During my first six years as your Governor, my Administration has laid a strong foundation for our state in important areas such as education, health, our environment and our economy. We have made tremendous accomplishments that I am extremely proud of, many of which will have a positive impact on Delawareans for years to come. But we still have work to do, and I can assure you we will work as hard during the final two years of my term in office as we have for the previous six.
Our work together has focused primarily on keeping our state on sound financial footing, making difficult decisions in the short-term with a mindful eye on the future.
We are experiencing a more uncertain economy, which requires more prudent spending and targeting our priorities. As I have said in the past, we have done in state government what our citizens have done with their own budgets-cut where we could, kept budget growth to a minimum and focused our spending on core needs.
Because of that approach, I am extremely proud of the fact that despite these more difficult times, our state has maintained its AAA bond rating (one of just six states to do so) and our unemployment rate remains one of the nation's lowest at 3.6 percent. We have remained a top state in which to live and operate a business, all while facing increasing school enrollment, skyrocketing Medicaid costs, severe federal budget cuts and other strains on our tight resources.
Ladies and gentlemen, once again I am proud to stand before you and say the state of our great state is strong and growing stronger, but we still have some work to do.
Education Together, we have made tremendous progress in our public education system. We will continue those efforts, working with all of our students, from pre-kindergarten through high school, as well as those in college.
Our state test scores are continuing to rise, and the percentage of Delaware students receiving among the highest scores on Advanced Placement exams is well above the national average. Also, our fourth- and eighth-grade reading scores on the 2005 National Assessment of Educational Progress were among the highest in the nation.
In 2004 we were able to complete my goal of placing a reading specialist in every elementary school in the state, and last year we began the placement of math specialists in every middle school, helping those students who need extra assistance to work on their math skills and keep them from falling behind in this critical area. This year, I am proposing that we add 10 more math specialists to the 32 we have previously funded, which will complete this program. Despite these successes, we still have work to do.
We will continue funding for full-day kindergarten, as we continue toward the goal I outlined of offering this program in every school by next year. The budget I release next week will include money to provide complete funding for full-day kindergarten in 11 school districts and eight charter schools. The money will also continue funding for pilot full day-K classrooms in two other school districts.
In our effort to continue to help our youngest children gain a firm foundation for future learning, we are also focusing more attention on early childhood education, which touches our children from birth to 5 years of age. Over the coming year, we plan to provide financial incentives for early child care centers that do an exceptional job for the children in their care, preparing them for a lifetime of success.
You have all heard about the Vision 2015 plan which outlines a bold, creative blueprint to support our goal of making our schools the best in the world. The Vision 2015 group-comprised of business leaders, educators and state officials-worked diligently for over a year to bring their best creative thinking to enhance, support and continue the reforms we have implemented in Delaware. What is most encouraging about this report is that many of the proposals are consistent with our priorities and it is clear that our common goal-excellent schools-has resulted in similar efforts.
While I will talk in more detail about education spending when I present my budget next week, I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the Vision 2015 committee for their hard work and commitment to our public education system. I especially want to thank the chair, Skip Schoenhals, for his leadership on this project. As a state, we are all working toward a common goal. Skip, would you please stand and be recognized for your efforts? In the continuing effort to provide all of our children every opportunity to succeed, I have directed Adjutant General Vavala of our Delaware National Guard to develop a Youth Challenge Program here in our state. This program, which is currently operating in 25 other states, provides re-entry education for students between the ages of 16 to 18 who have dropped out or been expelled from high school. In other states, this program has successfully provided a high school diploma or GED to nearly 70 percent of its participants, 40 percent of whom go on to higher education.
As I have said on many occasions, we cannot afford to have any child drop out of our education system, and this new initiative will provide us with yet another tool to ensure that all of our children have a better future.
During this past year, we have heard many comments and questions about our new Student Excellence Equals Degree (or SEED) scholarship program. But one fact is abundantly clear-this program is an overwhelming success.
Today, SEED is helping more than 800 Delaware high school graduates attend college for free as they pursue associates degrees to prepare them for their future careers. Hundreds more students applied for the program but had their financial needs met through other scholarship programs and grants.
I don't have to tell you how important that is to our economy, our education system, and most important, to the thousands of children who are motivated to do better in school because they know they have the chance to go to college.
At this time, I would like to recognize Olivia Spencer and Joe Bratten, two criminal justice majors currently taking advantage of the SEED scholarship. Olivia graduated from Polytech and Joe graduated from Calvary Christian Academy. At this time, I would like to ask them to stand and be recognized.
We need to take the next step. This year, I propose that we create a STAR scholarship program that will provide free college tuition for SEED scholarship recipients who excel and graduate from the associate in arts program and want to pursue a bachelor's degree at one of our state's four-year institutions. This academic incentive scholarship is the logical next step we can take to ensure that all Delaware children can pursue the dream of a college education. Senator McDowell and Representative Wagner, I hope you are ready to work with us on this important next step.
Health You have heard me speak quite a bit over the past six years about improving the health of our fellow Delawareans and this year those efforts will continue.
I am very pleased at our successful efforts to fight cancer in this state. The cancer incidence rate has decreased four times as much as our nation's rate and Delaware's death rate has declined twice as much as the nation's.
We will continue funding the recommendations of the Delaware Advisory Council on Cancer Incidence and Mortality. We are the first and only state in the nation to offer cancer treatment for the uninsured and more than 220 Delawareans have been served by that program to date. I am now recommending that we increase funding for that program from one year of treatment to two years.
Our efforts to reach those at highest risk for cancer are working. Between 1999 and 2005 there has been a 38 percent increase in the number of African-Americans who reported having a colorectal cancer screening.In our latest survey, 42 percent of African-Americans who had had a colonoscopy had done so in the last year.Since colorectal cancer screening was added as a benefit through Delaware's Screening for Life program, more than 1,200 uninsured individuals have been screened and nearly 360 individuals had potentially cancerous colon polyps removed. We have clearly made tremendous strides in making our state healthier, but there is still work to do.
We now know that research and science has provided a vaccine to prevent a virus that causes cervical cancer in women. Since early intervention and education is key, Lt. Gov. John Carney is working to educate Delawareans on this important vaccine, particularly the target population-girls between the ages of nine and 17.
Based on a recent recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control, I propose that we provide this vaccine for all uninsured girls in that age range.
In 2005, I created the Delaware Healthy Mothers and Infants Consortium to coordinate with the Division of Public Health as it carries out the recommendations of the Infant Mortality Task Force. The Consortium recently released its first annual report, highlighting the many activities underway to reduce Infant Mortality in our state, including initiatives such as the establishment of the Fetal Infant Mortality Review Team and the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System. This year, I will continue to provide funding to implement the recommendation of the Task Force so that, under the guidance of the Consortium, we can continue our efforts to reduce infant mortality rates.
During the past several years, we have implemented programs to improve the health of our state employees, such as our nationally recognized Health Rewards program and the "Know Your Numbers" campaign. Both of these programs, combined with our other wellness and prevention initiatives, are not only making our employees healthier, but they also saved more than $40 million over the past two years. I want to thank the State Employee Benefits Committee for their efforts, and while we have had success in this area, we still have work to do.
Next month we will be launching a major state employee healthcare initiative that will build on past success. Called DelaWell, this program will provide our employees with a comprehensive educational and lifestyle plan, which includes a confidential health risk assessment. I am confident that this new effort will continue our record of success and I look forward to announcing the details of DelaWell next month.
We also will continue our efforts toward a healthier state by addressing an issue that we must all agree is an impending crisis-the increase in childhood obesity rates. As statistics have been showing, childhood obesity is climbing at an alarming rate, resulting in increases in Type II diabetes, heart disease and circulatory problems among our youth. According to the Surgeon General, for the first time in more than a century, children born today have an expected life span shorter than that of their parents.These rates are due in part to the combination of more TV and computer use, which results in less physical activity and unhealthy nutritional choices. While there are very clear action steps that can be taken to address this trend, we will help parents identify the best strategy to help their children make healthy choices.
To enhance the efforts already underway in our schools, I will propose funding to implement a program that will provide a comprehensive "fitness-gram" to parents of every fourth-grade student in our schools.
This confidential assessment will inform parents of their child's vital health statistics, such as height, weight, body mass index and other key information that will serve as a basis for their personal fitness prescription. This report will empower parents with information to help their children make healthy choices now to prevent more debilitating health problems in the future.
I am also recommending that we raise the cigarette tax by 45 cents per pack to create the Delaware Healthy Life Fund. Statistics clearly show that this is the single most effective way to prevent smoking among our youth, but this fund will also be used to support a number of critical health initiatives, including coverage for the uninsured and underinsured, expansion of the Delaware Healthy Children Program (or CHIP) to an additional 975 families and additional funding to reduce infant mortality.
We must also address the growing problem of health disparities among the diverse populations of our state. Through the leadership of Lt. Governor Carney, the Health Disparities Task Force is finalizing recommendations which will serve as a path forward for developing a comprehensive plan to eliminate disparities in health and health outcomes among different ethnic groups. I have set aside $1 million dollars from this fund to begin implementing recommendations of the Task Force in the year ahead.
I would like to talk for just a moment about Medicaid, which is one of our state's major success stories. More than one out of every six Delawareans is covered by Medicaid, and our continued focus on program management and cost containment have allowed us to meet the growing demand caused by enrollment growth and cost inflation without restricting eligibility or reducing services-an accomplishment few other states can claim. We have focused on managing prescription benefits to improve health outcomes and contain the growth of prescription drug costs, and the result has been more Delawareans being served.
Environment/Livable Delaware Protecting our environment has been one of my top priorities since taking office, and I am proud to report that since 2001, we have permanently preserved almost 11,000 acres of open space.That includes such critical lands as premier property next to White Clay Creek State Park, the Revolutionary War site Cooch's Bridge, the Blendt Farm in Smyrna and 2,000 acres of Glatfelter holdings in Sussex.
We created a permanent funding source for farmland preservation.Delaware, as you know, has one of the most successful programs in the country and to date has permanently protected 462 farms, totaling more than 82,000 acres.I am proposing the first year of funding for a similar forestland preservation initiative that you approved in 2005.
We will continue to work on curbing sprawl in our state. In 2001, only a handful of towns had professional plans detailing how and where they wanted to grow. Now, almost every one of our 57 municipalities has a professional comprehensive plan that all levels of government local, county and state have agreed to, which means that annexations now undergo much more scrutiny.
As you can see, Livable Delaware is not just a "feel-good" program.By growing in an orderly, planned manner, we ensure that taxpayer dollars are spent more effectively.
Last year, we introduced a Transfer of Development Rights bill that not only will preserve open lands at no cost to taxpayers, but also includes a means of funding infrastructure so existing taxpayers are not saddled with the costs of growth.This bill had broad and diverse sponsorship, and I intend to bring it back.
While we have had our share of success, we still have work to do. I still believe that Delaware needs to do a much better job at recycling.Our rate continues to be among the lowest in the country, with only 12 percent of residential household waste being recycled.
This isn't just about extending the life of our landfills and spending a little out of our pockets now to save tens of millions in the future.It is about being responsible stewards of our state and our world, something our citizens expect and deserve from their elected officials.
Recycling must also be more convenient and inexpensive and it doesn't need to be mandatory.I intend to introduce revised legislation that encourages local governments and the private sector to step up and provide better options for their constituents and customers.
Economic development Delaware's economic development efforts have remained strong throughout my term, despite some difficult economic times that forced other states to take drastic measures like layoffs and cuts in services. As you know, we have worked together when it comes to helping existing companies and recruiting new businesses to our state and since 2001, we have retained or created more than 35,000 jobs.
This time last year, we worked in partnership to enact a landmark revision of our banking laws, and within weeks celebrated the results of that hard work as Bank of America's credit card operation announced our state as its new home. And just this past year we had Air Liquide and Scientific Products decide to expand their operations in Delaware.
This month, we were named one of just two states in the nation to receive straight A's on the 2007 Development Report Card of the States released by the Council for Economic Development. Clearly, we are not the only ones who recognize what Delaware has to offer. But while we have had our successes, we still have work to do.
Over the coming year, our Economic Development Office will market a new initiative to promote the Technology-Based Seed Fund, the Emerging Technology Center, and the New Intellectual Property Program-all part of my New Economy Initiative. These programs fit together as a one-stop service for those wishing to start a business.
We can provide entrepreneurs with ideas for business by offering a patent for new products, we can help fund new start-ups through the Technology-Based Seed Funds; and we can help get new businesses off the ground by providing resources and guidance through the Emerging Technology Center.
For over two years, we have worked diligently on reforming our worker's compensation system. I am pleased to say that last night about 6:30 I signed S.B. 1, a bill that will reform our worker's compensation system and result in estimated savings of 20 percent or more. Go ahead, give yourselves a round of applause.
As I have said before, this reform is critical to our competitiveness and will help us to retain and attract businesses to our state. I want to thank Labor Secretary Tom Sharp, my legal counsel Joe Schoell, Representative Bill Oberle and Senator Tony DeLuca for their efforts to get this bill passed. Last night I was able to personally thank the members of the working group who came together in recent months to work on this bill, and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them once again. This is very important for Delaware and our businesses.
Legislative/Budget Preview You heard me talk last year about the need to address the shortfall in the state's Transportation Trust Fund. At that time, I appointed a financial management oversight committee to review and monitor expenditures and track revenues to ensure stronger financial management. I commend this group for its commitment and hard work, and they have done a great job working with the Department.
We also worked with you, through the bond bill committee, to prioritize projects and identify savings in the program. As I said at that time, our long-term plan to ensure the solvency of the Trust Fund would have to include new revenues in the form of traditional and non-traditional methods of financing the Trust Fund. We have worked very hard during the past two years to identify solutions, but there is still much work to do.
As you might recall, the Task Force I appointed in 2005 identified a range of financial needs with a "worst case scenario" of a $2.7 billion shortfall for the fund. Through the diligent cost reduction efforts of Transportation Secretary Carolann Wicks, Office of Management and Budget Director Jennifer Davis and their staffs, we now know that the real need over the six-year program is $1.5 billion. Obviously, we still have a lot of work to do to make up that difference, but this actual number is certainly more manageable than the original estimates last year. We look forward to working with you in the months ahead to solve this problem.
Next week in my budget address, I will give further details of our plan to contain costs, maximize our federal dollars and add revenues to the Trust Fund so we address the financial shortfall and provide a stable, predictable future for our transportation system.
We have worked together to improve the quality of life for our citizens but we still have some work to do.
In December, we gathered to celebrate the opening of our new Veterans Home to provide a world-class facility for Delaware veterans in their later years and the home is scheduled to open for patients this spring. My budget will therefore include operational funding for the home, which is a first for our state and fulfills a long-time dream for our veterans who bravely and valiantly served our state and our country.
With the changing times and increased demands on our Department of Safety and Homeland Security, additional law enforcement officers and cutting-edge technology are desperately needed to protect and serve our state. In 2003 I set a goal of increasing our Delaware State Police ranks to 680 troopers within five years. This year I am recommending the addition of six troopers, bringing our total to 661, keeping us on track to meet our goal.
I will also recommend continued funding for our Delaware Information Analysis Center, a state-of-the-art facility that gathers and shares information throughout government to make Delaware safer.
This center will work with law enforcement, government, and private sector officials to achieve the most important objective-getting the right information into the right hands, before a critical incident occurs.
We all know that the youngest members of our society are our greatest asset. For youth that enter into our juvenile justice system, we have a unique opportunity to help set them on the right track, and provide them with the tools they need to go on to a successful future.
Under the leadership of Secretary DeSantis, The Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families is working everyday, along with our partners in the judiciary and the community, to identify programs and protocols which seek to address the underlying causes of delinquent behaviors, and to provide services accordingly. I continue to support the efforts of the Department as it works with its many partners in identifying and implementing initiatives that will give these youth a chance to turn their lives around.
Conclusion I am very proud of the accomplishments we have made in education, health, the environment and economic development. We are continuing to be a national leader in areas like fighting cancer and improving employee health, economic development and financial management, and we have a bold plan to continue these efforts.
But as I said earlier, we still have work to do. We have important goals to achieve over the next two years to improve our state now and for the generations that follow.
I can assure you that we will not slow down. Our work continues and our focus remains on keeping our state a place where people want to live, work and raise their children. We cannot do that without the help and support of our General Assembly. We have worked well together in the past, and I look forward to continuing to work to make Delaware the best state in our nation.


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This book is the first comprehensive account of how Australia attained the world's highest living standards within a few decades of European settlement, and how the nation has sustained an enviable level of income to the present. Why Australia Prospered is a fascinating historical examination of how Australia cultivated and sustained economic growth and success. Beginning with the Aboriginal economy at the end of the eighteenth century, Ian McLean argues that Australia's remarkable prosperity across nearly two centuries was reached and maintained by several shifting factors. These included imperial policies, favorable demographic characteristics, natural resource abundance, institutional adaptability and innovation, and growth-enhancing policy responses to major economic shocks, such as war, depression, and resource discoveries.
Natural resource abundance in Australia played a prominent role in some periods and faded during others, but overall, and contrary to the conventional view of economists, it was a blessing rather than a curse. McLean shows that Australia's location was not a hindrance when the international economy was centered in the North Atlantic, and became a positive influence following Asia's modernization. Participation in the world trading system, when it flourished, brought significant benefits, and during the interwar period when it did not, Australia's protection of domestic manufacturing did not significantly stall growth. McLean also considers how the country's notorious origins as a convict settlement positively influenced early productivity levels, and how British imperial policies enhanced prosperity during the colonial period. He looks at Australia's recent resource-based prosperity in historical perspective, and reveals striking elements of continuity that have underpinned the evolution of the country's economy since the nineteenth century.
Ian W. McLean is a visiting research fellow in economics at the University of Adelaide, where he taught for many years.


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Die Pontins Autumn Open waren ein Snookerturnier auf Amateurebene, das aber auch Profispieler im Teilnehmerfeld aufnahm. Es zählte zu den wichtigsten Amateurturnieren seiner Zeit, stand aber über weite Teile der Turniergeschichte im Schatten des Frühjahres-Pendants Pontins Spring Open. Beide Turniere wurden im Pontins Prestatyn Sands Holiday Park im nordwalisischen Prestatyn ausgetragen. Die Pontins Autumn Open wurden erstmals 1976 ausgetragen und fanden bis 2010 jährlich statt. Rekordsieger ist der Engländer Matthew Couch, der die Pontins Autumn Open als einziger Spieler zweimal gewann.

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Ab Anfang der 1970er-Jahre entwickelte sich das Pontins-Resort zu einem wichtigen Ort der Snooker-Welt. Mit verschiedenen Festivals wurden dort Rahmenveranstaltungen für verschiedene Snookerturniere organisiert. Das wichtigste dieser Events war das Frühjahr-Event, in dessen Rahmen ab 1974 das Pontins Professional und die Pontins Spring Open stattfanden. Ab 1976 fanden als drittes wichtiges Turnier in Prestatyn im Rahmen eines Herbst-Events die Pontins Autumn Open statt. Wie beim Frühjahresevent wurden einige Profispieler zum Turnier eingeladen und das Teilnehmerfeld mit Qualifikanten ergänzt. Dazu wurde ein Qualifikationsevent ausgetragen, bei denen jeder Amateur (und ggf. nicht eingeladene Profispieler) teilnehmen konnten. Die Profispieler mussten den Amateuren als Handicap einen Vorsprung an Punkten geben.

Von den Profispielern her konnten die Pontins Autumn Open allerdings lange Zeit nicht mit den Pontins Spring Open mithalten, bei denen im Gegensatz zum Herbst-Turnier regelmäßig Spieler der Weltspitze teilnahmen. Erst in den späteren Jahren flachte dieser Unterschied ab. Im Gegensatz zu den Pontins Spring Open wurde bei den Autumn Open etwas weniger mit dem Best-of-Modus experimentiert. Fast alle Turniersieger konnten nicht mehr als einen Titel gewinnen; lediglich dem Engländer Matthew Couch gelang dies. Er ist daher Rekordsieger. Das höchste bekannte Break spielte Tony Knowles mit einem 103er-Break. Mit den Pontins Autumn Professional gab es 1991 auch einen professionellen Ableger.

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The 34-year-old Reds captain is thought to be considering his future at the club he has been with for his entire career, with his contract set to expire at the end of this season and with no new offer currently on the table.
Manuel Pellegrini admits he is keeping an eye on the situation of the former England international, who could follow in the footsteps of former team-mate Frank Lampard in making the shock switch to the Etihad Stadium next season.
Lampard joined City on loan from New York City FC, whom he signed for after leaving Chelsea at the end of his contract last season, and Gerrard's move to his team's Premier League rivals would be similarly surprising.
Gerrard has made nearly 700 appearances for Liverpool in a great career with his boyhood club, but it may be that his age will see him fall out of favour with Brendan Rodgers by next season.
Pellegrini, however, still feels the player can perform at the top level and could be a good addition to his squad.
"I don't ever rate players on their age," the Chilean said.
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"Like Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard is a top player and he can continue at a high level for a couple more years."
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So if the fear of falling and breaking something is as real for you as it is for me, or if you simply just don't enjoy skiing or snowboarding and wanted to know some alternative things to do read on. Because here is What to Do in Whistler When You Don't Ski or Snowboard.
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You can book a massage, or go in for their bath session and just relax the afternoon away at the Scandinave Spa. It's about a 7-10 dollar cab ride from the village, I think you can bus or walk their too if you have extra time and it's a nice day.
The spa is nice, you will definitely be relaxed even just doing the bath session but just a heads up talking is completely discourage, therefore everyone is silent. It's weird and you have to get used to it, so bring a book or something that isn't your phone because those are allowed either.
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Panorama Ridge – this is 11 hours, you can totally kill time doing this.
I personally have never tried this, but it looks fun as hell. Sine hosting all the sliding event during the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Whistler Sliding Centre is home to one of the fast ice tracks in the world. To me, this reminds me of a rollercoaster in the winter.
Sure you can go for a regular walk, or you can throw on some snowshoes and go on a guided nature. Personally, I would rather just head out for a regular walk, snowshoes seem like a lot of extra effort. But that could be the lazy person in my talking. I would never volunteer the idea of snowshoeing but I would't not go in the opportunity presented itself. Check out some trail options here.
Again these are two activity that I haven't actually done, but they are on my list for the next time I'm up there. Zip lining through the mountains just sounds cool enough to try. And who wouldn't want to race around it snowmobiles?
You can do some serious damage at some of the quintessential shops in Canada in Whistler. Artizia and Lululemon and the basic stores that almost every Canadian shops at. So jump on the bandwagon and do some heavy damage, cause clothing up there isn't the cheapest.
Honestly, if you are up in Whistler this is most likely your Vacation time. So spend your time doing whatever you want. Maybe you were guilted into going. Maybe you FOMO was more real than it ever was or maybe you were dragged up by your family. Whatever happen that got you up on that mountain remember that it's still your vacation time. So do whatever the hell that makes you happy. Whether it's reading by a fireplace, locking yourself away and watching Netflix or sipping on wine throughout day, you do you. Cause its your time to relax.
If you aren't from Vancouver and you'll be in Whistler for a week or so. Go into Vancouver. It's much more accommodating to non-skiers and snowboarders alike. It's about a 2-hour bus ride, and it cost about $30-40. Honestly, there is so much more to do and see, and you can totally just go in for the day. The bus should take you in to the heart of the city.
So that is my guide to Whistler for those of us that don't ski or snowboard. I hope you enjoyed and walked away with at least one idea!
Talk to you on Tuesday, this post is coming to you later than usual so sorry about that!


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This study expands previous research on the effectiveness of team-based learning (TBL) in large enrollment (200 students) introductory biology classes. Two sections of introductory biology were taught during the fall semester, 2008. One section was taught via the standard lecture format while the other incorporated a major TBL approach. Grades in the lecture section were based solely on four multiple-choice exams (one of which was a comprehensive final). Students in the TBL section were allowed to self-sort into teams of about five students each and were given learning assignments for every chapter (developed by the instructor). These learning assignments served as the basis of weekly readiness assessment tests (RAT's). On RAT days, students were given at least ten minutes to discuss the learning assignments with their teammates and the instructor. RAT's were administered individually and as a team (with IF-AT scratch-off forms). Student in the TBL section also took the same four multiple-choice exams given to students in the lecture section. The learning assignments and RAT's were provided to students in the lecture section. Average exam scores for each of the four exams were significantly higher in the TBL section than in the lecture section (p<0.05). Surveys reveal that students in the lecture section were more confident in their understanding of the scientific method than were students in the TBL section. Over 79% of students in the TBL section agreed that TBL helped them learn concepts more effectively than lecture alone would have and over 87% agreed that TBL should continue to be used. Nearly 84% of the TBL students agreed that it is fair for all team members to receive the same score on the RAT's but only 77% agreed that they completed the learning assignments to the best of their ability. Proportionately fewer students dropped the TBL section (7.8%) than did the lecture section (12.4%). These results support the use of TBL as an effective way to enhance student performance, retention, and interactions with classmates.
Hey Jeff, nice work. A few minor comments: I think the abbreviation RATs should be without an apostrophe. How many RAT days were there? Once a week? Could add that. The sentence: "surveys reveal that students in the lecture section..." needs a little more context. Did you specifically ask about scientific method in the RATs, and if so, why (was it a major learning goal for the course?). Also, I think you want to say in the first sentence that the two courses were taught by the same professor (you). This is a pretty unusually well controlled study--same class, same professor, two different approaches--so highlighting that set up is worth it!
Enjoyed reading about your work. I found the following "Average exam scores for each of the four exams were significantly higher in the TBL section than in the lecture section (p<0.05). Surveys reveal that students in the lecture section were more confident in their understanding of the scientific method than were students in the TBL section. " a little contradictory. Perhaps the latter sentence might be better left to the discussion because it seems to contradict the former and needs more explanation. Second comment- the exams were significantly higher- how many points? Great job. I look forward to seeing it in May.


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https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-biden-was-worst-presidential-polling-miss-in-40-years-panel-says-11620909178
Trump-Biden Was Worst Presidential Polling Miss in 40 Years, Panel Says
Surveys overstated Democrats' support up and down the ballot, as some voters were less inclined to participate in polls
Supporters of President-elect Joe Biden gathered in Las Vegas on Nov. 7, 2020.Photo: Miranda Alam/Zuma Press
By Aaron Zitner
May 13, 2021 8:32 am ET
Public opinion surveys ahead of the 2020 presidential election were the most inaccurate in 40 years, according to an expert panel convened by the main trade group for pollsters, which said its work hadn't yet pointed to a way to correct the error.
In the aggregate, the panel said, polls overstated support for Democratic nominee Joe Biden by 3.9 percentage points in the national popular vote in the final two weeks of the campaign. That was a larger error than the 1.3-point overstatement in 2016 surveys for Hillary Clinton, who won the popular vote but lost in the Electoral College.


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Jay FM, Jos Radio Station Drags NBC to Court over Closure
Jay FM 101.9, A Jos-based radio station, which was shut down in March by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) over allegations that it aired inciting programmes during the presidential and National Assembly elections has dragged the commission before a Federal High Court in Jos.
The radio station in its originating summons as JODAJ Global Communications against the NBC and Dr. Igomu Onoja, zonal director for Plateau, Benue and Bauchi is seeking an order of mandatory injunction to compel the respondents to immediately re-open the station and for the court to direct the NBC to pay Jay FM the sum of N500 million as general and exemplary damages.
The station is also seeking an order of perpetual injunction restraining the respondents or their agents from shutting down the operations of the station or interfering or trespassing into the premises of the station in Jos as well as an order setting aside the levy imposed by the respondents on the station.
The station, is said to be owned by a close associate of Jonah David Jang, former Governor of the state, was in March issued with a directive by the NBC to go off-air till further notice.
Jay FM was one of the 45 stations sanctioned by the NBC in March for alleged ethical infractions in relation to the 2019 general elections.
Malam Is'haq Modibbo Kawu, director-general of the NBC, had then stated that the erring stations had violated provisions of the Nigerian Broadcasting Code, and were fined N500, 000 each.
Clinton Garuba managing director of Jay FM, had condemned the action saying the station had complied with earlier sanctions by NBC and wondered why it was being targeted for a shut down.
Garuba stated that the management of Jay FM had been invited for a meeting at the NBC headquarters in Abuja on 18th March where the commission made a commitment to reopen the station between 18th and 23rd March.
He stated however that information available to management indicated that; "powers that be in the presidency used by the powers in Plateau State insisted that the Jay FM Jos must remain shut down."
"While it is never our intention, style, or preoccupation to be confrontational with our regulators, we have arrived at a crossroad, where we are constrained and left with no option but to seek legal redress in a court of law which is the final and only hope of the downtrodden and persecuted masses of our country, in the expectation that we would find justice there where the NBC and its manipulators have denied us," he stated.
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Canal+ Group, French media giant, has acquired Nigerian production studio, ROK film studios from VOD company IROKO TV, as part of the French company's plan to strengthen its position in Africa's movie market.
Canal+ Group has been quietly making moves in Nollywood, one of the world's largest film industries, and is now looking to create more African original content.
According to a statement released by ROK, the studio, launched in 2013 by Mary Njoku, actor and producer, is Nigeria's largest production house with more than 500 movies and 25 TV shows.
The organization currently produce Ghanaian and Nigerian movies, reaching 15 million subscribers across DSTV and GOTV platforms, the statement said.
Njoku says that Canal+ is working with ROK because the studio has the ability to create Nollywood content at scale.
"They (Canal+) wanted an organization that could supply their studio with Nollywood content. They have some channels in Francophone Africa and wanted a supply of African content for those channels," she told CNN.
Canal+ currently offers Nollywood TV, a fiction channel dedicated to Nigerian movies to its subscribers in French-speaking Africa.
The French media company has turned its sights on African viewers as growth has declined in its home terrain due to competition from Amazon, Apple and Netflix.
"This acquisition represents a key stage in Canal + group's international expansion. It allows the group to be present across the entire Nollywood value chain, and acquire unique expertise in the mass production of African fiction — films, series, and entertainment," Canal+ said in a media release.
Acquiring ROK will create more hours of Nollywood content for Canal+ Group's audience in France and represents a battle for African eyeballs between media powerhouses such as Netflix and China's StarTimes.
Njoku said the acquisition is a sign that Nigeria's movie industry is doing well in producing quality content for the continent.
"When a company as big as Canal+ acknowledges and is ready to work with us to export Nollywood, it sends out a positive signal to the movie industry. Filmmakers are assured that they are doing something right," she said.
Legend Extra Stout Broadens Product Offering, Introduces New 45cl Bottle
Legend Extra Stout, Nigeria's leading stout brand has extended its market penetration with the launch of its new 45cl bottle.
The new product size was unveiled at a special celebration ceremony at Radisson Blu, Ikeja, Lagos on Friday, July 12, 2019.
The event which was tagged the "Power Of 45" had hundreds of guests and consumers in attendance, as hordes of Nigerians got the chance to have a first look at the new product offering from Legend Extra Stout.
Speaking after the event, the Portfolio Manager, National Premium Lager, NB Plc, Sarah Agha expressed her delight at the consumers' positive reaction to this new product offering.
According to her, the rich history of Legend Extra Stout is one that is replete with innovation because the brand continuously focuses on optimum consumer satisfaction.
"This unique stout brand has undergone evolutions in times past. Since it was first launched in 1992, the brand has proven its prominence in the beer industry and has undergone various changes in its bottle shape and labeling.
Now, we are introducing an all-new size, a 45cl sleek master which encapsulates our new brand narrative. Our message to our consumers is – go out and pick your size! It doesn't matter if you are a 33cl, 60cl or 45cl guy, as long as you are true to yourself, you are a Legend."
According to Sarah Agha, this new bottle affirms the unique positioning of Legend Extra Stout as the unique bitter tasting stout of choice for the sociable, modern, ambitious and courageous Nigerian who is yearning to enjoy the finer things in life.
Consumers can be rest assured that the 45cl bottle remains the same full brewed stout, produced from the finest ingredients, brewed and bottled under the highest quality standards.
The launch event was full of exciting moments as hundreds of consumers were treated to breathtaking performances by some of Nigeria's A-list performers including Timaya and Chike.
This product launch adds to Legend's long list of exciting brand initiatives in 2019. Earlier in the year, Legend Extra Stout set out to redefine itself, and broaden its appeal to Nigerians. What followed were a set of audio-visual commercials emphasizing Legend's new brand narrative of "Be Yourself".
This simple yet brilliant campaign has seen the brand reinvent itself in an interesting way, as it encourages consumers to be proud of their uniqueness rather than conform to societal norms.
Over the years, Legend Extra Stout has continued to position itself as a credible stout of choice, full-brewed the way an original stout should, giving the brand credibility to be called the 'Real Deal'.
This sincere proposition has sustained the brand's steady market growth since its re-launch in 2009. With its most recent repositioning Legend, Extra Stout seeks to push the narrative, encouraging Nigerians to not only be real but be original as well.
The 45cl bottles are available in stores across Lagos.
Ariya Repete Selection Parties Conclude in Ilorin & Osogbo
The final selection parties of the Ariya Repete music contest took place in Osogbo and Ilorin on Friday the 5th of July as the last batch of successful contestants were selected to enter into the quarter-final stage of the competition.
Over the last four weeks, the competition has moved across eight cities in southwestern Nigeria and has uncovered some amazing talents in Fuji, Juju and Yoruba hip hop.
At the Osogbo and Ilorin selection parties, six talented acts were crowned regional champions. Adebayo Amos, Wasiu Onilewura, and Oyesola Boluwatife emerged as Osogbo winners in the Juju, Fuji, and Yoruba Hip-hop category respectively.
While in Ilorin, Afolabi Ibrahim, Seun Agbayi, and Mayowa Alayo fought off stiff competition to make it to the quarter-final stage.
The next stage of the competition is set to up the stakes, as the 24 regional winners will battle at the quarter-final concert in Akure on the 26th.
Prior to the competition resuming in the last week of July, contestants will undergo a one-week mentorship session in the Ariya academy.
Here, they will be tutored on how to hone their skills by some of the leading Juju and Fuji musical acts in the Nigerian entertainment scene.
Speaking after the completion of the regional auditions and selection parties, Goldberg Lager Brand Manager, Funmi Ogunbodede, expressed his delight saying,
"This platform has continuously discovered talented individuals in the indigenous music scene, while also giving them a platform to showcase their talents to the world.
This year has been no different, and I'm very proud of the contestants. I believe we will have an amazing quarter-final showdown."
He further congratulated the quarterfinalists and wished them all the best as they continue to compete to win their share in the grand prize of 20 Million Naira.
Ariya Repete is proudly sponsored by Goldberg Lager Beer. Over the years, Goldberg has consistently pushed the bar in excellence, continually providing fans and consumers with remarkable experiences which dial up the culture and traditions of the people, whilst also appreciating modern social conventions.
This perfect blend of both worlds has enabled Goldberg to remain one of the most authentic brands in the beer industry.


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Q: The optimal number of cluster by Gap Statistics I'm using the GAP statistics (clusGAP) to find the optimal number of clusters in my gene expression data. But I'm not sure whether the optimal number suggested by clusGAP is right or not.
I ran the clusGAP for several times (clustGAP(data, kmeans, K.max = 30, B = 100)),
but I received different results as follow:

The suggested number of cluster is 11 for above figure ("firstSEmax");
For another trial,

The suggested number of cluster is 7 for above figure ("firstSEmax");
So I have two questions here:

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*I thought in these results, it is hard to find the maximum of Gap value compared to the examples in the original paper. I'm new in this field, so I don't know whether I can believe the optimal number of clusters suggested by the clustGAP?

*As I mentioned, the optimal number is different in different trials, then the question is which one to choose? or how can I get a consistent result?

A: I do not trust the Gap statistic, or any of these heuristics. In particularly not if the plots are as smooth as these.
Please try to visualize your data. Make sure you have preprocessed it well enough. In all the similar questions here (try searching for "gap statistic") I had the impression that either the data was not well preprocessed, or just doesn't contain clusters at all...
This answer: https://stats.stackexchange.com/a/140723/7828
is a great example on why I (A) do not trust the gap statistic, (B) preprocessing is really really really important, (C) visualization is helpful.
Really visualizing your data is worth all the effort. In particular, also visualize the "best" result. Does it look good to you, or anomalous? Instead of trusting on some debated statistic like the Gap statistic, it is much better to trust a good visualization.

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Q: Electron Forge keeps hanging when started at the "Launching dev servers for renderer process code" I have an Electron Forge project I am working on with others. I recently had to replace my computer, including reinstalling Node.js and getting the install to work despite self-signed certificates being involved in my company's network. I finally got it to go through, and "npm install" got all of the dependencies. However, it seems to stop and fail to progress with any error message as to why. This works fine with the same code and setup (as far as I can tell) on my colleagues' machines.
When I run "npm start", it stops on the last step below and won't progress.
npm start

cfg-ui@1.0.0 start
electron-forge start

[STARTED] Checking your system
[STARTED] Checking git exists
[STARTED] Checking node version
[STARTED] Checking packageManager version
[TITLE] Found node@18.13.0
[SUCCESS] Found node@18.13.0
[TITLE] Found git@2.32.0.windows.1
[SUCCESS] Found git@2.32.0.windows.1
[TITLE] Found npm@9.4.0
[SUCCESS] Found npm@9.4.0
[SUCCESS] Checking your system
[STARTED] Locating application
[SUCCESS] Locating application
[STARTED] Loading configuration
[SUCCESS] Loading configuration
[STARTED] Preparing native dependencies
[TITLE] Preparing native dependencies
[SUCCESS] Preparing native dependencies
[STARTED] Running generateAssets hook
[SUCCESS] Running generateAssets hook
[STARTED] [plugin-webpack] Compiling main process code
[SUCCESS] [plugin-webpack] Compiling main process code
[STARTED] [plugin-webpack] Launching dev servers for renderer process code

If I use Ctrl+C to exit, I get the following:
RpcExitError: Process 14152 exited with code 3221225786
Issues checking service aborted - probably out of memory. Check the `memoryLimit` option in the ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin configuration.
If increasing the memory doesn't solve the issue, it's most probably a bug in the TypeScript.
RpcExitError: Process 12940 exited with code 3221225786
Issues checking service aborted - probably out of memory. Check the `memoryLimit` option in the ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin configuration.
If increasing the memory doesn't solve the issue, it's most probably a bug in the TypeScript.
RpcExitError: Process 13936 exited with code 3221225786
Issues checking service aborted - probably out of memory. Check the `memoryLimit` option in the ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin configuration.
If increasing the memory doesn't solve the issue, it's most probably a bug in the TypeScript.
RpcExitError: Process 9688 exited with code 3221225786
Issues checking service aborted - probably out of memory. Check the `memoryLimit` option in the ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin configuration.
If increasing the memory doesn't solve the issue, it's most probably a bug in the TypeScript.

I suspect the error about running out of memory might be a red herring based on this issue just mentioning it as "not closing cleanly".


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The Benefits of Transit in the United States: A Review and Analysis of Benefit-Cost Studies
This white paper presents the findings from a review and analysis of the available literature on benefit-cost (b-c) estimates of existing U.S. transit systems. Following an inventory of the literature, the b-c estimates from each study were organized according to the type of study area (e.g., rural, small urban, urban, etc.). Through this process, categories of monetary transit benefits were identified. The estimated dollar value for each benefit category was divided by the total estimated costs of providing the transit services, thus creating a benefit-specific b-c ratio for each category and allowing benefits from each study to be compared on an equal basis. Some of these differences are attributable to the population size and densities of the service areas (context) with rural and small urban areas generally yielding lower b-c values than urbanized areas. However, differences remained even after the context was accounted for; suggesting appropriate transit investments in rural and small urban areas can yield benefits substantially greater than costs. The benefits of transit were measurable and strong in a variety of operating environments; not just in large cities. Key findings from this review and analysis were:
Transit benefits often substantially exceed costs in rural and small urban areas—not just big cities;
Transit typically pays for itself in congestion relief benefits for mid- to large-sized urban areas;
Jobs and economic stimulus are among the largest benefit categories of transit;
Transit improves health care access and outcomes while reducing costs;
Transit saves people money, with transit in larger urban areas benefiting more people;
Low b-c ratios aside, transit saves lives, with evidence presented that b-c analysis methods are likely undervaluing the role transit plays in reducing accidents and their costs to society; and
Greenhouse gas emissions, air quality, and other important but undervalued transit benefits categories should be considered in future studies.
The Benefits of Transit in the United States: A Review and Analysis of Benefit-Cost Studies (733K)
Research Brief (229K)
CHRISTOPHER FERRELL, PhD
Dr. Ferrell began his planning career in 1995 working for the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) on intelligent transportation system (ITS) applications for traffic management. Since 2000, he has worked as a transportation consultant, and in 2010 he co-founded CFA Consultants, a transportation planning and research firm. Dr. Ferrell completed his doctoral studies in city and regional planning at the University of California, Berkeley in 2005. His studies focus on the relationships between transportation and land use. His research experience includes the evaluation of transit facilities, transportation policy analysis, transportation and land use interactions, travel behavior, and the analysis of institutional structures. As a practitioner, he has developed traffic impact studies for mixed-use, infill, and transit-oriented projects; analyzed the impacts of specific and general plans; planned and implemented intelligent transportation systems; and developed bicycle and pedestrian plans. He recently completed TCRP Report 145, Reinventing the Urban Interstate: A New Paradigm for Multimodal Corridors. He has also taught several graduate planning classes in the San José State University Urban Planning Department and the University of California, Berkeley City and Regional Planning Department.
Transit benefits
Transit systems


Existing Business/Account Manager – up to £110,000 OTE dependant on experience plus great benefits.
The Customer Success Team at Backbone Connect is a department committed to maintaining and improving customer happiness, ensuring excellent levels of service from Backbone Connect to our customers, making all customers aware of our full portfolio of services, and constantly promoting the business externally while championing the customer internally.
This role will work closely with the Customer Success Manager to generate revenue and build/nurture customer relationships. It will involve internal stakeholder management, lots of communication between departments and supplier management.
This role will require a strong and confident communicator who is able to bring information together quickly and reliably. Previous account management experience is a must, within the IT industry, specifically data centre services, colocation and infrastructure, telephony, connectivity and cloud services. The candidate will have plenty of experience in managing customers by phone, email and regular 1-1 meetings with the purpose of creating opportunities for revenue generation, ensuring customer happiness, and problem resolution.
Working in this role will involve balancing a monthly revenue target with inbound customer requests. The ideal candidate will have strong organisation skills, a high attention to detail and excellent time and priority management abilities. They will be polished and able to deliver corporate presentations and messaging in meetings. Negotiation skills will also be key, whether they be internally to get their work done, or with suppliers to get the best pricing or technical solution for the customer or the business.
So what does that look like to our staff? It means offering competitive employment packages, with benefits that extend beyond everyone else's 'standard' offering. It means being an accredited Investor In People, providing individual training budgets for staff and progression plans that help them build a career, not just a job. It's offering the little things that make a big difference, like a benefits system that gives staff discounted life essentials such as gym memberships, mobile phone insurance, restaurants and shopping.


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Albania Contemporary History Part V
From the religious point of view, the coexistence of religions does not seem to give rise to serious drawbacks. There is no state religion. The Catholics who live in the great majority in the north of Albania religiously depend on Rome with the intermediary of an apostolic delegate. Negotiations are underway for the conclusion of a concordat with the Holy See. The Orthodox (about 172,000) who prevail in southern Albania, have in 1927, after long negotiations with the patriarchate of Constantinople, established the Albanian autocephalous church. Muslims (about 560,000), in accordance with the character of their religion, have no recognized spiritual leaders either in Albania or outside (see below).
To complete these news on the Albanian internal constitution, we report the figures of the budget for the financial year 1927-28:
The activity carried out by Ahmed Zogu during the last two years, however, has not been able for obvious reasons to ignore an iron regime, which fatigues the population, not accustomed to subjecting to a regular government, much less paying customs and taxes regularly.. Added to this is the irritation of a part of the Bey class, which the Zogu regime prevents from indulging in abuses. These difficulties are also reinforced and aggravated by the contacts that the numerous Albanian refugees abroad maintain with the discontented at home. The refugees can be divided into three groups: those who are mostly recruited from the Catholics of the north, such as Ndok Gjeloshi, Don Lorenzo Zaka, Don Lazzaro Shantoja, residing in Yugoslavia and largely provided with subsidies from this state to tie them to his interests; those residing in Bari or Zara, who mostly belong to the intransigent nationalist group and are headed by Hasan bey Prishtina and 'Alī Klisura, and finally those residing in Vienna, who are headed by Fan Noli and are largely affected by Bolshevik tendencies and aid. The different interests which animate these refugees, however making their union difficult, facilitate defense for Zogu and will perhaps make possible later isolated and subsequent reconciliations. For Albania 2013, please check physicscat.com.
The foreign policy of Albania, as soon as Ahmed Zogu assumed power in 1924, seemed at first to clearly lean towards Yugoslavia. Evidence of this Yugoslavophilic policy was immediately seen in the compliance shown by Albania on the occasion of the delimitation of the border with the cession of Vermoshë and San Naum to Yugoslavia. The work carried out by some Yugoslav circles, mainly that which was headed by the Serbian military league, by means of a large network of agents in Albania, culminating in the revolution that broke out in November 1927 in the region of the Ducagini and led by refugees from Yugoslavia, forced however Zogu to radically revise his foreign policy programs.
The friendship and security pact between Italy and Albania, which slowly matured, was signed on November 27, 1927 by the plenipotentiary minister of Italy, Baron Aloisi, and by the Albanian foreign minister, Hysen bey Vrioni.
With this pact "Italy and Albania recognize that any disturbance directed against the political, juridical and territorial status quo of Albania is contrary to their mutual political interest", and "for the protection of the aforementioned interest the High Contracting Parties agree they undertake to lend their mutual support and cordial collaboration; they also undertake not to enter into political or military agreements with other powers to the detriment of the interests also defined in this pact ". The friendship pact was followed in November 1927 by an alliance treaty between the two countries.
Shortly after, in the first months of 1928, a simple motion by the deputy Feizi bey to obtain that the Albanian statute be revised in some points, almost suddenly led to the formal recognition of the order of things created in Albania by the long and beneficial stay of Ahmed Zogu to the presidency of the republic. In fact, when the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies met in a legislative assembly to bring the required changes to the statute, they found that this task belonged only to a constituent assembly for which special elections had to be called.
This decision had just been adopted when, in the first fortnight of June 1928, the discovery of an attack that was being prepared against the life of Ahmed Zogu came to confer still new prestige on his person. In the days preceding the opening of the assembly, which took place on August 25, rallies took place in all the cities of Albania that praised President Zogu and proclaimed the popular will to confer on him the crown of mbret, a title equivalent to that of sovereign., in recognition of the great services rendered to the country.
On 1 September the constituent assembly, under the presidency of Pandeli Vangjeli, proclaimed the monarchical form of the state and decided to offer the crown to Ahmed Zogu with the title of Zogu I, king of the Albanians. The same day the new sovereign took an oath before the assembly.
In the meantime, this continues the studies for the elaboration of the new statute, while Albania has solemnized with oriental pomp the coronation of the king who, consolidated the independence of the state and ensured foreign relations, as was also manifested on the occasion of the recognition by part of the foreign states of the new monarchical form of the country, leads it today with a firm hand, through internal pacification, to the already well underway economic and civil progress.
Albania Contemporary History Part IV
Albania Contemporary History Part III
Albania Contemporary History Part II
Albania Contemporary History Part I
Albania Medieval and Modern History Part I
Albania Medieval and Modern History Part II
Albania Medieval and Modern History Part III
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Albania Medieval and Modern History Part V
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Nuclear magnetic resonance force microscopy at millikelvin temperatures
Promotor: T.H. Oosterkamp
A.M.J. den Haan
Thesis in Leiden Repository
Nuclear magnetic resonance force microscopy (MRFM) is a technique which combines magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with scanning probe microscopy (SPM). The final goal is to develop this technique to such a level that the atomic structure of a virus or protein can be revealed by this microscope. This thesis shows nuclear magnetic resonance force measurements on copper in which the interaction of the magnetic moments of the nuclei of copper with a magnetic cantilever has delivered a detectable signal at a temperature of 50 millikelvin. Furthermore, we show measurements, which support a new theory where at low magnetic field and low temperature, non contact friction between the magnetic cantilever and paramagnetic electron spins is described. These measurements were enabled by technical improvements such as vibration reduction in a cryogen free dilution refrigerator. As a benchmark for the low vibration, we show atomic resolution scanning tunneling microscopy at 15 millikelvin temperature on graphite. We also show a method to create small magnets for MRFM from a thin magnet film. With these small magnets the field gradient and therefore the sensitivity may be significantly enhanced.
millikelvin
paramagnetic
Tjerk Oosterkamp Hoogleraar Experimentele natuurkunde
Leids Instituut voor Onderzoek in de Natuurkunde (LION)


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#RideTogether: Your First Week Back, Part 3
This is the final video in the #RideTogether: Your First Week Back series. Thank you for sharing how your ride went during your first week back to school.
School Health Services Gear Up for 2020-21
"I've been a school nurse and worked for MESD for almost 27 years ... We have never gone through anything like this before," said Nicky Zimmerman, a School Health Services Nurse. "In my opinion, that has made school nurses even more crucial to student success."
Zimmerman is currently contacting families with health issues to ensure they have what they need and is working closely with Roosevelt High School staff to provide services to students and families.
"As we know, this year has been unlike any other," said Nursing Supervisor Catherine Murphy.
Wheatley School Teams Navigate Special Education Mods
Schools have seen many changes to education for the 2020-21 academic year. That includes the individualized education plan process, which the Oregon Department of Education has modified to support learning during Covid.
Multnomah Education Service District schools needed to meet the new IEP process requirements from ODE by Oct. 15.
"Our staff has been amazing in this process even though the workload has been significant," said Joni Tolon, Coordinator of Special Education at MESD.
Comprehensive Distance Learning Continues; District to Operate During Inclement Weather
Multnomah Education Service District will continue to operate in Comprehensive Distance Learning mode through December. Additionally, the district will operate during inclement weather.
Superintendent Sam Breyer reviewed the regional COVID-19 metrics with the MESD Board of Directors at the Board meeting on Oct. 20. During the meeting, Superintendent Breyer announced the agency's extended CDL plan with the Board's full support.
Bars to Bridges Talk About Books, Equity and Action with Regional Educators
Educators from across the region joined three weekly, one-hour online book study groups hosted by Bars to Bridges over the summer and into this fall. Why We Act and White Fragility were the books of focus for the summer. The study group for Pushout continues through Oct. 20.
During the first book study, fifty educators from across the region engaged in dialogue about the bystander effect and discussed ways to shift to moral rebels to combat bullying, harassment and injustice.
This School Year's Silver Lining from School Health Services
While the 2020-21 school year will be different from any other year I have experienced in my 14 years working in school nursing, I'm choosing to be optimistic and excited for how we can continue to provide support to students, families and our school partners. They deserve us to be a beacon of hope by providing a calming presence, fact-based information, preparing for the return to on-site learning and connecting our stakeholders to resources.
Since the spring, I've tried to focus on the silver linings that have arisen during this stressful situation.


FITCHBURG -- The Rev. Robert D. Bruso is expecting some tongue twisting and slightly bewildered looks during the Advent season, when the Catholic Church rolls out a new translation for its Roman Missal.
Some of the prayers and music used during the Mass are changing, which means the responses parishioners have been reciting since the Second Vatican Council will also change.
"I'm just learning myself," said Bruso, pastor of St. Anthony of Padua Church in Fitchburg.
The responses are scheduled to change Nov. 27, which is the start of Advent and the new liturgical year.
However, churches are allowed to start introducing the new music now so they are ready for Advent.
Monsignor Robert Johnson, who is in charge of implementing the changes for the Diocese of Worcester, is planning workshops that are open to the public.
They are scheduled to be held from 7-8:30 p.m. at St. Edward the Confessor Parish in Westminster Oct. 12; St. Luke's Parish in Westboro Oct. 6; St. Paul Cathedral in Worcester Oct. 19; and Sacred Heart Parish Center in Webster Oct. 26.
Johnson has been meeting with priests and deacons to introduce the changes. The most recent meeting was Tuesday.
Examples of changes include the liturgical greeting that for decades the priest has told parishioners, "the Lord be with you," to which they have responded, "and also with you."
Now parishioners will answer with "and with your spirit.
"It speaks to the essence of the type of greeting that is being giving," Johnson said.
The diocese is preparing pew cards, the equivalent of cheat sheets, with commonly used texts for easy use, Johnson said.
Pope John Paul II ordered a new Roman Missal in 2000 and set guidelines for its translations in the "Liturgiam Authenticam," said Mar Marmunoz-Visoso, spokesman for the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops.
The new missal also contains such things as prayers for new saints, more prefaces for Eucharistic prayers, and additional votive Masses.
The original translations of the post-Vatican II Council were made in a hurry so Catholics could pray in the each country's language, which was a significant change for the church, she said.
"The new translation had to be according to new guidelines of the Vatican for translating into the vernacular," Marmunoz-Visoso said. "They were given practical guidelines and how they wanted specific sentences and prayers."
The original translations for the missal reflected the times in which they were interpreted, said Mar Marmunoz-Visoso, spokesman for the U.S. Council of Catholic Bishops.
Until now, the English speaking church has been using a 1973 translation of the missal, Marmunoz-Visoso said.
"That was a wonderful translation for that time," Johnson said. "This is a new translation for a new age."
Diocese spokesman Ray Delisle, who has a professional background in linguistics, said translators use different rules for legal text than they will for advertising slogans.
"Sometimes you are more literal, sometimes you rely more on, not slang, but expressions," he said.
Translations for English in the 1960s and 1970s were looser interpretations of Latin, Delisle said.
Tighter rules of translation are bringing a better focus on the prayerful context, he said.
"Maybe we lost some of the transcendental nature of these and maybe we are coming back closer to the Latin," Delisle said.
Churches in other countries that speak languages such as Spanish, French, Italian and Portuguese already have a more accurate translation.
There have been a series of changes to the prayers and Mass for a number of years, said diocese spokesman Ray Delisle.
There have been changes to the lectionary used for excerpts of the Old and New testaments, including the Gospels, psalms and prayers, he said.
The church made changes to its general instruction on rituals, rather than the prayers, several years ago.
"There has been a series of reviews that have been going on with the language," Delisle said.
The International Commission for English Liturgia has worked on the missal for several years, he said.
The Rev. Monsignor Francis Goguen, pastor of St. Cecilia Church in Leominster, said he has been running announcements in the church bulletin for months preparing parishioners for the changes. He will prepare a series of homilies about them in October and November, he said.
"We are using it as an opportunity to refresh our teaching on what the Mass is all about and what the prayers mean," he said.


Original compositions featuring 4 trumpets playing wild and dramatic counter-rhythms with incredible soloing over tight, funky/fusion grooves.
Trumpeter/Keyboardist Jeff Elliott has proven his musical worth for decades, playing with Les McCann for many years, as well as working with Airto and Flora Purim, the legendary fusion band Eraserheads, and others. At long last, Elliot has channeled his versatility and creative energy into his first solo album. Different Jungles is as inventive and diverse as might be expected from a naturally gifted musician who covers bebop, funk, fusion, R&B and other genres with ease.
Recorded over a long, intensive period in Beagle Studio, in Elliott's hometown of Santa Barbara, Different Jungles is an apt title for an album covering multiple stylistic bases. But its different concepts works towards a cohesive whole. The CD opens with one of several tunes graced with Elliott's dazzling, intricate brass arrangements, "A.D.H.D.", and the program also includes the Monk-meets- Weather Report-ish funk-swing of "Weather Monk", the colorful sonic textures of "Elephant's Graveyard" and "Five Cavemen... Five Trumpets". "Twins Tribute" pays homage to the 9/11 tragedy and "The Resurrection of Joey Crown" is a concept piece with a film noir-like story line. "Millennium Jazz Dance" updates Eddie Harris' "Freedom Jazz Dance", and "Pelican's Blues" closes the album with a soft bluesy purr.
Joining Elliott are numerous fine musicians he has worked with in various settings, including bassist Randy Tico, percussionist Airto Moreira, drummer Mike Clark (Headhunters), pianist Karen Hammack, drummers Cougar Estrada (Los Lobos) and Kevin Winard (Sergio Mendez), and saxophonist Vince Denham (subject of "Denham Blues").
As Elliott writes in his liner notes, the album has a scenic quality, related to his memories of world travels and personal visions: "Music to me has always presented itself through pictures in my mind..." With this inspiring and wide-ranging musical adventure, Elliott's life as a leader officially begins. Stay tuned; he's got some fresh ideas about the nature, and the breadth, of the thing called Jazz.
WOW! Right when I thought jazz was stalled. This is definitely different. I like the way it makes me think...and imagine.


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The Protectors és una sèrie de televisió britànica, un thriller d'acció creat per Gerry Anderson. Va ser la segona sèrie de televisió d'Anderson en utilitzar exclusivament actors en directe en comptes de marionetes (després d' UFO), i la seva segona fixada en temps contemporanis (després de The Secret Service). També va ser l'única sèrie de televisió produïda per Gerry Anderson que no pertanyia al gènere de fantasia ni a la ciència-ficció. Va ser produït per la productora ITC Entertainment de Lew Grade. Malgrat no presentar marionetes ni elements reals de ciència-ficció, The Protectors es va convertir en una de les produccions més populars d'Anderson, i va obtenir fàcilment una renovació per una segona temporada. Es va planificar una tercera però el principal patrocinador del programa, Brut, va acabar el seu finançament i va obligar a la cancel·lació de la sèrie.

The Protectors es va emetre per primera vegada el 1972 i el 1973, uns 52 episodis en dues temporades, cadascun de 25 minuts de durada, cosa que la va fer una de les últimes sèries d'aquest tipus que es va produir en un format de mitja hora. Era protagonitzada per Robert Vaughn (famós per The Man from U.N.C.L.E.) com a Harry Rule, Nyree Dawn Porter (protagonista de The Forsyte Saga) com la Contessa Caroline di Contini, i Tony Anholt (que protagonitzaria Space: 1999 i Howards' Way) com a Paul Buchet. Els episodis sovint presentaven prominents actors convidats.

Argument
Tres detectius privats/solucionadors de problemes internacionals, inexplicablement rics, s'encarreguen d'assegurar la protecció d'innocents. Pertanyen a una organització anomenada The Protectors, amb seu a Londres. Harry Rule dirigeix el grup. La Contessa viu a Itàlia (quan no treballa amb Harry). Dirigeix la seva pròpia agència de detectius, especialitzada en exposar fraus d'art i recuperar art robat. Paul Buchet treballa a París i és investigador i especialista en gadgets del grup. Les aventures van des d'un simple segrest fins a casos amb implicacions d'intriga internacional. Aquests personatges són molt rics i condueixen cotxes exòtics de l'època, com el Citroën SM i el Jensen Interceptor.

Producció
Segons el coproductor Gerry Anderson, el format de la sèrie es va perfilar en una breu nota que li va donar el propi Lew Grade, i a continuació, se li va donar mà lliure per desenvolupar-la, tot i que Grade va imposar al final dos dels principals actors. El format de la sèrie permetia episodis puntuals en què no apareguessin tots els actors principals, inclosos dos en què el personatge de Vaughn estava absent.

Igual que The Persuaders!, una sèrie similar produïda també per ITC que fou emesa al mateix temps, The Protectors va ser rodada en nombroses ubicacions "exòtiques" d'arreu d'Europa, com Salzburg, Roma, Malta i Paris,donant a la sèrie un sentiment de "jet set" dels seixanta (també va ser la primera producció d'Anderson a tenir luxe). Per tal de compensar el cost de la filmació per la localització, i potser també perquè l'equip era més portàtil, la sèrie es va rodar en pel·lícules de 16 mm més que en les habituals de 35mm.

Els episodis tenien com a objectiu l'acció trepidant en un context internacional, incorporant elements tant de programes de detectius privats com d'espionatge, però en un format de mitja hora. La falta de temps de pantalla, en comparació amb els 50 minuts usat per programes com The Persuaders! o Department S, va resultar en trames força simplistes, amb motivació i caracterització sacrificades per l'acció, a causa que els escriptors s'havien d'incorporar el màxim possible en un interval de temps de 25 minuts i produir una televisió agitadora. D'aquesta manera, la sèrie patia la majoria dels mateixos inconvenients que The Adventurer, un altre sèrie de mitja hora de la ITC que es va emetre al mateix temps.

El tema de la sèrie, "Avenues and Alleyways", era un èxit menor de Tony Christie (i va ser reactivat amb èxit per Christie als anys 2000, gràcies en part al seu ús en la banda sonora de la pel·lícula Love, Honour and Obey). Aquesta va ser la primera sèrie d'Anderson que no va presentar música composta per Barry Gray.

Courtfield Mews, Londres SW5 es va utilitzar com a lloc de rodatge per a la seu de The Protectors.

A Alemanya, la sèrie era coneguda com a Kein Pardon für Schutzengel ("Sense pietat pels àngels guardians") i a França com a Poigne de fer et séduction. Això posa en evidència un altre engany que va defallir l'espectacle: el seu títol en anglès, The Protectors, implicaria que Robert Vaughn treballava de guardaespatlles, en una versió més seriosa de la sèrie d'ITV dels anys 80 Minder, però molt pocs dels episodis protagonitzats per l'equip de Vaughn fa el paper de guardaespatlles: per tant el títol tenia poc sentit, i era realment enganyós per als espectadors casuals. (Un cas similar es refereix al títol de la sèrie de televisió The Avengers; més enllà d'un arc de contes al començament de la sèrie el 1961, els personatges principals eren principalment investigadors i rarament realment "van venjar" ningú.)

Com va ser el cas de la majoria de les sèries d'Anderson, als Estats Units la sèrie no es va emetre per cadena de televisió, sinó que es va emetre per redifusió. Això va fer més difícil que l'espectacle pogués impactar a Amèrica, malgrat la seva popular estrella estatunidenca, i això va perjudicar les vendes a l'estranger.

Relacions entre els actors
Segons l'autobiografia de Robert Vaughn, hi va haver molts problemes entre l'actor, el financer de la sèrie, Lew Grade, i el seu coproductor, Gerry Anderson. John Hough (que va dirigir diversos episodis i la seqüència del títol inicial de la sèrie) va tenir molts més problemes amb el soci de negocis de Vaughn, Sherwood Price, que amb el mateix Vaughn. Vaughn va afirmar que sentia que la sèrie era "brossa sense gust" i que tampoc no podia entendre els guions abans o durant el rodatge.

Vaughn va tenir l'oportunitat de dirigir ell mateix un episodi, el número 23 per ordre de producció, "It Could Be Practically Anywhere on the Island". Tot i que Vaughn va mantenir una millor relació amb Grade, el magnat va titllar "It Could Be Practically..." el pitjor episodi de qualsevol sèrie que mai havia vist. Al mateix Vaughn no li va agradar. Per comprendre la desconcertada opinió de Vaughn del guió, cal adonar-se que se li va demanar que dirigís una història dedicada a la recerca d'una gran illa per un microfilm robat devorat per un gos i "dipositat" per aquest gos (és a dir, excretat) en un lloc desconegut que podria estar en qualsevol part de l'illa.

La relació d'Anderson amb Tony Anholt va ser més positiva i uns quants anys després va seleccionar l'actor com a Tony Verdeschi a la segona temporada de Space: 1999.

Episodis

Primera temporada (1972-1973)

 2000 Ft. to Die
 Brother Hood amb Vladek Sheybal
 Disappearing Trick amb Derren Nesbitt
 Your Witness amb Stephanie Beacham
 The Quick Brown Fox
 The Numbers Game amb Margaret Lee
 Triple Cross amb JJohn Neville
 A Kind of Wild Justice amb Paul Freeman
 One and One Makes One amb Michael Gough
 See No Evil
 Balance of Terror amb Laurence Naismith
 King Con amb Ronald Lacey
 The Big Hit
 Think Backamb Ian Hendry
 The First Circle amb Ed Bishop
 Chase amb Patrick Magee
 With a Little Help from My Friends amb Jeremy Brett
 For the Rest of your Natural amb Susan Travers
 The Bodyguards amb Freddie Jones
 Talkdown amb Derren Nesbitt
 A Case for the Right amb Milo O'Shea
 A Matter of Life and Death
 It Could Be Practically Anywhere of the Island amb Vernon Dobtcheff
 Vocal amb Shane Rimmer
 It Was All Over in Leipzig amb Ron Randell
 Ceremony for the Dead

Segona temporada (1973-1974)

 Bagman
 The Bridge
 Fighting Fund
 Quin
 Lena
 Goodbye Georges
 Implicado
 The Last Frontier
 Baubles, Bangles and Beads
 Petard
 Burning Bush
 Border Line
WAM - Part 1
 WAM - Part 2
 Dragon Chase
 Zeke's Blues
 Decoy
 A Pocketful of Posies
 Shadbolt
 Sugar and Spice
 Blockbuster
 Wheels
 The Tiger and the Goat
 The Insider
 Trial
 Route 27

Referències

Enllaços externs
 Robert Vaughn – The Man From The Protectors

Sèries de televisió britàniques
Obres del 1972


The division between police and citizens in this country continues to deepen with an incident out of Indiana caught on video showing a group of cops shattering a car window to pull out a passenger because he did not have identification.
Hammond police had pulled over the man's girlfriend because she had not been wearing a seatbelt, which as we saw in South Carolina, can lead to a cop opening fire on a driver trying to comply with their orders.
They then asked her boyfriend, Jamal Jones, for his identification, which she should not have been under any legal obligation to provide considering he wasn't driving.
Nevertheless, he explained that he did not have it because he was not driving, but offered to show them a ticket he had recently received, which would have given them the information they were looking for. He even reached for a backpack to show them the ticket.
However, that caused them to fear for their lives, so they drew their guns, another exampleof how complying with a cop's orders can get you killed.
And that caused Johnson's girlfriend, Lisa Mahone, to call 911, telling the dispatcher that she was in fear for her life.
She was also concerned that she would not make it to a Chicago hospital to see her dying mother before she lost her life.
But police apologists will be quick to fault her for not wearing a seatbelt. After all, the law is the law and the only people who are allowed to break it are those paid to enforce it.
Meanwhile, the couple's 14-year-old son, who was sitting in the back with his seven-year-old sister, had begun recording after the cops drew their weapons, which is the only reason the couple is able to file a lawsuit for last month's incident, which they did this week (click here to read lawsuit).
Otherwise, it would have been written off as another example of police trying to keep everybody safe, only to have to deal with dangerous citizens who refuse to wear seat belts or whatever.
In fact, Hammond police justified their aggression actions in a statement, pointing out that Johnson was also not wearing a seatbelt, so there you have it.
The chief can be reached at 219-852-2900.


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'Flash drought' will increase over humid regions in the future
, Published: October 21, 2019
Rapidly developing intraseasonal drought events, termed as "flash droughts," are a new phenomenon with increasing prominence under global warming. It develops rapidly without sufficient early warning, and has resulted in severe impacts around the world in recent years.
In 2012, the droughts over central United States caused billions of dollars in economic losses while the following year in southern China, it affected two million hectares of crops in Guizhou and Hunan provinces alone. This has prompted scientists to investigate flash drought risk and its underlying drivers in a changing climate on an urgent basis.
"Still, how will the flash drought risk change in a warming future climate remains unknown for a number of reasons," said Xing Yuan from the Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology. "For example, there's a diversity of flash drought definition that scientists haven't agreed upon, the role of anthropogenic fingerprints is not clear, and we are not sure of future socioeconomic scenarios."
Read more: One-third of Himalayan ice caps to be lost by 2100
Yuan and his PhD students Linying Wang, Peng Ji and Miao Zhang from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics at Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dr. Peili Wu from the UK Metropolitan Office and Professor Justin Sheffield from the University of Southampton, have addressed these issues in a recently published study in the academic journal Nature Communications.
The study focuses on China where rapid industrialization and urbanization have significantly increased environmental vulnerability under global warming. The researchers have proposed a new definition of flash drought based on rapid decline rate of soil moisture and the dry persistency. This new definition captures both the "flash" and "drought" characteristics and the authors of the paper have also proposed a new method for explicitly characterizing flash drought events.
"We carried out land surface ensemble simulations driven by multiple climate models under different external forcings such as greenhouse gases," explained Yuan. Their results show a significant increasing trend of flash drought frequency over China during 1961-2005, with a clear 77% footprint from anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions.
Under moderate emission scenarios, the exposure risk in China will increase by 23% in the middle of this century. This increase can reach up to 40% in the southern provinces with a humid climate such as Guizhou, Guangxi, Guangdong and Zhejiang, while the exposure risk in semi-arid northern areas in China will decrease.
"This indicates that anthropogenic climate change has changed the traditional arid areas, and more attention should be paid to deal with the flash drought risks in humid and semi-humid areas," stated Yuan. The study found that population increase was also an important factor for enhancing the exposure risk of flash drought over southernmost humid regions.
Their results suggest that the traditional drought-prone regions in China would expand given the human-induced intensification of flash drought risk.
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