Local school districts continue to pay more into the State's Foundation Program than they did in FY05, illustrating the continued shift of education funding from the state to the local level.
The Foundation Program is the mechanism for how local school district funding is calculated and distributed. It is supposed to pay for foundational items needed to ensure an adequate level of public education is available to each K-12 student in Alabama. Through the years, the Program has struggled to be fully funded by the Alabama legislature.
The state's share of funding for the Foundation Program comes exclusively from the Education Trust Fund (ETF).
Earlier this week, we published a look at how the cost of a "free" public education is being increasingly shifted toward families in the form of user fees for various aspects of their children's schooling.
The 10-mill match has grown at a higher rate than the state's share of the Foundation Program funding since FY05. This means that local taxpayers are picking up more of the cost of the Foundation Program. Every additional dollar that the local districts "match" means fewer dollars allocated from the ETF for the Foundation Program.
The picture gets even uglier when you account for the time value of money. Not only does it then become apparent that the Foundation Program is not being funded even at FY05 levels, but you can more clearly see how the proportional share of the "local match" grows.
Check out the table below. It compares current dollars to real dollars. Real dollars reflect an adjust for inflation. This adjustment has been made using a 2009 base year. See the methodology section below for more information.
This set of graphs lets you see the difference between current and real dollars. If you just look at current dollars, it looks like more money is being allocated for the Foundation Program. But is it?
Here's more on what is referred to as the "local chargeback" or "local match".
A district is allocated $11 million under the state Foundation program.
10 mills of property tax equals $1 million in the school district.
The state will only send $10 million to the school district that year, expecting the local school board to use that 10-mill equivalent/$1 million to contribute to its own "state-funded" school expenditures.
PLEASE note that the school district does NOT send any money to the ALSDE or to the legislature. It is required to symbolically put that local 10-mill equivalent into the state funding pool and use it for whatever the state has dictated.
For purposes of the Foundation Program, affluence is determined solely by the value of property in a given school system's boundaries. Regardless of the number of mills of property tax a system raises, the value of a single mill is contingent upon the value of the property in general. For instance, property in downtown Birmingham or on the waterfront is considerably more valuable than property in a rural farming area. Therefore, a mill of property tax in Birmingham or on the waterfront raises more money than a mill in the rural areas.
Applying a standard formula to information gathered from county revenue offices, the value of 1.0 mill is determined for each system and then multiplied by 10 to determine the local system's contribution to the Foundation Program. This amount is then subtracted from the amount budgeted in the Foundation Program total each year for that system. The balance is the state's share from the ETF (Education Trust Fund).
Here is a guide delineating how allocations are calculated through the Foundation Program.
All numbers on the local match amounts were obtained from the Alabama State Department of Education. Foundation Program numbers were taken from Legislative Fiscal Office reports and the Budget Fact Books.
Because the value of money changes from year to year, in order to compare apples to apples over time, the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) provides various ways to deflate (or inflate), dollars taken in and spent.
I used the "Implicit Price Deflator" (IPD) applicable for state and local governments for the years of comparison, FY05 to FY16. The BEA uses 2009 as the base or index year.
Because no IPD has been calculated by the BEA for FY15 and FY16, I used the average of the 1st and 2nd quarter for FY15 as the value for both years.
Current dollars are the actual amounts you'd find in reports and spreadsheets.
After applying the IPD to the current dollars (here's a tutorial from Khan Academy), the resulting amount is called the "real" amount.
Once you have those real dollars calculated, then you are looking at apples and apples.


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Q: osgi unresolved requirement: osgi.native I am trying to make a call from a bundle to a native library using JNA. The code itself works fine. As a container I am using karaf, which I cannot change. The bundle sits in the state "Installed" and when trying to start it I get the following error.
Error executing command: Error executing command on bundles:
        Error starting bundle 87: Could not resolve module: de.db.fkfmip.preparation.fkfmip-preparation-v2-gpio-nsb [87]
  Unresolved requirement: Require-Capability: osgi.native; native.paths.0:List<String>="libf403.so"; native.paths.2:List<String>="libf403.so"; native.paths.1:List<String>="libf403.so"; native.paths.4:List<String>="libf403.so"; native.paths.3:List<String>="libf403.so"; native.paths.5:List<String>="libf403.so"; filter:="(|(&(osgi.native.osname~=Linux)(osgi.native.processor~=ARM))(&(osgi.native.osname~=Linux)(osgi.native.processor~=arm_le))(&(osgi.native.osname~=Linux)(osgi.native.processor~=arm_be))(&(osgi.native.osname~=Linux)(osgi.native.processor~=x86-64))(&(osgi.native.osname~=Linux)(osgi.native.processor~=x86_64))(&(osgi.native.osname~=Linux)(osgi.native.processor~=arm)))"

Here is a screenshot of my karaf console:
Karaf Console
I have made sure that I added the Bundle-NativeCode tag in my osgi.bnd
Bundle-NativeCode: \
    libf403.so;osname=Linux;processor=ARM,\
    libf403.so;osname=Linux;processor=arm_le,\
    libf403.so;osname=Linux;processor=arm_be,\
    libf403.so;osname=Linux;processor=x86-64,\
    libf403.so;osname=Linux;processor=x86_64,\
    libf403.so;osname=Linux;processor=arm

It matches my system which is openSUSE 42.3.
Architecture:          x86_64
CPU op-mode(s):        32-bit, 64-bit

I am not sure what I am missing. Do I need to install something extra for karaf to work with osgi.native?

A: I have encountered many Problems using OSGi and JNA. Maybe this will help.
My first mistake was not to get all dependencies right at the beginning. The following dependencies are needed. I got weird errors when I left the second one out.
<dependency>
    <groupId>net.java.dev.jna</groupId>
    <artifactId>jna</artifactId>
    <version>4.5.1</version>
</dependency>
<dependency>
    <groupId>net.java.dev.jna</groupId>
    <artifactId>jna-platform</artifactId>
    <version>4.5.0</version>
</dependency>

If you are using your own native library as I did, you need to make sure you have compiled it with 32-bit or 64-bit compiler depending on the system it will be running on.
Using JNA in your code is quite straight forward. You need to make an interface matching the methods of your native library and then load the library as shown below.
/** Shared Library libf403.so */
private F403 f403;

    /** JNA interface for libf403.so */
private interface F403 extends Library {
    int BoardConfig();
    int SetOutput(byte channel, byte status);
    int GetGroupInputs();
}

f403 = (F403) Native.loadLibrary("f403", F403.class);
f403.BoardConfig();

If you have the native library in a specific location you can also specify a path. For example:
f403 = (F403) Native.loadLibrary("/usr/lib/libf403.so", F403.class);

Now onto OSGi.
When you have your own library and want it to be inside the jar you can do the following.
Place the native library under your source folder /scr/main/resources and in a folder you can name yourself. In my example it is linux-x86.
The bundle description then needs a Bundle-NativeCode tag. Under that tag you can define a whole list of libraries, OSs and processors. I know that my hardware and OS will never change. So that is fine for me.
Export-Package:
Import-Package: \
    com.sun.jna*;resolution:=optional, \
    *
Bundle-NativeCode: \
    linux-x86/libf403.so;osname=Linux;processor=x86

-dsannotations: *
-dsannotations-options: norequirements
-metatypeannotations: *

Be aware that you do not need the Bundle-NativeCode tag if you are not having the library in your resources or vice versa. You will only get compile errors.

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Full face shield/cage must be worn by players in Division D and Division C. A minimum of a visor is required in Division B. No exceptions.
Slapshots are allowed in the tournament in all divisions.
Players may play for one (1) team only in one (1) division only. Roster spots are non-transferrable. Exception will be made for goalies in emergency situations.
Players must play in a majority of round-robin games to be eligible for Playoff (if-applicable) and Championship games:
at least 2 games if player is assigned to a division with 3 round-robin games
Teams may replace a goaltender in the event of an injury or sickness only. All replacement goaltenders must be approved by the Chelsea Challenge Organizing Committee.
USA Hockey Rules are followed with the following exception:
Icing: Icing will be called when a player shoots the puck across both blue lines and the opposing team's goal line, and the puck remains untouched. Any pucks shot from outside a team's own defensive zone will not be considered icing. No line changes are allowed on icing.
You are allowed to enter the rink as soon as the Olympia and rink staff are off the ice and the rink doors are closed. This is when the game clock will start.
Round-Robin Games
WARM-UP: Three minutes.
PERIODS: (3) 12-minute periods (stop time).
OVERTIME: There will be no overtime in Round-Robin games.
Point scoring for Round-Robin games: Each period is treated as a "game" and the team that scores the most goals in that period will win the points. Eight (8) total points are awarded for each game. Points are awarded as follows:
For each Period (6 total points)
Two (2) points are awarded to the team with the higher number of goals within the period.
One (1) point is awarded to each team when each team has the same number of goals within the period.
Zero (0) points are awarded to the team with the lesser number of goals within the period.
For each Game (2 total points)
Two (2) points are awarded to the team with the higher number of goals at the end of the game.
One (1) point is awarded to each team when each team has the same number of goals at the end of the game.
Zero (0) points are awarded to the team with the lesser number of goals at the end of the game.
For tournament with playoffs, total points earned during Round-Robin games determine how teams will be seeded in any Playoff Game.
For tournament without playoffs, total points earned during Round-Robin games determine how teams will be seeded for Bronze and Championship games.
Should two teams be tied after the Round-Robin, the ranking will be determined in the following priority:
Number of wins
Fewest goals against
Number of periods won
If three teams are tied after the round-robin, the ranking will be determined in above priority starting with (2) Number of Wins.
Playoffs (if-applicable), Bronze (if-applicable), and Championship Games
These games are scored in the traditional manner. (The team with the most goals at the end of the game wins.)
These games will run three (3) 12-minute periods (stop time). Ties in Playoff (if-applicable) and Championship games will be determined by a 5-minute (run time except last minute will be stop-time) 4-on-4 sudden death overtime period. Should the score remain tied after the overtime period, a shoot-out will follow. Each team captain will designate three (3) players to participate in the shoot-out; all three (3) players on each team will shoot. If the teams are still tied at the end of three (3) shooters, a sudden-death shoot-out begins. NOTE: A player may not shoot a second time until all of his/her teammates have participated.
While on the ice, all players must wear a HECC approved helmet with chin-strap properly fastened under the chin. The wearing of approved throat protectors for all players is strongly recommended.
Three Penalty Rule: Any player assessed three (3) contact penalties in one (1) game shall be ruled off the ice for the remainder of the game. Double minors count as two (2) penalties.
Game Misconduct Penalty in the Final Ten (10) Minutes of Game Rule: A game misconduct penalty only incurs automatic next-game suspension if it occurs in the last ten minutes of game (regulation and overtime). In this case, the player will be suspended for the next tournament game.
Game Misconduct with a Major Penalty: A game misconduct assessed to a player for receiving a major penalty as a result of a rule infraction, other than the accidental high-stick rule, shall automatically incur a one game suspension. Depending on the severity of the infraction, the offender may be subject to further disciplinary action.
Abuse of Officials: Only a team captain may approach an official to ask questions about a play. However, a minor penalty shall be assessed to any player or team official who challenges or disputes the ruling of an official during the game or who displays unsportsmanlike conduct. If the person persists, he shall be assessed a Misconduct penalty and any further disputes will result in a Game Misconduct penalty. A referee is NOT required to assess a minor penalty under this rule before assessing a misconduct, or a game misconduct for the same reason, and may assess either penalty initially.
Boarding & Body Contact: A minor or major penalty, at the discretion of the referee, based on the intent and violence of the impact with the opposing player, shall be assessed to any player who intentionally bodies, pushes, shoves, stands in front of an opponent for the purpose of making contact and/or does not attempt to avert body contact with an opponent. When injury results from intentional body contact, a Major penalty shall be assessed. In the event that a player, by committing an infraction of the rules, causes an opponent to collide with the boards, the minor penalty normally assessed under the rules will be waived, and a double minor penalty will be assessed. The major and/or match penalty applicable to the rule will be assessed in a normal manner. Where, in the opinion of the referee, accidental contact has taken place, no penalty shall be assessed.
Fighting: Fighting will result in ejection from the tournament.
No Checking! All players are reminded that the Chelsea Challenge is a friendly tournament. This weekend is about hockey, fun and meeting new people. Please keep your game in control and refrain from any unsportsmanlike acts.

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ISU's new Bengal logo nationally honored
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'Patterns of Change' exhibit by Christine Fortner runs Jan. 15-March 24
POCATELLO – Local artist Christine Fortner recently completed an artist residency in Juneau, Alaska and her exhibit "Patterns of Change" highlights this experience and will be on display on the first floor of Idaho State University's Oboler Library from Jan. 15 through March 24.
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See Pokémon Detective Pikachu During Opening Weekend For A Chance To Get An Exclusive New Pokémon Detective Pikachu Trading Card
April 17, 2019 by RegularCapital
During the North American opening weekend of the new movie Pokémon Detective Pikachu, with early showings on Thursday 9th May, moviegoers will get a special limited-edition Detective Pikachu trading card. Each fan will receive an official trading two-card pack from the brand new Pokémon TCG (Trading Card Game) collection – "Detective Pikachu", now available to buy in stores. One card will be randomly selected from the collection and the other is guaranteed to be a limited-edition Detective Pikachu card available to early-bird fans who are among the first to watch the first-ever live-action theatrical Pokémon adventure and first Pokémon theatrical movie since the release of Pokémon 3: The Movie: Entei – Spell of the Unown (released in Japan in 2000, internationally in 2001).
Tickets for the highly anticipated movie will go on sale nationwide today, 10th April at 9am PT, however buying the tickets in advance doesn't guarantee the Pikachu card bonus, which depends on the cinema's attendance and supply.
From The WarnerMedia Press Release: See "Pokémon Detective Pikachu" Opening Weekend for a Chance to Capture Exclusive New Pokémon TCG: "Detective Pikachu" Trading Card
Moviegoers eager to see "POKÉMON Detective Pikachu" on its North American opening weekend beginning with early shows on Thursday, May 9, will be the only fans who can get a special limited-edition Detective Pikachu trading card.
Through this first weekend and while supplies last, each guest will receive an exciting two-card pack from the new Pokémon TCG: "Detective Pikachu" series of collectible trading cards from The Pokémon Company International. One card will be randomly selected from the series currently available at retail locations and featuring select Pokémon in their CGI likeness as seen in the movie. The second is guaranteed to be a limited-edition Detective Pikachu card available to those early-bird fans who are among the very first to catch this first-ever live-action Pokémon adventure on the big screen.
Tickets for the highly anticipated "POKÉMON Detective Pikachu" go on sale nationwide today, April 10, at 9:00 AM PDT, although advance purchase does not guarantee the Pikachu card bonus, which is based on theatre attendance and supply.
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The first-ever live-action Pokémon adventure, "POKÉMON Detective Pikachu" stars Ryan Reynolds as Detective Pikachu and is based on the beloved Pokémon brand—one of the world's most popular, multi-generation entertainment properties and one of the most successful media franchises of all time. Fans everywhere can now experience a Pikachu on the big screen as never before, as Detective Pikachu, a Pokémon like no other. The film also showcases a wide array of beloved Pokémon, each with its own unique traits and personality.
The story begins when ace detective Harry Goodman goes mysteriously missing, prompting his 21-year-old son Tim to find out what happened. Aiding in the investigation is Harry's former Pokémon
partner, Detective Pikachu: a hilariously wise-cracking, adorable super-sleuth who is a puzzlement even to himself. Finding that they are uniquely equipped to work together, as Tim is the only human who can talk with Detective Pikachu, they join forces on a thrilling adventure to unravel the tangled mystery. Chasing clues together through the neon-lit streets of Ryme City—a sprawling, modern metropolis where humans and Pokémon live side by side in a hyper-realistic live-action world—they encounter a diverse cast of Pokémon and uncover a shocking plot that could destroy this peaceful co-existence and threaten the whole Pokémon universe.
"POKÉMON Detective Pikachu" also stars Justice Smith as Tim, and Kathryn Newton as Lucy, a junior reporter following her first big story; as well as Suki Waterhouse, Omar Chaparro, Chris Geere, and Rita Ora, with Oscar nominee Ken Watanabe and Bill Nighy.
The film was directed by Rob Letterman, from a story by Dan Hernandez & Benji Samit and Nicole Perlman, screenplay by Dan Hernandez & Benji Samit and Rob Letterman and Derek Connolly, based on the "Detective Pikachu" video game developed by Creatures Inc. It was produced by Mary Parent and Cale Boyter for Legendary Pictures, and Hidenaga Katakami and Don McGowan for The Pokémon Company. Executive producers were Joe Caracciolo, Jr., Ali Mendes, Tsunekazu Ishihara, Kenji Okubo, Toshio Miyahara, Hiro Matsuoka, and Koji Ueda.
Letterman's creative filmmaking team includes two-time Oscar-nominated director of photography John Mathieson, production designer Nigel Phelps, editors Mark Sanger and James Thomas, and costume designer Suzie Harman. The music is composed by Henry Jackman. Visual effects are by Moving Picture Company and Framestore.
Launched in 1996 to overwhelming response, the Pokémon brand is a global sensation that now encompasses a robust video gaming fandom with over 324 million units sold worldwide; trading card games available in 11 languages with more than 25.7 billion cards purchased; an anime television series in its 21st season that is available more than 160 countries; and over 20 animated films; as well as books, manga comics, music, toys, merchandise, and apps, including the wildly popular Pokémon GO, that has been downloaded over 850 million times and is enjoyed across the globe by fans of all ages.
Warner Bros. Pictures and Legendary Pictures present a Legendary Pictures Production, in association with Toho Co., Ltd, a Rob Letterman Film, "POKÉMON Detective Pikachu." It will be distributed outside of Japan and China by Warner Bros. Pictures, in Japan by Toho Company, Ltd. and by Legendary East in China. It is rated PG for "action/peril, some rude and suggestive humor, and thematic elements."
https://www.warnermediagroup.com/newsroom/press-releases/2019/04/15/warner-bros-will-be-long-term-and-sole-tenant-of-new-iconic-frank
Categories CN USA Tags Ali Mendes, Benji Samit, Cale Boyter, Creatures Inc, Dan Hernandez, Derek Connolly, Don McGowan, Framestore, Henry Jackman, Hidenaga Katakami, Hiro Matsuoka, James Thomas, Joe Caracciolo, John Mathieson, Jr., Justice Smith, Kenji Okubo, Koji Ueda, Legendary Pictures, Ltd, Mark Sanger, Mary Parent, Moving Picture Company, Nicole Perlman, Nigel Phelps, Pokémon Detective Pikachu, Rob Letterman, Suzie Harman, Toho Co., Toshio Miyahara, Tsunekazu Ishihara, Warner Bros. Pictures
Cartoon Network Latin America Announces Another Original Special Production Miau: Created By Alexis Moyano
Alexis Moyano, the creator of the one-off original special production – Guau, which featured comedic animated stories with live-action and animated scenes featuring dogs, has made another animated special in a similar format called Miau and this time it's about cats.
In Miau, cats do cosplay, play in rock bands, take part in rap battles and host TV shows, in total, Miau will have a runtime of 11 minutes and will feature 10 shorts along with live action scenes.
Miau will premiere on Cartoon Network Latin America this Saturday (20th April) at 7.45pm (Argentina).
After Miau's premiere, there will be a live-stream with Alexis Moyano at 8pm (Argentina) on Cartoon Network Latin America's YouTube channel, Facebook page and on Cartoon Network Latin America's website.
https://tvlatina.tv/tvninos/cartoon-network-debuta-segundo-especial-de-miau/
https://www.totalmedios.com/nota/38196/cartoon-network-estrena-miau-de-alexis-moyano
Categories CN Latin America Tags Alexis Moyano, Animated Special, CN Latin America, Guau, Miau, Original Series
OWN Academy Partners With Cartoon Network Asia Pacific For Student Work Experience
Cartoon Network Asia-Pacific has partnered with Hong Kong-based work experience organisation – OWN Academy to offer students exclusive real-world experience by working on a Cartoon Network/DC Comics media project at Cartoon Network Asia-Pacific's offices in Singapore. During work experience, students will go to work every day and will be able to exercise their creativity and imagination by producing social content under guidance of Cartoon Network and DC Comics professionals.
During Easter 2018, the OWN Academy partnered with Cartoon Network and the academy students were mentored by CN's producers and editors, the end product of the work experience was a Music Video and a Mother's Day Mashup. The student's work was also featured in Hong Kong's SCMP (South China Morning Post) Young Post newspaper last May.
https://yp.scmp.com/news/features/article/109331/what-would-it-be-work-cartoon-network-hk-students-visited-animation
Students and (their parents) can register their interest on the CN/OWN Academy Eventbrite page on the link below, students must be aged between 13 and 18 and students will be selected based on their work portfolio or if they've joined OWN Academy's Media Production Class. Students must be able to travel and stay in Singapore between 22nd and 26th April. Accommodation, costs and travel information can also be viewed on the link below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/own-media-production-with-cartoon-network-easter-2019-registration-54513864436
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Freshmen George Pickens, Tyler Fromm add 2 new subplots to Deep South's Oldest Rivalry
Josh Vitale
HOOVER — Kirby Smart feels like he knows exactly why George Pickens decided to sign with Georgia on Feb. 6.
Speaking Tuesday at SEC media days, the fourth-year Bulldogs head coach said the five-star wide receiver who starred just down the road at Hoover High had come to a number of football games at Sanford Stadium in Athens and saw a style of offense he wanted to play in; a chance to play with a settled, NFL-caliber quarterback in Jake Fromm; and an opportunity to receive touches immediately after the departures of veteran pass-catchers Riley Ridley, Mecole Hardman, Terry Godwin and Isaac Nauta.
"We're excited to have George. He's come in this summer and worked tremendously hard. He's been there from Day 1, grinding with our guys. He's a kid we recruited throughout the entire process," Smart said. "We're looking forward to seeing him work and earn his opportunities."
What went unsaid is what that decision meant to one of Georgia's biggest rivals — Pickens, the No. 1-ranked recruit of Alabama, had been committed to Auburn for 565 days dating back to July 21, 2017, before he flipped on National Signing Day.
"He was committed to us for two years and decided to go somewhere else," Auburn head coach Gus Malzahn said at the time. "I think the good thing for us is we've got a lot of big-time receivers that are young, so that's not a — that's not going to bother us."
But it certainly would have helped to have him. Pickens could have been inserted seamlessly into the split end, deep threat role vacated by early NFL draft departure Darius Slayton. The 6-foot-3, 190-pound prospect caught 69 passes for 1,368 yards and 16 touchdowns in his senior season playing for the Buccaneers. He's close friends with freshman Tigers quarterback Bo Nix, who is competing for the starting job along with redshirt freshman Joey Gatewood.
MORE:Missouri's Kelly Bryant a big 'what-if' for Auburn at quarterback
Instead, it looks as though Auburn will try to fill that split end role with some mix of standout sophomore Seth Williams (who will also spend a lot of time inside), Marquis McClain (a junior with two career catches coming off the best spring of his career) and Zach Farrar (a graduate transfer from Youngstown State).
Pickens will try to build a new friendship with Fromm.
"George is a great football player," the junior Georgia quarterback said Tuesday. "The guy has come in and is doing a great job of learning. The relationship between me and George, you know, it would be a lot better if he would text me back, but it's very good at the moment."
That's one new wrinkle to the Deep South's Oldest Rivalry, which Auburn and Georgia will play Nov. 16 at Jordan-Hare Stadium before the annual game moves earlier in the schedule in 2020. The other has to do with another 2019 signee, one who did stick with Auburn.
Jake Fromm's younger brother Tyler Fromm, a three-star tight end out of Warner Robins, Georgia, who enrolled early, recently completed his first spring on the Plains.
The elder Fromm said it was "tough" to see his kid brother end up at Auburn — not because he's not happy for him ("It was, 'Hey, where can you go and what place really fits you best?' and for him, he thought it was there, and that was great for our family and great for him," Jake Fromm said), but because they're now rivals.
But they'll both be thrilled when that Nov. 16 date arrives, as it will mark the first time the two brothers have played on the same football field since the 2016 season at Houston County High, when Jake was a senior and Tyler was a sophomore.
The five-star quarterback threw for 3,190 yards and 41 touchdowns that year before signing with the Bulldogs. The tight end caught 35 passes for 543 of those yards and five of those scores before transferring along with their other brother, Dylan Fromm, to Warner Robins High.
Tyler Fromm caught 55 passes for 642 yards over his final two seasons in high school and is competing with fellow true freshman tight end Luke Deal and H-back hybrids John Samuel Shenker and Jay Jay Wilson for a role in Auburn's offense this season.
"It's going to be fun for my family. It's going to be exciting," Jake Fromm said. "I don't know how my parents will do and what they'll wear how they'll get there and all that stuff, but that's going to be fun for me and Tyler, because we'll get out before the game, during the game and after the game, and it will be great to see him. I miss being on the same field as him and playing with him, so it'll be a good time.
"Hopefully my brother can give me a couple clues about what they're doing on defense."
Josh Vitale is the Auburn beat writer for the Montgomery Advertiser. You can follow him on Twitter at @JoshVitale. To reach him by email, click here.


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History of the Parish of Camberwell, Vol. I, by William Harnett Blanch
First published in 1875 as "Ye Parish of Camerwell" (note the ancient spelling), History of the Parish of Camberwell, Vol. I includes Peckham, Nunhead, Dulwich, East Dulwich, part of Herne Hill, and of course Camberwell itself. This FamLoc edition has been amended slightly from the original. There has been the inevitable changes to format and structure, and the illustrations have been moved to coincide better with the text. The prose has been faithfully retained, other than changes to a handful of typographical errors and the very few instances where clarity was required.
The footnotes of the original have been incorporated into the new Notes chapter at the end of the book, the annotated text being underlined.
History of the Parish of Camberwell vol I contains more than 500 pages, and has a wealth of interesting facts and info, including the origins of the names of streets and places, geology, parochial history, churches and chapels, population, influential individuals and families, schools, transport, charities, and much more. It will be of great interest to local historians, family historians, and others with connections to Camberwell and its surrounding area.
History of the Parish of Camberwell, Vol. II, by William Harnett Blanch
This a republication of the 1875 "Ye Parish of Camerwell" (note the ancient spelling). The Parish of Camberwell was comprised of Dulwich, Peckham, Peckham Rye, Nunhead, part of Herne Hill, and of course Camberwell itself. It lay in the county of Surrey until 1889, when it became a borough in the County of London.
This FamLoc edition has been amended slightly from the original. There has been the inevitable changes to format, and the illustrations have been moved to coincide better with the text. Although some of the punctuation has been changed, the grammar and prose has been faithfully retained, other than changes to a handful of typographical errors and the very few instances where clarity was required.
History of the Parish of Camberwell vol II consists of 430 pages and 43 images. It includes chapters on public houses, buildings of the past, manorial history, local places and their associations, literary associations, and Dulwich College. It will be of great interest to local historians, family historians, and others with connections to the Camberwell district.
Other Peckham History Books and Maps
We display various Peckham local history books. We also include the excellent Godfrey maps of Peckham, which show the streets, houses, public houses, etc., and have the bonus of having a Business Directory of the area on the reverse.
We welcome suggestions for other Peckham local history books.
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I am so sorry to hear of the passing of your grandmother, my heartfelt condolences to you and your family.
So sorry about your grandmother passing. With help from Hospice it was a blessing for her and for your family that she's now at peace.
As for the things you got at CVS, it surprises me to see some of the stuff you find that never shows up at my local CVS! They must send different stock to their stores depending on some location criteria.
I've spent a week of evenings unpacking a bunch of Tic Tac Toe and Chess games from their wrappings, placing the movable pieces inside the Tic Tac Toe 'boards' which open up, & taping the directions onto the back side. Chess games have been placed inside tins. I also tackled 7 beading crafts that needed to be repackaged. This all takes a lot of time and with ~50 boxes to pack, the prep work takes place year round for me.
Yes, I've noticed that even among my different stores in the same town/county. Sounds like a busy, but productive week! I know what you mean about year round prep!


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300 Squadron Lancaster I LM178 BH-U Polish Squadron - Canadian/British crew
Operation: Stuttgart
Date: 24/25th July 1944 (Monday/Tuesday)
Unit: No. 300 Squadron (Polish)
Type: Lancaster I
Serial: LM178
Code: BH-U
Base: RAF Faldingworth, Lincolnshire.
Location: Orleans, France
Pilot: P/O. William W. Robinson J/19883 RCAF Age ? Injured, evaded capture.
Fl/Eng: Sgt. Ernest Leonard Morter 1800371 RAFVR Age? Killed
Nav: F/O. C. M. 'Joe' Forman J/25870 RCAF Age ? Injured, evaded capture.
Air/Bmr: F/O. James Irving Duguid J/29676 RCAF Age 22. Killed (1)
W/Op/Air/Gnr: Sgt. Leslie Trevor John Page 1581304 RAFVR Age 28. Killed
Air/Gnr: Sgt. James I. Rheubottom R/196199 RCAF Age 19. Killed
Air/Gnr: Sgt. Samuel Dunseith R/151859 RCAF Age 23. Injured, evaded capture.
Sadly the friend of Don Christopher, Samuel Dunseith passed away in April 2013 aged 92 - reunited with his crew for the last time.
This aircrew began operations in May 1944 with 626 Sqn. based at RAF Wickenby in Lincolnshire. Pilot William Robinson flew 2nd dickey on May 24th with the crew of P/O Torrance on a mission to Aachen. On May 27th they flew their first operation (to Aachen again) as a full crew.
The crew L-R: Sgt. Leslie Trevor John Page, Sgt. Ernest Leonard Morter, Sgt. Samuel Dunseith, Sgt. James I. Rheubottom, P/O. William W. Robinson, F/O. C. M. 'Joe' Forman, F/O Thomas F. Gallagher (courtesy Don Christopher and the family of Sgt. Samuel Dunseith)
(1) Note:Their usual bomb aimer was F/O Thomas F. Gallagher J/28805 RCAF)
According to the Squadron ORBs, they flew six more missions, all in the same aircraft, Lancaster III PA989 "U2". Their last mission with 626 Sqn was on June 11th, 1944. PA989 was lost on a mission to Russelheim on Aug 25, 1944. In mid-June, they were transferred to Faldingworth with several other Commonwealth crews, sent to bolster the ranks of Polish 300 Sqn. At that time, 300 Sqn had been only able to muster up to eight crews for Bomber Command. These crews were kept in "A" Flight while the other Commonwealth crews formed "B" Flight. Coincidentally, they arrived at almost the exact same time as Lancaster B Mk. I, LM178.
According to 300 Sqn. ORBs, the crew flew this aircraft, BH-U "Uncle" exclusively until they were shot down.
Their first operation with 300 Sqn was flown on June 22/23 on the marshalling yards of Reims, France. Their next several missions were on more marshalling yards and V1 rocket sites in France. Their 10th and final mission was their first foray into Germany, Stuttgart, on the night of July 24/25.
Sam Dunseith, the rear gunner, remembers preparing for this mission. He was seated in his turret, getting ready, when Joe Forman came around the wing with a young man following him.
300 Squadron Lancasters over Holland
Their regular bomb aimer, Tom Gallagher was apparently too ill to fly that night. Forman said, 'Sam, this is Jimmy Duguid, our bomb aimer for tonight.' Sam reached between his four Browning .303s (he had removed the centre perspex panel), shook his hand and said, 'Pleased to meet you Jimmy.' When Sgt, Dunseith related this story, he looked at me, shrugged his shoulders and said, 'That was the first and last time I ever saw the guy.' It was Jimmy Duguid's second mission. He had been pilfered from another new RCAF crew for that night's mission. Such are the vagaries of war. Tom Gallagher went on to survive WWII and returned to Canada. He passed away in Toronto in August 1997 at the age of 75.
The model made by Don Christopher (who submitted this article) presenting it to Samuel Dunseith.
LM-178, BH-U "Uncle" (nicknamed "Luck of the Irish" by Gallagher) took off at 20:37hrs. from Faldingworth for their bombing mission on Stuttgart. It was their 10th mission since the transfer to 300 Sqn and most of the crew's 18th mission overall. It was a clear but hazy night, with no moon. Near Orleans, France at 00.11 hours, they were attacked from the starboard rear quarter by a German JU-88 night fighter, flown by Major Paul Semrau (2) of II/NJG2, based out of Chateaudun. The Lancaster was raked along the fuselage and right wing with 30mm cannon fire, smashing the upper turret and setting the wing ablaze. Pilot Robinson ordered them to bail out. They were flying at a height of 2,300 metres when they were attacked.
The crew whilst at OTU (courtesy Don Christopher and the family of Sgt. Samuel Dunseith)
Sgt. Dunsieth had managed to briefly return fire before his turret was disabled and he was slightly wounded. Being rotated to starboard and then disabled, the turret doorway was almost impassable but he was just able to squeeze back into the fuselage, activating his Mae West in the process. When he grabbed his parachute and opened the double doors over the rear wing spar, he was met with a frightening sight. The photo-flash had been ignited in the attack and the interior of the aircraft was burning furiously, half of the bomb bay already being burned away. His friend and mid-upper gunner, 17 year-old Jimmy Rheubottom was hanging dead in his turret. Dunseith pulled open the rear door and jumped out into the burning slipstream, only to have the door slam shut on his foot and leave him hanging by one leg. He wiggled out of his flying boot and fell away from the aircraft. In the front of the Lanc, F/O. Forman was just handing pilot Robinson his parachute. They were both blown clear of the aircraft as it exploded.
Freteval Evaders in Cleveland -1946 (courtesy Don Christopher and the family of Sgt. Samuel Dunseith)
Meanwhile, Sgt. Dunseith was continuing to have problems. As he fell away from the burning bomber, he pulled the D-ring on his parachute. It came off in his hand. He looked down to discover that the front of his chute was on fire. Beating out the flames with his hands, he reached into the chute pack, found the ripcord string and pulled it. Amazingly, his chute opened. Even more incredibly, he and Joe Forman landed only a few feet from each other in the same field.
Stuttgart taken on the 26th July 1944 -
Only they and F/O. Robinson escaped the burning aircraft.
Dunseith had suffered severe facial burns from the fire and was already losing his vision. He and Forman hid in a small wood overnight and in the morning decided that Sam needed medical attention. Their plan was that Forman would help get him to a nearby farmhouse (of Francine LeSerre) where he would count to one hundred before knocking on the door, giving Joe time to escape. In fact, Ms. LeSerre hid him and had his wounds tended to by a local veterinarian.
She contacted the Maquis who eventually moved him (and also Joe Forman) to Freteval forest, on the very edge of the German nightfighter base at Chateaudun. They and almost 60 other evaders were eventually liberated by US soldiers in mid-August. Dunseith was blind from his infected burns during this whole time.
They were returned to England on August 18th where Sgt. Dunseith received further medical treatment, recovering completely. F/O. Robinson had been wounded and captured and was in hospital when the Allies arrived. When the Germans were evacuating the prisoners, a French nurse hid him in a closet and he was found by the Americans as well and returned to England. The rest of the crew, James Duguid, Ernest Morter, Leslie Page and James Rheubottom are buried with honour in St. Laurent-des-Bois, near where their aircraft crashed.
Joe Forman returned to Ontario, Canada where he became a teacher. He died on October 10th 2006. Sam Dunseith returned to Canada and bought a farm near Woodstock, Ontario, and is the only surviving crew member of Lancaster LM178.
Memorial to the lost crew members of LM178 in St. Laurent-des-Bois
(2) This was the 32nd abschusse for Major Semrau (39 victories at this time) who was killed by a Spitfire flown by Fl/Lt. Sleep, from 402 Squadron on the 8th February 1945 at Twente airfield.
F/O. James Irving Duguid. Orleans Main Cemetery. Plot 1. Row A. Grave 5. Son of Joseph Irving Duguid and Olive Duguid, of Notre Dame de Grace, Montreal, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Sgt. Leslie Trevor John Page. Orleans Main Cemetery. Plot 1. Row A. Grave 8. Son of John and Elizabeth Page; husband of Cecilia Page, of Herne Hill, London, England.
Sgt. James I. Rheubottom. Orleans Main Cemetery. Plot 1. Row A. Grave 7. Son of Alice Nixon, of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Sgt. Ernest Leonard Morter. Orleans Main Cemetery. Plot 1. Row A. Grave 6. No further information currently available.
(3) Rheubottom Lake north east of Nejanilini Lake in Manitoba was named after Fl/Sgt. Rheubottom in1974.
Researched by Don Christopher for Aircrew Remembered and dedicated to all the relatives of this crew. All information is taken from R.A.F. Squadron ORBs, RAF Loss and Evasion reports filed by the survivors, and interviews with Sgt. Sam Dunseith and his family members. Thanks as well to the assistance of the forum members of WW2F.com.
The model, of BH-U as constructed by Don Christopher and presented to his friend, Samuel Dunseith.
© Aircrew Remembered 2012 - 2021 Last Modified: 04 December 2014, 23:16


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Q: WebBrowser Control insert word in caret position I have a WPF WebBrowser control where I need to insert some text (e.g. the selected item coming from a listbox). This way, if the editor contains "When " and the listbox contains "I, You, He" and I click on "You", the editor must contain "When you".
The code I'm using with the ActiveElement is working right now, but I'm finding some weird issues explained below.
HTMLDocument doc;
doc = webBrowser.Document as HTMLDocument;
doc.activeElement.innerHTML += " " + selectedItemFromListboxAsString + " ";

Then, the webbrowser gets appended the selectedItemFromListboxAsString properly, but when I continue typing after that, the new keystrokes go to the next line. In the sourcecode I can see that a </P> tag has been put after the selectedItemFromListboxAsString. No matter if I remove the </P> programmatically, it will insert the new typed content in a new line.
Is there any other way to achieve the same result instead of playing around with the activeElement?
Thanks in advance.


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Q: Why is there garbage in my TCHAR, even after ZeroMemory()? I have inherited the following line of code:
TCHAR temp[300];
GetModuleFileName(NULL, temp, 300);

However, this fails as the first 3 bytes are filled with garbage values (always the same ones though, -128, -13, 23, in that order). I said, well fine and changed it to:
TCHAR temp[300];
ZeroMemory(temp, 300);
GetModuleFileName(NULL, temp, 300);

but the garbage values persisted! Note that after the ZeroMemory() call, all other bytes were zeroed out properly and after GetModuleFileName(), the directory was stored in the buffer properly. It's as if temp was being replaced by temp+3. Could this have something to do with word boundaries?
Can someone explain what is going on and how to fix it?

A: ZeroMemory works in terms of bytes, whereas you have an array of 300 TCHARs. This makes me assume you're working with widechar (not multi-byte) compilation option.
You should use:
ZeroMemory(temp, 300 * sizeof(TCHAR));

Or in your specific case:
ZeroMemory(temp, sizeof(temp));

However be careful with the latter. It's applicable if temp is an automatic array whose declaration is visible within the function. If it's a pointer whose allocation size is "invisible" for the compiler - sizeof will give just the size of the pointer.


Both Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 allow users to create and manage their own Safe Senders and Blocked Senders. As the name implies, the Safe Senders list is made up of user-defined addresses or domains, and messages from these addresses or domains will never be treated as junk email. Conversely, the Blocked Senders list is made up of user-defined email addresses or domain names, and all messages from them will automatically be treated as junk email.
In addition, both Outlook 2003 and 2007 provide the option to configure a Safe Recipients list. This option is useful when you are a member of an emailing list or group. By adding the list or group to your Safe Recipients list, any messages sent to the email addresses or domain names on that list will not be treated as junk email messages, regardless of the sender.
Both Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 allow you the option to automatically treat anyone in your Outlook Contacts list as a Safe Sender. This option is enabled on the Safe Senders tab by selecting the Also Trust E-Mail from My Contacts check box. By default, this feature is enabled.
In addition, with Outlook 2003 SP1 and later, there is an additional option. If there are people who are not in your Contacts list, but with whom you regularly correspond, you can select to Automatically Add People I E-Mail to the Safe Senders List. This option is also found on the Safe Senders tab.
To quickly add a sender, domain name, or mailing list to one of these lists, you can right-click the message, select Junk E-Mail, and choose the desired option.
In Outlook 2007, the concept of the Outlook Email Postmark is introduced. This feature helps ensure that email placed in the client's Inbox is valid, and that email sent by Outlook 2007 will be trusted by the recipient's email client.
Microsoft has developed this new technology as part of their ongoing effort to minimize junk email. When using the Email Postmark, the sending computer performs a computation, and assigns the resulting work as a token that the email is valid. By making the computation and sending of the message time consuming and resource intensive, mass emailers will find the process detrimental to their productivity; however, the process does not change the user experience for normal email senders.
Exchange Server 2007, upon receiving a message with an Email Postmark, uses it as one method of verification of the reliability of the incoming message.
Both Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 enable users to request read receipts for the messages that they send. Read receipts tell the sender that the intended recipient has at least opened the email. Automatically sending these read receipts can offer spammers (or others) more insight into your mail reading habits than you might want to share.
By default, both Outlook 2003 and Outlook 2007 block the automatic sending of read receipts. Instead, the recipient is prompted with a message that asks them if they want to send a response.
In Outlook, select Tools, Options.
On the Preferences tab, in the E-Mail section, click E-Mail Options.
Select your desired setting, and then click OK three times to exit the configuration.
Introduced in Microsoft Office 2003 products, Information Rights Management (IRM) helps organizations protect digital information from unauthorized use. By integrating with a Windows Server 2003 technology called Microsoft Windows Rights Management Services (RMS), IRM enables workers to define how a recipient can use the information contained in a Microsoft Office document.
Users can define exactly who can open, modify, print, forward, or take other actions with protected documents. In addition, users can specify an expiration date, after which the document cannot be viewed or acted upon.
To create IRM-protected documents and email messages, the sending user must be using the Professional or Enterprise version of Office 2007. Users of Office Standard 2007 can still read and use IRM-protected documents, but cannot create them or apply policies to email messages.
IRM granularizes security for supported Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, as well as any other IRM-aware application. IRM is intended to complement other security technologies, such as Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) and Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) by securing the contents of information (contained in a document, for example), but it does not provide authentication to the information.


The 10 dollar gold coin, also known as the Gold Eagle, was created as the base unit for gold currency in the United States.
Let me see if I can make this easy to understand.
The cent - equal to 1/100th or .01 dollars.
The dime - equal to 10 cents.
The dollar - equal to 10 dimes.
The eagle - equal 10 dollars.
Then the Eagle was set as the basis for the Quarter Eagle, Half Eagle, and Double Eagle.
The Gold Eagle was produced from 1795 to 1933, except for the years 1805 to 1837.
Information about the major designs of the United States 10 dollar gold coin is available below.
The Turban Head Eagle 10 dollar gold coin, also referred to as Capped Bust To Right, was produced by the United States Mint from 1795 to 1804.
Small Eagle reverse - 1795-1797.
Heraldic Eagle reverse - 1797-1804.
Only 132,592 of these coins were minted and few survived. Most were melted down for their gold content.
The Turban Head Gold Eagle coins are extremely rare and expensive.
After the last Turban Head $10 Gold Eagle left the mint in 1804, no more $10 Gold Eagles would be produced by the United States Mint until 1838 when production began for the Liberty Head Gold Eagle.
In 1838, after more than 30 years since production of Turban Head Eagles had stopped, the Eagle 10 dollar gold coin appeared once more.
The Liberty Head $10 Gold Eagle was produced from 1838 to 1907.
The weight and diameter were reduced from the earlier Turban Head design and both the obverse and reverse of the coin were redesigned.
Liberty now faces to the left wearing a coronet that bears the word LIBERTY. The eagle on the reverse now appears more natural and the value, TEN D. is added.
These coins are very popular among collectors, possibly because they are one of the most affordable of all the gold US coins.
In 1907, Liberty received a shocking makeover for the Indian Head Eagle 10 dollar gold coin.
Designed by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, she is shown wearing an Indian war bonnet.
After the initial shock wore off, however, this new design was accepted by the public and has since become viewed as one of the most beautiful U.S. coins and a favorite design of many collectors.
The edge of the Indian Head Eagle also has an interesting design.
Instead of the reeded edge of most other gold US coins, the Indian Head has raised stars around its edge.
1908-1911 dates have 46 stars, one for each state in the Union.
Two more were added in 1912 for the two new states added that year.
The original Indian Head Eagle design did not include the words IN GOD WE TRUST.
President Roosevelt didn't think it was proper for use on coins that could be used for gambling or other illicit purposes.
The motto was returned to the coin however, in 1908 by an act of Congress and would remain there for the duration of its production.


In a food processor add basil, chilli, ginger, garlic, oil, fish sauce, lime juice and sugar, blitz until evenly combined.
Adjust seasoning if required. Stir in granulated peanuts.
Store in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 5-7 days.


Q. What is the Sacrament of the Altar?
A. It is the true body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ under bread and wine for us Christians to eat and to drink, established by Christ Himself.
Q. Where is that written?
A. These words tell us: "Given for you" and "Shed for you to forgive sins." Namely, that the forgiveness of sins, life and salvation are given to us through these words in the sacrament. Because, where sins are forgiven, there is life and salvation as well.
A. Of course, eating and drinking do not do these things. These words, written here, do them: "given for you" and "shed for you to forgive sins." These words, along with physical eating and drinking are the important part of the sacrament. Anyone who believes these words has what they say and what they record, namely, the forgiveness of sins.
A. Of course, fasting and other physical preparations are excellent disciplines for the body. But anyone who believes these words, "Given for you," and "Shed for you to forgive sins," is really worthy and well prepared. But whoever doubts or does not believe these words is not worthy and is unprepared, because the words, "for you" demand a heart that fully believes.


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Q: Setting a template for all actions of a controller using local.xml I have created a custom module create/routing, with a controller RoutingController.php which has several actions index, upload, instagram and I would like to update the template for all of these actions to a custom file page/routing.phtml within my local.xml
For the customer/account module I would write:
<customer_account>
    <reference name="root">
        <action method="setTemplate"><template>page/1column.phtml</template></action>
    </reference>
</customer_account>

However following the same method for my own module:
<create_routing>
    <reference name="root">
        <action method="setTemplate"><template>page/routing.phtml</template></action>
    </reference>
</create_routing>

Does not change the template for any action.
I have also tried <create_routing_default /> and I know the setTemplate method works as if I add it directly to an action i.e. <create_routing_index /> the template is correctly updated.
I must be missing something fundamental here, do I need to declare something within my module to enable this functionality?

A: You are nearly there.
By default they will not look in create_routing. You still need to add something to each action handle like so;
<create_routing_index>
    <update handle="create_routing" />
</create_routing_index>

This will inherit the xml declared in create_routing. You will need to do the same for each action.
The alternative is to programatically add another handle (create_routing) to the layout in an abstract function called by each of the controller actions. I prefer the xml route though.


If we are to believe Ari Shavit article of 27/5/2010, Israel has caused herself such immense damage in the last ten to fifteen years that she is on the verge of a great catastrophe. According to Shavit her situation is so dire there is no hope for a future.
All of his information, by the way, is based on either post-Zionist thought or outside sources that are far from friendly towards Israel.
Ari Shavit basis his OPINION on four different events: the full U.N.-accepted withdrawal from South Lebanon; the unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza strip, made in coordination with the United States and the EU; the Nashralla/Tehran Lebanon war of 2006; the Meshal/Tehran Gaza war of 2009.
Shavit also opines that the founding leaders of Israel knew exactly when the right time was, politically, to proclaim the creation of the state of Israel, while today's leaders of Israel lack all concept of political timing. He blames this all on the Right, as if the Left has done nothing but great things for the state!
Shavit would do well to dig deep into Benny Morris' book, 1948. Although partition was passed by the UN, it was not widely accepted by the world or by the rulers (England) of the then mandate of Palestine. The Yishuv was constantly fighting an uphill battle for political acceptance of the Jewish State; after all they were up against the whole of the Arab world and their enormous oil resources.
Shavit blames Israel and her leaders for what he calls "the four lamentable events," but he cannot be more wrong. It is the UN and the international community who have behaved shamelessly since Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon, not Israel's leaders.
It was the UN that recognized, okayed and accepted Israel's withdrawal from South Lebanon. It is the UN and the International community that let Hezbollah and Lebanon spit in the face of UN laws.
Not only did Hezbollah totally disregard international law, it then flaunted this when it attacked Israel twice, the second time leading to the war of 2006. Although I would have loved to have seen a complete and total IDF victory, the army still fought and beat Hezbollah on its own soil. Again Israel cannot be blamed for the UN's and international communities' sick acceptance of Syria and Iran rearming Hezbollah once again after the war of 2006. Shavit sounds almost as if he wants Israel to occupy South Lebanon again -- as though the international community would just be fine with that!
Shavit complains on one hand about Israel's withdrawal, but offers absolutely no remedy for what should have, or what should be, done. He completely overlooks the inept, arrogant, one-sided and racist policies carried out against Israel by the UN, Red Cross, Amnesty International and other International Communities when dealing with Hezbollah's criminal behavior.
Shavit then castigates Israel for her unilateral withdrawal from Gaza. Again he should be turning his attention not towards Israel, but towards the heinous behavior of the Palestinian population of Gaza and the shameful behavior of the international community.
Israel's withdrawal from the whole of the Gaza strip was a gift to the American government, the EU and Palestinian Authority. The leadership of Israel removed communities that had been in place since 1967 and handed over this land to the Palestinian leadership and the Palestinian people. Granted, Israel was doing this also for her own benefit diplomatically, but it was also given to Mahmoud Abbas as a peace offering indicating Israel's seriousness for reaching a peace agreement.
What was given to Israel as a gift in return?
Voted in through a corrupt sham of "democracy," Hamas took over governing Gaza almost the minute after Israel withdrew. Hamas is a terrorist organization that did not and does not accept Israel's right to exist. Picture the reaction of the American Government and Americans if they woke up one morning to Canada denying her right to be?
Or, picture world opinion if an Israeli government not only denied Palestinians the right to statehood and advocated the transfer of all Arabs in Israel, Judea and Samaria into Jordan. The world would go berserk.
But the international community accepts a Hamas-run government that advocates the same policy directed at Israel's Jews. On top of this, the "new and friendly" Hamas government in effect ripped up all the agreements penned by Israel, America, the EU, Egypt, Jordan and the Palestinian Authority. As an extra, added bonus, Israel was given 8,000 rockets rained down on her southern communities.
Shavit omits mentioning that the players of the international community the EU, UN, Amnesty International, etc., etc.,sat back and watched as the new Hamas government carried out war crimes by shelling civilian centers indiscriminately.
When Israel decided to defend herself, a world that is hateful towards Israel solely because she happens to be the Jewish State started to scream bloody murder. Plain and simple, there is no other explanation for the international Community's behavior towards Israel.
While Shavit dwells on the world's reaction -- which would be anti-Israel no matter what she does -- he fails to recognize the victory that the IDF achieved in Gaza; especially after the promises Hamas made when they opted to reject a renewal of the Gaza ceasefire.
Before the Gaza war, Hamas promised to send the IDF back in one big body bag. Instead, the IDF, performing as it has in the past, fought and won a lighting quick victory against Hamas. This victory, when one looks at the harshness of what war is, was won with very little civilian damage. The Gaza strip is populated by 1.3 million people, Hamas intentionally used these people, the whole of Gaza's population as human shields. The fact that 1,300 Palestinians were killed, the majority of them Hamas militants, is a tiny amount in the numbers of war. Shavit blaming Israel for the world's ridiculous and insane condemnation of her actions in Gaza is like blaming the victims of the Holocaust for being sent off to concentrations camps.
Then there is the occupation of Judea and Samaria (which most of the world knows as "The West Bank"). Shavit again lays the blame at the feet of Israel, as if he were clueless to all Israel has done to empower the Palestinians. As if numerous Israeli Prime Ministers have not lost their jobs and one his life because of the Palestinians' sick need to continue the Occupation.
That's right, Palestinian leadership wants to continue the infamous Occupation. How else to explain the Palestinian refusal to accept partition, or for their refusal to accept peace, statehood and an end of conflict in 2000 at the Camp David and Taba talks.
Instead of lambasting Israel, Shavit should be pointing his finger in the direction of the world community for continually accepting the Palestinians' refusal to accept responsibility for all the Wars and pain they have caused their own people and the citizens of Israel.
But no, in Shavit's Cracker Jack world of journalism, the occupation continues not because of the Palestinians refusal to accept Israel as the Jewish State, but because Israel just wants to continue the occupation. Of course this happens to run contrary to every Israeli government since Rabin and Peres signed the Oslo accords.
People like Shavit and Gideon Levy are prime examples of why the left is not in power. Labor and Kadima would do well to take a look at Haaretz as a daily reminder of how to regain their power. Something people like myself hope for.
Haaretz and its writers are no longer part of a newspaper, a newspaper actually has news in it. Haaretz is an opinion rag that leans heavily toward negative, self-hating leftists, with a post-Zionist take on the situation between Israel and the Palestinians.
This is not a democratic point of view, nor does it come close to representing even a tenth of Israel's population. For Labor and Kadima to regain the faith of people like myself and the majority of Israelis, they must distance themselves from these elitist, self-destructive, post-Zionist concepts that blame Israel for all the wrongs the Arab world is causing. Furthermore and worst of all, none of them has a constructive alternative to offer as a substitute for Zionism or a firm belief in the right of Israel to exist as a Jewish nation.
The Shavits and Levys of Haaretz have become pawns and mouthpieces for an outside world that has and always will be hostile towards the Jewish state. IT WILL BE THIS WAY UNTIL A REPLACEMENT FOR OIL IS FOUND.


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Standard Svensk standard · SS-ISO 812:2017
Vulkat gummi och termoelast - Bestämning av sprödpunkt vid låg temperatur (ISO 812:2017, IDT)
ISO 812:2017 specifies a method for determining the lowest temperature at which rubber materials do not exhibit brittle failure or the temperature at which half of the test pieces used in a test fail when impacted under specified conditions.
The temperatures thus determined do not necessarily relate to the lowest temperature at which the material can be used since the brittleness will be affected by the conditions of test and especially by the rate of impact. Data obtained by this method are, therefore, intended to be used to predict the behaviour of rubbers at low temperatures only in applications in which the conditions of deformation are similar to those specified in the test.
Three procedures are described:
- procedure A, in which the brittleness temperature is determined;
- procedure B, in which the brittleness temperature for 50 % failure is determined;
- procedure C, in which the test piece is impacted at a specified temperature.
Procedure C is used in the classification of rubber materials and for specification purposes.
NOTE A similar test for rubber-coated fabrics is described in ISO 4646.
Internationell titel: Rubber, vulcanized or thermoplastic - Determination of low-temperature brittleness (ISO 812:2017, IDT)
Ersätter: SS-ISO 812:2011


Last night was interesting, but having imbibed only two and a half pints, it wasn't interesting enough.
1. Cabbie 'thought' I'd wanted to take the ECP, but decided I should take Nicoll Highway instead. Ex-squeeze me? The highway that's closed and won't be open for many, many months? Oh, he says, then we'll take North Bridge Road. Uh, right... that's the route that goes through Geylang? At 8 at night? Right. I don't know think so: Turn off at Tanjong Katong, use the ECP, says I.
2. Going down Tanjong Katong Road, a pair of idiot drivers made a right turn out of the lane to our left, at a snail's pace. Normal. Happens more often than we'd like to admit: morons who look one way but not the other, and then assuming the other way will remain clear while they're in transit. What does my cabbie do? Instead of slowing down and tooting to warn the morons, he speeds up, holds down the horn and narrowly misses the second vehicle.
3. Still on Tanjong Katong Road, my intrepid cabbie, irked by a trailer truck (without cargo), decides he'll pass it with about an inch to spare between the truck to our right and the pavement to our left. At about 70 kph.
4. On the ECP, nearing the Prince Edward Road exit ramp, he was still on the extreme right lane. With fifty metres to spare, we make the exit, cutting through 4 lanes of traffic at breakneck speed and running over the speed grooves on the painted island.
I think after that I haven't needed a drink more in my life.
an affinity with bad road trips?


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Universities voice support for capital money plan
By Jeff Amy. As they present their annual request for capital spending, leaders of Mississippi's eight public universities say they're pleased with the Legislature's pledge to borrow $100 million a year to cover the schools' needs. The College Board adopted the plan at its meeting last week. Each institution adopted 10 top priorities, an amount totaling $634.4 million across the system. Top priorities range from another $30.5 million to pay for the new medical school building at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson to $300,000 to upgrade sprinklers at the Cedar Brook Apartments at the University of Southern Mississippi. Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds said the board knows lawmakers won't contribute the amount needed to cover the total request. However, he said the future map for capital spending laid out in the 2013 bond bill is enough to sustain the universities. More...
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Toward a Permeable, Interconnected Higher Education System
By Cathy Sandeen. In my former role as a dean at the University of California Los Angeles, I helped thousands of typical American college students gain the knowledge and skills needed to become informed, engaged citizens and progress in their chosen careers. But as the dean of UCLA Extension, these "typical" students were a diverse group of nontraditional learners searching for ways to earn postsecondary degrees and credentials, often while juggling family responsibilities and jobs that meant frequent stops and re-starts for their postsecondary experience -- very different from the first-time college students attending UCLA straight out of high school but representative of the current face of American higher education. More...
Higher education — a sprawling affair
When state Sen. John Arthur Smith speaks, people listen — and that includes the rest of the Legislature and Gov. Susana Martinez. A Democrat from Deming, Smith is a respected voice on fiscal matters and serves as vice chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
That he has taken the trouble to write to Gov. Martinez about concerns with the financial state of Northern New Mexico College should alert its supporters. That would include students, faculty and staff, not to mention the people of Española and greater Rio Arriba County. More...
Posté par pcassuto à 15:02 - Opinions - Permalien [#]
Should foreign students pay the same for college as U.S. students?
By Jack Curtin. During the period of prosperity after World War II, state coffers from tax revenues overflowed and its universities reaped the benefits. Great teaching, impressive facilities, and solid educational experiences offered an undergraduate residing within state boundaries an amazing deal.
Fast forward 40 years and you discover that tax revenues no longer kept pace with the rising costs of running state colleges. Construction, payroll, pension payouts, and technology all had big price tags. For a period of time, generous benefactors, winning football programs, and March Madness endowment investment strategies all moved things forward, but these dollars soon dried up as a powerful national recession took hold. A substantial funding gap triggered a dramatic increase in the cost of tuition for state residents to send their kids to college. More...
Posté par pcassuto à 14:59 - Fees - Permalien [#]
Obama's Plan To Make College More Affordable
By Emily Deruy. President Barack Obama on Thursday called for sweeping higher-education reforms that aim to make college more affordable. The president proposed changing the way colleges get federal aid, encouraging institutions to use technology and online learning to make courses more accessible, and capping loan repayment plans depending on how much graduates earn. Rising tuition costs have far outpaced income gains in the past several decades and forced more students than ever to take out loans to pay for college. That's delayed things like saving for retirement, and even buying a home and getting married for many young people.
"Higher education is the single best investment you can make in your future," he told students at the University at Buffalo, during the start of a two-day bus tour on college affordability. But students today are saddled with a choice previous generations didn't have to make, he continued, the choice between saying no to college or saying yes and accepting the burden of debt. More...
The pro-MOOC coalition cannot hold
By Jonathan Rees. As you might imagine, I follow a lot of people on Twitter who have a different attitude towards MOOCs than I do. One of my favorites is the MOOC pioneer George Siemens. If you don't know him, he's one of those nice Canadian people who came up with the idea for MOOCs in the first place. Now though, both on his Twitter feed and on his blog, he gives the distinct impression of continually saying to himself, "What the heck have all these Americans done to our previously excellent idea?" To be honest, I still have trouble with the kinds of MOOCs that Siemens et. al. first imagined. Nevertheless, anybody whose ideas got mugged by a bunch of Clayton Christensen acolytes automatically has my sympathy.
Because I wanted to hear what MOOCs sounded like before MOOCmania began, I downloaded an old Tech Therapy podcast with Siemens on it the last time I was prepping my iPod for the gym. To summarize, Siemens saw MOOCs as 1) Experimental 2) Open 3) Intended for people who already have college degrees and 4) Not designed as a replacement for college courses. More...
Posté par pcassuto à 14:34 - MOOC-Massive Open Online Courses - Permalien [#]
The key to thriving in higher ed today? Flexibility
By John LaBrie. To look at the data and read stories in the media, post-secondary education is in trouble. According to the Council of Graduate Schools, Enrollments dipped at U.S. graduate schools for both the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 academic years (the last two years for which there is data). Business and law degrees—those stalwarts of higher ed—have had decreases in applications in recent years. Even undergraduate institutions—which hadn't seen enrollment dips in two decades—are feeling the pinch. More...
Posté par pcassuto à 14:32 - Prospective - Permalien [#]
How to Finish Your Phd With an Absentee
Specifically, friends in academia who have finished their own degrees and, seeing my own adviser-less situation, have generously offered to read my stuff and help me out. I resisted for MONTHS, because if reading my old entries have taught me anything, it's that I'm stubborn and don't always have the best decision making skills. If I was a cartoon animal, I'd be the coyote who repeatedly runs into the side of the mountain, even though bashing my face the first time should have been a clue that the tunnel was painted on.
I was afraid to send stuff to these well-meaning friends because they are smarter than me and better writers. Sounds perfect, right? Who else would you want to critique your academic bullshit? And even though these people are truly good friends and have never been judgmental in any other respect, I was convinced that they would think I was a complete moron and wonder how the hell I got into grad school in the first place. More...
Posté par pcassuto à 14:30 - Doctorat - Permalien [#]
Open Access Success, California style
Two weeks ago the University of California system-wide Faculty Senate announced that they have passed an open access policy for all 10 campuses. The policy covers 8000 tenure-track faculty, and as many as 40,000 papers annually, making up 2-3% of the worldwide scholarly journal content. More details (and some videos of me looking really tired) are here.
This is a major success. It's a huge university system, with an unusually powerful federal faculty governance system, and getting any organization that large to do anything forward thinking is itself a triumph, and I'm proud to have been part of it. The policy commits faculty to making their work available using the California Digital Library's eScholarship platform, or any other open access repository. It will begin on Nov. 1st, and will roll out first at UCLA and UCI, in addition to UCSF which passed a policy in May of 2012.
There has been some attention to this policy in the news media (at the Chronicle, Reason, the Daily Cal at CDE, and a nice Atlantic article that makes the point that open access is crucial to making Wikipedia more reliable). More...
Posté par pcassuto à 14:21 - Accès - Permalien [#]
Tags : Open Educational Resources
What I learned as the worst student in the class
By Adrianne Wadewitz. When professors teach, they teach what they love. What they are experts in. What it is easy for them to learn. Thus, it is easy to forget what it is like to be the student who struggles in the classroom. In fact, many professors may never have had the experience of struggling to learn--they probably effortlessly got A's or at least easily understood how to teach themselves a topic. How can they, then, sympathize with and, more importantly, effectively teach students who do not intuitively understand their subject matter? More...
Posté par pcassuto à 14:15 - Pédagogie - Permalien [#]


text:
package helpers

import (
	"errors"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"reflect"

	"github.com/exotel/goapi/assets"
	"github.com/exotel/goapi/assets/types"
	"github.com/parnurzeal/gorequest"
)

//Exorequester makes actual requests to the p.URL
type Exorequester struct {
	LastError error
	mode      types.Mode
	requester *gorequest.SuperAgent
	logger    log.Logger
}

//NewExorequester creates a new instance of Exorequester
func NewExorequester() *Exorequester {
	return &Exorequester{requester: gorequest.New()}
}

//Debug set the client in debug mode
func (p *Exorequester) Debug(debug bool) *Exorequester {
	if debug {
		p.mode = types.DEBUG
		return p
	}
	p.mode = types.PRODUCTION
	return p
}

//SetAuth sets basic auth
func (p *Exorequester) SetAuth(username string, password string) *Exorequester {
	p.requester.SetBasicAuth(username, password)
	return p
}

//SetHeaders Sets needed headers
func (p *Exorequester) SetHeaders() *Exorequester {
	p.requester.
		Set("'User-Agent", "goapi-v1").
		Set("Accept-language", "es").
		Set("accept", "application/json")
	return p
}

//POST Makes post request to the end point
func (p *Exorequester) POST(url string) *Exorequester {
	p.requester.Post(url)
	return p
}

//GET Makes get request to the end point
func (p *Exorequester) GET(url string) *Exorequester {
	p.requester.Get(url)
	return p
}

//DELETE Makes Delete request to the end point
func (p *Exorequester) DELETE(url string) *Exorequester {
	p.requester.Delete(url)
	return p
}

//PUT Makes put request to the end point
func (p *Exorequester) PUT(url string) *Exorequester {
	p.requester.Put(url)
	return p
}

//Log writes log for the Client
func (p *Exorequester) Log(vals ...interface{}) {
	if p.mode == types.DEBUG {
		fmt.Println(vals...)
	}
	return
}

//Params sets the parameters for requestss
func (p *Exorequester) Params(requestData interface{}) *Exorequester {
	if p.LastError != nil {
		return p
	}
	data, err := StructToMap("queryparam", requestData)
	if err != nil {
		p.LastError = err
		return p
	}
	//var values ur.Values
	for key, value := range data {
		p.requester.QueryData.Set(key, reflect.ValueOf(value).String())
	}
	return p
}

//Do does the execution of request
func (p *Exorequester) Do() (status int, response []byte, err error) {
	if p.LastError != nil {
		err = p.LastError
		return
	}
	p.Log("using the url: ", p.requester.Url)
	p.Log("using the headers : ", p.requester.Header)
	p.Log("using autherisation : ", p.requester.BasicAuth)
	p.Log("using the query parameters : ", p.requester.QueryData)

	resp, body, errs := p.requester.End()

	if len(errs) > 0 {
		err = fmt.Errorf(assets.String.HTTPRequestError, errs[0])
		return
	}
	if resp == nil {
		err = fmt.Errorf(assets.String.HTTPRequestError, "Unable to Connect")
		return
	}

	if resp != nil {
		status = resp.StatusCode
	}

	response = make([]byte, len(body))
	response = []byte(body)
	if err != nil {
		err = errors.New("Error occured decoding the response :" + err.Error())
	}
	return
}

//MakeHTTPRequest makes a request to exotel platform api for desire operation
func MakeHTTPRequest(url string, credentials types.Credentials, method types.Action, data interface{}, debug bool) (status int, resp []byte, err error) {
	requester := NewExorequester()
	switch method {
	case types.READ, types.BULKREAD:
		requester = requester.GET(url)
	case types.CREATE:
		requester = requester.POST(url)
	case types.DELETE:
		requester = requester.DELETE(url)
	case types.UPDATE:
		requester = requester.PUT(url)
	}

	status, resp, err = requester.
		SetAuth(credentials.UserName, credentials.AccessToken).
		SetHeaders().
		Debug(debug).
		Params(data).
		Do()
	return
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


The revised methodology for hake assessments currently under development requires inputs on the relative biases amongst different readers of hake ages from otoliths, and the extent of variability of these readings. This document details the methodology applied to determine these ageing error matrices.
Rademeyer, R. A. (2009). Age-reading error matrices for Merluccius paradoxus and M. capensis. MARAM: University of Cape Town.