The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has confirmed the presence of invasive zebra mussels in Belton Lake, and experts worry the species could jeopardize the water supply in Central Texas towns.
With the discovery of invasive zebra mussels in Central Texas' Belton Lake, experts are now worried that the destructive bivalve's spread will create long-term logistical and ecological complications for the state's reservoirs and drinking water.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department last week confirmed the presence of zebra mussels in Belton Lake, nearly 200 miles south of other lakes known to contain the species. Zebra mussels were first identified in Texas in 2009, but the Belton Lake discovery marks the first confirmation of the species in the Brazos River basin. Unlike most native mussel populations, zebra mussels can attach themselves to hard surfaces, including pipes. Once they grab hold, they colonize on top of one another, bonding together so strongly within a reservoir's pipe systems that they can restrict the flow of the pumped water, said Brian Van Zee, regional director for the parks department.
"Everything that's downstream is at risk of getting contaminated as well," Van Zee said. Although the mussels were first discovered in the lake in September, tests indicate that they may have been introduced as early as 2012.
Water utilities in North Texas have struggled with zebra mussels for years. In 2009, the Lake Texoma area lost 28 percent of its water supply when local officials halted pumping for fear of spreading the mussels further. Suppliers in Central Texas could soon face similar challenges.
Brad Brunett of the Brazos River Authority said Belton Lake primarily supplies water to nearby cities, including Temple, Killeen and Gatesville.
"There is long-term potential, depending on how well the zebra mussels do in Lake Belton, for water suppliers to experience some maintenance issues," he said. But he added that suppliers have time to plan. "It's not a permanent, end of the world, your pipeline's going to go away scenario," he said.
Bell County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1, the BRA's largest customer, has a water intake structure at Belton Lake. General Manager Jerry Atkinson said the zebra mussels were a surprise. He is still evaluating the severity of the infestation, but he said he has a response plan in place.
"My guess is that they're not too terribly bad right now," he said. It's too early to tell what maintenance measures will be necessary to combat them, but "it will not be expensive until you start having to retrofit or use chemicals," he said.
Tiffany Morgan, an environmental planner with the Brazos River Authority, said there is still a lot to learn about how the zebra mussels will react in Belton Lake and in the river basin. "The good news is there is not a reservoir downstream to be releasing to," she said.
Environmental experts are concerned about the mussels' long-term consequences as population and water demand in Central Texas continue to grow.
Zebra mussels are highly effective filter feeders that compete with native species and remove phytoplankton, a fundamental component of the freshwater food chain. Van Zee said the mussels cause an ecosystem imbalance that may affect water quality over time. Some research, he said, indicates that zebra mussels may lead to an increase in blue-green algal blooms, which can be toxic to humans.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has issued a temporary emergency order requiring boaters at Lake Belton to drain their vehicles and equipment of water before leaving the lake. It's a practice the department has called crucial to stopping the mussels from spreading, because contaminated boats are often responsible for transporting the invasive species, a violation of state law. Van Zee said the department is working to make the boat-draining rule permanent.


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"Restaurants Canada wants to continue to support our industry through its revival and has decided not to cancel the event nor defer to virtual only, but instead will shift the RC Show dates to the month of May for this year," said the association in an email.
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The Mayor Of Stratford, Ontario Is Desperate To Have Justin Bieber's Wedding There And Here's How He's Going To Make It Happen
His pitch to the couple includes sports tickets and music festivals.
Now that it's officially confirmed that Justin Bieber and Hailey Baldwin are engaged, people are starting to speculate about the plans for the wedding and come up with their own ideas.
The mayor of Stratford, Ontario, Justin's hometown, has some ideas of his own. He thinks the couple should get married in Stratford and has offered a couple incentives to make it happen.
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Dan Mathieson is the mayor of Stratford. He obviously realizes that a celebrity wedding like Justin and Hailey's would be a good move for the city and he is desperate to make that happen.
He told TMZ his pitch to the couple, drawing on Justin's Canadian and hometown pride. Not only that but he is willing to throw in a few perks. Mathieson has said if the couple gets married in hockey season he will give them free tickets to Stratford's local hockey team the Warriors and if it's summer he will let Justin play at the summer music festival.
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The little incentives aren't just for the couple. Mathieson has also offered to throw in discounted admission to the Justin Bieber Museum for all the wedding guests. Beyond all the little perks, the Mayor also made a good point that the people of Stratford would respect the couple's privacy as they always do whenever Justin is back in town.
It makes sense not only for the town to want the wedding there, but it would be a good choice for the couple too. Not only is a lot of Justin's family in the area but it isn't too far for the Baldwins to come up from New York either. Not to mention the fact that Stratford is a beautiful city and would be the perfect wedding backdrop.
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The NextSchool is a South African initiative providing learners with a modern character-based training system. The programme focuses on encouraging creative thought-processes through problem solving while instilling values such as leadership and group work.
There's undoubtedly been a paradigm shift in how access to information is influencing our society, from media. However, we find that innovation is woefully lacking in education and training. Traditional methodologies of learning are out of date, uninspiring and often unsuccessful in equipping students with the right mindset, values and tools needed to lead an empowering life. This is especially true for many young learners in South Africa, who are often left disconnected from our increasingly connected world.
Through various projects, The NextSchool seeks to make education relevant, engaging and transformative, where students and teachers are given the right skills and tools needed to create sustainable solutions in their lives and that of others.
The aim of the Schools of Frugal Innovation project is to reduce the complexity and cost of education. The NextSchool hopes to equip learners with the right tools, by setting up platforms that encourages the engagement of local communities and their role models while developing infrastructure through refurbishing classrooms as well as providing access to libraries and electricity.
We have observed that learners at intermediate schooling are often more inquisitive and open to learn. With the right brand partnerships, The NextSchool will therefore encourage and empower young learners in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics as well as agriculture.
Through weekend gatherings and bootcamps, we will train and engage with students around specific projects that address local, relevant issues or challenges. We will also recognise the best innovations in the categories of health and sanitation, conservation, arts and technology. Our aim is to produce and sustain at least six developments and innovations at the selected schools, which could be managed by young learners, mentors and brand partners.
We have collaborated with a number of young, local role models such as entrepreneurs and inventors Stuart Ntlathi, Lufefe Nomjana, Thembinkosi Matika, Wandile Mabanga, Refilwe Ledwaba, Vincent Manzini and many more, in order for them to act as mentors at six schools in the Eastern Cape Transkei region.
The Khayelitsha Innovation Summit is a three-day event to be held annually in September. With key brand partners, mentors and community integration, the Summit will consist of an exhibition space where Makers, inventors and entrepreneurs can showcase their inspiring work to the local community. Young learners will also be encouraged to partner with mentors and design a concept that solves an issue in their community.
The aim of the Khayelitsha Innovation Summit is to create the foundation on which The NextSchool initiative can ultimately expand inaugural innovation events throughout South Africa.
We will showcase the future of education and learning institutions through exhibitions and stands run by youth pioneers,innovators and inventors such as Shalton Mothwa of Epoch Microchips who invented the charging laptop bag; Ludwick Marishane, whose 'drybath' has been recognized around the world; Stuart Ntlathi, inventor extraordinaire; and Refilwe Ledwaba, the founder of Sawia, just to name a few.
We will have an opening day for students where speakers and inventions will reflect the fact that we want to inspire and engage them, with speakers including John Gilmour, the founder of Leap Science School and a reputed education activist and futurist .
We will also feature Sir Ken Robinson of 'How to Change Education from the Ground Up'.
On the last day speakers such as Bheki Kunene of Mindtrix and Lufefe Nomjana of Espinaca Innovations will challenge students to highlight their own problems and issues and devise strategies and innovations to fix these using frugal innovations.
The next year or next school innovation showcase will feature exhibitions of these students from across our townships.
The Adventure Outreach Club gives at-risk children from underprivileged environments the opportunity to become involved with extreme sports and outdoor activities such as mountaineering, rock climbing, sailing, camping, and long-distance hiking.
We give these young people the opportunity to step outside their usual environment and channel their energy in more productive and healthy ways.
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LIPA privatization moves closer
New Jersey's Public Service Enterprise Group Inc., would effectively take control of the Long Island Power Authority under legislation proposed Monday by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. The deal is made possible in part because PSEG will not have to take on LIPA's enormous debt.
That debt issue was highlighted in a Crain's article in January.
PSEG had been set to take over management of LIPA's power lines next year, but under Mr. Cuomo's plan it would also control budgeting, storm preparedness and response and infrastructure improvements.
In addition, LIPA rates would be frozen for three years, its board shrunk to five members from 15, and about half of its $6.7 billion debt load would be refinanced to a lower interest rate. That debt, a hangover from the long-abandoned Shoreham nuclear facility, accounts for 10% of LIPA ratepayer bills.
Energy experts applauded the privatization plan, which began in earnest after LIPA bungled its response to Superstorm Sandy. Mr. Cuomo has described LIPA as "broken."
"Gov. Cuomo has demonstrated great leadership in these significant steps to reform LIPA," said Steve Mitnick, an energy adviser to Gov. Eliot Spitzer. "Long Islanders will enjoy in future years an electricity grid they can count on."
Mr. Cuomo's plan does not constitute a full privatization because the state-controlled authority would remain the holder of its $6.7 billion debt load.
Still, putting PSEG in effective control and refinancing a portion of LIPA's debt, clears the path to eventually getting the public utility into private hands.
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Assuring Assured Retaliation: China's Nuclear Posture and U.S.-China Strategic Stability
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Fiona S. Cunningham is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science and member of the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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M. Taylor Fravel is Associate Professor of Political Science and member of the Security Studies Program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He thanks the Smith Richardson Foundation and the U.S. Institute of Peace for their generous financial support.
© 2015 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
International Security (2015) 40 (2): 7–50.
https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00215
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Fiona S. Cunningham, M. Taylor Fravel; Assuring Assured Retaliation: China's Nuclear Posture and U.S.-China Strategic Stability. International Security 2015; 40 (2): 7–50. doi: https://doi.org/10.1162/ISEC_a_00215
Whether China will abandon its long-standing nuclear strategy of assured retaliation for a first-use posture will be a critical factor in future U.S.-China strategic stability. In the past decade, advances in U.S. strategic capabilities, especially missile defenses and enhanced long-range conventional strike capacity, could undermine China's nuclear retaliatory capability, which is based on a relatively small force and second-strike posture. An exhaustive review of Chinese writings on military affairs indicates, however, that China is unlikely to abandon its current nuclear strategy of assured retaliation. Instead, China will modestly expand its arsenal, increase the sophistication of its forces, and allow limited ambiguity regarding its pledge not to use nuclear weapons first. This limited ambiguity allows China to use the threat of nuclear retaliation to deter a conventional attack on its nuclear arsenal, without significantly increasing the size of its nuclear forces and triggering a costly arms race. Nevertheless, China's effort to maintain its strategy of assured retaliation while avoiding an arms race could backfire. Those efforts increase the risk that nuclear weapons could be used in a crisis between the United States and China, even though China views this possibility as much less likely than the United States does.
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Calls for Bristol Night Czar to fight for city's nightlife
By Matty Edwards on 8th December, 2017
CITY: culture, housing, music, nightlife
Nightclubs and music venues increasingly under threat from new developments, experts say Bristol can take a leaf out of London's book.
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Venue owners and industry figures have called for a Night Czar and Night Time Commission to help safeguard Bristol's nightlife amid fears of its future and venue closures.
At a public meeting held at Thekla on Wednesday as part of the campaign to save the iconic music venue, local figures from Bristol's night-time economy urged councillors, council planning officers and developers to work with venues to find ways to coexist.
Alan Miller, Chairman of the Night Time Industries Association (NTIA), who led the discussions, said: "I think we need to make a point about urban master plans, where everyone sits down and thinks ambitiously again about our cities of the future.
"This should involve having a Night Time Commission with key stakeholders from Bristol as well as a Night Czar to work alongside Mayor Marvin Rees and Councillors to ensure everyone gets to maximise the benefits of our much-loved venues while mitigating any costs"
Mayor Sadiq Khan appointed Amy Lamé as London's first ever Night Czar last year, and there is now growing consensus that she has galvanised the campaign to protect the capital's nightlife.
"Now we've got a situation in London, it's not a panacea or utopia, but we have someone who's talking to the different councils- a champion of some kind," Miller said.
The panel event came after a campaign was launched to protect Thekla from a residential development across the water at Redcliffe Wharf, which was recently granted planning permission despite a noise survey being deemed inadequate.
Julie Tippins head of compliance for Thekla's owners, DHP Family, said she wanted the second sound report to be "robust" so that it "protects us and the residents".
"We're still not in a good place, but I am more hopeful now than I was. We will continue with the campaign until we have definitely protected the Thekla," she said.
A Night Czar would be a "good focal point", who could speak on behalf of all venues, she added.
Also on the panel were Tom Paine (Love Saves The Day); Leighton De Burca (Nite Watch Placemaker Bristol) and John Hirst (Bristol BID).
Tom Paine said: "The safeguard we're looking for is someone at the council to support our industry. We need someone who understands what we do and will fight our battles with us."
He also called for a more united front between venues. "Bristol has an amazing reputation for the whole independent success of what we do, but part of the problem has been that by being independent we've also been quite fractured."
Leighton De Burca urged people to get involved in strategic planning in the city, because the night-time economy isn't written into most future plans.
Agent of change principle
There was also widespread support for another measure being implemented in London – the agent of change principle, which would force developers to soundproof new properties when building next to night-time venues.
Paul Gray from the Musicians Union, who was in the audience, spoke of how agent of change had been embedded into Welsh planning policy after campaigning for four months to save a Cardiff venue from a nearby development.
There was consensus that with an increasingly densely populated city centre, residents needed to accept everything that comes with that, including noise from night-time venues.
Tippins said: "There are going to be more developments and I want the council to wake up to this and start thinking about how we can build better plans so we can coexist."
Discussions focused on the tension between the business arguments for the night-time economy and the cultural value of nightlife that means so much to people.
Paine said: "None of us got into this industry to make money, we got into this because we love music and bringing people together, but the council only started listening to us when we started talking about money and economics."
There were also reminders of the difficulties that venues are constantly facing. Daniel Cleary, owner of Fiddlers in Bedminster, a music venue of 23 years, revealed the he has just received a planning application for nearby flats. He said that residents' committees had been consulted, but until recently he had not.
Since the meeting, The Fleece, a much-loved venue that has also had to contend with a nearby development, announced huge increases in what it pays in business rates, which is yet another factor threatening the survival of many night-time venues.
Paine said that prominent figures needed to use their voices more to make an impact. "Campaigns like Save Fabric, Save Nightlife and Save Thekla have woken us up to the power that we have to reach people to help support worthwhile causes."
Julie Tippins said: "I was totally surprised by the amount of public support for the Thekla campaign. If you go out and ask the public to support you, you can change people's attitude and change policies, but we have to do that together."
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Viknesh Vijayenthiran June 2, 2016 Comment Now!
It was less than two years ago that we first heard about Supercar Dating, a United Kingdom-based company helping "Fine Living Companions" meet owners of supercars.
Before you jump to any conclusions, a Fine Living Companion is described by the company as a career-driven individual of either gender but without a supercar.
And while the company has the word "dating" in its name, Supercar Dating has become more of a club or rather a social network where like-minded people, essentially high-net-worth individuals with a penchant for high-performance autos, simply meet, often during organized events.
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It's become so popular that Supercar Dating now has its own television show: Test Drive Your Date. In the first episode, which aired recently on the U.K.'s Channel 4, singer Elliot John Gleave, better known by his stage name Example, met up with Supercar Dating founder Sangeeth Segaram to learn just what's on offer. You can watch a snippet of the episode here.
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The response so far has been so overwhelming that Supercar Dating has also launched a separate service, Supercar Circle, which is purely a social networking service. Segaram says he was prompted to launch the new service because through Supercar Dating he discovered that only around 30 percent of supercar owners are typically single. Supercar Circle provides the other 70 percent a platform to meet and network.
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Tailoring Mentoring for New Mathematics and Science Teachers: An Exploratory Study
10.14221/ajte.2011v36n4.5
This paper explores some aspects of effective professional mentoring practice for early career mathematics and science teachers, and discusses the Early Support Program (ESP), a research project conducted in 2009 and 2010 at a large Australian metropolitan university. It is argued that better outcomes may result from a more strategic "tailoring" of mentoring "type" for different aspects of new teacher induction, especially as school-based mentors often have insufficient time or training to support them. The ESP has been trialling its more "distanced" mentoring model, tracking the issues that a group of new teachers chose to discuss with their mentors, and exploring this further through focus groups and case studies. The project has indicated that more flexible, off-campus mentoring assistance may serve some needs particularly well, and that it may also alleviate the pressure placed upon teachers in schools. A secondary aim of the ESP research was to prepare an appropriate resource for teachers, based on its findings, and this has now been done.
Ormond, C. (2011). Tailoring Mentoring for New Mathematics and Science Teachers: An Exploratory Study. Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 36(4).
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Home Finance US stocks edge higher as investors await inflation data
US stocks edge higher as investors await inflation data
US stocks edged higher on Tuesday even after Federal Reserve officials reiterated that interest rates would probably hover above 5 per cent for much of 2023.
Rising prices for healthcare and consumer cyclical stocks helped Wall Street's blue-chip S&P 500 add 0.4 per cent in mid-afternoon trading. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite gained 0.6 per cent as investors shook off warnings on Monday from the presidents of the US central bank's San Francisco and Atlanta branches that high inflation meant interest rates had further to climb.
Most Fed officials expect the fed funds rate to peak between 5 per cent and 5.25 per cent later this year, up from its current level at between 4.25 per cent and 4.5 per cent. Much of the debate among investors now revolves around whether the central bank will lift borrowing costs by 0.5 percentage points or 0.25 percentage points when it meets at the end of this month.
Arguments for either move depend to a large extent on December's consumer price index data, which will be published on Thursday. Market participants surveyed by Refinitiv expect prices to have risen 6.5 per cent year on year in the final month of last year, down from an increase of 7.1 per cent in November.
"A cool surprise will tilt the expectations to a 25 [basis point] hike and we'll get some equity upside," said Mike Zigmont, head of trading and research at Harvest Volatility Management. "Hot data will result in 50 [basis point] expectations and significant downside. The market is not symmetrically primed."
Tuesday's moves in equity markets came after the US National Federation of Independent Business's Small Business Optimism index declined by more than expected in December, suggesting the Fed's aggressive monetary tightening campaign is squeezing economic activity.
"Inflation and difficulties finding qualified workers remain the issues most problematic" for small business, said Joshua Shapiro, chief US economist at MFR.
US government bonds have rallied since the start of the year on the back of signs of slowing wage growth in the world's biggest economy — a critical measure of pressure on prices for Fed officials who insist their approach to monetary policy will be "completely data-dependent".
On Tuesday, however, the yield on the two-year Treasury note, which is sensitive to interest rate expectations, rose 0.05 percentage points to 4.25 per cent.
The 10-year Treasury yield, seen as a proxy for borrowing costs around the world, added 0.1 percentage points to 3.62 per cent. Bond yields move inversely to prices.
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Angelica L.
As currently understood Angelica is a genus with ca. 90-110 species native to the northern hemisphere (Mabberley 2008; much less according to other authors). The genus is particularly well represented in China where about half of the species are known to occur (32 of them endemic) (Zehui & Watson 2005). The genus includes Archangelica N.M. Wolf and other segregates like Ostericum Hoffmann, although some of these might turn out to be distinct (Mabberley 2008). The classification of Angelica and related genera is complex and controversial. A comprehensive revision, including analyses of DNA sequence data, is needed before any major changes to the traditional classification can be accepted (Zehui & Watson 2005). However, recent preliminary molecular studies, mostly based on Far Eastern species, demonstrate that taxonomic realignments will be required, as many species of Angelica fall outside of Angelica s.str. Also, the results obtained are significantly different from traditional treatments of Angelica s.l. (Liao & al. 2013). For instance, molecular data clearly separate a strongly supported 'Archangelica clade' that is represented by Archangelica officinalis (the type of the genus Archangelica; syn.: Angelica archangelica), two additional species of Archangelica, and the North American species Angelica ampla A. Nelson (Liao & al. 2013). Morphological synapomorphies (e.g., the vittae of Archangelica are quite small, almost encircling and adhering to the seed), serve to distinguish Archangelica from all other members of Angelica s.l. (Liao & al. 2013). These multiple lines of evidence suggest that Archangelica would perhaps better be maintained as an independent genus, distinct from Angelica s.str. Pending confirmation, a more conservative classification is adopted here.
One species, Angelica sylvestris L., is a common native species in Belgium. Only few species of Angelica have some economic value, as ornamentals (Knees & Sinclair 1997), as a minor crop plant (e.g. A. archangelica) or for traditional medicinal purposes. Three additional species, A. dahurica (Fischer ex Hoffmann) Bentham & J. D. Hooker ex Franchet & Savatier, A. decursiva (Miquel) Franchet & Savatier and A. sinensis (Oliver) Diels are widely cultivated in Asia where the roots are used as an important traditional Chinese medicine (Zehui & Watson 2005). Out of these, the first is a stout perennial like A. archangelica and may have been overlooked in western Europe.
1 Peduncles and rays subequal, nearly glabrous. Petals greenish white. Fruit 6-8 mm long with thick, corky wings. Petiole of leaves terete, +/- inflated. Plant yellowish-green with strong smell. Umbels almost globular === Angelica archangelica
Peduncles and rays unequal, more or less pubescent throughout. Petals white or pinkish-white. Fruit 4-6 mm long (rarely more) with narrow, membranous wings. Petiole of leaves canaliculate. Plant dull green with weak smell. Umbels not globular (native) === A. sylvestris
Bernard C. (1990) Carpologie comparée de quelques espèces françaises et Scandinaves du genre Angelica L. Rev. Cytol. Biol. Vég. Botaniste 13: 89-107.
Cannon J. (1968) Angelica. In: Tutin T.G. & al. (eds), Flora Europaea, vol. 2. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 357-358.
Fröberg L. (2010) Angelica. In: Jonsell B. & Karlsson T. (eds.), Flora Nordica, vol. 6. The Swedish Museum of Natural History, Stockholm [available online at: http://www.floranordica.org/Review/-Review_public/accounts/Angelica.html]
Gutierrez Bustillo A.M. (1981) Revisión del género Angelica L. (Umbelliferae) en la Peninsula Ibérica. Lazaroa 3: 137-161. [available online at: http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/LAZA/article/viewFile/LAZA8181110137A/1...
Knees S.G. & Sinclair N.J. (1997) Angelica. In: Cullen J. & al. (eds.), The European Garden Flora, vol. 5. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: 410-411.
Lambinon J. & Verloove F. (avec coll. Delvosalle L., Toussaint B., Geerinck D., Hoste I., Van Rossum F., Cornier B., Schumacker R., Vanderpoorten A. & Vannerom H.) (2012) Nouvelle Flore de la Belgique, du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg, du Nord de la France et des Régions voisines (Ptéridophytes et Spermatophytes). Sixième édition. Jardin botanique national de Belgique, Meise: CXXXIX + 1195 p.
Liao C., Downie S.R., Li Q., Yu Y., He X. & Zhou B. (2013) New Insights into the Phylogeny of Angelica and its Allies (Apiaceae) with Emphasis on East Asian Species, Inferred from nrDNA, cpDNA, and Morphological Evidence. Syst. Bot. 38: 266-281. [available online at: http://www.life.illinois.edu/downie/Liao2013.pdf]
Mabberley D.J. (2008) Mabberley's plant-book (3th ed.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge: XVIII + 1021 p.
Pimenov M.G. & Kljuykov E.V. (2003) Notes on some Sino-Himalayan species of Angelica and Ostericum (Umbelliferae). Willdenowia 33(1): 121-137. [available online at: https://www.bgbm.org/sites/alienplantsbelgium.bedefault/files/documents/...
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Vasil'eva M.G. & Pimenov M.G. (1991) Karyotaxonomical analysis of the genus Angelica (Umbelliferae). Pl. Syst. Evol. 177: 117-138.
Xue H.J., Yan M.H., Lu C.M., Wang N.H. & Wu G.R. (2007) Taxonomic study of Angelica from East Asia: Inferences from ITS sequences of nuclear ribosomal DNA (in Chinese). Acta Phytotax. Sin. 45(6): 783-795.
Zehui P. & Watson M.F. (2005) Angelica. In: Sheh M.L. & al. (eds.), Flora of China, vol. 14. Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, Missouri: 158-169. [available online at: http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/PDF/PDF14/Angelica.pdf]
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The Frenchman played at centre-half due to Lorient Koscielny's suspension, and looked remarkably composed throughout the easy 3-1 win against Fulham at Craven Cottage. Arsene Wenger will be delighted has has such a cool and capable deputy.
Figueroa was defensively outstanding for the Premier League new boys in their crucial home victory against Norwich at the weekend. The 30-year-old Honduran also has a wicked left-foot – and supplied crosses into the box on a regular basis.
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Ramsey showed everyone at the weekend just why Wenger puts so much faith in him. The talented midfielder played intricate through balls through to Podolski and Giroud almost at will – and liked up fantastically with Spanish midfield partner Santi Cazorla.
Sat and ticked over United's midfield against Chelsea perfectly. With each passing year, Carrick seems to be getting better and better – and provided United's forwards with an outstanding base from which they failed to build upon.
The England man bagged a brilliant brace in Premier League new boys Cardiff's fantastic win over title hopefuls City. At Sunderland, Campbell bagged three goals in three seasons, but has already scored nine in 14 for the Welsh side.
A brace for Arsenal's 111 cap German legend. The way Podolski and Giroud are playing at the moment – you wonder if the Gunners even need the 'world-class' striker they have so actively targeted.
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Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra presents Richard Wagner program
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Rossen Milanov conducts the Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra "Music as Muse" performance on Thursday, July 13, 2017 at the Amphitheater. PAULA OSPINA / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER
The late English comedian and vocalist Anna Russell was famous for having fun with, and sometimes at the expense of, Richard Wagner's music. In one of her one-woman acts which started in the '50s, she performed an irreverent "analysis" of the Ring cycle, telling the roughly 15-hour epic story about nymphs, dwarfs and gods in about 20 minutes.
"The Ring is a magnificent work, supposing you can make any sense out of it," Russell would say before sitting at the piano. "It is the only grand opera on earth that comes in the giant economy package."
Later on, Russell would describe the singing water sprites who open and close the operatic cycle as "a sort of aquatic Andrews Sisters."
However absurd the premises may have been, Wagner's operas set a precedent for how future composers would use music to create drama and tell a story. The Chautauqua Symphony Orchestra, under Music Director Rossen Milanov, will present an evening of instrumental selections from Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday in the Amphitheater. The performance is the first in 2017's "Into the Music" series, titled "Very Wagner: From Valkyries to Valhalla."
Milanov realizes he and the CSO could just as well performing overtures from Wagner's earlier operas.
"But to me, the Ring and Parsifal are his crowning achievements as far as understanding how the leitmotifs work," Milanov said.
For centuries, composers had used recognizable themes to guide listeners through the unfolding of a piece of music. Wagner attached musical ideas to characters, objects and concepts in his operas. The eponymous gold ring that gives its possessor power over the world, for example, is musically portrayed by a phrase which enigmatically circles back on itself. According to Milanov, the leitmotifs "can tell a story that's happening on the instrumental level in addition to the purely dramatic level."
Following these motifs, whether they're a melodic fragment or a meaningful chord progression, requires some effort from the listener. Fortunately, the melodies coming from the orchestra pit are unique and memorable.
"People would be surprised how quickly they can recognize some of the most popular ones," Milanov said. "Siegfried's call and the Valhalla leitmotif and the Rhine leitmotifs, and certainly the 'Ride of the Valkyries' that everyone knows from popular culture."
At Tuesday's performance, the audience will be able to hear these musical avatars isolated from the characters they represent. Milanov said listeners shouldn't be intimidated or even feel obligated to follow the evolution of these musical ideas.
"I don't think people need to necessarily get that to enjoy the music of Wagner," Milanov said. "But this is an additional layer of complexity that one could follow. To people with musical ears, they occur so many times that (the leitmotifs) are the things you would remember because they're quite hummable and musically very pregnant with recognizable intonation and ideas. Even when they're developed later on, you can still recognize something familiar."
Audiences, especially at classical concerts, may tend to underestimate their ability to recall and recognize musical ideas.
"People remember pop songs, they remember the text of the songs and sometimes even the year it was written," Milanov said. "It's surprising how capable we are. It's just a question of exposure."
It took Wagner more than a quarter-century to complete the four operas that make up the Ring cycle. Much as the leitmotifs develop and evolve over the course of an opera, Wagner's own musical style changed as well.
"Certainly from the third act of Siegfried on, the entire music of the Ring completely changes," Milanov said. "Wagner sort of discovered a new personal language that was more complex and chromatic. You notice that another world is opening up to you musically."
Milanov hopes Chautauquans will get more exposure to Wagner's music, perhaps by hearing a production of Das Rheingold or, eventually, the entire Ring cycle on the grounds.
"Why not?" Milanov said. "Certainly the first of the operas could even be presented in a concert version" — that is, with limited staging and the orchestra on stage with the singers.
"As a philosopher, as a composer, as a musician, Wagner has been extremely influential and important," Milanov said.
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Two photographers in the same drift boat is rarely a good idea. The result is far too much right-brained activity in a confined space, listing the boat and dooming the occupants to row in tiny circles for the duration of the trip.
Wisdom being the better part of lint flicking, I decided to set aside the lens in favor of a thick fly stick on yesterday's pursuit of rainbows afflicted with gigantism.
Most of the excitement came in the pitch blackness of night on a long, deserted road during the drive home. It was here that Morrison explained his deep and abiding distrust of Howie Long, stemming from a series of Chevrolet commercials that make outrageous fuel economy claims.
Driven by an unrelenting inner fire to burn down Howie's mythology, Jay set out on a quest to drive a 100-mile stretch of remote highway in a V8 pickup while basking in the cheerful holiday glow of the LOW FUEL indicator light.
It is my firm belief that we coasted into the Last Chance in Hell gas station only as a direct result of the hybrid energy technology which I invented during the drive. The traditional gasoline engine was supplemented with electric power derived from organic profanity, which I was flickering about the crew cab like sheet lightning. High CO2 emissions were the only possible downside of this technique, for which I hope to secure patent protection in the near future.
Check out JAYMORR's blog for more of his excellent imagery of the trip.
Looks like you guys had a lot of fun.
Photographers photographing photographers.... I have to tell you, it is nice taking a photo of someone who spends a lot of time on the other side of the lens.
Not sure who scares me more, Brett, you or Morrison. Nice 'bow however!


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Chef Jerome Lagarde, At.mosphere
by Kimberly Krol Inlander
© AT.MOSPHERE BURJ KHALIFA
When dining in the world's highest restaurant, At.mosphere on Floor 122 of Burj Khalifa, the experience is more luxurious than most. The cuisine outshines the incredible views, and the time spent at the restaurant and lounge exceeds the venue's superlative stature. Leading the team behind those lofty culinary pursuits is Jerome Lagarde, bringing more than 20 years' experience in Michelin-starred and fine-dining restaurants to the Dubai highlight.
French national Lagarde's philosophy focuses on using unique, high-quality produce from around the world in interesting, intriguing preparations to showcase complex cooking techniques for a unique experience. He honed those concept development and innovation skills first as a student at Pardaihlan Auch Culinary School and then through trainee positions at the Michelin-starred L'Hôtel de France in Auch and Le Hittau in St. Vincent de Tyrrosse.
His career took him around the globe, with positions at eateries and hotels in Los Angeles, Miami, Kiev, Thailand, Sydney, Hong Kong and Singapore. He spent four years as executive chef at China's first-ever 3-Michelin-star restaurant, Sens & Bund, in Shanghai.
Today he matches the sky-high location of At.mosphere with his culinary confections, offering contemporary European cuisine in a full à la carte menu for lunch and dinner. Specialties include prime cuts of beef, organic poultry and seafood.
Outside of the kitchen, Lagarde enjoys golfing and spending time with family. The keen rugby fan can also be found cheering on his sons, both rugby and football players.
WHAT THREE GO-TO INGREDIENTS ARE ALWAYS IN YOUR HOME KITCHEN?
My all-time go-to ingredients have to be Espelette pepper, which is now an integral part of Basque cuisine; olive oil; and fresh pasta. Espelette pepper brings an exceptional touch with its mild heat and smoky-sweet flavor and can come in handy for a variety of dishes.
WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE SEASON FOR COOKING, AND WHY?
Spring/summer is my favorite because of the wide range of fresh fruits and vegetables in supply. It opens up doors for experimentation, providing a more varied spread and the opportunity to associate them with meats or fish and for desserts.
ASIDE FROM YOUR CURRENT POSITION, WHAT'S THE BEST JOB YOU'VE EVER HAD?
Before entering military service, I used to play first division rugby. My rugby club found me a job for four months as a wine salesman. At that time I had no knowledge of wine, and I don't drink it, either. The funny part was that when I sent my gas expenses, my boss almost had a minor heart attack — I was selling while driving around in a gas-guzzling sports car provided by my club!
WHAT'S THE FIRST MEAL YOU EVER COOKED?
I cannot be absolutely sure about this one, but one meal comes to mind. It was a purée mousseline — of dry potato flakes with milk. But to date, I like to see every dish I make as my first — it gives that right mix of excitement and anticipation.
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This broccoli recipe is a keeper! I had low expectations for this recipe because there were so few ingredients. However, this was some of the best broccoli I have ever eaten. I found the more garlic cloves you add, the better.
Wash and cut your broccoli into bite-size pieces.
Slice garlic cloves in half if you want thinner pieces of garlic.
On a baking sheet (foil-lined for easy clean up), toss the broccoli, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper. Evenly distribute these ingredients on the baking sheet.
Roast for 20-25 minutes or until the broccoli is bright green with slightly brown edges!
You will understand my addiction to this broccoli when you cook this too!


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Everything we hope to learn from 3 historic missions to Mars
February is a big month for Mars exploration.
By Kellen Beck on February 6, 2021
NASA's Perseverance rover is planned to land on the red planet in February. Credit: bob al-greene / mashable
> Science > Space
UPDATE: Feb. 18, 2021, 4:10 p.m. EST NASA's Perseverance rover successfully landed on the surface of Mars.
UPDATE: Feb. 10, 2021, 11:43 a.m. EST The UAE's Hope orbiter entered Mars's orbit(Opens in a new window) on Feb. 9. China's Tianwen-1 entered Mars's orbit(Opens in a new window) on Feb. 10, and will make its attempt to reach the surface in May.
With missions from three nations expected to reach the Red Planet this month, 2021 might be the most illuminating year in the history of Mars research.
Earthlings have been sending probes and robots to and near Mars since the 1960s, and dozens have successfully captured images and data about the planet, gradually revealing its desert mysteries. We've learned a bit about its geology and atmosphere, found ice, and uncovered compelling evidence that Mars was once home to blue oceans(Opens in a new window).
Now, we're looking deeper. The looming missions will search for evidence of past life on Mars, gather a complete picture of the planet's weather systems, prepare soil samples to be picked up by a future mission, and even attempt the first flight on Mars (via a small helicopter).
From the United States comes Perseverance(Opens in a new window), NASA's fifth Mars rover. In the country's first independent mission to Mars, China is sending Tianwen-1. And the Hope orbiter(Opens in a new window) from the United Arab Emirates will be the first interplanetary mission from any Arab nation.
All three of these missions launched from Earth in July 2020. Hopefully, by the end of 2021, they'll teach us plenty of new things about Mars.
The Perseverance mission
NASA's Perseverance is expected to land in Jezero Crater, just north of the Martian equator.
"We're going to a really old area of Mars and we expect that because the climate was warmer and wetter around 3.5 million years ago, which is the age of these rocks that we're looking at, if life had a chance to arrive, this might be a good place to search for that evidence," said Mitch Schulte, Mars 2020 program scientist at NASA.
Once the rover lands, it will check to make sure its parts and scientific instruments are working, which can take a month or two. But once it's ready, the search for past life can begin.
Perseverance is equipped with cameras, lasers, and other instruments to help it examine Mars and scan for traces of atoms left behind by tiny lifeforms.
Schulte was in charge of the process that determined what instruments would be included on the rover. That process wrapped up back in 2014, two years after the team started to develop this mission.
"Instruments on the rover's arm will be able to detect the presence of organic matter but we're not expecting, like, dinosaur bones or anything like that," Schulte said. "We're really looking at fine detail in the environment that the organisms might have inhabited."
Those instruments on the rover's arm are called SHERLOC(Opens in a new window) and PIXL(Opens in a new window). SHERLOC can hit surfaces two inches away with an ultraviolet laser to detect organic chemicals, and is partnered with a camera named WATSON.
PIXL uses an X-ray beam to search for organic material, traces of which can last millions of years after a microscopic organism lived.
Before its hunt begins, the rover will attempt to launch the first flight on Mars. Aboard Perseverance is Ingenuity, a roughly 4-pound drone equipped with a camera. It can fly for around 90 seconds, covering almost 1,000 feet at heights of 10 to 15 feet on pre-set paths. It's solar-powered and can recharge its own battery.
"This will be the first time flying anything on another planet. That's pretty spectacular," said Michael Meyer, Mars Exploration Program lead scientist at NASA. As lead scientist, Meyer works with the global community of Mars scientists to determine what the next steps of Mars exploration should be and how missions should proceed in the future.
"This will be the first time flying anything on another planet. That's pretty spectacular."
If the test flight goes well, it might open a path for other drones in space exploration, which could survey planets between the far-out scale of orbiters and six-foot-high scale of rovers.
"It really does improve your possibilities for where you should go and take samples," Meyer said. "That outcrop that you don't see from the rover or don't see from space, that could be the perfect place to take a sample. As you think more about this and we learn more about how to fly on Mars, you can start thinking about putting other things on it that might be able to pick up samples, do things for you that might be too dangerous or steep to get a rover."
An artist's representation of what the first flight on Mars with the Ingenuity helicopter will look like. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Mars has plenty of carbon dioxide, but little oxygen. So Perseverance will use a tool called MOXIE to "take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere, compress it, and then use a solid oxide electrolysis(Opens in a new window) cell to strip the oxygen" out of it, Schulte said.
If the test is successful, MOXIE could be used to provide future astronauts with breathable air. Oxygen is also a vital component of rocket fuel. If spacecraft could launch from Earth with less fuel for the return trip, they would be able to carry more cargo with the same amount of fuel or alternatively need less fuel thanks to the lighter load.
Eventually, a mission will be sent to pick up 43 sample tubes that Perseverance will have filled and stored inside itself until they're ready to be left outside.
Scientists on Earth will have to determine where to collect the samples, and where and when to set them down. There is some debate on the timing of this. If the samples aren't deposited and something unexpected happens to the rover, they would be inaccessible to the pick-up mission, Meyer explained.
"The science community and the engineers will get nervous about having all those samples on board," Meyer said. "When they're on board, they can't be accessed. They're in the trunk but the trunk is locked. At some point in time you have to decide to let those samples go, put them on the surface of Mars, so that the future mission can collect them."
By the end of the year, we may have an idea of where the samples will be awaiting their ferry back to Earth.
Tianwen-1's goals
While the China National Space Administration has not made much information publicly available about Tianwen-1, the agency did release its main goals and what it will be launching.
Between the orbiter and the rover, Tianwen-1 will use various cameras, radar, and other tools to examine the soil, structure, and climate of Mars, most notably looking at the presence of water and ice in the planet's soil, according to an article published in Nature Astronomy(Opens in a new window).
After the lander settles, a ramp will allow the rover to roll onto the surface of the Utopia Planitia, a broad plain hundreds of miles northwest of where Curiosity has explored and northeast of where Perseverance is headed.
Despite having little information about the Tianwen-1 mission, Meyer said the fact the rover is going somewhere new is exciting.
"Let's face it, any time you send a rover and you land somewhere where you haven't landed before, you're going to learn something new, because now you're looking at a new place up close and personal," he said.
Meanwhile, the orbiter will serve as a communications relay between the rover and Earth. It will also observe Mars to help analyze the planet's atmosphere and subsurface.
Sending Hope into orbit
The United Arab Emirates has much more information about its Hope orbiter mission, so named because the UAE Space Agency would like it to inspire people in the Middle East.
The Hope orbiter's primary goal is to observe, measure, and analyze the Martian atmosphere. Onboard(Opens in a new window) it has an infrared spectrometer, ultraviolet spectrometer, and imager for capturing high-resolution photos.
Its infrared spectrometer will be used to study the lower atmosphere, measuring dust, ice clouds, and water vapor distribution, as well as temperature. This will help give us an understanding of the planet's atmospheric circulation and seasons.
Hope's UV spectrometer will measure gases in the thermosphere (the second-highest layer of the atmosphere), including carbon monoxide and oxygen. And it will create a 3D map of hydrogen and oxygen in the exosphere, the outermost layer of the atmosphere.
The Hope orbiter is inspected before its launch. Credit: UAE Space agency
While there are other Mars orbiters, such as NASA's MAVEN, Meyer said that Hope's physical orbit is unique: it's both very large and equatorial.
Other orbiters like MAVEN orbit around the poles of Mars, running north and south while the planet rotates underneath. They also stay much closer to the planet, which can give a more detailed look at the planet but limits their breadth, Meyer said.
"Because of the large orbit, it's something like 40,000 km the furthest away, [Hope is] going to be able to look at Mars kind of as an entire planet, this synoptic view," Meyer said, noting that it will complement MAVEN and other missions very well.
Additionally, Hope will measure atmospheric escape, specifically looking at hydrogen and oxygen. Scientists know this happens, but haven't been able to accurately measure yet.
Once Hope reaches Mars, it won't be long before Earth receives new images and measurements of Martian weather.
As Schulte and Meyer explained, reaching this level of Mars exploration has been a long process. The Perseverance mission is a step in an astrobiological strategy that was laid out back in 1995.
Earlier, NASA was "able to determine that there was liquid water scattered near Mars' surface," Schulte said. "That led naturally into actually searching for signs in the rock records that life might have left behind on Mars."
NASA Attitude Control Systems lead Chris Pong wears a mask while the mission to Mars continues during the COVID-19 pandemic. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Now that technology has caught up to their curiosity, their hard work is paying off, despite the worst pandemic in a century.
"Everything is hard already and you throw in the pandemic where people have to isolate and people have to be away from their families for extended periods of time," Meyer said. "It's pretty amazing the challenges people have overcome to make these missions successful."
Kellen Beck
Kellen is a science reporter at Mashable, covering space, environmentalism, sustainability, and future tech. Previously, Kellen has covered entertainment, gaming, esports, and consumer tech at Mashable. Follow him on Twitter @Kellenbeck


Sweet Ellie (and her Mama) gave me a super cute valentine's card – aren't they adorable?
Lizzy and I have to get glasses – we had way too much fun trying on different frames!
This smart girl was accepted to YPAS – the Performing Arts High School!!!
I went on a tour of Kentucky School for the Blind. I loved the Kindergarten teacher. So grateful for resources for Brother!!
Hmmm…..we have decided to adopt again!!!!!! So exciting!!! Sending off our home study application.
Early Spring – so pretty!
My sweet boy (looking WAY TOO BIG) listening to music while we wait for Sammi during her driving lesson.
Lizzy – at the dentist. Seriously – that hair!!!
And her birthday ice cream cone – yum!
Sammi found her prom dress – she is so excited!
After our FBI fingerprint appointment (Home study requirement), Jason and I went over to a Chinese restaurant to grab dinner for everyone. Any guesses which country we have decided to adopt from ???
Some really cool clouds – the picture does not do it justice. They looked quilted. It was so pretty!


DJ KIKO NAVARRO || NEW YEAR, NEW LIFE EP ( LOCAL TALK) & NEW SITE & ENJOY A FREE DOWNLOAD | Pat Comunicaciones, Contamos cosas con mucho cariño.
El 2015 se confirma como un año lleno de nuevas referencias, sesiones y novedades para el DJ Kiko Navarro.
La primera de ellas es que estrena web: www.kikonavarro.es. Un espacio para navegar mientras disfrutáis escuchando toda su discografía,– !64 referencias en total! -, o sus sesiones en exclusiva, fotos, entrevistas y por supuesto un espacio para estar al día sobre sus citas por los clubes y festivales de todo el planeta.
Para celebrar la presentación de su «nuevo hogar» con vosotros, os ha preparado un regalo de bienvenida muy especial: la descarga gratuita, en exclusiva desde la web, de su inédito rework del tema de SADE «I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THE DAY«.!Disfrutadlo!
La segunda es que hoy sale a la venta NEW LIFE EP, su nueva referencia publicada, en digital y en vinilo, de la mano de LOCAL TALK RECORDS, uno de los sellos de House de referencia actuales.
Para ellos, Kiko ha creado «Dope High» , una CARA A de puro House lleno de funky percusión a la vez , con la que no podréis parar de mover los pies mientras la escuchéis.
En la CARA B encontraréis Nea Kameni, un tema suyo más atmosférico y que os encajará genial para musicalizar momentos mágicos, como esos en los que el sol se pone.
Pero Kiko Navarro, no llega solo a este NEW LIFE EP. Glenn Underground, uno de los fundadores de Strictly Jazz Unit y maestro del House de Chicago, es su invitado de honor para esta ocasión .Glenn presenta «GU's Dance Fusion» un Remix de su tema Nea Kameni.
En los últimos días NEW LIFE EP se ha posicionado ya como Número 1 en Traxsource y su tema «Dope High» ha sido elegido como el mejor tema de la semana "Most Rated Track" por Defected Radio Show. Además artistas como Laurent Garnier, Dj Sneak, Steve Bug, Ludovic Llorca, Jacques Renault, Luke Solomon, Catz 'n' Dogz, Tiger Stripes, Ashley Beedle, Vakula, Detroit Swindle duo, Nickodemus, Opolopo , Gilles Peterson, Martin Landsky o Osunlade han transmitido ya su pasión por este nuevo EP.
Y esto es solo el principio, en abril nuevas referencias y entre sus próximos destinos además de en sus residencias habituales, Kiko Navarro visitará Grecia y Macedonia.
The 2015 is confirmed as a year full of new referrals, sessions, and news for DJ Kiko Navarro.
The first is that launches website: www.kikonavarro.es. A space to navigate while enjoying listening entire discography – 64 references in total! – Or their sessions exclusively, photos, interviews and, of course, a place to be current about their appointments in clubs and festivals around the globe.
To celebrate the launch of his «new home» with you, he has prepared a special welcome gift: the free download, exclusively from the web, of the unreleased rework SADE «I NEVER THOUGHT I'D SEE THE DAY«.. ! Enjoy it!
The second is that today goes on sale NEW LIFE EP, released his new reference published in digital and vinyl, accompanied by LOCAL TALK, one of the best reference labels of House actually.
For them, Kiko has created «Dope High», a SIDE- A pure of House and full of funky percussion simultaneously, with which you could not stop moving your feet while you listen.
In the SIDE B, you will find Nea Kameni a more atmospheric track that will fit great for creating magic musical moments like these where the sun sets.
But Kiko Navarro, does not come only with this NEW LIFE EP. Glenn Underground, one of the founders of Strictly Jazz Unit and master of the Chicago House, is his honoured guest for this occasion. Glenn presents «GU's Dance Fusion» a Remix of his topic Nea Kameni.
In the last few days, NEW LIFE EP has already positioned as Number 1 in Traxsource and his song «Dope High» has been voted the best song of the week "Most Rated Track" by Defected Radio Show. Also artists like Laurent Garnier, Dj Sneak, Steve Bug, Ludovic Llorca, Jacques Renault, Luke Solomon, Catz 'n' Dogz, Tiger Stripes, Ashley Beedle, Vakula, Detroit Swindle duo, Nickodemus, Opolopo, Gilles Peterson, Martin Landsky or Osunlade have transmitted his passion for this new EP.
And this is just the beginning, in April new references and among his next destinations beyond their usual residences, Kiko Navarro visit Greece or Macedonia.


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What is Intensive Intervention/DBI?
Innovation Configuration: Assessment Practices Within a Multi-Tiered System of Supports
This Innovation Configuration can serve as a foundation for strengthening existing preparation programs so that educators exit with the ability to use various forms of assessment to make data-based educational and instructional decisions within an MTSS. The expectation is that these skills can be further honed and supported through inservice as practicing teachers.
Strategies for Setting High-Quality Academic Individualized Education Program Goals
The 2017 Supreme Court decision Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District highlighted the importance of monitoring students' progress toward appropriately challenging individualized educational program (IEP) annual goals and making changes to students' educational programs when needed. In this guide, we explain how educators can establish IEP goals that are measurable, ambitious, and appropriate in light of the student's circumstances.
Intensive Intervention: A Practitioner's Guide for Communicating with Parents and Families
For children with the most severe and persistent academic and/or behavioral challenges, parent and family involvement is vital. School teams can use this guide to better understand intensive intervention and how to engage parents and families with the process.
Implementing Intensive Intervention: Lessons Learned from the Field
This report presents findings from an exploratory study of how five high-performing districts, which we refer to as NCII's knowledge development sites, defined and implemented intensive intervention. The findings offer lessons that other schools and districts can use when planning for, implementing and working to sustain their own initiatives to provide intensive intervention for students with the most severe and persistent learning and/or behavioral needs.
Assisting Students Struggling with Mathematics: Response to Intervention (RtI) for Elementary and Middle Schools
Taking early action may be key to helping students struggling with mathematics. The eight recommendations in this guide are designed to help teachers, principals, and administrators use Response to Intervention for the early detection, prevention, and support of students struggling with mathematics. Access this Resource
An Update to Compiled ORF Norms
Norms for oral reading fluency (ORF) can be used to help educators make decisions about which students might need intervention in reading and to help monitor students' progress once instruction has begun. This paper describes the origins of the widely used curriculum-based measure of ORF and how the creation and use of ORF norms has evolved over time. Using data from three widely-used commercially available ORF assessments (DIBELS, DIBELS Next, and easyCBM), a new set of compiled ORF norms for grade 1-6 are presented here along with an analysis of how they differ from the norms created in 2006.
A Framework for Coherence: College and Career Readiness Standards, Multi-Tiered Systems of Support, and Educator Effectiveness
This brief developed by the Center on Great Teachers & Leaders outlines a framework for coherence that supports states in connecting college and career readiness standards, multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS), and educator effectiveness by capitalizing on their shared goal: improving instructional quality to enhance educational outcomes for students. The brief asks readers to examine the shared goals, context, and identify instructional connections across initiatives that support better learning outcomes for all students. Additionally, readers can explore opportunities to enhance the alignment and conceptual coherence of these initiatives in an effort to improve student outcomes.
Assisting Students Struggling with Reading: Response to Intervention (RtI) and Multi-Tier Intervention in the Primary Grades
This guide offers five specific recommendations to help educators identify struggling readers and implement evidence-based strategies to promote their reading achievement. Teachers and reading specialists can utilize these strategies to implement RTI and multi-tier intervention methods and frameworks at the classroom or school level. Recommendations cover how to screen students for reading problems, design a multi-tier intervention program, adjust instruction to help struggling readers, and monitor student progress. Access this Resource


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Q: How do I get the Average of maximum value? I have a SQL server problem where i have to get the average of the maximum salaries in each department. For example I have a department with id 1 that has an employee with a maximum salary of 50000, and a department with id 2 that has an employee with a maximum salary of 30000, what i have to do is calculate the average between these 2.
What I tried:
SELECT AVG(MAX(salary))
  FROM employees
 GROUP BY department_id

A: most simple think you can do is (if in the employee table, you have a department_id) :
SELECT AVG(p.maximum)
  FROM (SELECT department_id, MAX(salary) AS maximum
          FROM employees
         GROUP BY department_id) p

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