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When it comes to mobile app development, we have two important systems – iOS and Android, and to develop apps on these systems, we have many testing tools and libraries such as Swift, Android SDK, Objective C, etc. Application developers manage two codebase on these systems and deliver high-end application quality in these platforms as well as add up new features to the product in a specified time frame. Here we go to understand the world-class features of React Native and how it can decrease the complexity in two codebase and what are the exclusive ways to build mobile applications using React Native in an effective manner.
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New COVID restrictions allow in person sports despite remote learning
By Alex Elchev on Jan 16, 2022
In response to surging cases in Monroe County, the University announced updated COVID-19 guidelines for students.
The 'Jackets are Back & Ready to Attack
By Natalie Fullerman on Mar 7, 2021
UR's varsity Yellowjackets have enjoyed a triumphant return to competition. Beginning in late February, many teams — including track and field and men's basketball — were given clearance by the University to begin modified versions of their typical seasons.
Men's Basketball comes up short in season finale
By Ethan Busch on Mar 1, 2020
Despite a late game push by Men's basketball, Emory University proved too great an obstacle to overcome on UR's senior night.
Kobe left his mark on a generation of athletes
By Salman Syed on Feb 2, 2020
Kobe Bryant is gone, but his legacy lives in the hearts and minds of those who watched him play.
Kobe.
By Melanie Earle on Feb 2, 2020
For 20 years he showed the NBA and the world how hard work could make you the greatest player alive. When he left the game, his name stayed on the court.
Cannon shows early promise in Basketball
By Salman Syed on Jan 26, 2020
Eric Cannon proves his worth through skill and commitment in his first season for Men's Varsity Basketball.
Too many games ruins a season
By Micah Greenberg on Jan 26, 2020
Some fans lose interest in the regular season when leagues play upwards of 100 games.
Men's basketball wins cancer fundraiser
By Ethan Busch on Nov 24, 2019
The UR Men's and Women's basketball teams competed in the annual Mark's Pizzeria Crosstown Shootout, which pits local teams against each other to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
For Ethington, friendships outweigh dominance
By Micah Greenberg on Mar 24, 2019
Senior guard Lena Ethington led Women's Basketball in minutes, points, and steals. Though the team ended with a 10–15 record this season after making the Elite Eight last season, Ethington reflected on the challenges the team has faced and her experience as a player.
Door shuts on basketball's tournament run, careers of six seniors
By Cez Garcia on Mar 3, 2019
UR Men's Basketball team fell in the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament to Amherst College 75–67, ending the team's season.
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TAD collaborates with Japan's SHIN PROGRAM to launch activity based learning in 100 tribal areas of J&K
The Tribal Affairs Department conducted a preliminary coordination interaction with Japan based SHIN Education for activity based learning to be introduced in 100 tribal area schools as a pilot project.
The idea behind this innovative attempt is to empower the students with logical thinking and creativity through SHIN PROGRAM, a Japanese style experiential holistic group learning program from JAPAN, based on various hands-on activities. The main focus is the complete development of children, soft skills (non-cognitive abilities) and essential skills (cognitive abilities) through the Japanese style learning program.
The initiative will be further expanded to more areas and schools with government supported external funding focusing on areas with tribal population.
Secretary, Tribal Affairs Department, Dr Shahid Iqbal Choudhary, held detailed meeting with SHIN representative, Takehiro Nakamura, who made a presentation on the partnership programme.
Chief Executive Officer, Takanobu Tanaka, joined the discussion through video conference from Japan while Officer on Special Duty, Mission Youth, Tabish Saleem and other officers were also present in the consultative meeting.
Pertinently, Tribal Affairs Department endeavours to strengthen primary education of students in remote tribal areas and the focus is on strengthening schools in catchment area of Eklavya Model Residential Schools besides covering migratory season schools. Apart from infrastructure support the programme will focus on key learning outcomes.
The objective of SHIN PROGRAM is not only to improve child's ability for a specific subject such as Mathematics and English, the initiative rather focuses on creating strong fundamental for all subjects in children and improving 21st century skills (Cognitive & Life skills) that are universally essential.
The programme included hands-on activities like understanding skills, logical thinking, divergent thinking, creativity, imagination, memory, problem solving and self-discipline besides focusing on traits like compassion, responsibility, friendship, diligence, courage, perseverance, honesty and loyalty. It will leverage both technology and innovative methods of learning. Under this programme, capacity building of teachers has also been included.
Learning with the programme is activity-based, interactive, motivative, integrated, flexible and above all enjoyable. Furthermore, Japanese style group learning methods are aimed at improving life skills of children. These methods will also be an eye-opening learning experience for teachers that they can utilize in many different situations. Under the pandemic situation, a Hybrid Style (Both Campus & Online Teaching) has been proposed to be adopted.
The collaborative programme is being planned in tune with National Education Policy and in coordination with School Education Department at district level. Tribal Research Institute, J&K, will take up the pilot project along with action research and resource planning. Hostels of Tribal Department will act as nodal points at district level. The programme is being initiated for students for first, second and third classes in 100 schools being selected in tribal areas. This will be in addition to regular school course and curriculum.
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We read about this all the time, at what point will we come to the conclusion that while computers make it easier to get rid of humans in the workforce, they are costing everyone a lot of money. Sure, people steal too - but when people do it, it's a lot easier to catch them.
The promised benefits from getting rid of humans for robots is pure Tech-Hype... The next generation of automation will bring eye-watering theft / fraud. More fallout from 'Swift' transfers etc!
By any change would this 'Automated Workstation Client' run on Microsoft Windows and was compromised by a malicious email attachment?
It is Automated. The most likely point of compromise was the data fed to it - any PC with appropriate access to the bank internal systems.
Automated like in "with the help of a computer". A better translation would probably be an Automated Workplace of the Central Bank's Client (yup these guys are serious about names). This is just a Windows program, think of SWIFT Alliance Workstation (SAW). Search for "Рекомендации по настройкам АРМ КБР" to witness this funky bit of user interface for yourself. I would not be surprised if it was installed on a generic desktop inside the bank's shared LAN w/o any extra segmentation and with a few deferred Windows patches to ensure system stability; the bad hats would want to obtain access into the LAN by one of the various means and then it could be as easy as locating the correct PC, firing the scripts and letting their pet fintech boy spend some quality time.
Can anyone explain how its possible to take a $1 million (or equivalent in Roubles for that matter) out of a ATM in a day? Surely this would require many a barren of mules and manyt ATMs.
This could only have occurred abroad as luckily we have NatWest in the UK - the ATMs would just stop working or should I say TSB?
If the withdrawal limit is eg $500 per day, then put the money in 1000 accounts, create 1000 cards for them, easy if they are magnetic, not so easy if the machines require chip cards, then withdraw $500 on each of them just before midnight and another $500 just after midnight.
I always wondered what's to stop all the mules just running off with money?
"I always wondered what's to stop all the mules just running off with money?"
Strong attachment to their family members, friends, limbs, life etc. Dislike of concrete shoes.
If you're a professional crook, then both your reputation and patronage are much more important than a single "score". Even if you go on the lam, you'll be running for the rest of your life. Setting yourself up as an example to be made "pour encourage les autres" is bad wherever you are, but when working for OC it would seem pretty fatal. Probably painfully so.
I'd also expect them to be working in a pair or small group, with some amount of collective responsibility.
The mules buy the cards at a discount to their account value.
"Surely this would require many a barren of mules and manyt ATMs."
Depending on account limit, probably many mule accounts. No need for massive numbers of physical mules, since they can handle a few hundred cards each.
There certainly have been cases where the mule card limits have also been raised/removed.
There, one fully loaded ATM usually contain $30-80k in cash in the dollar equivalent. In large shopping center there' often an ATM room with 10+ ATMs from various banks. Daily limits are between $1.5-10k for individuals. For commercial entities, e.g. a sole trader, can be $100k+. The news mentioned 17 banks. If every mule had accounts in all 17... not too many mules.
It serves the government well to have enemies for the people to hate. It doesn't much matter who they are, as long as they're not the government.
What you tend to forget about mafia wars is that they tend to war with each other far more than anyone else. There might well be a bunch of thugs in the Kremlin but they don't have control of all the gangs in Russia, nor do they have control of all the chemical and other weapons - which should be scarier than governments having this stuff because governments by necessity are far more restrained from using them.
The factor that someone in the White house is in deep to a large bunch of Russian money launderers shouldn't distract from the issue that there are several such bunches and they're not best buddies with each other.
".. There might well be a bunch of thugs in the Kremlin but .. The factor that someone in the White house is in deep to a large bunch of Russian money launderers shouldn't distract .."
Not to mention parts of the Washington military industrial complex ploting to depose a duly elected President.


Glasgow's third sector is comprised of over 2000 charitable organisations, social enterprises and community and voluntary groups and is supported by the Third Sector Interface. The operating environment of the sector is more challenging than ever with the impact of public spending cuts and welfare reforms being felt keenly by Glaswegians. In spite of this our effective, diverse, and resilient sector continues to provided crucial support and services to our city's most vulnerable individuals and families.
There are almost 12,500 paid staff in Glasgow's third sector.
In addition, over 34,000 Glaswegians do some unpaid voluntary work every week for organisations with paid staff.
The annual income of the staffed sector is £865 million.
Over 480 organisations across the city with paid employees focus their work on one or more equality group. This is an increase of 100 organisations since 2009.
Over 69% of voluntary and community groups focus on the 'hard to reach', drug users, disabled people, people with mental health problems, those with learning difficulties and older people.
Over 17% of organisations focus on providing services to young people.
17% of organisations with unpaid volunteers provide sport and leisure opportunities to Glaswegians.
17% of organisations with unpaid volunteers provide services to older people.
Almost 91% of all voluntary organisations are overseen by a board of directors. That percentage translates into 11,891 voluntary governing body positions.


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As a national leader in civil infrastructure, our expertise with tunneling, dam structures, reservoirs, powerhouse and transmission/delivery is leveraged significantly for the hydropower and pump storage markets. We also have strong experience in logistics, permitting, government affairs and public outreach services.
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At our very own aggregate/hot-mix facility in Coalinga, we installed 1 MW thin-film photovoltaic panels with technology to meet the state of California's AB 32 greenhouse gas reduction goals. Combined, the copper, indium and selenium (CIS) thin-film solar panels reduce operational expenditures and increase overall power efficiency.


My wife and I had a very enjoyable time shooting sporting clays at this establishment. Tom Bland has a 1st class operation. Course was very well maintained and the traps operated flawlessly. Be sure to take along your bug spray :-). Our drive was just over an hour from the Crystal Coast but well worth it. We will be back to shoot again the next time we're vacationing in this area. Thank you Tom!
Mark from New Philadelphia, Ohio joined me for another great day at Tom's sporting clays facility. Hotter than heck, but most stations are shot from the SHADE. With all auto traps and challenging targets, we had a ball. Give this place a try….you will not be disappointed !
Went to Atlantic Beach NC for a family vacation for two weeks. Well I needed to make some noise so I called Tom and he said "Come on over, this is the place to make noise." What a great Sporting Clays course. With 14 stations (100 targets), all with auto traps, fantastic graveled trails, landscaped shooting stations with benches, and challenging targets, it could hardly be any better. The course wanders through towering old oaks, gumtrees, and many other types of trees. Went once each week and Tom is a great host. If you are in the area, this IS the place to bust clays!!!!
Owner Tom first class all the way. Great fun will do it again.
Had a wonderful time at Feather & Fur. Would recommend this top-notch facility to anyone. A well laid out sporting clay course with a great variety challenging shots. Will definitely return on a future visit to the area. The owner was quite helpful in getting us all equipped for an enjoyable, safe afternoon. Thanks!
The owner of this facility operates a top notch facility. He makes it affordable, challenging and fun for all levels of shooters. 2 Thumbs up!


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Automating drone-based wildlife surveys saves time and money, study finds
by Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) on 2 August 2018 |
Reserve managers have begun to survey wildlife in savanna ecosystems by analyzing thousands of images captured using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, or drones), a time-consuming process.
A research team has developed machine learning models that analyze such aerial images and automatically identify those images most likely to contain animals, which, according to the authors, is usually a small fraction of the total number of images taken during a UAV survey effort.
The new algorithms reduced the number of images that needed human verification to less than one-third of that using earlier models, and they highlight the patterns in those images that are most likely to be animals, making the technique useful for image-based surveys of large landscapes with animals in relatively few images.
The Great Elephant Census, conducted in 2014 and 2015, counted more than 350,000* elephants across 18 African countries. Human observers in small planes flew some 294,000 kilometers during more than 1,500 hours to systematically count the animals.
Could a future census be managed locally, using unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs, a.k.a. drones), cameras, and computer vision to detect specific objects, such as elephants, rhinos, or zebras?
Rhinos in the Kuzikus reserve, Namibia. Image by Friedrich Fedor Reinhard.
Although surveying the large animals in their individual reserves is a smaller job than the Great Elephant Census, such surveys cost managers substantial time and money.
A Swiss research team recently tested a new approach to wildlife surveys. They mounted commercial cameras on UAVs to take aerial photos of Kuzikus, a private game sanctuary in Namibia, and applied a type of machine learning to automate part of the image processing.
Surveying terrestrial mammals from the air
Sending field teams out to survey the wildlife of a large nature reserve on the ground, especially where animals occur at low densities, is inefficient and laborious. Some 3,000 animals traverse the 103-square-kilometer (40-square-mile) Kuzikus reserve, on the edge of the Kalahari desert, corresponding to 29 animals per square kilometer (75 per square mile).
Surveying with planes and helicopters covers far more area but can disturb wildlife, requires experienced pilots and human observers, and is both risky and too expensive for many reserves.
With the rapid development of small Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVS), reserve managers and even livestock ranchers have experimented with them to count animals, flying UAVs mounted with cameras to take images or video footage of the animals below.
The research team launches the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV, or drone) for a test survey at Kuzikus reserve, Namibia. Image by Friedrich Fedor Reinhard.
A UAV can be programmed to fly specific routes, cover 100 square kilometers (39 square miles) per week, and require as little as one pilot on the ground to run. They are quieter than planes or helicopters, so are less likely to disturb wildlife, and they remove the risk of having human observers inside a plane flying survey patterns at low elevation.
Nevertheless, a series of UAV flight campaigns can produce many thousands of images, each of which must be reviewed for the presence of animals. The UAVs used in this study, for example, took more than 150 images per square kilometer (389 per square mile), and, from above, African animals can easily resemble rocks, shrubs, and other features of the landscape.
"We acquired data that intentionally contained acquisitions made at several times of multiple days to account for variations [in the sun's position], doctoral candidate and lead author Benjamin Kellenberger and co-author Devis Tuia, both at Wageningen University and Research in the Netherlands said in an email to Mongabay-Wildtech. "In our experiments, we actually found shadows cast by animals to be particularly helpful for detection performance, as they allowed distinguishing between e.g. gazelles and similarly looking rocks and dirt mounds."
For this study, the researchers used photographs, rather than video. The main issue with video is that it generates prohibitively large amounts of data, Kellenberger and Tuia said. While it could be useful for showing animal movement and behavior, for the purposes of this study, where the focus was on detecting animals, static images sufficed, they said.
Zebra and wildebeest other savanna grazers from the ground look very different from the air. Image by Sue Palminteri/Mongabay
Neural networks streamline image analysis
Producing useful information from the hundreds or thousands of images generated during UAV-based monitoring projects typically requires project teams to spend many hours reviewing and analyzing the photos. So the research team developed machine learning algorithms to automate part of the process of detecting and identifying animals in the images.
They used convolutional neural networks (CNNs), a type of artificial intelligence able to effectively detect objects in large databases, to assess its potential for surveying wildlife over extensive areas, and developed recommendations for training a CNN on a large UAV-based dataset.
The algorithms highlight the patterns in the images most likely to be animals, enabling the researchers to quickly eliminate most of the images that did not contain wildlife.
"This initial phase of elimination and sorting is the longest and most painstaking," Tuia said in a statement. "For the AI system to do this effectively, it can't miss a single animal. So it has to have a fairly large tolerance, even if that means generating more false positives, such as bushes wrongly identified as animals, which then have to be manually eliminated."
Automating an object-recognition task through machine learning requires a big data set to train the software to recognize the features of interest, in this case large mammals seen from above. The team created a data set of images with and without animals in the Kuzikus reserve by conducting a crowdsourcing campaign in which some 200 volunteers identified animals in thousands of aerial images taken by the researchers.
They trained the AI system by assigning penalty points to different types of errors. They gave the system one point for mistaking a bush for an animal but gave it 80 points for missing an animal completely. In this manner, the authors say, the software learns to distinguish wildlife from inanimate features without missing any animals.
"Automating part of the animal counting makes it easier to collect more accurate and up-to-date information," Tuia said in the statement.
Prediction results on a test set image comparing the current model using neural networks to a 2017 model used as a baseline. Both models were set to minimize false positives while also detecting 90% of the animals present in test data set. The neural network (blue) produced far fewer false alarms than the 2017 model (red). Ground truthed locations are shown in yellow. Figure from Kellenberger et. al. (2018).
Once the dataset contains just those images that the AI system recognizes as containing animals, a human conducts the final sorting. The system places colored frames around questionable features to let human interpreters know to examine that part of the image.
In this study, the researchers developed CNN training recommendations that substantially reduced the number of false positives generated by previous models while still detecting 90 percent of animals present. This combination thus detected almost all animals in the Kuzikus reserve automatically and minimized the number of images that the Kuzikus rangers had to screen manually.
Kellenberger and Tuia designed their model with low animal densities in mind but believe it would also work well with higher densities. "Results on footage containing a larger number of animals indicated that precision and recall of our detector were still satisfactory," Kellenberger and Tuia said.
For areas with higher densities of wildlife, they said, the system might require a few adjustments, but it should be apt for the task without any technical difficulties.
According to the researchers, recognizing animals from aerial images becomes challenging, as individuals of the same species may look different due to variations in size, fur color and patterns, position, and angle from the camera. Automated object detection algorithms must therefore be able to learn and consider the various ways a given species appears in images.
Birds-eye view of blue gnu, or wildebeest, moving across the Kuzikus, Namibia landscape. The different positions of each animal and their respective angles to the unmanned aerial vehicle present a challenge to teaching machines to identify and count them automatically. Image by Friedrich Fedor Reinhard.
However, broadening the definition of what a "zebra" or "greater kudu" looks like to a machine may cause the algorithms to mistake background objects, such as downed trees or branch formations, for the target animal species.
The researchers explored how to scale the CNNs, which not only train an object classifier using the training dataset but also extract features of objects that pertain to the specific project at hand, to survey wildlife over extensive areas and developed recommendations for training CNNs on other large UAV-based datasets.
They state in their paper that while the greater variety of landscape types generally associated with larger study areas does not usually cause problems for human image interpreters, it may decrease the success rate of machine algorithms trained on a certain landscape.
"Given our system employs off-the-shelf point-and-shoot cameras, occlusions due to dense and tall vegetation will inevitably cause the system to struggle," Kellenberger and Tuia said. "In such cases, a good alternative would be to employ thermal infrared cameras, which in turn requires data acquisition at night, due to an increased temperature contrast between livestock and soil."
The researchers did attach thermal sensors to the UAV for the current study, but the landscape's warm vegetation and soil did not contrast sufficiently with the heat of the animals, so they did not use the thermal image data.
"All these effects have the consequence that extrapolating results from a small to a big area is not going to yield trustworthy results," the researchers caution, "and models trained on a small subset and then evaluated on larger areas will not perform satisfactorily."
This image shows the algorithm's predicted locations of animals in red boxes and the animals' locations verified by a human interpreter in blue. The red box to the right was a dead tree, not an animal, but the others were confirmed as wildlife. Image by Friedrich Fedor Reinhard.
Neural networks to survey savannas
The researchers said they intended first to show how to train state-of-the-art deep learning-based models for this particular task.
The researchers now plan to apply the technology to different areas, by collaborating with institutes using data from Kenya, and study how to adapt to repeated acquisitions. Given a model trained on one dataset (area, acquisition year, etc.), the researchers are exploring how they can adapt it to a second one with minimal effort required by the user. The researchers suggest developing their models — currently in prototype stage — to develop into an app for use by the wider wildlife research community.
"Regular usage of our model would require deploying it into a dedicated application (at the moment it is an academic prototype)," Kellenberger and Tuia said. Once that's done, however, all the complicated core parts like the neural network design would essentially be hidden under the hood, and the user would be left with an easy-to-use interface. "The rest — training the model and predicting animals in new images — would be done automatically without heavy requirements from the user."
*Estimated from counts during the sample flights.
Kellenberger, B., Marcos, D., & Tuia, D. (2018). Detecting mammals in UAV images: Best practices to address a substantially imbalanced dataset with deep learning. Remote Sensing of Environment, 216, 139-153.
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DeCastro to take part in USO Tour
Steelers' guard David DeCastro will be among a contingent that takes part in a USO Tour, led by Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral James A. Winnefeld, Jr.
DeCastro, along with a group from the Indianapolis Colts that includes Coach Chuck Pagano, quarterback Andrew Luck and tight end Dwayne Allen, will be visiting deployed troops in undisclosed locations.
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The group will visit military bases on an eight-day, seven country tour that is part of the USO tradition of bringing a taste of home to the troops stationed abroad.
"America's military – men and women who represent the best of our communities – is serving in all corners of the globe to protect our great nation and our freedoms," said Admiral Winnefeld, Jr. "As we embark on this eight-day, seven-country USO tour, our group of athletes and entertainers will express their personal gratitude to those serving by sharing their talents. We look forward to visiting America's sons and daughters who keep our nation safe and showing them that they will always have the support of those they serve."
Also participating in the tour are American Idol alumni Diana DeGarmo and Ace Young, American film, stage and television actor Dennis Haysbert , Miss America 2015 Kira Kazantsev, platinum recording artist and season 11 "American Idol" winner Phillip Phillips and motion picture and television personality Jason "Wee Man" Acuna.
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The USO lifts the spirits of America's troops and their families millions of times each year at hundreds of places worldwide. We provide a touch of home through centers at airports and military bases in the U.S. and abroad, top quality entertainment and innovative programs and services. We also provide critical support to those who need us most, including forward-deployed troops, military families, wounded warriors, troops in transition and families of the fallen. The USO is a private, non-profit organization, not a government agency. Our programs and services are made possible by the American people, support of our corporate partners and the dedication of our volunteers and staff.
Community Corner: Giving from the heart
Follow along for all of the latest Steelers in the Community happenings
Sharing love and support
Steelers players shared their love and support of Damar Hamlin by delivering toys to the daycare center his foundation supports
Steelers continue donations to 2022 Social Justice Fund
Steelers honor local Inspire Change Award winner
Anna Hollis, the Executive Director of Amachi Pittsburgh, is the Steelers Inspire Change Changemaker Award winner
Spreading joy at the holidays
Steelers players took area kids shopping for the holidays
A night filled with holiday magic
The Steelers hosted the fourth annual Huddle for the Holidays at Acrisure Stadium
Standing up for their cause
Steelers players will be taking part in My Cause My Cleats to represent causes close to their hearts
Heyward is Steelers Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee
Cameron Heyward has made giving back a passion of his
A time to give back
Steelers players are doing their part to make Thanksgiving special for those in the Pittsburgh community
Alualu: 'It was tough'
Tyson Alualu fought through adversity last year and his strength and courage didn't go unnoticed
Alualu is Steelers Ed Block Courage Award recipient
Tyson Alualu was voted the winner for the way he battled back from last year's season-ending injury


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The MA program is designed for students who have earned a Master of Theological Studies degree, or an equivalent, from Spring Hill or a regionally accredited institution. The MA program builds on that degree and allows the student to engage in more focused research in their additional course work. The program culminates in an MA thesis (6 credit hours) in a specific topic in theology.
The Master of Arts in Theology degree program requires 48 credit hours: 14 graduate-level courses and a research thesis. This degree allows for further concentration beyond the MTS degree in one particular area chosen by the student (e.g., Biblical, Spiritual, Moral) and includes an extensive research project concluding in a thesis paper (75-100 pages long).
I wanted to pursue graduate studies because I knew I was called to be a permanent deacon in the Mobile Archdiocese. Spring Hill College was the perfect place to do that, because of the small class sizes and the personal interest professors have for students here. I have told many people that my Christian faith has been greatly broadened and deepened due to my education at SHC.
For the Theology faculty at Spring Hill the MA program offers an opportunity to work one-on-one with a student doing in-depth research on a particular topic. The MA thesis takes students and MA advisors into research topics and methods way beyond what is normally covered in a regular course. This is a personal and exciting experience for both the student and the faculty. Every time I have been the advisor for an MA thesis the high level of academic mentoring has been a fascinating and enlightening honor.


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Geografia

Austria
 Ellmau – gmina w kraju związkowym Tyrol, w powiecie Kufstein

Niemcy
 Ellmau – dzielnica gminy Regenstauf w kraju związkowym Bawaria, w powiecie Ratyzbona

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India's fuel demand up 4.4% in April
By Press Trust of India on May 15, 2018 Comments Off on India's fuel demand up 4.4% in April
NEW DELHI: India's fuel demand rose 4.4 per cent in April on the back of a surge in auto fuel and cooking gas (LPG) consumption.
Fuel consumption in April totalled 17.67 million tonnes as compared to 16.91 million tonnes in the same month last year, data from the Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell (PPAC) of the oil ministry showed.
The rise was led by a 9.2 per cent surge in petrol sales at 2.28 million tonnes. Diesel, which makes up for roughly 40 per cent of all the petroleum products consumed in India, posted a 2.6 per cent growth in consumption at 7.15 million tonnes.
Jet fuel or ATF sale was up 13.4 per cent at 692,000 tonnes.
With the government pushing for use of cleaner liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) as cooking fuel by giving free connections to poor, cooking gas (LPG) consumption was up 13 per cent at 1.87 million tonnes.
The result of LPG push was a 7.2 per cent drop in kerosene usage at 3,07,000 tonnes in April when compared to the year-ago period.
Naphtha sales were up 6.2 per cent at 1.06 million tonnes but consumption of petroleum coke was almost flat at 2.18 million tonnes.
Arun Jaitley, Modi Govt, Petrol price
India's fuel demand up 4.4% in April added by Press Trust of India on May 15, 2018
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I have been living in foster care with another greyhound for the past month and have absolutely thrived. I could initially be a bit 'insistent' in my greetings of other dogs but have since learned to keep a more respectable distance and I think with ongoing socialisation I'll only continue to improve.
I love going on adventures and would ideally suit a family who are happy to include me in their day to day outings and activities. Because of my love of people I would prefer a home with someone home more often or could be rehomed with a female dog (maybe medium sized so I don't accidentally squish them when I try to share beds…).


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Erasinides () was one of the ten commanders appointed to supersede Alcibiades after the Battle of Notium in 407 BCE.

According to the common reading in Xenophon, he and Leon of Salamis were with Conon when he was chased by Callicratidas to Mytilene. But we find Erasinides mentioned afterwards as one of the eight who commanded at Arginusae. Therefore, as classical scholars Morus and Schneider suggest, "Archestratus" must be substituted for both the above names in the passage of Xenophon, or we must suppose that Erasinides commanded the trireme which escaped to Athens with the news of Conon's blockade.

Erasinides was among the six generals who returned to Athens after the victory at Arginusae and were put to death in 406 BCE. Archedemus of Athens, in fact, took the first step against them by imposing a fine () on Erasinides, and then calling him to account before a court of justice for retaining some public money which he had received in the Hellespont. On this charge Erasinides was thrown into prison, and the success of the prosecution in the particular case paved the way to the more serious attack on the whole body of the generals.

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Ancient Athenian generals
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Step Inside CenturyLink Field: Home of the Seattle Seahawks
Step inside CenturyLink Field – home of the Seattle Seahawks and the legendary 12th Man.
About CenturyLink Field
The Seattle Seahawks are notorious for having one of the best home-field advantages in the NFL – and at least part of the team's recent success ties back to their stadium, CenturyLink Field. When current owner Paul Allen bought the team in 1997 and pledged to build them a new home, he insisted the venue have a collegiate, outdoor atmosphere with seating that stacks fans close to the field. Finally completed in 2002, the stadium did just that, with an open-air construction that puts 67,000 of the blue and green faithful in the thick of the action every Sunday.
CenturyLink Field and the 12s
If you're making your way to CenturyLink Field, consider packing earplugs. Seattle fans are among the loudest and most passionate in the NFL, originally earning them the nickname "the 12th Man" (now shortened to "12s") for the decisive edge they bring to every home game. Although the stadium is technically one of the smallest in the league, the 'Hawks make up for it with a field that was designed to be loud. Its clamshell roofs, built from 5,700 tons of steel, are designed to trap noise inside the stadium, making it incredibly loud when the opposing offense is on the field.
CenturyLink Field's intimidation factor cannot be denied. With the help of the 12s, the stadium continues to set records for false start penalties by an opposing team and once held the world record for the loudest crowd roar at a sports stadium. In 2013, a cheering crowd of Seahawks fans peaked at 137.6 decibels, which is equivalent to the sound of a jet engine preparing for takeoff.
To celebrate their diehard fans, the Seahawks retired the number '12' jersey in 1984. In 2003, the team started the tradition of raising the '12' flag at CenturyLink Field before every home game as a call to fans to bring the noise and defend their home turf. To be asked to raise the '12' flag is considered an honor and is usually reserved for owner Paul Allen, former players, and select Seattle celebrities.
CenturyLink Field Features
If you get hungry at CenturyLink Field you can go beyond traditional hamburgers and hot dogs and dive into a bowl of Ivar's world famous clam chowder. There's also higher-end fare such as champagne and oysters, and the stadium offers one of the largest craft beer lists in the NFL.
And be sure to make time to explore the Century Link Field's public art program, a collection of works from artists all over the country valued at upwards of $1.75 million. Pieces include an installation on the stadium's north tower – a series of painted steel discs depicting man's deep connection to the earth.
CenturyLink Field and Taima the Hawk
There's no such bird as a "Seahawk," but that didn't stop Seattle when looking for a real-life mascot to pump up their home crowd. Since 2005 Taima, an augur hawk, has lead the team out of the tunnel before kickoff. At the signal from his handler, David Knutson, Taima launches into the stadium, soaring past cheerleaders, fans, and explosions as the Seahawks charge out onto the field to start the game.
CenturyLink Field Events and Concerts
Along with hosting Seattle Seahawks games, CenturyLink Field is also home to the Seattle Sounders FC, the city's MLS soccer team. And in between football and fútbol, the stadium also stages unforgettable concerts for premiere musical artists like U2, Kenny Chesney, Ed Sheeran, and Metallica.
Shout for the Seahawks as part of the 12th Man by purchasing tickets here or in the widget below from Ticketmaster – the Official Marketplace of the NFL.
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The Cincinnati Bengals open their 2019 NFL season on the road but face the San Francisco 49ers (Sept. 15) Week 2 at home. They have five road games in the fi...
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You'll find a huge variety of blouses in our great range. We have a number of styles and colours to choose from, perfect for a number of workplaces. Need a classically styled blouse for a formal office environment? A trendy shirt for your staff at a restaurant? We've got everything you need to keep you looking your best throughout the day. For an added element of professionalism, add your customised logo and designs using our print and embroidery services.


This is part 32. Read previous installments here.
Today is my thirty-first day camped outside the door to Japan.
Day 31 at Narita International Airport. Photo courtesy of Feng Zhenghu.
Yesterday, a CNN reporter informed me, "Tonight at 7:00 p.m., CNN will broadcast your interview. If you don't have a TV, you can also watch online." This morning I found the CNN link online.
At 10:13 a.m. I received a call from Washington, DC, for an interview with Radio Free Asia's "Different Voices" program. The interview lasted about 30 minutes. I also received a call from the BBC to arrange an interview for next week. Next week I also have an interview with Japan's NHK.
Mr. Motoyoshi from The Narita International Airport Corporation's marketing department gave me the interview schedule for early December. Aside from being unable to give any on-site interviews on the 5th, 6th and 11th, on all other days I'm allowed to grant interviews between 10:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. Of course, phone interviews are not subject to any time or location restrictions.
At 1:30 p.m., the chief examiner of the First Airport Immigration Examiner's Office once again came to deliver a written warning. The content was the same as yesterday's, only the date was different. They handed it to me in the same way, as well–one examiner handed me the document while another took a photograph, in order to prove that I had been notified. I think they'll repeat this again tomorrow.
Japanese people play by the rules. In their professional capacity, this is all they can do regarding my situation. They don't have the legal right to kick me out; all they can do is present me with a notice each day. Actually, they understand very clearly that these notices won't have any effect on me. I'm Chinese, and they don't have the right to force me to enter Japan. The Chinese authorities won't let me return to my country, and so I have no choice but to stay here. When the Japanese government presents me with these notices, they know they are really presenting them to the Chinese government. The Chinese government knows about my daily situation through media reports. Japan is putting pressure on the Chinese authorities.
At 2:30 p.m., a United Airlines flight attendant, a Chinese-American or a Taiwanese woman, brought me a bento, a container of congee, two steamed buns with meat filling, and two tangerines. Judging from the packaging, the food appeared to be from Taiwan. And it was hot. Surely she had heated the food on the plane to take it to me. I truly want to thank this flight attendant for her attentive care. She also brought me an issue of Asia Week (2009, issue 46). I was pictured on its cover. My interview with Mr. Mao Feng was printed inside. The flight attendant asked, "If you have any problems, let us know. We'll help you." I replied, "I don't have any problems right now." I then gave her a few copies of my "I Want To Go Home" brochures, asked her to share them with her colleagues, and thanked everyone.
At 5:45 p.m., those Air Canada flight attendants that gave me a copy of Canada World a few days ago once again showed up in my area. They brought me a bag of various things, including an electric water heater, a thermos, a blanket, tea, and a container of ramen. I kept only the ramen. I already have the other things, or in any case don't need them right now. She spoke Japanese, so we chatted for a while in Japanese. I gave her a few copies of "I Want To Go Home." Here, I want to convey a special thanks to the citizens of Hong Kong. Their carefully crafted brochure has become a great thank-you gift.
At around 8:00 p.m., I was on my computer over at the counters used for filling out entrance cards. I turned around and saw a flight attendant standing in my residence area. She was putting a bag of items on my "bed." I walked over. One look, and I knew she was Chinese. She said, "We just read about your situation. What the Shanghai government did to you was so wrong. You don't have any demands—you just want to return to your country, to your home. How could they deny you this? You truly love your country. If you didn't, you'd be leading a completely great life somewhere abroad." She asked me, "Can you speak Shanghainese?" "Yes," I replied. We spoke for a while in Shanghainese. There's something especially endearing about meeting someone from your own hometown.


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Jinny Jung
Senior Director of Marketing & Promotions, Turner Digital Sales
Jinny Jung is Head of Partnership Marketing for Hello Society, an influencer-powered social media marketing agency. In this role, she leads partner marketing strategy, concept development and execution and works closely with the executive team on product expansion and positioning. Previously, Jinny was Sr Director, Partnership Marketing for Adult Swim where she led the sponsorship team across linear and digital and also scouted strategic partnerships with innovative companies in the emerging media and technology space.
Jinny also served as Sr Director, Marketing & Promotions for the Entertainment divisions of Turner Digital Sales where she was responsible for setting up and managing sponsorship/advertising strategy and processes to maximize digital ad sales revenue for Cartoon Network, Adult Swim, TBS,TeamCoco, TNT, truTV and Funny or Die. Her primary area of expertise and interest is in product development, monetization strategy and facilitating innovation from conception to execution.
A strong advocate of community engagement and empowerment, Jinny has served on the boards of KALCA (Korean American League for Civic Action) and KAC National (Korean American Coalition).
She was Director of Kollaboration NewYork, an Asian-American talent showcase created to empower Asian-American artists and performers and also served as Executive Producer for the 2014 USC NetKAL Summit and Gala. Jinny is a graduate of the University of Georgia with a degree in English and is a USC NetKAL Fellow. Born in Seoul, raised in Atlanta and a former NYC resident, Jinny now resides in Los Angeles where she has begun dabbling in writing and vegetarianism.


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PDP tips Wike for Rivers gov election
in Latest News, Uncategorized
The Peoples Democratic Party in Rivers State has said that nothing stops the Supervising Minister of Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, from contesting the 2015 governorship election in the state.
The state Chairman of the PDP, Chief Felix Obuah gave this indication on Thursday in Ogba/Egbema/Ndoni Local Government Area during the inauguration of the PDP unit executive members, the unit executive of the Grassroots Development Initiative and the celebration of the party's victory at the Appeal Court in Abuja,
Though Wike has not made his intention known, Obuah argued that the minister had done a lot as a leader for the growth of the party in Rivers and deserved the support of the people of the state.
"I assure our great leader, Mr. Nyesom Wike, that his leadership is not in any way comparable to that of any person in the state. We want to assure him that any day, anytime; we will continue to respect his leadership.
"We are assuring him that just like any other candidate that has interest to contest the governorship of the state, if he (Wike) is interested to contest for any position in this state, he should not be afraid; he should come out. He has done enough and deserves the people's support.
"Let nobody threaten any PDP member. If you are interested, come out. I must sincerely say that apart from God Almighty, we owe this Appeal Court victory to our mentor, our financier, our leader, Nyesom Wike. We will join hands together to make sure that Rivers State is delivered to the PDP and the PDP alone," he said.
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Car of the Month - February 2021
Bentley 4 1/4 Litre, 1939, #B194MR
Cabriolet (4-Light Drophead Coupé) by Walter Köng (CH)
1941, Sports Saloon, again by Walter Köng (Switzerland)
In 1939 Walter Köng, Basel (Switzerland) erected coachwork on a Bentley 4Ľ Litre from the MR/MX-series. It has been the only chassis from the "Overdrive-series" (with a production figure of but 200 cars) that was supplied to the Swiss coachbuilder's company before the outbreak of World War II draw a final line. It was the one and only 4-Light Drophead Coupé by Carosserie Köng, too, on a pre-war Bentley chassis. It is worth to be mentioned that what as per Köng's parlance were 'Cabriolets' on Bentley chassis #B148HK and #B154LS didn't have two sidelights each side (which 4 in all – hence 4-Light Drophead Coupé).
The customer, director of a Basel-based chemical company, within less than 2 years decided to have the original coachwork substituted by a 4-door body. He ordered again that to be made by Carrosserie Köng from Basel. Prevailing weather conditions in Switzerland had somewhat restricted the owner's enthusiasm of employing a 'cabriolet' and thus he commanded a closed weatherproof 4-door body to be mounted on his chassis. Köng duly complied by bulding a Saloon.
With its 2nd coachwork the Bentley 4 1/4 Litre did survive well into our time. The car had been exported to Denmark during the 1950s. It remained in the Scandinavian Kingdom and – after several changes of ownership – is still in the custody of a collector there.
Research as regards this motor car had been no easy task because incorrect information had found its way into various publication. For example a caption in ""919 – 1969, 50 Jahre/ans VSCI . USIC", published by Verband der Schweizerischen Carrosserie-Industrie (Switzerland) provided an incorrect year of production. The illustration was described as showing a Bentley from 1938 hence this wasn't "a top candidate" when monitoring for photos of Walter Köng's 1939 creation. Additional information rooting in in-depth research only recently provided an appropriate 'History' of #B194MR. The photos show the car with its original 1939 coachwork by Köng and with its new Salooon body from 1941, made by Carrosserie Köng, too.


In response to increasing concerns with the legitimacy and efficiency of public spending, performance management as a part of world-wide public sector reform, called New Public Management (NPM) has taken place. This is also the case of educational sector. In Estonian education system, legislation formally enables to design an integrated performance management system. But there is few research done to investigate how these policies and regulations ought to be put into force in order to gain the benefits considering the schools' and pupils' better performance. This study investigates how different stakeholders are involved into the performance management in Estonian general schools. The study is based on empirical survey data gathered from 303 schools providing secondary education in Estonia. The research findings have three main implications. Firstly, the paper contributes to the scarce knowledge about implementation of performance management issues in public schools. Our analysis revealed that compilation of school development plans in Estonian schools is rather a formal obligation. Therefore we propose that the analysis and discussion of the school development plans is needed to organize on regional level, involving all main stakeholders of a school. Secondly, we suggest that in the circumstances of a decentralised education system, like in Estonia, it is needed to implement, central practical performance assessment principles and guidance for the schools. Thirdly, it is highly necessary to improve schools' cooperation with different stakeholder groups. Also the framework involving different stakeholder groups in the decentralized schools management system should be built up.


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Removing the Q in LGBTQ
Emily Macaulay, J1 Staff Writer
LGBTQ+ is the most commonly accepted acronym for a community of people with sexualities that differ from heterosexual (straight) or gender identities differing from cisgender (one's natural-born gender). The umbrella term stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Q*eer, as well as a plus for extra wiggle room.
Q*eer, by definition, means "strange" or "peculiar." According to the Oxford English Dictionary, one of the first documented uses of the word in a derogatory fashion dates back to the late 19th century. Q*eer continued its use as a slur until the 1980s, when it was reclaimed by LGBT activists in the spirit of gay pride and the AIDS epidemic.
Today, during the modern political era, it is now regarded as a seemingly harmless term. But the newfound usage of q*eer has brought on differing opinions from many LGBT individuals who don't want to reclaim it, and as a result, q*eer should not be included in the acronym.
In order for the coexistence of the LGBT community in a heteronormative society to be fully realized, the acronym should not include a term that, by definition, means to be unnormal. Back in June, HBO Vice News held a debate with many LGBT individuals, with one of their discussion topics being the use of the word. "If we're trying to get to a place where we normalize our community, I don't think labelling us as weird is the right way to go," argues Blaire White, a political commentator who medically transitioned from male to female when she was twenty years old.
"Due to past trauma, I neglect using the word and I dislike it being said in my presence," freshman Dominic Parsons says. As a bisexual male, he is strongly against being described as q*eer, and believes that the inclusion of the word would be inconsiderate. "I strongly dislike that it has been adopted into the LGBT acronym," he continues, "because not everyone has reclaimed this slur and it can be uncomfortable for many to be described with it."
Parsons, while loathsome of the term and uncomfortable with its use, doesn't have much of a problem with LGBT individuals using it to describe themselves specifically. "If you personally are okay with the word q*eer, that is perfectly fine. Just be mindful of people who don't want to reclaim the slur. It's all about consideration," Parsons concludes.
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Andy writes about our last day in Singapore and arrival in Bangalore::
Sadly, our last day in Singapore. Andy arose at 5 and was able to talk for 30 min with his employee Mike on the office computer that is hooked up to Skype. He learned that Sacramento survived last week's big freeze fairly unscathed. No signs of snow, freezing pipes and probably little damage to covered plants. A little later while Mary was in the shower Andy found that her mom Betty was on line and also chatted with her on Skype. Her webcam worked fine so he was able to see her on the screen but for some reason she couldn't see him.
It was a great idea setting that up before we left town. It must have been amazing for Betty to use technology so advanced in her lifetime that she was able to have a video phone call with someone 10,000 miles away overseas let alone for free on her laptop computer.
We finished our packing and were able to check out by 9:30, leaving our bags with the porter to stow until we returned later to catch a taxi to the airport. The quality of the service, the room and the location were all perfect and we highly recommend the Village Hotel at Albert Court to anyone travelling here. Today Mary desperately wanted to make her last hurrah quest to get some decent local clothing that actually fit someone who wasn't a willowed tree branch and her last hope was the fabled ION at Orchard Road shopping complex. From what he'd read in travel books, Andy was fairly certain it was a Beverly Hills shopping mecca and not what Mary envisioned but he wanted to
support her desire to find something. On the way to the MRT we made a brief stop to get another Asian breakfast of a fried egg with green beans and noodles (the closest thing we found to what we'd call breakfast outside of a bakery) and made it there by 10:30, shortly after the centre opened.
It did not go according to plan.
Despite Mary's efforts through an obstacle course of curbs, ramps, numerous escalators & stairs, crowds and considerable walking, she was already getting tired and we were both very uncomfortable from the highhumidity – for some reason even the typically air conditioned MRT oasis wasn't very cool. The directly of mall stores included Louis Vuitton, Estee Launder, Gucci, Coach, Tommy Hilfiger, Swarovski Crystal & Rolex. Nothing remotely close to what she sought; Mary was completely demoralized and ready to call it a day. He tried to console her by offering to return to Chinatown & at least get some things we passed on buying yesterday, but she had already thrown in the towel. After walking a bit towards the MRT, despite the male instinct to never ask for directions, he considered desperate measures and decided the best remaining option was to ask a local female resident who might be able to refer us to a place we may have overlooked. After a few minutes of searching back and forth in her mind, she kindly suggested we travel up a few stations and look at the shops that the locals go to. Mary's optimism was restored and we triumphantly soldiered on.
We found a few Western oriented stores and Mary even tried on a pair of capris but alas, she said that their "large" size would barely fit a size 8 and the largest waist line we found was 34.
"I'm donem" Mary said and conceded that it just wasn't going to happen. She did, however, reconsider a return to Chinatown and after a few hassles with our train tickets we got there by noon, still time left before we had to head back to the hotel.
After a good lunch and some cool drinks, we successfully got our consolation prizes. The MRT on the way back was packed – we barely had standing room only- but it was delightfully
cool. When we got out of the station near our hotel, it was raining
buckets, the first rain we'd seen in 3 days and even the locals were
staying under cover. Mary was extremely anxious to get back but he did his best to convince her to wait it out and that it was unsafe for her (there were steps and a small river going down the street). A few moments later we were was greeted by the flight attendant he had befriended on our trip out here. It was her day off and he was stunned at the odds of us meeting and her recognizing him. We chatted very briefly about our getting ready to leave and her friend offered to loan her umbrella which we reluctantly accepted only because we needed to keep Mary's CI from getting wet. The rain soon slowed and after grabbing a few pastries at the food court, we got back to the hotel at 4:30 damp and sweaty.
When Andy asked the concierge where the public
bath was so we could clean up he kindly gave us access to the hotel gym bath which we were grateful to actually be able to take a quick shower and make a change of clothes. Afterwards, we had time for a quick drink at the bar before our taxi came at 5:30. The taxi driver was very friendly and assured us the fare wouldn't exceed $30, a far cry from the $66 ripoff we paid to get there.
He talked most of the way about the riot that occurred a couple days ago in the Little India neighborhood near our hotel that we were completely oblivious to and apparently it was the worst incident in 40 years that involved some drunken foreign workers.
Unfortunately, we discovered shortly after getting to the airport that
we were dropped off at the wrong Singapore Air terminal and had to take the Skytrain to terminal 2. Fortunately we only lost 15 min and it was so much easier to do with courtesy baggage carts that, at the San Francisco airport, we were gouged $5. When we got to the ticket counter we realized we could return the borrowed umbrella but the agent said it would be better to try going through one of the flight attendants. Andy was able to do that later on the flight andincludeda thank you note on one of Mary's business cards encouraging her to contact us. You can't go wrong having a flight attendant as a friend in high places. We got the usual attentive assistance service from Sing Air to board our 8 pm flight. The plane was an older version of the one we flew earlier but still comfortable. The 4 hr flight seemed short compared to last week's. This time Indian food was the "regular" fare and Mary said it was some of the spiciest (but best) she'd ever had.
Surprisingly we only flew at about 11,000 ft instead of 36,000 last week and meant to ask why. We had a quick assisted sweep through customs and security with the only delay being we had to look up our host's phone number on Mary's computer to put on the custom's form.
The first thing we noticed when we walked outside was a distinctive
smell of smog that was unsettling but not surprising yet the cool air
and low humidity was comfortable. From a crowd with signs waiting to pick up arrivals at the curb, Ms. Muktha, founder of Mathru School for the Blind, quickly found us with our bright yellow duct taped bags andwith help from her driver and assistant we were quickly on our way.
The drive from the airport was only 7 km but it was the hairiest Andy ever experienced. It's a good thing Mary was blind and oblivious. The best way to describe driving in India is a game of chicken or for those old enough to remember, a variation of an old Tony Curtis film we'd call "Around the World in 20 Days". Crazed drivers darted in and out of lanes, drove on the shoulder wherever possible, cut in front of you with wanton mentality, liberally used the car horn to say "get out of the way" and gave us an overall sense that we were about to be in a crash at any moment. It didn't seem to matter that our driver was actually quite cautious. The only tempering moments were when we occasioned a speed bump or some unusually large potholes. As in Singapore, driving is on the left side of the road and Andy would never consider driving here much to Mary's relief.
We could hardly see much at 10:30 pm but we did note a small
unattended fire along the median, a police vehicle next to a bus on
the side of the road with a smashed in rear bumper, and trash strewn in many places on the roadside. Once off the main road, we rode on a dirt trail that was so winding and deeply rutted that often we moved less than 5 kph. Some buildings appeared fairly new while others looked like demolition candidates. Finally at the very end of the road we came to a gate announcing the school. Once we entered, a brick driveway adjacent to neatly landscaped yards with 3 well maintained buildings appeared. Our suite to stay in appears to be a converted office with 2 baths with some furniture added. It is adjacent to the kitchen (which has a refrigerator we can share) and a dining room that's used for new teachers. There are bars on the inside of the windows and all the doors are corrugated steel. The entry room is about 10 ft sq with a wobbly 3 ft sq glass table with 2 chairs and a small area of built-in shelving that has some basic dinnerware, minor foodstuffs and some insect repellent that we were told to use in the evening along with advisement to keep the doors and windows closed to avoid mosquitos. There's no television - or refrigerator or other appliances but there are 220 outlets we can use with an adapter and converter we brought (like Singapore and most of the world outside of North America, Japan, Brazil & a few other places, power is only
supplied as 220 volts.)
It has adjacent rooms with private baths on
two sides of the room. One room has two single beds slid together
with a common sheet, 2 single pillows & blankets with only about 2 ft of space from the wall, making a narrow path to the bath. The bed
mattress is more like a 2" sofa cushion and is so firm Andy had a very hard time sleeping and will probably need to get some type of foam or air mattress.
There's also a couple large boxes in the bedroom thathold batteries to store & provide power when the electric service
fails (which often happens). The other room has another glass table.
There is no heat or ac but all the rooms have ceiling fans which
aren't needed with the steady breeze and fair weather. All the
flooring is marble and the bath walls are tiled to keep it clean. The
baths are challenging, with a pedestal sink, a toilet (with a flush
handle on the right side of the tank) and a pair of hot/cold wall
faucets for filling pails to use for bathing (there's a floor drain).
The sewer pipes don't appear to have any traps as the smell of sewer gas permeates the room (Andy stuffed rags down the floor and sink drains when unused to lessen the odor).
So far the staff has been very attentive and responsive to making sure we have anything we need.
Next: Mary with comments about our first day here. Internet access here is spotty so bear with us.
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So glad to get your blog and find you had arrived and they were taking good care of the two of you. In my Skype talk with Andy I learned that you were having trouble with the internet connections. Hope that can be resolved. We are OK here and trying to get ready for Xmas. Keeping the house ready to show at alll times is a big pain in the ass. We have a system but it involves washing a dish when you use it and putting it away immediately. Yesterday, we wwere supposed to have a showing and they never showed. Grrr.
They could have phoned, right?
Tonight I made Rugelach and tomorrow Swedish Xmas cookies since no showings are scheduled. Just watch - they will appear when the kitchen is full of cookie makings.
Played bridge again this afternoon and it was most enjoyable. Played with a woman from Uruguay who has a masters in education and is divorced from an embassy employee, Not sure what his function waas but she said he was a jerk. Came in one day after 17 years of wedded bliss and told her she bored him. She didn't bore me.
Ryan is coming for dinner Sunday and Connor gets home on the 20th. They just had their first swim and dive meet with Miami of Ohio and the Chinese Nationalteam who are traveling in the USA.
Connor was happy - he had a good meet, Denison won and he outscored all the Chinese except one
More tomorrow after cookie baking. Love you.


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Steinberg am See ist eine Gemeinde im Oberpfälzer Landkreis Schwandorf. Sie ist Mitglied der Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Wackersdorf. Den Namenszusatz am See führt die Gemeinde seit dem 31. März 2006.

Geographie

Geographische Lage
Steinberg am See liegt zentral in der mittleren Oberpfalz, ungefähr 10 Kilometer östlich der großen Kreisstadt Schwandorf und etwa fünf Kilometer südöstlich von Wackersdorf, das durch die vormals geplante Wiederaufarbeitungsanlage bekannt geworden ist – und damit in der Mitte des Oberpfälzer Seenlandes, das seit Mitte der 1980er Jahre durch die Stilllegung des Braunkohletagebaus entstanden ist. Der bekannteste und größte See ist der Steinberger See.

Gemeindegliederung
Es gibt sechs Gemeindeteile (in Klammern ist der Siedlungstyp angegeben):
 Haid (Einöde)
 Hirmerhaus (Einöde)
 Oder (Weiler)
 Spitalhaus (Weiler)
 Steinberg am See (Pfarrdorf)
 Waldheim (Dorf)

Geschichte
Steinberg hat seinen Namen von dem einige hundert Meter von der Ortschaft entfernten, in dem ebenen steinlosen Bruchgelände besonders auffallenden Felsenhügel. 1185 wird Steinberg in einer Urkunde des Klosters Waldsassen vom Papst Lucius II. erstmals urkundlich erwähnt. Die "Pfarre Stainberg" wird 1286 im Dekanat Schwandorf erstmals erwähnt. Urkundlich treten die Peilsteiner 1315 als die ersten Hofbesitzer auf. Die Reisacher waren am längsten Hofmarksbesitzer (1666–1803). Das Geschlecht starb mit Kardinal Carl August Graf von Reisach aus. Am 1. Juli 1961 wurden Teile der aufgelösten Gemeinde Oder eingegliedert. 1978 bildete die Gemeinde Steinberg am See zusammen mit der Gemeinde Wackersdorf die Verwaltungsgemeinschaft Wackersdorf.

Noch vor dem großen Braunkohleboom wurde ab Ende des 19. Jahrhunderts Granit in Steinberg abgebaut. Die großen Granitblöcke aus dem Steinbruch wurden vor allem zu Pflastersteinen zerkleinert, z. B. stammt das Kleinpflaster des Steinberger Friedhofs aus einem örtlichen Steinbruch.

Einen massiven Einfluss auf das Steinberg am See von heute hatte im Verlauf der Geschichte der Abbau von Braunkohle. Als Teil des Oberpfälzer Braunkohlereviers wurde vor allem im 20. Jahrhundert auch im Raum der Gemeinde Steinberg am See intensiv Braunkohle in Tagebaubetrieben gefördert. Mitte der 1980er Jahre wurde der Abbau durch die Bayerische Braunkohlenindustrie (BBI) eingestellt und die Gruben wurden im Lauf mehrerer Jahre geflutet. Dadurch sind unter anderem der Steinberger See und der Knappensee entstanden. Seit der vollständigen Flutung Ende der 1980er entwickelte sich vor allem der Steinberger See zum Standort für Wassersport, Tourismus und Naherholung.

Einwohnerentwicklung
Zwischen 1988 und 2018 wuchs die Gemeinde von 1417 auf 1917 um 500 Einwohner bzw. um 35,3 % – der höchste prozentuale Zuwachs im Landkreis im genannten Zeitraum.

Politik

Gemeinderat
Die Gemeinderatswahlen seit 2014 ergaben folgende Sitzverteilungen:

Bürgermeister
Erster Bürgermeister ist seit Mai 2014 Harald Bemmerl.

Wappen

Neben dem traditionellen Wappen hat die Gemeinde seit Anfang 2016 ein Logo und Schriftzug im eigenen Corporate Design.

Sehenswürdigkeiten

 Steinberger See
 Katholische Kirche St. Wendelin
 Heimat- und Braunkohlemuseum

Tourismus
Der Tourismus in der Gemeinde Steinberg am See konzentriert sich mit wenigen Ausnahmen auf das Areal des Steinberger Sees, welcher nach Ende des Braunkohleabbaus durch Fluten der Tagebauen entstanden ist. Mit einer Fläche von 1,84 km² ist der Steinberger See der größte See der Oberpfalz. Heute wird er gleichzeitig von Bade- und Campinggästen, Seglern und Wassersportlern genutzt. Auch mehrere Rad- und Wanderwege führen um oder am Steinberger See entlang. Im Jahr 2018 konnten die örtlichen Hotels und Ferienhäuser insgesamt rund 16.000 Übernachtungsgäste verzeichnen.

Seit Januar 2019 befindet sich am Westufer des Steinberger Sees als Teil des inMotion Parks Steinberg am See die mit 40 Metern Höhe größte begehbare Holzkugel der Welt (Erlebnisholzkugel mit Erlebnisstationen, Aussichtsplattform und Röhrenrutsche). Daneben wird mit einer Adventure-Golfanlage an den Kohleabbau um Steinberg erinnert. Dieser wird im einzigen Braunkohlemuseum Süddeutschlands in der Ortsmitte aufgezeigt.

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Ort im Landkreis Schwandorf
Kirchdorf (Siedlungstyp)


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All the tents are standin' In puddles on the ground.
Still I wonder, Who'll stop the rain.
Hiding out at Crisses, I watched the fire burn.
Puddles to my ankles, Mud up to my knees.
We went up to circle, Reiki had been rained out twice.
back to the fire, Down it came again.


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» Subject » History » The Heroic Earth
War by Revolution
The Heroic Earth
Geopolitical Thought in Weimar Germany, 1918–1933
David T. Murphy
In The Heroic Earth, David T. Murphy argues that geopolitical ideas were most dynamic and significant in Germany not during the Nazi era (1933-45) but in the democratic culture of the Weimar republic (1919-33). By helping to condition the German population to geopolitical ideas, which emphasized revision of the Versailles settlement and enlarging Germany's living space, geopolitics helped contribute to Nazi imperialism. From the defeat of Germany in 1918 until the rise of National Socialism i9n 1933, theories of geographical determinism enjoyed a broad currency in many fields of German public life. The ancient notion that environmental factors—climate, topography, resource distribution—shape society in significant ways was now applied in a radically determinist fashion to help Germans understand why they had lost the war and what they had to do to regain their place among the Great Powers. Under the rubric of Geopolitik, politicians, teachers, writers and others argued that they key to Germany's past, and the hope for its future, lay in understanding geography's determining impact upon races, cultures, states, and warfare. Theories of geographical determinism shaped German thinking about politics, race, science, education, aesthetics, and many other subjects on the eve of the Nazi era. Challenging traditional historiography, Murphy argues that geopolitics faded in importance after Adolf Hitler came to power.


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Home›Features›BC Community Discusses Accessibility at UGBC Town Hall
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BC Community Discusses Accessibility at UGBC Town Hall
by Lauren Wry
If you've ever seen the Million Dollar stairs, the stairs to Upper Campus, or any of the other dozens of staircases on Boston College's hilly campus, you may have noticed that it can be difficult to get around. For many, it is a minor inconvenience on the way to class. For disabled students at BC, however, the hills and staircases can be a real obstacle to moving throughout campus.
On Tuesday, Oct. 24, UGBC's Council for Students With Disabilities hosted a town hall event to discuss experiences, accessibility on campus, and change. The Council generally holds one town hall per semester to provide a space for students to share any issues, complaints, or suggestions that they feel may have gone unheard, according to Council Chair Claire Chatellier.
"It's a way for us to better investigate how we can better serve our constituents and what can be improved," Chatellier said of the event.
The town hall featured speaker William Tibbs, the Director of Planning and Design on the Capital Projects Management team. Tibbs gave a brief history of accessibility on campus, starting with the Campus Accessibility Report that began in 2005, which focused primarily on landscaping and grounds issues rather than the buildings. It was not until 2008 that the team began to look seriously at the accessibility of various campus buildings.
Tibbs noted several projects that have been completed—projects that he calls the "low-hanging fruit" on a very difficult campus. These initial projects included adding accessibility ramps and door-opening buttons to building entrances, as well as redoing all of the bus stops, some pathways, and the Academic Quad, which used to have several sets of stairs on it. Although these projects are some of the easier ones to tackle, they still pose significant obstacles. Namely, the cost of these projects is significant. The accessibility ramp into the library on Brighton Campus, for instance, cost about $250,000, according to Tibbs. This is also the approximate cost of the accessibility ramp at the O'Connell House on Upper Campus, and the cost of updating any elevator on campus.
Tibbs also acknowledged that outside evaluators from the Department of Justice and the Department of Education had been to campus in recent years to evaluate the accessibility of campus.
Said Tibbs, "In general, I would say all of them said that [evaluators] thought we were doing a good job, that we still had things to do, and that like in any big university you can't do them all at once; you just have to have a plan to work your way through."
Over the past decade or so, since the Campus Accessibility Report, Tibbs estimates that BC has spent over $4 million on improving accessibility. Although he acknowledges that there is progress yet to be made, he notes that there are several things that his office has learned over that time span that will aid its future projects. Lessons learned include moving from the reactive to the proactive, encouraging student involvement, getting a second opinion from accessibility experts, verifying construction, and developing a comprehensive and flexible plan.
As for what this comprehensive and flexible plan would entail, Tibbs did not go into the specifics of what is upcoming, other than to say that they are phasing in signage that would indicate more accessible routes through campus.
He did, however, provide some insight into how plans are formed. Tibb's office is constantly creating three-year plans. While their plans have historically been based on complaints they have received from others, or immediate need for a particular student, they have now incorporated a more proactive portion that creates a list of priorities to tackle before they become an immediate problem.
Despite these proactive aims, pressing problems still take priority—and in order to fix them, the Project Management team has to know about them. Again and again throughout the presentation, Tibbs urged students to provide feedback and to voice their concerns so that the team can react to the problems that inconvenience students the most.
Following the presentation, Tibbs sat in on the ensuing discussion to hear firsthand the concerns from students about accessibility. Students related a variety of experiences and difficulties, including waiting two hours for Eagle Escort, experiencing difficulty getting onto the Newton Bus, not knowing the accessible routes around campus, and having to explain why they were receiving extra time on a quiz or why they were allowed to step out of class.
Many students expressed some frustration and disappointment in their experiences. Some, however, were hopeful that the difficult events of last week and the ensuing discussions on the immediate need for change may provide a window with which to accomplish their goals.
"If we really want to do anything, now is our time," stated one student participant of the discussion.
For anyone who is interested in continuing these discussions on accessibility on our campus, or determined to create a change, there are a variety of ways to participate.
The Council's next event, entitled "Talking Body: A Discussion on Disabled Bodies in the Media," is taking place on Nov. 9 at 12 p.m. in Stokes N201. On that same day at 5:30 p.m. in McElroy 237 there will be an All Abilities Welcome Adaptive Yoga Session. Both events are part of Love Your Body Week. Finally, the Council will host guest speaker Wendy Booker, a motivational speaker who was the first person with Multiple Sclerosis to summit Denali at a height of 20,310 feet. Booker will be at BC on Nov. 16 at 6 p.m. in McGuinn 121.
For those interested in being even more proactive, there are ways to do that as well. Tibbs encouraged all students with observations, concerns, or issues to voice them. He recommended the channel of the Office of Student Affairs, or contacting the Council directly so that its members could pass along the information. Finally, anyone who wants to be more active in advocating for these issues or who already has a project in mind that they are passionate about is encouraged to attend the Council's weekly meetings. Times and locations can be found on its Facebook page.
"All events are open to everyone, whether you have a disability or not," emphasizes Chattelier. "We welcome all abilities at all of our events and all of our general meetings. I think a lot of people think that they have to have a disability to participate, but that's definitely not the case."
She adds, "Anyone who has an area that they perceive they could work on and advocate for more accessibility...we encourage people to take initiative and work on that and make it their own."
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The cabin renovation is basically finished. It took much longer than I expected, but I don't think we'll have too much trouble finding a renter before winter really starts.
The last thing we had done was to have the utility pole straightened and the power and phone cables buried from the pole to the house. When we bought the place, the utility pole had been forced out of the ground about four feet and was leaning at least 30 degrees. In addition, the overhead lines from that pole to the house dropped to within a few feet of the ground, and were connected to a second pole that was leaning in a tree. We decided it'd be better to just bury the whole thing past the service drop. Problem was, the day before the work was scheduled, we got 0.8" of rain and when they ran the trencher through the saturated permafrost, it turned the trench into a riverine mud pit. The trench ran right along the cabin, and essentially ruined the front yard and driveway area. Since I was having gravel delivered for our arctic entryway, I decided to get a full truck and have them deliver the extra to the cabin. It's still a bit of a mess, but I'm hoping that grass and other vegetation will grow up through the gravel where our renters don't drive on it.
A series of photos taken during the entire renovation can be viewed at Cabin Renovation, Summer 2010.
The new cabin is finally starting to take shape. All the vinyl flooring has been installed in the entry, bathroom and kitchen, and I've finished with the laminate flooring in the kitchen area. This morning I tiled the hearth, and started working on the flooring in the living room. It's such a relief being done with all the painting. I also put the water tank back in the bathroom, so now there's running water again.
We got all the flooring for the cabin on Sunday. We had planned on sheet vinyl for most of the areas that could get wet, but a remarkably helpful employee at Home Depot suggested we use "vinyl plank flooring" instead. It's similar to laminate flooring in that it comes in pieces that fit together to form a solid, floating floor. In this case, the individual planks have top and bottom glue strips on the edges so that they stick to each other. The glue is pressure activated and once the pieces have been fused together, it's waterproof. The stuff is also quite thick and stiff, so it'll go right over variations and defects in the subfloor.
I did the bathroom installation last night. It's difficult to get the seams completely tight, but when you're not up close to the floor the variation in seams isn't obvious. It's also very difficult to cut, and I went through quite a few knife blades on this small room. Still, it's much easier to install than getting a big sheet of vinyl to fit, and it's so thick that it seems much more durable than even high quality vinyl.
We got two different tile patterns for the bathroom and entry area, and a simulated teak for the kitchen. The rest of the place gets laminate flooring in a simulated oak. It's not really high quality stuff, but good enough for a rental and will look a lot nicer than the old carpeting I pulled up a month ago.
The cabin renovation continues. I've been working every evening, all weekend, and I've started taking Fridays off so I can get everything done before the summer is over. For the past eternity I've been painting. Once again, I rediscover how unpleasant it is to paint textured walls. Rolling on the paint isn't so bad, but cutting in is brutal because you have to go over the same area over and over again with the brush to get all sides of each stupid frigging pebble of drywall mud covered with paint. The good news is I've gotten the entire place primed, and have completed the final coat on the ceilings, bathroom, and the two main rooms. Tomorrow I hope to finish with the rest, assuming I don't run out of paint. And then I'll finally be able to do something fun: tiling the hearth, linoleum, and laminate flooring.
We still need to pick out the flooring. I'm thinking we'll use two or three different styles of linoleum or thick vinyl for the bathroom, entry, and kitchen. Then a medium-light colored laminate flooring for the bedroom and living room. Hopefully we'll be able to get all this stuff on Sunday. By then I should be done with the walls and can move on to the floor. The roof still looms in my mind, but I'm trying not to think about it until the interior is all done.
I've been riding my mountain bike back and forth between the cabin and home, and the top image was what I saw on my way home tonight. The new property is on the right side of the road in the photo. The photo below was taken off the deck at the new place.