With also Liverpool and Napoli in the group for me it is one of the toughest groups – that is why it is so important we try and get off to a good start against Rangers."
Ajax and Rangers will face off at Johan Cruyff Arena in their Group A opener.
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Not too many people know this, but I went through a phase in my early twenties where I really enjoyed going to psychics. I had this insatiable hunger to find out my future. I wanted someone to tell me that everything was going to be okay and I wanted to believe them. Long story short I don't do that anymore because I've learned to focus more on the present moment. There are some valuable life lessons that took me longer to learn because of my fixation with figuring out the future.
I was such a people-pleaser when I was younger. I was always looking for validation outside of myself. If I could go back in time, I would tell my younger self that it was more than okay for her to be herself. I would find a way to teach her to stand firm in her decisions and that anyone who didn't like who she was didn't need to be in her life.
I was horribly bullied in middle school and high school and I never told anyone because I was so ashamed about not being able to defend myself. Back in those days, I believed that my life was ruined and that things would never get better. I wish I could give my younger self a huge hug and let her know that things would get better. In the end, I'm a stronger, more compassionate, and a more resilient person because of everything I endured. I learned to be extremely careful with other people's feelings and emotions as a result of how reckless other people were with mine.
It is up to each and every single one of us to define how we want to live our lives. Sometimes the life we choose to live won't fit into anyone's box…nothing is wrong with that. Not everyone wants to house with the white picket fence, some of us want to travel the world. Some of us may choose a career path that others may not understand. At the end of the day, all that matters is that you are proud of the decisions you make.


Topic: Why does the refund never happen if the domain registration?
After several weeks of work, I submitted an initial pull request for a reimplementation of the QT UI.
If anyone has time, I'd appreciate comments & N/ACKS. Thanks.


So when I came home with a "girl" rabbit from the Amish Auction, or so I thought, I put him in the hutch with my female thinking my Chocolate Dutch was a girl.
When I woke up in the morning I realized that my girl Twilight was chasing and attacking my other bunny. Now she is sometimes mean and normally moody, but this was making me furious. When I got the Dutch at the auction it looked like a girl, but we were unsure. After I checked again I saw it was a boy, and started freaking out. Because I was not allowed to get a boy.
But this Dutch is probably only 9-10 weeks old and I don't see any "man parts" like testicles. So can I trust that my female is not pregnant. I got him on April 4, 2015. Today when I found out is April 5, 2015.
I AM SOOOO SCARED !!!!!!
Wait, I'm confused. Why are you scared?
Good job on doing your homework about pregnant rabbits - you are correct, hopefully your girl bunny is not pregnant, but I do hope you separated the two bunnies immediately!
Good luck on rectifying the problem, hopefully you'll find an excellent solution.


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Joni Mitchell Says She Used to Make Other Artists Nervous
Joni Mitchell looked back on her early career and suggested some people felt "nervous" about her famously honest and introspective approach to songwriting.
In a new interview with Elton John on his Rocket Hour show on Apple Music 1, she also confirmed there were plans to release a recording of her unannounced performance at the Newport Folk Festival earlier this year.
"At the time… I took a lot of flak if anything – people thought that it was too intimate," Mitchell told John of her formative years. "I think it upset the male singer-songwriters. They'd go, 'Oh no. Do we have to bare our souls like this now?' I think it made people nervous." But she argued things had changed slowly over time. "It took to this generation – they seem to be able to face those emotions more easily than my generation," she said.
Mitchell also reported that she hadn't rehearsed for the Newport show, during which she had to take account of the effects of the brain aneurysm she'd suffered in 2015. "Didn't have any," she said of pre-show preparations. "We just winged it." She went on to explain why she didn't sing during her performance of "Just Like This Train," saying: "I couldn't sing the key. I've become an alto. I'm not a soprano any more, so I couldn't sing the song. I thought people might feel lighted if I just played the guitar part – but I like the guitar part to that song. So anyway, it was very well received, much to my delight."
Asked about releasing the performance as an album, Mitchell replied: "Yeah, we're trying to put that out." But when John suggested she should return to the studio and record new music, she avoided offering a response. She recently announced her first full concert in decades, set to take place in June 2023.
The full Rocket Hour show is aired on Apple Music 1 today (Nov. 12) at 5PM local time.
Top 40 Singer-songwriter Albums
From Bob Dylan and John Lennon to Joni Mitchell and Billy Joel.


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Being the person that is being sung to is awkward, especially if you're in a seated position. At a concert, you could at least dance and enjoy the moment. Seated at a table? Shuffle from side to side and hope you don't fall over?
Wait a solid five minutes for the song to be over and return to eating your lukewarm food? This lady got it right: food first.
At least he wasn't boring.
That's advice I used to get about going out on dates. Be yourself, but…don't be boring. This guy? This guy understands it. He's on food stamps for chrissakes and he made a whole evening of courting her and sharing his passions. He may not have resources but at least he's resourceful!


A few years ago, I read Girl of the Limberlost, by Gene Stratton Porter, for the first time. It's actually the sequel to Freckles, which I haven't read yet. GOL was one of my grandmother's favorite books. It was published in 1909, which probably explains the name of the main character: Elnora.
Gene Stratton Porter was born in Indiana, and was an author, naturalist, and nature photographer. According to Wikipedia, she was also one of the first women to form a movie studio and production company. How cool is that? The Limberlost Swamp, the setting for the book, is a real place. Here's a picture from the state of Indiana website - over 428 acres preserved for nature study!
I read this book when I lived in North Carolina and was homesick for Michigan, which made the story's setting of Indiana near and dear to my Midwestern heart. I loved reading about all the different kinds of moths Elnora collected. It's been a lot of years, and it was well before I began commonplacing, so I don't have any favorite quotes to share with you. I remember it being a story about a strong young woman who persevered through a great deal of hardship and poverty, and made a success of herself, finding love in the process. I remember feeling a special connection with the story, knowing my grandmother loved it.
If you've read any of Gene Stratton-Porter's books, what was your favorite?
I've followed your G+. Thanks for the book recommendation. I picked up a copy. Sweet!
I'm not familiar with that author but I love the name Elnora. Might use that sometime. Nice to meet you on A to Z.
I've never read the book though I do have a video of a movie made based on the book. I haven't watched that movie in 20 years so I don't remember what it was like.


To confirm the minutes of the meeting held on 6 November 2018.
The minutes of the meeting held on 6 November 2018 were approved as a correct record and signed by the Chairman.
Members may make any declarations of interest at this point but may also make them at any point during the meeting.
Councillors Bond and White declared an interest in item 50 as they were Members of the Challenge and Improvement Committee. However, they were informed that this wasn't an interest and they wouldn't be precluded from taking part or voting on this item.
Matters Arising schedule setting out current position of previously agreed actions as at 7 January 2019.
The matters arising schedule was noted.
Members considered a report on the Annual Claims and Returns report from the KPMG, the previous external auditors.
The Finance and Business Support Manager outlined that the only grant and return was the housing benefit subsidy claim totalling £22 million – this was certified in December and there were no significant issues identified. The report detailed a good outcome for West Lindsey District Council (WLDC), as a relatively small number of Councils achieve unqualified subsidy audits.
RESOLVED to accept the contents of the report.
Members considered a report on the Treasury Management Strategy, prudential indicators, the Minimum Revenue Provision Policy (MRP) and the capital investment strategy.
The strategy incorporated the latest guidance from the Chartered Institute for Public Finance and Accountancy (CIPFA) and the Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government (MCHLG). Included in the Treasury Management Strategy were the borrowing strategy, the annual investment strategy, the MRP policy, and the capital investment strategy.
Draft prudential indicators were calculated in November 2018 and would therefore be updated for the final version of this strategy.
Attention was drawn to the non-treasury investments, including the policy in relation to investment in commercial property.
(2) Note the Capital Investment Strategy in conjunction with the Treasury Management Strategy.
Members considered a report on the draft annual internal audit plan, which was based on assurance mapping and risk assessments across the Council's critical services.
It had been decided not to change the daily rate that was charged to the Council – based on the 190 days of work, the total came to just over £53,000.
The total number of days allocated for this themed work was 90.
· Planning enforcement had had significant scrutiny over the previous 18 months; the new structure was being given time to acclimatise.
· Concerns over Planning Enforcement were picked up as part of the Progress and Delivery report that was seen at Challenge and Improvement, Prosperous Communities and Corporate Policy and Resources Committees.
RESOLVED to note and agree the contents of the report. The committee were assured that the plan provided robust coverage of the Council's critical areas and services.
Members considered a report on the progress from Internal Audit from quarter 3 of 2018/19.
The Audit Team Leader informed committee that four audits had been completed during this period. Two of these were final assurance reports (Growth Programmes and the Sales and Invoicing Follow Up), with the other two audits being consultancy work (Leisure Consultancy Review and the Good Governance Review).
There were a number of audits in progress; the Customer First audit was currently at a draft stage.
There were no outstanding audit actions.
Members were positive about the 'substantial' assurance given to the Growth Programmes. They were also given assurance that the work done as part of the leisure contract was robust; however it was noted that they wanted to read the full consultancy report on this subject to see if there were any lessons to be learnt.
Members considered a report on the future direction of the Challenge and Improvement Committee.
The Chairman introduced the item, reminding Members that a review of the committee had been in the workplan and the Annual Governance Statement Action Plan 2017/18, culminating in the recommendations before the committee.
The Chairman also highlighted two Association for Public Service Excellence (APSE) reports on scrutiny produced in the previous year which were very useful for reference.
RESOLVED to make limited changes to the functions and rules of procedure for the Challenge and Improvement Committee and review the terms of reference, and include a change in criteria for membership.
Note: Following the conclusion of this item, Councillor David Bond left the Chamber and did not return.
Members considered a report reviewing progress against the Annual Governance Statement Action Plan for 2017/18.
At this stage of the year, no issues were anticipated; the main detail was within Appendix 1 of the report.
The Corporate Plan was in development, and it was hoped it would be ready for Full Council in March. The remaining work on outstanding actions was in progress and would move forward once different audits across the organisation had taken place. The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council (PCIDSS) audit was highlighted for Members.
Due to decision taken earlier on in the committee on the review of scrutiny, the information on this topic in the appendix would now change.
RESOLVED to be assured that the current position of the Annual Governance Statement Action Plan for 2017/18 would result in the completion of all relevant actions by July 2019.
Members considered a report on the strategic risks facing the Council as of January 2019; strategic risks were deemed to be those that relate to the Council's ability to deliver the Corporate Plan objectives.
The risk scoring risk matrix at part 4 of the report and again at Appendix 1 provided an overview of the risks to the Council. Anything rated as 'green' in the risk matrix would be dealt with under 'business as usual'.
The Management Team within WLDC consisting of senior managers regularly review strategic risks, and there had been recent activity across a number of risks with further strengthened mitigations against these risks. These would not normally be added to this report as it made the risk table long in length; however it did illustrate the amount of work that goes into mitigating risks.
The new Corporate Plan was in development; once adopted, work would commence to update the Council's risk strategy. Member and staff training was to be held; for Members, it would form part of the induction training, assisted by Assurance Lincolnshire.
There was a review of the format of the risk register. The current format harked back to a previous time when further assurance was needed. Work with one of the Independent Members would take place to design a format which provided similar levels of assurance.
· The items in the risk register were changeable, partly due to the risks within the Council being maintained and looked at differently from two years ago. Despite the changes, there were many items in the register that would be reflected next time.
(2) Support and endorse the planned work in relation to risk management.


Come join us for a day of fun and festivities on Sunday, Nov. 4th from 10a to 5p in honor of All Souls Day. There will be music and dancing with live performances by folkloric dancers, games for all ages, a talent show contest, cakewalk, bingo and other surprises! AND - lots of good food! Don't miss it!


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Apsu, auch Absu, Abzu (sumerisch ZU.AB, gelesen AB.ZU; akkadisch apsu, eblaitisch SU.AB,), wurde in der sumerischen Religion für Begriffe um das Phänomen Wasser verwendet. Zumeist mit dem Grundwasser identifiziert, ergeben sich darüber hinaus weitere Bedeutungen, die den sumerischen Schöpfungsmythen entstammen: der Apsu als "kosmischer Süßwasser-Urozean" und die in ihm am Anfang allen Weltgeschehens erfolgende Trennung in Luft (Enlil) und Erde (Enki). In dieser kosmogonischen Betrachtung scheint der unterirdische Grundwasser-Aspekt logisch daraus zu folgen, dass die Erde als im Inneren des kosmischen Urgewässers schwebend vorgestellt wurde (rundum von ihm umgeben), dabei aber an ihrer Oberseite mit einer direkt anhaftenden Blase aus Luft (Atmosphäre) versehen. Im äußersten Rand dieser Luftblase, die also direkt an den kosmischen Süßwasser-Ozean grenzt, dachten sich die im Bau von Bewässerungsanlagen bewanderten Sumerer außerdem kunstvoll eingebaute Schleusen, die von den im Himmel kahnfahrenden Göttern mehr oder minder regelmäßig geöffnet werden. So erklärte sich die Kultur der Sumerer das Phänomen des in Mesopotamien so dringend benötigten Regens auf animistische Weise, aber auch das Ereignis der Sintflut, die ein unbekannter Dichter im Atrahasis-Epos als zuletzt vergeblich gebliebenen Versuch der oberen 'Luft'-Götter darstellt, die Menschen (welche sie einst als ersatzweise Arbeitskräfte erschufen um die gegen ihre bisherige Arbeitspflicht revoltierenden 'Erd'-Götter zu befrieden) wieder zu vernichten.

Eine wortwörtliche Übersetzung konnte dem Begriff Apsu bislang nicht zugeordnet werden. Auffallend ist die Nähe des sumerischen Schöpfungsmythos zu den ersten Kapiteln der biblischen Genesis: das Schweben des Geist Gottes auf den Wassern  mit der darauf folgenden Trennung von Himmel und Erde und später der Herstellung eines ersten Menschenpaares; darüber hinaus aber auch zum Beginn der abendländischen Naturphilosophie mit dem Gedanken Thales, dass der Kosmos von Grund auf aus Wasser beschaffen sei.

Naturphilosophie und -wissenschaft
Die Annahme des Wassers als universal zu jedem Ding wandelbarer Urstoff der Welt findet sich ebenfalls bei Heraklit (Alles fließt; Feuers Umwende: Wasser) und hat bis heute seine große intellektuelle Anziehungskraft behalten: Noch der Astrophysiker Harald Lesch lässt seinen berühmten Vortrag "Was ist ein Symmetriebruch?" mit der Vorstellung einer kosmisch allumfassenden Wasserkugel beginnen, deren raumzeitliche Oberfläche am Anfang – vor einem ersten Symmetriebruch – spiegelglatt ist: "Kein Lüftchen regt sich." So schwebt hier Herrn Leschs 'Luft'-Geist (Pneuma; Psyche) auf den Wassern, bis er aus Freiheit die Entscheidung fällt, ein Stückchen Erde (Körper; Physis) hinein zu werfen, mit den dadurch erzeugten Wellen die Schöpfung (Bruch der Ursymmetrie) in Gang setzend und mit ihr die der Seelen: die vom Ursee herstammen (germanisch. Etymologie).

Mythologie
In den babylonischen Dichtungen entspricht das Apsu allen unter- und oberirdischen Süßgewässern und wird zugleich als "kosmisches Wasser" bezeichnet, als Urozean, in dessen Mitte der Weltenberg herausragt. Beispielsweise erfährt Gilgameš im Gilgamesch-Epos vom babylonischen Noah (dem Atraḫasis entlehnt), wie es dazu kam, dass dieser mit seiner Frau nach der Großen Flut auf Dilmun angesiedelt wurde: eine von den Wassern des Todes schützend umgebene "Götterinsel" weit am östlichen Rand der Welt, die den Babyloniern als nächstgelegen zur Quelle des kosmischen Süßwasserozeans galt.

Bedeutend ist in diesem Zusammenhang die sumerische Nennung des Sonnenaufganges, der im "Schicksalsgemach (DU.KU.GA)" beginnt und sich – wohl auch wegen seiner geographischen Nähe zu Dilmun – auf den Begriff Apsu bezog. Ea hatte später in der babylonischen Mythologie seinen Wohnort auf "dem getöteten Apsu" errichtet.

In der Nikasi-Hymne wird Ninti als die Königin des Apsu genannt.

In den epischen Mythen Mesopotamiens, die von der späteren Wasser- und Kriegsgottheit Ninurta berichten, erscheint als nachträglicher Zusatz (Epitheton) ein Hinweis, der als Sinnbild seiner "Stärke, Größe und Unerschütterlichkeit" zu verstehen ist: die Zeder, die im Apsu hochwächst (erenu ša ina apsi irbu). Für Enki findet sich ein ähnliches Epitheton in der Erzählung "Enki und die Weltordnung".

Etymologie
Es ist bislang nicht geklärt, welcher Sprache ZU.AB oder apsu entstammt. Möglicherweise liegt eine Entlehnung aus einer dritten Sprache vor. Eine Übernahme des sumerischen ZU.AB von der akkadischen Form apsu wird ebenso diskutiert wie  umgekehrt eine akkadische Entlehnung aus der sumerischen Sprache. Als Beispiel wird der sumerischen Begriff ušparu aus akkadisch paruššu für "Stecken" oder "Stab" herangezogen. Wayne Horowitz bezieht "zu" auf "wissen". Grundlage für seine Zuordnung bildet die Assoziation mit dem Gott Enki, der "Gott der Weisheit" genannt wurde.

Einerseits besteht eine Verbindung vom sumerischen Wortzeichen A.AB.BA. gesprochen Ajaba, zum akkadischen tiamtu (Meer, Ozean). Mit tiamtu wird der Bezug zu den Wassern des Ab hergestellt.

Im Dilmun-Mythos entspricht tiamtu der babylonischen Göttin Tiamat als Personifikation des Salzwassers. Der sumerische Begriff A.ENGUR (Fluss) wird auch für das sumerische A mit Wasser übersetzt, ohne die spezielle Form des Salz- oder Süßwassers zu meinen.

In der akkadischen Sprache wird für das sumerische A und A.ENGUR der Ausdruck naru (Fluss) verwendet, der sich ebenfalls in akkadischen Texten auf das akkadische apsu bezieht. Ebenso kann das sumerische SUG als akkadisches apsu gelesen werden, das in diesem Falle eine sprachliche Nähe zu oberirdischen Gewässern wie beispielsweise Sümpfen und Seen aufweist. Ergänzend kommt Abzu-gal ("Großer Abzu") hinzu, die sich zweifelsfrei auf einen Kanal oder Fluss bezieht. Damit ist entweder der Euphrat oder eine Kanalabzweigung gemeint.

Siehe auch
 Abzu (Gottheit)
 Abyssos
 Heiliger Baum von Eridu
 Pukku und Mikku

Literatur
 Dietz-Otto Edzard u. a.: Reallexikon der Assyriologie und vorderasiatischen Archäologie (RIA). Band 1: A – Bepašte. de Gruyter, Berlin 1932 (Nachdruck 1997), ISBN 3-11-004451-X, S. 122–124.
 Wayne Horowitz: Mesopotamian Cosmic Geography. (= Mesopotamian civilizations. Band 8). Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake 1998, ISBN 0-931464-99-4, S. 306–317, 334–347.

Einzelnachweise

Mesopotamische Mythologie
Babylonien
Sumer
Mythisches Gewässer
Hydronym

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Lehigh University (PA): Merit Aid, Financial Aid Data, Offer Data & More
Lehigh University offers 6% of incoming freshmen merit aid. The average merit aid award is $11,097. Lehigh University is a private college located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Its student population is 6,849. It is a four-year, medium, primarily residential campus. It has an acceptance rate of 22%. Lehigh University 4 year graduation rate is 76% .
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Lehigh University $71,465 6% $11,097 22%
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill $51,410 4% $10,812 23%
Villanova University $73,124 9% $19,828 29%
Rutgers University Newark n/a * 4% $5,583 63%
Carnegie Mellon University $74,491 2% $15,308 17%
West Chester University Of Pennsylvania $35,422 9% $4,894 74%
Lafayette College $72,266 5% $29,253 29%
Farmingdale State College $34,966 6% $4,329 46%
Suny Cortland $34,612 10% $2,177 44%
Swarthmore College n/a * 3% $43,252 9%
State University Of New York At New Paltz $36,140 2% $7,078 41%
Skidmore College $74,140 1% $15,000 27%
Cuny Queens College $32,352 8% $5,754 48%
New York University $76,612 7% $5,040 20%
Binghamton University $45,859 9% $6,629 40%
Colleges in Mid East Region with similar merit aid awards levels and amounts
United States Merchant Marine Academy 22 $140,700
Carnegie Mellon University 17 $136,100
Lehigh University 22 76%
United States Coast Guard Academy 19 77%
University Of Southern California 13 77%
University Of Michigan Ann Arbor 23 77%
Carnegie Mellon University 17 76%
Pitzer College 13 76%
University Of California Berkeley 15 76%
University Of Rochester 29 76%
University Of California Los Angeles 14 75%
United States Merchant Marine Academy 22 74%
Tulane University Of Louisiana 17 73%
Lehigh University 6% $11,097
University Of North Carolina At Chapel Hill 4% $10,812
Middlebury College 1% $10,000


Hi from New Orleans! This is my first friend-only trip and I'm so excited to see everything in the city! New Orleans is one of the coolest places and I'm so happy to be munching on one of their best snacks. Has anyone else been to Cafe du Monde?
"Let us read and let us dance, two amusements that will never do any harm to the world." – Voltaire 📖 ✨ ~ What's the latest book you've read? I'm currently reading (in Spanish) "Vivan los hombres cabales" by @guillermoalonso_ 💘 Happy weekend guys!


Even as Google plans to test its fleet of 100 pod-like self-driving cars on public roads this summer, its business model remains a bit of a mystery.
Actually building and selling cars might be among the least likely scenarios. Google and other technology companies now researching cars might be more interested in licensing software systems to automakers and collecting the trove of data involved in tracking drivers' movements, analysts say.
Tech giants Google Inc. and Apple Inc. are circling the automotive industry because they foresee a giant transformation of transportation that will change how people operate cars and what they do inside them, said Oliver Hazimeh, a partner and automotive expert at PWC, the international accounting and consulting firm.
"The tech companies want to know how to participate," he said. "Think about the office in the autonomous car. People can respond to emails, look at screens and do work."
That creates opportunities to sell services and provide commerce. It will also generate massive amounts of data on where the cars go and what people are doing during that travel time, Hazimeh said. Silicon Valley wants a piece of that.
There are already nascent approaches to this, he said. Insurance companies, for example, have programs that give reduce rates to drivers that allow their mileage and driving habits to be tracked electronically.
The automobile industry should expect competition from tech companies and other new entrants.
Uber, the ride-sharing company, is researching self-driving cars, possibly as a first step to establishing a robotic taxi service. Apple is reportedly researching electric car development, although it has not publicly released details on the project.
Hazimeh said he wouldn't be surprised to one day see people summoning robotic cars from an Apple watch.
By 2025, as many as 250,000 self-driving vehicles could be sold each year globally, and that number could swell to 11.8 million a decade later, according to a January study by IHS Automotive, an industry research firm.
"Vehicles that can take anyone from A to B at the push of a button could transform mobility for millions of people," Chris Urmson, director of Google's self-driving car project, wrote on the company's website Friday.
For now, Google has no plans to sell any of its bubbly fleet of self-drivers. They are strictly for research. But they will hit public roads this summer near Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Previous testing has taken place only on closed courses.
The cars are built to operate without a steering wheel, accelerator or brake pedal.
"Our software and sensors do all the work," Urmson said. "The vehicles will be very basic — we want to learn from them and adapt them as quickly as possible — but they will take you where you want to go at the push of a button."
The prototypes are the first of a 100-car fleet the tech giant is building.
In the long run, Urmson sees a vision of safer roads — the overwhelming majority of auto mishaps are caused by human error — and fewer traffic jams. Robotic cars could also shuttle people who can't driver because of age or illness.
Google has said previously self-driving cars could launch new business models in which people buy the use of vehicles they don't own.
The company has already tested other types of self-driving cars on public streets, including modified Lexus sport-utility vehicles, under a special permit program by the California Department of Motor Vehicles that requires a human driver at the controls.
The state has issued six other companies permits to operate such cars, including Delphi, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Tesla, Bosch and Nissan.
Google, with 23, has the most in operation. Tesla is approved for 12 vehicles. The remainder of the companies, which include both automakers and electronic systems suppliers, have just two or three cars each on the road, said Bernard Soriano, the DMV's deputy director of risk management. There are 277 approved test drivers.
The DMV is writing regulations that would govern the operation of self-driving vehicles on state roads and may issue them later this year.
"We need to do our due diligence and research to vet out all of the safety issues," Soriano said. "We are close, but we don't have a date to have them available yet."
The vehicles that will be tested on open roads this summer will have removable steering wheels, accelerator pedals and brake pedals to allow "safety drivers" to take control if needed.
Google says the cars are safe. The vehicles have sensors that "can detect objects out to a distance of more than two football fields in all directions, which is especially helpful on busy streets with lots of intersections," Urmson said.
Speed will be limited to 25 mph.
The interior will be spartan — two seats with seat belts, a space for passengers' belongings, buttons to start and stop, and a screen that shows the route.
"We're looking forward to learning how the community perceives and interacts with the vehicles, and to uncovering challenges that are unique to a fully self-driving vehicle," Urmson said.


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In Praise of Patrons – Particularly Mine
God, I enjoyed my book launch party last week. (Though not as much as some people, eh, Toby?) So much so that I'm not sure I can ever forgive myself. I keep thinking not of the fun I had but of all those friends I wish could have been there but weren't. My fault, totally, in most cases: I'm horrendously disorganised when it comes to party invitations — and it's entirely possible that you're one of the people I love most in the world but forgot to invite because, hey, I'm just a bit useless that way.
Anyway, this party. As you'll probably be aware — and if not let me spell it out — the launch was for — the launch was for this incredibly readable, well-researched, funny but also 'serious and significant' (says Matt Ridley in The Spectator — and who I am to disagree with so distinguished an expert in so important a publication?) book I recently published. It's called Watermelons: How Environmentalists are Killing the Planet, Destroying the Economy and Stealing Your Children's Future.
I think the main reason the party went so well was that, invitations apart, I had nothing to do with the organisation.
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Nige Cook says:23rd March 2012 at 7:43 pm"I keep thinking not of the fun I had but of all those friends I wish could have been there but weren't. My fault, totally, in most cases: I'm horrendously disorganised when it comes to party invitations … When at school I learned that even a talent as great as Shakespeare could only make ends meet by fawning before toffs like the Earls of Pembroke and Southampton I remember being appalled. But as I grow older and wiser — and the times grow more difficult — I realise that there is nothing shaming or unfair about patronage. It's merely an honest acknowledgement of how the world works. … I'm less overjoyed by the simultaneous deaths of my two main sources of income — publishing and print journalism — but even here I think there are grounds for cautious optimism.
"At my launch a friendly City type and his charming wife told me how interesting they thought my life was. I in turn told them how much I'd like their money."
This pandering to Mammon will infuriate the miserable self-deluded commies who frequent your website.
Remember, James, that proper lefty Marxist liberalism insists that money is dirty, greasy stuff you're far better off without. True happiness is abject poverty. If you were a billionaire you'd waste the rest of your life cruising the Caribbean, watching sunsets while sipping Martinis and complaining about boredom.
Martin Lack says:27th March 2012 at 11:46 amHere's a poster for you to display at your next book launch (not).
http://350orbust.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/inhofe-vs-climate-scientists.jpg?w=600&h=600
Martin Lack says:27th March 2012 at 3:39 pmAnd here's another…
http://thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/climateinfographic.jpg
Martin Lack says:27th March 2012 at 4:15 pmDear James,
I know you will cite the Met Office as being part of some anti-libertarian plot to install worldwide Socialist governance but, will you please do us all a favour and suspend your belief in conspiracy theories just long enough to take on board some new information:
"A project running almost 10,000 climate simulations on volunteers' home computers has found that a global warming of 3 degrees Celsius by 2050 is 'equally plausible' as a rise of 1.4 degrees. The study addresses some of the uncertainties that previous forecasts, using simpler models or only a few dozen simulations, may have over-looked. Importantly, the forecast range is derived from using a complex Met Office model that accurately reproduces observed temperature changes over the last 50 years. The results suggest that the world is very likely to cross the '2 degrees barrier' at some point this century if emissions continue unabated. It also suggests that those planning for the impacts of climate change need to consider the possibility of warming of up to 3 degrees (above the 1961-1990 average) by 2050, even on a mid-range emission scenario. This is a faster rate of warming than most other models predict."
Citizen science looks at future warming uncertainty.
N.B. The ability of these computer models to recreate historical trends over the last 50 years is not evidence of fudge factors having been applied: It is evidence of model validation, which – along with calibration and sensitivity analysis – is an integral part of establishing the accuracy of such modelling techniques. You can – or should – trust me on this because, unlike you, this is what I have been doing for the last 20 years or so (i.e. using probabilistic computer modelling in environmental risk assessments).
Your beloved marketplace of ideas is a dangerous fallacy; of which your success in getting your ill-informed unscientific opinions plastered all over the media and infecting people's minds is profound evidence. And for what purpose? You may think you are acting in the public interest but, unfortunately, like everything else in Watermelons 2.0, this is an inversion of reality: As Peter Jacques (University of Florida) has pointed out, it is precisely because environmental scepticism is not in the public interest, the tobacco industry invented the sound science versus junk science debate (now being used to great effect by the fossil fuel and energy industry) to confuse people and prevent sensible regulation of their product.
Eworrall says:31st March 2012 at 9:35 amAnyone can retrofit fit any curve by adding enough adjustment knobs to the model http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deferent_and_epicycle , but fitting an old data series is no guarantee of predictive skill. And a model which requires a monster supercomputer array to run has a lot of adjustment knobs.
Predictive skill is the test of the validity of a theory. And so far, the predictive skill of climate models has been a flat bust. The most likely explanation for this lack of skill, despite decades of research, is that they have selected the wrong forcing (CO2) as the dominant driver of climate.
Angus says:31st March 2012 at 9:05 amGeneral Motors Decides Climate Change Is Real, Pulls Support From Heartland Institute
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/blackberry/p.html?id=1391217
I am sure James will have a tantrum over this.
Letusthink says:5th April 2012 at 9:44 amPublishing has a huge influence over our lives and James has a great platform over us as publishers pay him money to write articles. Does James really care what he writes about as long as the cheques keep rolling in?
EricW says:5th April 2012 at 12:57 pmThe Warmists have all the big money – multi billion dollar WWF, Greenpeace, EU climate budgets, as well as all the national backing for Climate Change efforts, such as the new UK Climate Change Fund. Even big oil can't compete with that kind of money.
Letusthink says:5th April 2012 at 9:53 amThis denial is complex, involving a variety of defensive response from the familiar 'climate change is a myth' to the more understandable (but ultimately no more useful) 'but I need my car for my job'. It is of course no coincidence that the same people who are deeply wedded to high fossil fuel use . . . are the ones most likely to deny the reality of climate change . . . there is nothing so difficult as trying to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on him not understanding it. This is classic denial: no one wants to hold a mental image of themselves as bad or evil, so immoral acts are necessarily dressed up in a cloak of intellectual self justification.
EricW says:5th April 2012 at 12:58 pmI wonder how much money the CRU scientists would get if politicians were convinced that Climate Change is not a threat? It would certainly be the end of their multi million pound government research grants.
Letusthink says:5th April 2012 at 1:52 pmEworrall – "all the big money" doesn't really mean very much. They don't exactly have a pot of money sitting around in a bank account. And what do you mean by "compete". What is the competition here? Do you mean in convincing people about the truth about global warming? OK, unfortunately it is a bit of a competition, but what I don't understand is how you can set it out so rigidly . . . We don't want people to believe in manmade global warming . . . why is that helpful? To protect certain interests? To protect human intectualism? Because you have a deep seated love of the 'truth'. I just can't see why you would get so passionate about it unless you were earning a nice crumb from embracing denialism. Good luck to you.
EricW says:5th April 2012 at 6:33 pmI'm glad you think hundreds of millions, if not billions of dollars, for Warmist propaganda doesn't really mean very much. I'd like to be that rich.
As for why I am a "denialist", the reason is simple – I believe, from reading the Climategate emails, and my own research, that Warmist climate science is corrupt, and that the CO2 theory is persisting for political rather than scientific reasons.
I also think that if you guys truly get the upper hand, more than you have already, a lot of people will die. There are already casualties thanks to biofuel policies – even the UN admits that biofuel subsidies are exacerbating the risk of famine. http://www.stwr.org/food-security-agriculture/biofuel-boom-brings-famine-risks-says-un-report.html . Making energy more expensive, through expensive renewables programmes, would kill even more people – all for a cause which is based upon scientific fraud.
A lot of people died in the 20th century because of scientific fraud. I'd like to avoid repeating that mistake, if possible. http://www.michaelcrichton.net/essay-stateoffear-whypoliticizedscienceisdangerous.html
Letusthink says:5th April 2012 at 9:56 pmEWorrall – I think for a few billion dollars is not really here or there when the national US defence budget was over $600 billion in 2010. There will of course be mistakes made along the way as we feel our way into the right policies. Interestingly enough – how many people die in car accidents every year? Cars are not only polluting our planet but killing our citizens in accidents everyday in a more direct way. I just can't believe scientists/politicians have come up with some elaborate giant fraud – life is too short.
EricW says:6th April 2012 at 6:28 amCar accident casualties are not a justification for ignoring the consequences of policies which cause mass famine in the third world. The famine can be alleviated with the stroke of a politician's pen, while car accidents are a more intractable problem.
As for scientists getting it wrong or behaving fraudulently, it unfortunately happens all the time. The scientific method, with it's standards of openness and reproduceability, was developed to try to prevent episodes of mass delusion. When the method is abused, by scientists concealing data and trying to suppress critics, then science becomes dysfunctional, and theory is no longer verified by facts.
Such abuse is institutional in the dysfunctional climate science community.
Note I am not saying the Climategate scientists dont believe in global warming – their problem is they believe too much. Since they already know
EricW says:6th April 2012 at 6:36 amA climategate email you might find interesting – Mr. Smith tries to pressure Ben Santer into revealing method and data behind hid models.
Climategate Email 1233326033.txt
http://www.ecowho.com/foia.php?file=1233326033.txt
> The American Physical Society on line statement reads (in part):
> "The success and credibility of science are anchored in the willingness
> of scientists to:
> 1. Expose their ideas and results to independent testing and
> replication by others. This requires the open exchange of data,
> procedures and materials.
> 2. Abandon or modify previously accepted conclusions when confronted
> with more complete or reliable experimental or observational
Eworrall says:6th April 2012 at 6:52 amBen Santer is finally forced to publish some of his data. He still does not publish his method. He feels the need to write an apologetic email to colleagues in the climate science community.
> I just wanted to alert you to the fact that Steven McIntyre has now made
> a request to U.S. DOE Headquarters under the Freedom of Information Act
> (FOIA). McIntyre asked for "Monthly average T2LT values for the 47
> climate models (sic) as used to test the H1 hypothesis in Santer et al.,
> Consistency of modelled and observed temperature trends in the tropical
> troposphere". I was made aware of the FOIA request earlier this morning.
> McIntyre's request eventually reached the U.S. DOE National Nuclear
> Security Administration (NNSA), Livermore Site Office. The requested
> records are to be provided to the "FOIA Point of Contact" (presumably at
> NNSA) by Dec. 22, 2008.
> Over the past several weeks, I've had a number of discussions about the
> "FOIA issue" with PCMDI's Director (Dave Bader), with other LLNL
> colleagues, and with colleagues outside of the Lab. Based on these
> discussions, I have decided to "publish" all of the climate model
> surface temperature time series and synthetic MSU time series (for the
> tropical lower troposphere [T2LT] and the tropical mid- to
> upper-troposphere [T2]) that we used in our International Journal of
> Climatology (IJoC) paper.
> After publication of the model data, we will inform the "FOIA Point of
> Contact" that the information requested by McIntyre is publicly
> available for bona fide scientific research.
> Unfortunately, we cannot guard against intentional or unintentional
> misuse of these datasets by McIntyre or others.
>This will make it difficult for McIntyre
> to continue making the bogus claim that he is being denied access to the
> climate model data necessary to evaluate the validity of our findings.
Eworrall says:6th April 2012 at 7:06 amBen Santer reveals he wants to hoard method and data secrets because he sees other scientists outside his group as "competitors", instead of welcoming fresh viewpoints in his search for truth. This attitude seems to be common in the Climate Science community, which is what I mean, when I describe it as dysfunctional.
Can any competitor
simply request such datasets via the U.S. FOIA, before we have completed
full scientific analysis of these datasets?
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Worker Health & Safety NIOSH programs targeted in President's 2012 spending proposal
February 17, 2011 Celeste Monforton, DrPH, MPH 1Comment
Budget proposals are flying up and down Washington DC's Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and Capitol Hill, as lawmakers and the President wrestle with funding plans for the current and next fiscal years. The House began debate this week on HR 1 (359 pages), a bill to appropriate funds to federal agencies for the remainder of FY 2011 (i.e., now through September 30, 2011). Many public protection agencies take a big hit under the House Republican's plan. The Labor Department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) would take a 20% cut and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) a 29% cut.
The White House proposed its own cuts for an estimated savings of $33 billion in fiscal year 2012. A 215-page document describes the "terminations, reductions and savings," including the zero-ing out of two programs administered by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). One is the Education and Research Centers (ERCs) for a savings of $25 million and the Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing program, (AFF) for a savings of $23 million.
NIOSH, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, was created 40 years ago by the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act). The agency was established to help fulfill the purpose of the statute to assure safe and healthful working conditions by providing research, information, and education in the specialized field of occupational health and safety. A large share of NIOSH's $300 million annual budget is distributed across the country to non-governmental researchers and practitioners directly involved with workers, employers and community groups. The ERC and AFF programs are these kinds of programs.
There are 17 ERCs—from University of Alabama and University of Cincinnati, to Johns Hopkins and University of Utah—and the funding supports 87 academic programs. ERCs provide graduate and doctoral level specialty training in occupational health and safety theory, methods, practice and policy to the next generation of researchers, nurses, and physicians who will work in the discipline. NIOSH's AFF program is supporting 40 research projects across the country, including studies related to pesticide exposure, traumatic injuries, and hearing loss, and translating that research to practice in remote communities where agriculture, forestry and fishing are the way of life.
What caught my eye about these cuts are the uninformed sloppy curious way the Administration justifies them. For the ERCs, the Administration suggests:
"ERCs also overlap with activities offered by the Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Bureau through their Outreach Training Program, Resource Center Loan Program, and Training Institute Education Centers." (page 23)
First of all, there is no such bureau in the Labor Department. The White House is probably referring to OSHA. They should know that agency's name because they used it as their whipping boy just last week (previous post). Second, the White House is uninformed to suggest that the OSHA programs they mention are appropriate substitutes for the NIOSH ERCs. The OSHA and NIOSH programs are designed for different types of students.
OSHA's Resource Center Loan Program is a lending library for 600 video tapes. No graduate student is going to become an injury epidemiologist watching 6-minute videos on ladder safety. OSHA's Outreach Training Program is designed for individuals who want to take two one-week courses to become an authorized safety and health trainer. After completing the training, the student receives a trainer card and is authorized to teach a 10-hour and 30-hour course to workers and managers on hazards related the most frequently cited OSHA standards. A physician is not going to develop an expertise in occupational medicine science and practice with the courses offered at the OSHA Training Education Centers.
It wasn't too long ago that the Institute of Medicine warned about the looming critical
"shortage of classically trained doctoral level safety professionals"
"the number of graduates from residency programs is insufficient to meet the current and future demands for occupational medicine physicians"
"the major shortfall in the occupational health nursing field is the same as that of the occupational medicine field; that is, there is not so much a shortage of practitioners as there is a shortage of practitioners with formal training in the field."
The White House provides no appropriate evidence to illustrate that the critical shortage of researchers and health professionals has been resolved. In fact, they mislead the public when they say
"NIOSH does not have a means for tracking the location and employment of ERC graduates or the percentage of graduates who work at Health Departments and there is no data on the number of graduates that have entered the field."
Well, NIOSH may not have that data, but believe me, the ERCs have it.
The White House's justification for zero-ing out NIOSH's Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing (AFF) program is also misinformed and superficial. They say:
"NIOSH does not have the direct responsibility to regulate agriculture, forestry, and fishing hazards."
So what? One of the exact reasons that congressional negotiators created two agencies in 1970—OSHA and NIOSH—was to create a firewall between the agency that regulates health and safety, and the one that conducts scientific research.
The White House indicates that the NIOSH AFF program
"is more aligned with the missions of DOL and USDA."
Funny thing is, if you search the USDA website for agricultural worker safety information, you are directed to NIOSH. As for the Labor Department, informed individuals know that it has never been a refuge of protection for agricultural workers. Many labor laws have exemptions for agricultural employers, making it less likely that agency staff have had exposure and gained expertise on ag-worker issues. For example, standards to protect agricultural workers from pesticides are not governed by OSHA; they were issued and are enforced by EPA.
I laughed out loud (sadly) when the White House's justification suggested that adequate information on how to improve farm safety could be found on OSHA's website. Much of the most relevant, hands-on information provided there was developed the grantees of the NIOSH AFF program. What the White House ignores is what was reported a 2008 Institute of Medicine report reviewing the NIOSH AFF program noted:
"Collectively, the three sectors consistently have the highest injury and fatality rates of any U.S. industries, so the overall effect on the safety and health of exposed populations in agricultural, forestry, and fishing worksites is enormous."
In fact, it said
"Resources have been inadequate for the AFF Program to carry out its congressional mandate in the area of agriculture, let alone in the additional areas of forestry and fishing. …The AFF Program has the task of addressing manifold issues that affect the occupational safety and health of nearly all natural resource workers on land and sea. That task touches on more than a million businesses, a huge array of products, and multiple workplace exposure. …Despite those enormous challenges, the AFF Program has proved that it is able to conduct sound research on focused areas when given the opportunity."
As colleagues and I wonder why the White House identified these two programs for termination, some comment:
"Don't worry. These programs have a vocal constituency and we can count on Senator Harkin to restore these funds."
That may be how this turns out, but I can't help but wonder the demoralizing effect it has on ERC- and AgCenter- affiliated students and faculty. What does it feel like knowing that White House thinks your program is redundant or unnecessary, while you see the consequences of uncontrolled workplace hazards and are identifying effective ways to eliminate them.
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Celeste, thanks for your very thoughtful and informative report on the proposed destruction of some NIOSH programs.


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Special Report: Career changers transition into Utah classrooms
Posted: Nov 17, 2019 / 10:18 AM MST / Updated: Nov 20, 2019 / 12:04 PM MST
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News) – Utah has one of the highest teacher to student ratios in the nation, and for years educators have been warning about the shortage of qualified teachers in the classroom. As one creative solution, Utah has introduced transition programs to help people enter the classroom later in life.
For most careers, a person needs an undergrad degree in the field, but that's no longer true for K-12 educators. With a bachelor's degree in any field, a person can work on getting their teaching license while already teaching full-time.
Staci Velarde is a 4th-grade teacher in the Jordan School District. She's in her third year of teaching and she's almost done with the coursework needed for her teaching license. Mrs. Velarde got her undergrad about ten years ago then began working and raising a family.
"It's nice because I've had an eclectic background of work experience and I've been able to tie every bit of it into the classroom," she continued, "If you'd asked me ten years ago, would I have taught, I would have said no. But I think after raising my own kids and being in the classroom and helping and just seeing the impact that teachers make, I thought about the takeaway from teaching and the reward that you got; it settled nicely and I thought I'd give it a try."
Prospective teachers here in Utah have access to two transition programs called the Academic Pathway to Teaching and the Alternative Route to Licensure. They allow people to take classes and fulfill licensing requirements while teaching.
Velarde explained, "I couldn't take time off from work, so this was the perfect in-between where I could get paid and not lose that time at work and be working towards my license."
Travis Rawlings is the Educator Licensing Coordinator with the State Board of Education; he says that the alternative routes have become an absolutely vital part of our teacher pipeline. "Quite frankly the traditional model of a bachelor's degree in education doesn't supply the volume of teachers that we need to keep up with population and retirement and all of those other elements of human capital management."
Before stepping foot in a classroom, these career changers pas the PRAXIS test, the same test someone with an undergrad in education would take. Then, depending on their degree, they take coursework to fill in gaps in their education.
Rawlings said, "What we're providing in these transition programs is the how you teach, the pedagogy of how you work with young adults and children."
Along with training, these teachers are assigned mentors by their local district.
Velarde said she feels a great deal of support and camaraderie from the other teachers transitioning with her. "I have never been with a more supportive group of people than in my classes, pursuing the license. You have all of these professionals that have worked these other jobs and are going into this profession because they want to make a difference in kids' lives."
Beginning next school year the two programs will essentially merge, giving local districts more autonomy in the licensing process.
Velarde says she's so grateful she was able to make this choice, but it hasn't been an easy path, "If I was someone that was 23 or 24, this would be a really tough route. But for someone who has lived a little bit of life and has perspective and some grit to get through those days, it has to be something that you find joy in and you see that intrinsic value in your job."
Find out how to take advantage of a transition program here.
by Rosie Nguyen, Rafael Romo, CNN / Jan 17, 2020
KAYSVILLE (ABC4 News) - With aftershocks continuing in Puerto Rico, a Utah couple is back in Kaysville to stay with family until conditions are safe. A 6.4 magnitude earthquake displaced them after striking the Southern coast, just 45 minutes from where they were living in the City of Ponce.
Montana native Mitchell Streiff first met his wife, Elise, when he was a student at the University of Utah. They moved to Puerto Rico a year and a half ago after he was accepted to medical school.


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2013-2014 College Swimming Previews: #6 Florida Men Are Hungry For a Top 3 Finish
An impressive eight 2013 All-Americans will be back in action along with two other swimmers who received Honorable Mention All-American honors. With such small losses and the return of so many large contributors, I do not see why Florida can't be in the top three at the end of they year. (Photo Credit: Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures) photo via Tim Binning/TheSwimPictures.com
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Key Losses: Cameron Martin (18 individual NCAA points, 1 NCAA relay), Jason Taylor (1 individual NCAA point).
Key Additions: Andrea D'Arrigo (Free – Italy), Quinn Cassidy (Breast/IM – Florida), Eric Stobbe (Back – NJ), Emiro Goossen (Free – Florida), Blanke Manganiello (Free/Back – Florida), Daniel Spas (Free – Florida), Alex Dehner (Free/Back – Florida), Jack Blyzinskyj (Free/Back – Massachusetts), Dalton Goss (Florida – diving)
2012-2013 Lookback:
The Florida Gators had a fantastic 2012-2013 season. Not only did they finish 6th place at the NCAA Championships, they won the SEC Championship, ending Auburn's 16-year SEC winning streak.
The Gators brought a team of 15 to Indianapolis for the NCAA Championships, and had the second-most seeded points coming in.
Their 6th place finish was a group effort, led by junior, Marcin Cieslak. Cieslak had three individual 2nd place finishes in his individual events at the NCAA Championships. He swam the 200 IM, 100 butterfly, and the 200 butterfly. In the butterfly events, He finished one spot behind Tom Shields, who is now graduated. David Nolan was the only other person who beat him in the 200 IM. With another year of eligibility remaining, Cieslak could be the rising star that pulls Florida into the top three as a team, especially without any incoming freshman (save maybe Jack Conger, if he's pushed into the butterflies) who can challenge him there.
Florida finished with 285.5 points, 2.5 points behind the fifth place, Texas Longhorns. USC, the fourth place finishers, earned 289 points, only 3.5 ahead of the Gators. The Arizona Wildcats finished in third with 313.5, only 28 points ahead of the Gators.
Those tiny margins are why there's so much push for the Gators to be in the top three next season – especially with relatively few graduations.
Florida is still a very young team. The team only graduated two seniors from their NCAA roster: Cameron Martin and Jason Taylor. Martin was responsible for 18 individual points at the NCAA Championships and was a member of the 200 Medley Relay. Taylor earned 1 point at the NCAA Championships. Cameron Martin swam the backstroke leg on the 200 medley relay.
The backstroke was their weakest stroke last season. Freshman Corey Main, who was originally supposed to be a freshman during the 2013-2014 season, joined the squad mid-year to at least patch that hole up for a year. He finished 13th in the 200 backstroke and led the 7th place 400 medley relay off in 47.73.
Another possible point scorer and All-American, Nicholas Caldwell, decided to transfer mid-year to the University of Wisconsin. He was a member of the 800 freestyle relay at the 2012 NCAA Championships. Caldwell's split from the year before would not have made the 800 freestyle relay in 2013. The splits of the 800 freestyle relay that won the NCAA Championships were all between 1:32.8 and 1:33.6.
The overall performance of the team last year is very exciting looking forwards to next year. All but one of their NCAA relay swimmers are returing, and all of the top performers in each of the disciplines will be back. Cameron Martin was the biggest loss for the team, but three other butterfliers scored individually at the NCAA Championships in either the 100 or 200. An impressive eight 2013 All-Americans will be back in action along with two other swimmers who received Honorable Mention All-American honors.
RELAYS:
The Florida Gators are young!!! The 200 medley relay was the only relay without at least one freshman. On top of that, the 200 medley relay was also the only relay to not finish in the top 8 at the NCAA Championships. Every other relay had at least one, if not more, freshman on the team and they all scored in the top 8.
The 800 freestyle relay team of Pawel Werner, Sebastian Rousseau, Marcin Cieslak, and Dan Wallace were the National Champions after winning the event in a time of 6:13.27. All four swimmers were between 1:32.8 and 1:33.6, as mentioned, showing both explosiveness and depth. All four will be back next year, but so will all four of Michigan's 800 freestyle relay members, including Olympian and World Championship Team member, Connor Jaeger.
It will be very exciting to watch how this relay progresses all season and then matches up with the other big dogs at the end of the year.
The sprint freestyle relays will benefit from another year of experience. Although they were both top 8, the 200 freestyle relay was 8th and the 400 freestyle relay was 6th. Some may see this as great, but there are still a lot of points up for grabs in this relay and Florida will have a huge opportunity to sneak in and take the extra relay points. They have a full year to get stronger, faster, and perfect their take-offs with everyone returning.
The Sprint Group: is led by senior-to-be Brad Deborde. He gets better-and-better, and while he's on a bit of an island of pure speed, he's a very good piece to have for the Florida medleys, especially.
Deborde took 5th in the 50 free at NCAA's in 2013 in 19.40 (he was a lightning-fast 19.17 in prelims), 14th in the 100 fly (46.83), and though he missed scoring in the 100 free, his season best of 42.90 is a very good platform to build from as a senior.
Even among all of the monster names coming through Florida's program, Deborde's rise has been one of the great Gregg Troy success stories. He has improved every year in college, and he might even be able to challenge Marcelo Chierighini and Derek Toomey for the NCAA Championship in the 50 free.
Medleys:
The medley relays are very strong on the butterfly and freestyle legs, but there is still a little room to improve on the breaststroke and more room to improve on the backstroke. Corey Main did very well for the team this year, joining the squad early and swimming at the NCAA championships. The NCAA championship meet is exhausting; knowing what to expect and using his experiences from last year will make him one to watch out for next year. Matt Elliott dropped from a 53.7 to a 53.1 this year, but only split 53.03 on the relay. If he can have the same drop again this year, and nail his relay start, the potential is there for him to swim significantly faster on these relays. The 200 medley relay missed the finals, finishing 13th, and the 400 medley relay was 7th. Again, they have a huge opportunity to sneak in and grab points in the medley relays.
A LITTLE DIVING HELP, PLEASE?
The Gators finished 6th place overall without any divers at the NCAA Championships. Diving could be a huge bonus for the team, if they were able to advance any divers to the NCAA Championships. The team had several divers that made it to finals at the NCAA Zone Championships, but none of them advanced. You have to finish in the top two to move on. Any points that they can add from their divers would be greatly appreciated this year!
Dalton Goss will be a freshman this year and may be able to help out on the boards.
THE LAST MINUTE SNAG, AND FUTURE STAR:
Andrea D'Arrigo will be joining the Gators this year. He is originally from Rome, but has been in America training with the Gator Swim Club. He originally signed to swim at the University of Virginia. D'Arrigo, in a blog post, says that he began the process of requesting a release in June after he was told by the academic departments that he would not be able to participate for his native Italy at the World Junior Championships this coming week in Dubai because of conflicts with the beginning of the school calendar.
"The difficulties gradually increased until they become insurmountable when I was banned from participating in the Junior World Championships, to avoid absences during the first 3 weeks of the school year," D'Arrigo said in Italian. "This was a blatant violation of the provisions at the time of signing the NLI, which in June led me to start the process of cancelling (my NLI) provided by the NCAA, a formally cleared by the Virginia Cavaliers ."
In the post, dated from mid-July, D'Arrigo thanked the new staff, lead by head coach Augie Busch, for granting his release.
D'Arrigo has been 1:48.9 and 3:49.2 in the 200 and 400 long course freestyles.
REST OF THE FRESH:
The rest of the freshman class is very talented, including Daniel Spas (Free), Jack Blyzinskyi (Back / Free), and Quinn Cassidy (Breast / IM). Spas has been 20.3 and 44.5 and will be able to add depth to their sprint relays. Blyzinskyi is also a sprint freestyler, with a 20.5 50 freestyle, but he can also add to the team as a backstroker. His 100 back is at 49.08 and will be used by the team who is in need of a really strong backstroker for the medley relays. Corey Mains joined the team last year and swam backstroke on the 400 medley relay, but he is a better at the 200 backstroke, rather than the 50 or 100. Cassidy will add to the IM group and is a very versatile swimmer. He has been 1:48.0 in the 200 IM as well as 56.5 in the 100 breast and has a strong freestyle and backstroke as well.
Eric Stobbe, Alex Dehner, Emiro Goosen, and Blake Manganiello are also joining the team this season.
This class is not overly deep, but by the time they're seniors they have the potential to really help this team, not only at SEC's, but also NCAA's, fill some big holes.
2013-2014 OUTLOOK:
With such small losses and the return of so many large contributors, I do not see why Florida can't be in the top three at the end of they year. The talented freshman class will add to the current talent, leadership, and experience already on the team, creating an environment that not many look forward to competing against. An impressive eight 2013 All-Americans will be back in action along with two other swimmers who received Honorable Mention All-American honors.
This team needs to hit their taper at NCAA's, plan-and-simple. Watch to see how they play SEC's as the defending champs: a position they haven't been in for a while. With Michigan being hit by huge graduations, though, this is a wide-open year for the men's NCAA Championship – and led by Deborde, Cieslak, Rousseau, Werner, and Wallace, who keeps getting better-and-better, this team has serious title potential.
Just like we talked about with their women's team: it would be a small surprise if the Gators ended up on top of the NCAA podium in March, but don't be surprised if the Gators end up on top of the podium in March.
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Deborde led off the 400 relay at NC's in a 42.7, which would have been close to the A-final I believe.
They won SECs by 200+ points last year and are returning all but two guys, so I think they can afford to be a little conservative to save more for NCAAs this time around. I'd look for them to be Top 3. They were 3.5 points out of 4th last year and the points from Rousseau's unfortunate 400 IM DQ (he was easily coasting to a finals berth) would have more than made that up. D'Arrigo can singlehandedly make up the 20 points lost by graduating seniors, and sophomores like Corey Main and Arthur Frayler should be a lot better this year now that they've had a year to adjust. Should be a good year.
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The Bicentennial Committee is planning the 200th anniversary of federal courts in Illinois. Our target audience is broad: the people of the Illinois, those who practice in the court (lawyers and the individuals, organizations they represent), the bench and court staff, community and educational institutions with which the court partners.
200th Anniversary of Federal Courts in Illinois, "A Court at the Heart of America"


Extensive beef operations cover approx 85% of our region, held in about 200 individual business enterprises.
The Mareeba-Dimbulah Irrigation Area powers some of the nation's most productive and innovative tropical farming operations.
The Northern Gulf is tropical savanna country at its best, with unique flora and fauna in remnant habitat.
Everything in the Gulf depends on relationships and cooperation. Community engagement is at the core of our work..
A constant reminder of ecosystem imbalances, weeds and pests require strategic thinking and sufficient resources to manage.
Our future leaders will want and need an NRM context to grow healthy a region tomorrow.
The biggest and best yet, hear from the women who attended this years Basalt Bash event and see why they keep travelling the long distances and coming back year after year.
Northern Gulf's Mapping Officer Sarah gets the run down on the benefits of GIS mapping of your property and how Northern Gulf RMG has helped land owners such as John of Wetherby Station document their properties, fences, boundaries plus more.
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Gran Caffe L'Aquila was a landmark cafe located on Piazza Duomo in the capital city of the Abruzzo region. In 2007 Gran Caffe L'Aquila won cafe of the year for all of Italy, but was then tragically damaged in the devastating earthquake of 2009 which destroyed the city. In 2012 the original artisanal ownership met Local award winning restaurateur Riccardo Longo which led to the rebirth of one of Italy's most beloved cafes in Philadelphia.
The entire restaurant was designed and built in Italy and shipped over for installation. After 3 years of design and build out the most authentic Italian cafe in America was opened on December 24th 2014. The 1st floor is an authentic Italian bar and the second floor features the restaurant, wine bar, cultural and language school, as well as the coffee and gelato labs.


For the fourth consecutive time, Munich-based high-tech company Osram will help the artists at the Eurovision Song Contest to deliver the best possible show with spectacular lighting effects. Osram is the official lighting partner for the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) in Lisbon, Portugal. For the fourth year, the company will be supporting this mega event as a supplier of modern digital lighting technology. The contest promises an incredible mix of lighting, stunning performances and high emotion in Lisbon from 8 to 12 May 2018. The chosen slogan is "All aboard!" and the stage will have a maritime atmosphere. The 43 acts from various countries will be accompanied by a breath-taking light show that is technically perfect, packed with emotion, and bursting with effects, colour, shapes and dimensions. A magnificent composition of light and sound to create a unique experience in the Altice Arena.


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USS LST-353
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Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
LST-1 Class Tank Landing Ship:
Laid down, 15 July 1942, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
Launched, 12 October 1942
Commissioned USS LST-353, 27 November 1942, LT. Luther E. Reynolds, Jr., USNR, in command
During World War II USS LST-353 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
Consolidation of Solomon Islands
Consolidation of southern Solomons, 16 June 1943 Treasury Island-Bougainville operation
Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina, 6 and 17 November 1943
New Georgia Group operations
New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 2 July 1943
Vella Lavella occupation, 31 August 1943
While moored in the West Loch at Pearl Harbor USS LST-353 was sunk by an internal explosion, 21 May 1944
Decommissioned, date unknown
Struck from the Naval Register, 18 July 1944
USS LST-353 earned three battle stars for World War II service
1,625 t.(lt)
4,080 t.(fl) (sea-going draft w/1675 ton load)
2,366 t. (beaching displacement)
Length 328' o.a.
Beam 50'
light 2' 4" fwd, 7' 6" aft
sea-going 8' 3" fwd, 14' 1" aft
landing 3' 11" fwd, 9' 10" aft (landing w/500 ton load)
limiting 11' 2"
maximum navigation 14' 1"
Speed 11.6 kts. (trial)
Endurance 24,000 miles @ 9kts. while displacing 3960 tons
13 officers
104 enlisted
Troop Accommodations
Boats 2 LCVP
Cargo Capacity (varied with mission - payloads between 1600 and 1900 tons)
Typical loads
One Landing Craft Tank (LCT), tanks, wheeled and tracked vehicles, artillery, construction equipment and military supplies. A ramp or elevator forward allowed vehicles access to tank deck from main deck
Additional capacity included sectional pontoons carried on each side of vessel amidships, to either build Rhino Barges or use as causeways. Married to the bow ramp, the causeways would enabled payloads to be delivered ashore from deeper water or where a beachhead would not allow the vessel to be grounded forward after ballasting
Armament (varied with availability when each vessel was outfitted. Retro-fitting was accomplished throughout WWII. The ultimate armament design for United States vessels was
2 - Twin 40MM gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
4 - Single 40MM gun mounts
12 single 20MM gun mounts
two General Motors 12-567A, 900hp Diesel engines
single Falk Main Reduction Gears
three Diesel-drive 100Kw 230V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
two propellers, 1,700shp
twin rudders
1016035302 403k USS LST-353 unloading at Rendova Island in the Solomon Islands, June 1943.
US Navy photo released, 19 October 1943. David Wright
188k Reinforcements wade ashore from USS LST-353 on the shores of Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, 6 November 1943. Also present are USS LST-488 and USS LST-70. Note barrage balloons overhead.
US National Archives Catalog # 80-G-202485 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. US Naval History and Heritage Command
1016035306 263k Anti-aircraft gunners ashore and aboard the ships are at the ready as USS LST-353 and USS LST-488, and one unidentified LST lined unload heavy equipment at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 17 November 1943.
US National Archives Identifier 193852167, US Army Air Corps photo # 67341A.C. now in the collections of the US National Archives David Upton
1016035304 226k Four LSTs; USS LST-353, USS LST-488, and two unidentified LST lined up along the beach while unloading heavy equipment at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 17 November 1943.
1016035303 252k USS LST-353 beached while unloading heavy equipment at Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 17 November 1943.
1016035305 237k USS LST-353 beached in the Marshall Islands while unloading with the help of a bulldozer, date unknown.
US National Archives Identifier # 6676617, a US Navy photo. David Upton
1016035307 208k At dawn, 1 March 1944, USS LST-353, part of a convoy carrying equipment of the 12th Detachment, 20th Army Airways Communications System, beached in the lagoon at Nissan Island in the Green Island Group.
US National Archives Identifier 204988528, Local ID 342-FH-3A44643-67777AC, US Army Air Corps photo 67777A.C. David Upton


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// Mixes a set of AudioConverter::InputCallbacks into a single output stream
// which is funneled into a single shared AudioRendererSink; saving a bundle
// on renderer side resources.
class MEDIA_EXPORT AudioRendererMixer
    : NON_EXPORTED_BASE(public AudioRendererSink::RenderCallback) {
 public:
  AudioRendererMixer(const AudioParameters& input_params,
                     const AudioParameters& output_params,
                     const scoped_refptr<AudioRendererSink>& sink);
  virtual ~AudioRendererMixer();

  // Add or remove a mixer input from mixing; called by AudioRendererMixerInput.
  void AddMixerInput(AudioConverter::InputCallback* input,
                     const base::Closure& error_cb);
  void RemoveMixerInput(AudioConverter::InputCallback* input);

  void set_pause_delay_for_testing(base::TimeDelta delay) {
    pause_delay_ = delay;
  }

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  // AudioRendererSink::RenderCallback implementation.
  virtual int Render(AudioBus* audio_bus,
                     int audio_delay_milliseconds) OVERRIDE;
  virtual void OnRenderError() OVERRIDE;

  // Output sink for this mixer.
  scoped_refptr<AudioRendererSink> audio_sink_;

  // Set of mixer inputs to be mixed by this mixer.  Access is thread-safe
  // through |mixer_inputs_lock_|.
  typedef std::map<AudioConverter::InputCallback*, base::Closure>
      AudioRendererMixerInputSet;
  AudioRendererMixerInputSet mixer_inputs_;
  base::Lock mixer_inputs_lock_;

  // Handles mixing and resampling between input and output parameters.
  AudioConverter audio_converter_;

  // Handles physical stream pause when no inputs are playing.  For latency
  // reasons we don't want to immediately pause the physical stream.
  base::TimeDelta pause_delay_;
  base::Time last_play_time_;
  bool playing_;

  DISALLOW_COPY_AND_ASSIGN(AudioRendererMixer);
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Robert John Burke
Leeftijd59geboren op12 september 1960 in New York City, New York, USA
A born-and-bred New Yorker, Robert John Burke made his film debut while in his early 20s with a small part in the drama "The Chosen" (1981), based on the Chaim Potok story. He went on to study acting at SUNY Purchase where he met aspiring filmmaker Hal Hartley, who cast him as one of the leads in his debut feature "The Unbelievable Truth," an offbeat indie tale where he played a man trying to escape his troubled past. Working with Hartley again on the charming brother-centric dark comedy "Simple Men," Burke caught a major break when Hollywood producers decided that his chiseled jawline was the right one to replace Peter Weller's in the sci-fi/action sequel "RoboCop 3." Despite Burke's efforts, the movie tanked, and he went on to smaller roles in major films, including the lauded Western "Tombstone" (1993) and the prison-break movie "Fled" (1996). Burke landed his second chance in a Hollywood starring role with the Stephen King adaptation "Thinner" (1996), but the macabre tale, which featured him under heavy makeup to depict a callous man who magically loses weight, was deemed almost universally unlikable.Though Burke's leading-man days were mostly behind him, his beastly role in Hartley's "No Such Thing" (2001) aside, he soldiered on, and began increasingly working on television with recurring roles on the grim prison drama "Oz" and the police procedural "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit" (NBC, 1999- ). Appearing in George Clooney's first two movies as director, "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind" (2002) and "Good Night, and Good Luck." (2005), Burke nonetheless became more familiar to TV audiences, particularly when he signed on to play Mickey Gavin, the ex-priest cousin of Denis Leary's lead character on the firefighter series "Rescue Me," a part that dovetailed with Burke's real-life second job as a New York State fireman.Often cast as a tough guy, the ruggedly handsome and tall actor continued to play imposing figures such as Major General James "Chaos" Mattis in the Iraq War miniseries "Generation Kill" (HBO, 2008) and Bart Bass, the controlling billionaire father of Chuck Bass (Ed Westwick) on the soapy drama "Gossip Girl." Before long, he was juggling his ongoing "Law & Order: SVU" part with regular spots on the military drama "Army Wives" (Lifetime, 2007- ) and the tense crime show "Person of Interest" (CBS, 2011- ), while still finding time for supporting turns in films, including the Denzel Washington/Mark Wahlberg action movie "2 Guns" (2013).
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QLS consults with policy committees, members and other stakeholders on law reform. We regularly invite these stakeholders to provide comment for submissions to parliamentary committees.
On 12 October 2018, with the assistance of the QLS Planning and Environment Law Committee, the Society made a submission to the State Development, Natural Resources and Agricultural Industry Development Committee in response to the Economic Development and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018.
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Hitachi partners with Freedom Heat Pumps
Freedom presenting the Hitachi heat pump range to key customers in Maidenhead
Hitachi Air Conditioning Europe has announced a new partnership with leading heat pump distributor Freedom Heat Pumps, based near Eastleigh in Hampshire.
As part of the pre-launch activities, Freedom presented the new Hitachi heat pump range to key customers at an event hosted by Hitachi at its aircadamy training centre in Maidenhead.
Effective from June 2017, the new partnership will provide installers with a place where Hitachi's new range of MCS approved air to water heat pumps can be supplied alongside full support from Freedom.
High efficiency, high temperature
The new range of heat pumps includes the new Yutaki-SCombi which is an all-in-one, pre-plumbed and pre-wired heat pump and hot water system with exceptional efficiencies and low noise levels. The new range also includes Hitachi's very high temperature Yutaki-S80 unit which can generate hot water up to 80°C making it suitable for replacing inefficient heating systems. It is also eligible for the UK Government's Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
Designed and built in Europe
Chris Higgs, Sales Director, Freedom Heat Pumps, said: "Having launched last year, the Hitachi units are next generation products, designed and built in the EU and have been tailor-made to suit our market. The impressively wide range means we can now offer solutions for previously impossible installations, which we believe will be of great interest to anyone already installing heat pumps."
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«Giamaica» (, также известна как ) — популярная песня, написанная Тонино Антонио Валли. В конце 1950-х и 1960-х годах была записана рядом итальянских артистов: Лучано Вирджили, Джорджо Консолини, 13-летним Робертино Лоретти.

О песне

Робертино Лоретти характеризует песню как «яркую и свежую».

Популярность в СССР

В СССР эта песня стала чрезвычайно популярной в исполнении Робертино Лоретти, когда примерно в 1962 году в стране была выпущена его пластинка, содержащая её. Вместе с его исполнением «Santa Lucia», песню «Giamaica» можно было услышать буквально из каждого окна. Примерно в то же время песня была переведена на русский язык.

Другие исполнения

В 1961 году кавер на песню исполнила датская певица Бирте Вильке. Ее версия была выпущена как сингл с песней «Pepito» на другой стороне пластинки.

В рамках проекта «Старые песни о главном 2» русскую версию этой песни исполнил Валерий Меладзе с текстом Леонида Дербенёва.

Треклисты

Лучано Вирджилли «Giamaica» (сингл)

7" (45 RPM) single La Voce Del Padrone 7MQ 1498 (1958, Италия)
 A. «Giamaica»
 (T. A. Valli)
 B. «Ti desidero»
 (Guarino, Pluto)

Джорджо Консолини «Giamaica» (сингл)
7" (45 RPM) single Parlophon QMSP 16269 (1959, Италия)
 A. «Giamaica»
 (Valli)
 AA. «Rimpiangimi»
 (Testoni, Piubeni)

Робертино «Jamaica / Pappagallo» (сингл)

7" (45 RPM) single (1959, Дания, Германия, Нидерланды, etc.)
 A. «Jamaica»
 Робертино с оркестром Отто Франкерса
 AA. «Pappagallo»
 Робертино с оркестром Отто Франкерса

Робертино «Jamaica» (EP)
7" EP (45 RPM) Triola TEP 31 (1961, Швеция, Швейцария, etc.)
 A1. «Jamaica»
 A2. «Pappagallo»
 B1. «Anema e core»
 B2. «Papaveri e papere»

Бирте Вильке «Pepito / Jamaica» (сингл)
7" (45 RPM) single Philips 355 247 PF (1961, Дания)
 A. «Pepito»
 B. «Jamaica»

Примечания

Песни Италии
Песни на итальянском языке


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Gerald Ford Museum
Early Aircraft Carriers
Early Cold War
The Ford Class
By 2012 the oldest aircraft carrier in the fleet, the USS Enterprise (CVN 65), had been in service for 51 years; the Nimitz-class design was also reaching the end of its ability to be improved. Navy engineers began drafting CVN 21, the title given to the program to construct a new class technologically advanced super-carrier.
The first ship of the new class would have the hull number CVN 78. In 2006, Virginia Senator John Warner, who had served as Secretary of the Navy under Presidents Nixon and Ford, proposed naming the ship after Gerald Ford. Then-President George W. Bush agreed.
The USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) is similar to the Nimitz-class carriers. Each has a hull of a similar design and length, each can launch four aircraft from their decks, and each can achieve more than 30 knots at sea. But the Ford is a carrier for a new century. Ford will be able to launch four fully loaded aircraft, where flight deck limitations restrict Nimitz to launching lighter aircraft. Ford also abandons the steam and hydraulic launch and recovery systems of past carriers. Electromagnetic launching and arresting systems will send aircraft aloft and trap them on return at a rate much faster than the Nimitz-class.
CVN 78 is fitted with two small, efficient nuclear reactors. These are enough to drive the launching rails and recovery lines, as well as a new antenna system. A smaller "island" (the superstructure that towers above the flight deck), is moved farther aft to create space for easier aircraft handling. A new lift system delivers munitions to the flight deck in a way that is safer and more efficient.
These are among the changes and efficiencies that result in a reduction in crew size and maintenance cost. The power generated by the reactors is enough to handle the full demands of the ship with enough in reserve to accommodate future improvements in technology and weaponry; the Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78) will be taking the seas well into the later decades of this century.
Structural Completion - May 8, 2013
This milestone event of 100 percent structural completion culminated three years of intense work by Newport News Shipbuilding. It was the last of 162 superlifts in the ship's modular construction. Ye-Ling Wang Bird, Navy deputy program manager for future aircraft carriers elaborated, "She (CVN 78) will provide the Navy with greater operational capability, built-in flexibility to accommodate future improvements and improved survivability at reduced total ownership cost to the taxpayers."
Dry Dock Flooded - October, 11, 2013
Over 100 million gallons of water flooded the dry dock containing the USS Gerald R. Ford. Susan Ford Bales did the honors by pressing a series of buttons, unleashing the torrent. As Rolf Bartschi explained, "Flooding of the dry dock, floating of the ship, and transfer to the outfitting pier all represent the successful completion of a tremendous amount of hard work by our talented shipbuilders."
Christening - November 9, 2013
Susan Ford Bales christens the USS Gerald R. Ford, introducing a new class of super carrier to the world. Attended by thousands, the ceremony involved the traditional breaking of a bottle of American sparkling wine across the ship's bow. The millennia-old tradition honors the individuality of the ship and the life ahead of her. In one of his final letters, Gerald R. Ford admits, "it is a source of indescribable pride and humility to know that an aircraft carrier bearing my name may be permanently associated with the valor and patriotism of the men and women of the United States Navy."
Lone Sailor Award
Lone Sailor Award presented to Gerald R. Ford in 1992. This statuette will eventually be displayed on the USS Gerald R. Ford. Loan Courtesy of the President Gerald R. Ford Historical Legacy Trust.
Welder's Mask
Ceremonial welder's mask used to cut ship's sponsor Susan Ford Bales' initials into a plate of steel as an official authentication of the keel. Loan Courtesy of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation.
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