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USS Alhena (AKA-9) was an attack cargo ship named after Alhena, a star in the constellation Gemini. Robin Kettering had been purchased from Robin Line of the Seas Shipping Company some four months after launch and served as a commissioned ship for five years and four months. On 12 September 1946 the ship was transferred to the War Shipping Administration and placed in reserve until repurchased by Seas Shipping for operation as Robin Kettering. In 1957 the ship was sold, renamed Flying Hawk operating in cargo—passenger service until sold for scrap in 1971.

Construction
Robin Kettering was the third of three geared turbine, modified C2-S type ships for the Seas Shipping Company's Robin Line by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation at its Bethlehem Sparrows Point Shipyard, Maryland yard under a Maritime Commission contract. The ships had sequential MC and yard hull numbers: Robin Locksley 72/4341,  73/4342, and Robin Kettering 74/4343. One of the modifications for these ships was increased length, approximately that of the C3 type, no bow or stern sheer and a flat, broad funnel. The last ship's keel was laid on 19 June 1940 with launch on 18 January 1941 sponsored by Mrs. William Sanford Lewis. The ship was delivered on 29 May 1941 and registered with official number 240632.

As built the ship was , ,  length overall,  length between perpendiculars,  beam with a depth of  and a draft of . The ship had a bale capacity of , or a grain capacity of , as well as capacity for  of refrigerated cargo, and  special cargo space in five holds. Carrying  water and  coal, she had a range of . She had a crew of 43 and could carry twelve passengers. The ship had sixteen 5-ton derricks, one 10-ton derrick and one 30-ton derrick to allow loading and unloading of cargo.

Two steam turbines drove a single screw propeller of  diameter. The turbines were rated at 6,300 shp and driving the propeller at 85 rpm, they could propel her at a normal service speed of , with a maximum speed of .

Naval service
On 31 May 1941 the ship was purchased by the Navy from the Robin Line of the Seas Shipping Co., Inc., of New York City; commissioned as Alhena (AK-26) at Hoboken, N.J., on 15 June 1941.

Service history
Following final fitting out and shakedown training, the cargo ship began operating among ports on the East Coast of the United States. The ship arrived at Boston on 13 December to take on cargo for NS Argentia, Newfoundland. She completed her run to that port by the end of December and then proceeded to Brooklyn, N.Y., to refill her holds.

Voyage to Europe
She picked up more cargo at Norfolk, Va., in mid-January 1942 and returned to New York City to embark troops before getting underway on 5 February for Europe. On the next day, the ship was officially assigned to the Naval Transportation Service.

After touching at Halifax, Nova Scotia, Alhena reached Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 27 February and remained there for approximately two weeks discharging her passengers, equipment, and supplies. She made a stop at Clydebank, Scotland, on 14 March and sailed two days later for the United States. The vessel reached New York on the 25th.

Assigned to the Pacific
The ship departed the east coast on 9 April, bound for the Canal Zone; transited the canal on the 19th; and set her course for the Tonga Islands. She reached Tongatapu on 9 May; landed Army and Navy personnel; left that island two weeks later; and arrived at San Diego, California, on 5 June. While in port, the vessel underwent repairs and alterations before taking on marines and equipment for transportation to the South Pacific.

Assault on the Solomon Islands
On 1 July, Alhena got underway for Tongatapu. Upon her arrival there, she was assigned to Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet. A few days later, the vessel sailed to the Fiji Islands to participate in amphibious landing exercises in preparation for the American thrust into the Solomon Islands in which United States forces would take the offensive for the first time in World War II. After completing the exercises, she sortied with Task Group (TG) 62.1 for Guadalcanal, arrived off that island on 7 August, and began unloading operations. In spite of heavy enemy air attacks, the ship carried out her task successfully and got underway on the evening of the 9th for Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, where she arrived the next morning. The ship took on another load of cargo; set out for the Solomons on the 20th; reached Tulagi two days later; and began discharging sorely needed supplies. She meanwhile took on casualties and prisoners of war for evacuation to Espiritu Santo and reached that island on 24 August.

Hit by a torpedo
During the next month, Alhena carried out a series of supply runs between Espiritu Santo and Efate, New Hebrides. This pattern of operations was interrupted on 24 September, when she left Espiritu Santo bound for the Solomons. She moored off Guadalcanal on the 26th and began a routine of unloading her cargo ashore during the day and retiring seaward each night. The work proceeded successfully in spite of heavy Japanese air harassment until the task was completed on the 29th and the vessel sailed for Espiritu Santo. At 2354, a torpedo from the Japanese submarine  struck the ship in the area of the number five hold and caused extensive damage in the after part of the ship. The attack killed four crewmen, wounded 20, and left one crewman and over 25 Marines (being evacuated to a hospital) missing. Fires broke out but were quickly brought under control.  The crew constructed temporary bulkheads out of sheets of plywood and other lumber to fill up the holes. She was unable to make any headway and drifted throughout the night and the next day.  came alongside on 1 October and took Alhena in tow. The tug  relieved the destroyer the next day, and continued on toward the New Hebrides with the cargo ship in tow. They reached Espiritu Santo on the 7th, and work began on temporary repairs to the ship. On 16 October, Navajo once again took Alhena in tow and headed for New Caledonia. They reached Noumea on the 20th, and the repair work continued until 8 November when she got underway towed by the seagoing tug Navajo over 2500 miles for Australia. She reached Sydney on 20 November and remained there until the following June undergoing final repairs and conversion to an attack cargo ship.

Reconfigured as attack cargo ship
As a result of her new configuration, the vessel was redesignated AKA-9 on 26 November 1942. Finally, over eight months after being torpedoed, Alhena returned to duty in the South Pacific. She left Sydney on 10 June 1943 and shaped a course for Nouméa. During the next few months, the ship was engaged in runs between Nouméa and Guadalcanal and also made port calls at Auckland, New Zealand, to take on cargo. In late October and November 1943, Alhena took part in operations on November 1Bougainville, the largest of the Solomon Islands. Although taken under enemy attack several times, Alhena discharged her troops and supplies without sustaining any damage.
She made 2 more re-supply runs to Empress Agusta Bay, Bougainville in December 1943 and January 1944.

Saipan
Following this operation, the ship resumed her runs between Nouméa and Guadalcanal and continued that duty until departing Guadalcanal on 24 March 1944, bound for Hawaii. Following a stop at Funafuti, Ellice Islands, en route, she reached Hawaii on 9 April. Throughout April and May, Alhena conducted maneuvers and loading operations in Hawaiian waters in preparation for the impending assault on Saipan. She departed Honolulu on 30 May with troops of the 2nd Marine Division embarked, bound via Eniwetok for Saipan. Alhena arrived off Saipan on 15 June and began debarking her troops. Despite undergoing two air attacks while unloading, she completed the process on the 23d, left the area, touched at Pearl Harbor on 4 July, and pushed on the next day toward the California coast. The ship entered San Francisco Bay on the 11th and, shortly thereafter, began a three-month period of overhaul.

The Philippines
The work was finished in early October, and Alhena got underway on the 13th bound for the Admiralty Islands. She reached Manus on 29 October. While at anchor in Seeadler Harbor waiting to discharge her cargo, she was damaged by the explosion of ammunition ship  at 0855 on 10 November. Three of her crew members were killed and 70 were wounded, 25 of them seriously. Alhena herself suffered extensive damage above decks which necessitated some six weeks of repair work. The ship resumed action in mid-December and participated in the invasion of Luzon at Lingayen Gulf in January 1945. She then sailed to Ulithi to take on cargo and moved thence to Guam to embark troops of the 3rd Marine Division.

Iwo Jima
The Alhena in company with Task unit 51.1.4 anchored off the eastern beaches of Iwo Jima at 0920, 27 February, and commenced unloading operations. These operations were substantially hampered throughout the entire period by the northeasterly swell, which caused damage to this vessel and craft loading alongside, in addition to creating a shortage of lighterage by limiting operations at the beach. Cargo consisted of 10 officers and 225 enlisted men of the 3d Marine Regiment 3d Marine Division, vehicles, petroleum, rations, clothing, water, and ammunition.

Only one percent of total cargo was unloaded prior to 1813 hours, at which time night retirement was made with transport vessels of various units as designated by the Commander Joint Expeditionary Force. Retirement was continued without incident and return to anchorage was made at 0817 hours, 28 February, at which time unloading was recommenced. Unloading operations were interrupted by an air raid warning at 0130 hours, 1 March, during which smoke was made for a period of one-half-hour. Unloading was secured and night retirement commenced at 1730 hours in company with units of the Joint Expeditionary Force Reserve. During both night retirements boats were left behind. After an uneventful night the ship was anchored at 0809 hours, 2 March, and unloading again commenced. During the afternoon LSM 260 was brought alongside, with considerable difficulty, but before unloading could be started it was recalled by Commander Task Group 51.1. LSM 145 secured alongside just before operations were suspended at 2122 hours by an air raid warning during which smoke was made for fifteen minutes. The LSM stayed alongside during this interval, and unloading operations were resumed immediately upon securing from battle stations.

At 0958 hours, 3 March, anchor was weighed and course set for anchorage off the western beaches of Iwo Jima where the vessel anchored at 1036 hours and resumed unloading under appreciably better sea conditions. Thirty-three percent of total cargo had been unloaded up to this time. A beach party consisting of one officer and ten men was sent ashore to augment the small force at the newly established beach. Unloading continued until 1020 of 4 March, at which time all equipment of forces landed or to be landed had been sent ashore. During the remainder of the day the ship's platoon was disembarked, a staff communication organization was taken aboard from two units of the fire support group, and eleven casualties were received from the beach. Boats were dispatched to unload vessels carrying Garrison Group Zero. At 2340 reloading of certain THIRD MARINES equipment was commenced, which was completed at 0334 hours, 5 March. The remainder of this day was spent in regaining control of boats dispatched the previous night, recovering beach party, and exchanging operative boats for the imperative boats of LSD-2.

Departure from the area was made at 1748 hours in company with Transport Division THIRTY-THREE less USS Hercules (AK-41), plus USS Whiteside (AKA-90).

Okinawa
Having discharged her embarked troops and equipment, the ship left the Volcano Islands and proceeded to Nouméa. Alhena remained in port there for nearly two months in reserve for the Okinawa invasion. In late May, she steamed to Leyte to replenish her supplies. From early June through the end of the war in September, Alhena operated between Manila, Philippines, and various ports in New Guinea carrying troops, supplies, and equipment. Among her ports of call were Finschhafen, Hollandia, and Oro Bay, New Guinea.

Post-war activity
On 13 October, Alhena entered Tokyo Bay. She operated in Japanese waters supporting American occupation forces through 19 November. On that day, the ship departed Yokosuka, Japan, bound for the United States. The cargo vessel paused at Seattle, Washington, before sailing on to San Francisco. After remaining in port through the Christmas holidays, she got underway on 6 January 1946 for the Far East. The ship made port at Okinawa on 22 January and soon continued on to Tsingtao, China. After discharging her cargo there, she left Chinese waters on 2 March, bound for the United States.

Alhena arrived at San Francisco on 18 March and underwent a period of voyage repairs. She set sail on 12 April and shaped a course for the east coast. After transiting the Panama Canal, the cargo ship arrived at Norfolk on 1 May. One week later, she moved on to New York City. Alhena was decommissioned there on 22 May 1946, and her name was struck from the Navy list on 15 August 1946. She was transferred to the War Shipping Administration on 12 September 1946.

Honors and awards
 Combat Action Ribbon (three awards)
 China Service Medal
 American Defense Service Medal with "A" device
 American Campaign Medal
 European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
 Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with six battle stars for World War II service
 World War II Victory Medal
 Navy Occupation Service Medal with "ASIA" clasp
 Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation (Republic of the Philippines)
 Philippine Liberation Medal with one star for World War II service (Republic of the Philippines)

Alhena′s six battle stars were for:
Guadalcanal-Tulagi landings, 7 to 9 August 1942
Marianas operation: Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 to 23 June 1944
Capture and defense of Guadalcanal, 29 September 1942
Luzon operation: Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945
Treasury-Bougainville operation: Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina, 1 and 13 November 1943
Iwo Jima operation: Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 9 March 1945.

Alhena was awarded the Combat Action Ribbon retroactively for the actions of:
29 September 1943
October–November 1943
15–23 June 1944

Civilian operation
Upon transfer to the War Shipping Administration on 12 September 1946 the ship, again Robin Kettering, entered the Hudson River Reserve Fleet, staying there until brought out briefly (24 March to 1 April 1947) under a general agency agreement with former owner Seas Shipping Company. On 16 October 1947 Seas Shipping repurchased the vessel operating it until 1957.

Robin Kettering
Robin Kettering and the five sister C2-S ships composed the Robin Line's Robin Lockley Class cargo liners. Twelve passengers were accommodated in outside double cabins and inside single cabins with private bathrooms.  The full width of the ship in the cabin area had a dining room flanked by verandah lounge areas.

In May 1948 Robin Kettering departed Erie Basin, Brooklyn, to begin service around Africa into the Indian Ocean. A Seas Shipping brochure effective 1 June 1954 shows the ports from New York to be Walvis Bay, Luderitz, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, East London, Durban, Lourenço Marques, Beira, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanga, Zanzibar, Mombasa, Tamatave, Majunga, other Madagascar ports, and Mauritius.

Flying Hawk
The Robin Line, operating twelve ships, was sold in 1957 with eight ships acquired by Moore McCormack Lines with four, including Robin Kettering, acquired for operation by American Export Lines. Seas Shipping had contracted with Moore McCormack on 1 March 1957 to sell the twelve Robin Line ships for $17 million with two specific vessels excepted, either one or both, from the sale at the option of the buyer. The two vessels were Robin Kettering and Robin Doncaster. On 11 April 1957 Moore McCormack exercised the option to exclude both vessels. Seas Shipping then sold each vessel to independent third parties.

Robin Kettering was sold to Flying Hawk, Inc., renamed Flying Hawk which was then sold in July 1962 to American Export Lines in which Isbrandtsen Company Inc., of New York had acquired a controlling interest. That line operated the ship along with Flying Endeavor, Flying Fish, and Flying Gull as "Special C-2 type freighters" for 120-day "'Round-World voyages" accommodating twelve passengers maintaining the passenger area configuration of the Robin Line.

Disposal
In March 1971 the ship was sold for scrap to a foreign company.

Footnotes

References

External links
 Modified C2 types (photo & description)
 Robin Line brochure with descriptions, cabin plans and photos
 Sister ship Robin Locksley photo and postcard (both enlarge) which shows Robin Line's distinctive livery
 51 Years of AKAs
 USS Alhena War History
 USS Alhena Iwo Jima Action Report
 USS Alhena Muster Roll 1945-03-05
 American Export Lines Special C-2 Type Freighter (Flying Hawk) cabin plan

Type C2-S ships
Ships built in Sparrows Point, Maryland
1941 ships
Merchant ships of the United States
Type C2-S ships of the United States Navy
World War II auxiliary ships of the United States
World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
Maritime incidents in November 1944


Steins Gate 10 – speculah drive engage!
Mad scientist, Hououin Kyouma, can't leave well enough alone.
In the last episode of Steins;Gate, Okarin seemed to finally realize just how big of an impact his messing with the past was having. In this episode, his mad scientist alter ego, Hououin Kyouma, refuses to let the major disruptions he has witnessed in the world-line dissuade him from further tampering with past events. This show excels at hinting without confirming, thus all sorts of mysteries have opened up, without receiving definitive answers. This has led to wild speculation in the aniblogisphere.
Speculah: In the future, Daru will be the father of Suzuha (AKA Part-time Warrior). I refuse to believe it.
Terrifyingly enough, I'm starting to think her dad might be Daru. Same hair, he also is part of the time travel forum, he's a Titor fan, and he didn't get to go to the meeting because Okarin stopped him. It's just a crazy theory, but he's the only one we know to be part of the forum that didn't show up despite the fact they were supposed to be there. Yep, you know you need to stop speculating when you propose Daru actually found a 3D woman.
As I responded there in a comment, Suzuha only says her dad was supposed to be AT the forum, he might have been the author that Daru mentions was scheduled to speak. All we really know is that her dad didn't show. Since Okarin's "Reading Steiner" ability causes him to have a blackout of events that he witnessed in the world-line into which he merges, we don't know what actually happened at the forum; perhaps the author never showed up. One other thing we did learn in this episode, though is that the object she has been seen with several times is some sort of badge that once belonged to her dad.
Another very clever hint that may be a red herring — what happened to the satellite? First, I'll assume, along with most, that the satellite is a time machine. Speculation continues: This is the time machine that Suzuha used to travel back. It was gone when Okarin went out looking for her, thus she used it to "leave town". While I think this is possible, let me throw out an alternative theory: Suzuha's father, Barrel Titor was not at the forum, because he had left in the time machine. In this episode, we saw the satellite and then didn't. What would really help, is if we could get another glimpse of the building to see if the satellite is back after the latest world-line jump; that would be consistent with it being Suzuha's time machine. But this still leaves an interesting bit for speculation. We see that the satellite is missing just as Hououin Kyouma decides to send himself a D-mail to prevent Suzuha from leaving. The strong implication is that he ran to see if the satellite was missing when he received the goodbye message. Does this mean that Okarin knows that Suzuha is a time traveler? Does he understand that that was her time machine? There is just not enough information here to know what to think.
Finally we have the mysterious Jpeg of a delicious looking dessert. Speculah: this is a threat coming from SERN, who have detected his manipulation of the world-line. Speculah: this is Shining Finger's ultimate stalker moe. Speculah: this is a threat from a future Christina who has gone yandere. Really there is little evidence to use to put together a sensible theory. Unless this jello shows up somewhere, there is no way of knowing what this is even supposed to mean.
In the end, an interesting episode from a series that knows how to tease its audience. Information is supplied and withheld in good proportion so that the mystery deepens even as we seemingly make some progress in solving it.
Jello of doom. Come to capture all urz basez. Screw up Butterfly Effect.
But in all seriousness, it's kind of frustrating when a show throws something like this at you. It just begs for discussion by over-analytical fans like me, lol, though I have no idea what it's supposed to be.
Also, the whole Daru theory about being Suzuha's dad makes sense though I have a feeling that it won't be true… maybe it's just coincidence that Daru wasn't at the forum when Suzuha was….
We don't know for a fact that Daru wasn't at the forum, since the past was changed. Okarin picked Suzuha up at the forum and brought her back to the lab for the party, it isn't impossible that Daru could have gone to the forum and the party as well. To be clear, I don't think Daru went to the forum (at least Okarin didn't tell himself to let Daru go).
My point is just that the Daru=daddy theory is hanging on some weak premises. Another weak premise: Daru's hair color. I don't think this matters in the slightest. Okarin has the same color hair as Mayushi and Ruka, that doesn't make him their brother. Also, Moeka has the same color hair, that doesn't make her Daru's daughter.
The jello is just so weird. Don't know what to make of it at all.
How I see it, either Suzuha met Daru at the meeting, or she met Daru back at the lab. Either ways, she would have met her father and not disappeared.
The disappearing satellite is very suspicious coincidence too, and I feel is definitely a hint at Suzuha's actual role in this seires.
Except I don't see why she wouldn't have met Daru before, given that she works downstairs from the lab. But you're right, it is the nature of speculation to be unstable; if we had facts to feel more confident, we wouldn't even be calling it speculation anymore.
Either way, I appreciate that this series gets people's minds racing. I enjoy reading about even the crazy ideas.
Even so it shows that it isnt too reliable since he gave Rukako the numbers and failed to win the lottery regardless. The show explains everything rather well which I appreciate and I like that it only explains what is necessary rather than bore viewers with a thorough thesis on World Lines..As the episodes go on theyre starting to become checklists to cross off for confirmations and speculations.
True. You really hit one of the strengths of this series: it feeds out enough info to keep the viewer engaged, without wasting a lot of time on "explanations" of fake science.
Yep. Daru is Suzuha's father.
Listen! You have to change the world's line by tommorow! I have come from the future, you have to believe me! I cannot tell you why you have to do it, you'll understand later. Just change it!
I DO change the world-line ~ everyday. For example, today I used up a package of frozen cherry blintzes that were in the freezer. Mwuahahaha!


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How to Say Life in Spanish
Co-authored by Diana Con Webber
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This article was co-authored by Diana Con Webber. Diana Con Webber is a Teacher in Arizona. She received her Standard Elementary Education, K-8 Certificate in 2017.
Life is a word with many uses, and plays a role in many common phrases, such as "a matter of life and death" or "not on your life." While similar phrases exist in Spanish, not all of them have a direct translation using the Spanish word for life. If you want to learn how to say life in Spanish, you should not only learn that word, but also other related words and phrases. It also may be helpful to learn the verb that means "to live."[1]
Learning the Noun
Say vida. In Spanish, the word vida means the same thing as the English word life. It is a feminine word, so you would say la vida in most instances. Vida is pronounced VEE-dah.[2]
For example, if you said "eso es la vida," (pronounced ESS-oh ess lah VEE-dah) you would be saying "this is the life."
You may remember the song "Livin' La Vida Loca," by Ricky Martin. The title of the song, fully translated into English, would be "Livin' the crazy life."
If you need to pluralize vida, you would say las vidas, which means "the lives."[3]
Use the correct possessive pronoun. Sometimes you may want to refer to your life, or to someone else's life. In those situations, instead of using la or las before the word vida, you would use the word that corresponds to the person whose life you're talking about.[4]
For example, if you wanted to say "my life is crazy," you would say "mi vida es loca." Mi is the Spanish possessive pronoun that means "my."
If you wanted to say "her life is beautiful," you might say "su vida es bella." Note that since the word vida is feminine, the adjective is feminine as well ("bella" instead of "bello"). This is the case whether you're talking about a man or a woman with a beautiful life – the adjective describes the life, so the gender of the adjective matches that of the noun, not the person whose life you're describing.
The familiar possessive pronoun for "you" is "tu." You could also use "su" for the formal you. If you're talking to a group of people, or if you're addressing someone with whom you're not on familiar terms, you would use "vuestra." This is the feminine form, since the word vida is feminine.
To speak about "our" life, you would use the possessive pronoun "nuestra" (nuestra vida).
Note that you use plurals if you are discussing multiple things. In this context, a single life would take a singular possessive pronoun. If you were talking about several lives, you would use the plural "tus" for the familiar you (tus vidas), "sus" for the formal you (sus vidas), "mis" for "my" multiple lives (mis vidas), "nuestras" for "our" multiple lives (nuestras vidas), or "vuestras" for "y'all's multiple lives (vuestras vidas).
Recognize other Spanish words that also mean life. In English, the word life is used in many phrases and contexts for which there is a different word in Spanish. In those situations, the word vida would be incorrect.[5]
In Spanish, the word vital (pronounced VEE-tal) is used in many places where you would use the word life in English. For example, "life cycle" is "ciclo vital," and "life force" is "fuerza vital." However, "life form" is "forma de vida."
The word vida typically only refers to living things. So, for example, if you're speaking about battery life, you would use the phrase la duración, as in "Las pilas tienen una duración de dos meses" ("The batteries have a life of two months").
If someone is sentenced to life in prison for committing a crime, the phrase you would use would be cadena perpetua.
Conjugating the Verb
Learn the Spanish verb vivir and its meaning. In Spanish, if you want to talk about where you live, or if you want to say that someone is living, you would use vivir, pronounced like BIB-ear.[6]
If you look at the verb and the noun for life, vida, you can see that the two words are related in that they both start the same way.
The verb often is used along with the noun. For example, if you wanted to say "I live a good life," you could say "vivo una buena vida" or "vivo una vida buena" (the order of nouns and adjectives in Spanish doesn't matter the way it does in English).[7]
Use vivir in the present tense. In present tense, you're talking about something that is happening at the same moment as you are speaking. Since you must be alive if you are speaking (or writing), you'll typically use present tense when talking about your own life.[8]
For example, if you want to say "I live in Mexico" in Spanish, you would say "vivo en México."
To say "you live in Mexico," you would say "vives en México" (familiar), "vivís en México" (plural or formal), or "usted vive" (formal you used in Latin America).
To say "we live in Mexico" in Spanish, say "vivimos en México." For "they live in Mexico," you would say "viven en México."
Understand how to conjugate vivir in past tense. Sometimes you need to talk about life and living in the past tense. This could be the case if you used to live in one place, but then moved to another place. You also might speak about living in the past tense if you're referring to someone who has died.[9]
If you wanted to speak about your own living in the past tense, for example to say "I lived in Mexico," you would say "vivía en México." The third-person past is the same as the first person past, and for the second-person form you simply add an s: "vivías en México," or "You lived in Mexico."
To say "they lived" you would use the form vivían, as in "vivían en México" or "they lived in Mexico." The plural (or formal) second-person form is vivíais, as in "vivíais en México" or "you all lived in Mexico."
If you wanted to say "we lived," you would use the form vivíamos, as in "vivíamos en México" or "we lived in Mexico."
Pay attention to the accent marks when conjugating the verb vivir in past tense. The accent indicates that a different syllable should be emphasized than the traditional rule in Spanish of emphasizing the second-to-last syllable. In the past tense forms of vivir, there is an accent mark over the second i.
Say vivir using the future tense. If you plan to move to a new location, or are talking about someone else moving, you might want to use the future tense form of vivir, which is formed in a similar way to the past tense.[10]
Whereas you form the past tense of the verb vivir by taking off the r and adding the appropriate ending, to form the future tense you're going to leave the entire infinitive form as it is, and then add the appropriate ending. The endings are the same as they are in the present tense.
For example, to say "I will live in Mexico," you would say "viviré en México." For all future forms except we/nosotros, the last syllable is emphasized. Don't forget the appropriate accent mark.
To say "we will live in Mexico" in Spanish, you would say "viviremos en México."
Understanding Useful Phrases
Speak about matters of life and death. There are many common phrases in Spanish that incorporate the word vida to indicate the importance or gravity of a situation. In Spanish as in English, you may fight for your life (debatir entra la vida y la muerte), lay down your life (dar la vida) or lose your life (perder la vida).[11]
If something awful or difficult has happened, but you want to communicate that the troubled times will pass and you will move on, you might say "la vida sigue" ("life goes on"). If the awful thing has never happened to you before, you might say "en mi vida" ("never in my life").
If something is a matter of life and death, it is "cosa de vida o muerte." If a desperate situation requires you to risk life and limb then it requires you jugarse la vida.
Not all phrases about life use the word vida. For example, if you wanted to tell someone in Spanish that they gave you the fright of your life, you would say "¡Qué susto me diste!"
Learn how to greet people in Costa Rica. You may already know that "¿Como estas?" means "how are you?" in Spanish, and you may know to respond "Bien, gracias" to mean "I'm well, thank you." But Costa Ricans use a different phrase as a greeting that incorporates the word vida.[12]
If you are in Costa Rica, you'll hear people use the phrase "pura vida." While the direct translation of this phrase is "pure life," the use of the phrase goes far beyond the direct translation. More accurately, it describes a relaxed lifestyle that values happiness and joy.
You might hear the phrase in other Central American countries as well, but it's most common in Costa Rica. There, the phrase is used as a general greeting, as well as the response to that greeting.
It also is used as a general expression of gratitude or satisfaction. For example, if you say "¡Muchas gracias!" someone might respond "Pura vida!" by which they mean something more like "you're welcome."
In English, you might ask someone "how's life?" instead of saying "how are you?" or a similar greeting – especially if you haven't seen the person in awhile. In Spanish, you would say "¿Qué tal te va?" or "¿Cómo va eso?" Not these phrases do not include the word vida.[13]
Talk about liveliness. In English, there are many phrases incorporating the word life to talk about how something seems real, or how a person brought life to a place or event that was dead or dull before they arrived. Spanish has similar phrases, though not all of them use the word vida.[14]
Many of these phrases use the verb animarse, which means "to come to life." For example, if you want to say that a particular guest brought the party to life, you would say "animó la fiesta." If that person was the life and soul of the party, you would say "el alma de la fiesta."
Perhaps you're having trouble with the office printer, and you want to say in Spanish that the machine seems to have a life of its own. You would use the phrase "tener vida propia" (which means "to have a life of its own").
Make comments about your life. Particularly when you're speaking to someone you haven't seen in awhile, they may ask after your life in general. You can respond in equally generic terms by using common phrases in Spanish.[15]
For example, if you want to tell someone that you have a good life, you might say "es una vida agradable" ("it's a good life") or "la vida me ha tratado bien" ("I've had a good life").
In contrast, if you wanted to say that you've been having difficulties, you might say "la vida es muy dura" ("it's a hard life").
If you want to tell your significant other that they are the love of your life, you would say "eres el amor de mi vida" ("you are the love of my life").
Add common exclamations and interjections to your vocabulary. There are many phrases using the word "life" in English, such as "that's life," that can be used to express how you feel about something happening. In Spanish, there are similar phrases that mean the same thing, even though the translation isn't always literal.[16]
To say something similar to "that's life!" or "such is life!" in Spanish, you would say "¡así es la vida!"
If you want to tell someone to get a life, you would say ¡espabílate y haz algo!"
If someone asks you to do something that you have no intention of doing, you might say "¡ni hablar!" which means "not on your life!"
How do I say "good morning, my favorite girl cousin"?
"Buenos dias, mi prima favorita."
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↑ http://www.spanishdict.com/translate/life
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↑ http://studyspanish.com/grammar/lessons/posspro
↑ http://www.verbix.com/webverbix/Spanish/vivir.html
↑ http://www.spanishdict.com/translation
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Graduates enrolled in this program will also complete courses in the Cisco Networking Academy program which will place them on the path to Cisco certification at the CCNA level.
This program is also CAFCE (Canadian Association for Cooperative Education) accredited.
Analyze, build, implement, and maintain computing systems and applications.
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Specific education in various aspects (theory and principles) of the computing engineering discipline including database design, Internet application development, embedded system development, graphical programming, and mobile application development, in addition to digital logic systems, microcontrollers, and IP networking.
Practical education in various aspects of the theory and principles of computing and programming.
Work exposure Laboratory and field experience, gained from compensated work terms, in the application embedded electronics and computing systems.
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Note: Students will also be required to complete a number of non-credit co-op education seminars throughout the 3-year program (resume writing, job search skills and interview preparation).
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UNSW Law provides sixth Rhodes Scholar in six years
Gia-Yen Luong has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford, after being the first person in her family to go to university.
UNSW Law alumna Gia-Yen Luong has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University for 2019. Photo: Jo-Anna Robinson
UNSW Law alumna Gia-Yen Luong is heading to Oxford University after being awarded a prestigious Rhodes Scholarship for 2019.
Luong completed a Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Science degree at UNSW in 2016, achieving a First-Class Honours for the LLB and a Distinction for the BSc majoring in neuroscience.
After graduating from UNSW, Luong changed trajectory from law to focus on becoming a teacher – completing a Master of Teaching (Secondary) at Deakin University and taking up a teaching position at Palmerston College in Darwin.
The Rhodes Scholarship is an international postgraduate award for students to study at Oxford, and dates back to 1903. A class of 95 scholars is selected each year from across the world, with up to nine of those places allocated to students from Australia (one for each state, plus three Australia-at-Large awards).
Luong, who grew up in Adelaide, received the South Australia award and was honoured by the Governor of South Australia, Hieu Van Le, AC, at a ceremony last week.
"When the announcement was made I was completely dumbfounded. It only started to feel real when I returned to Darwin and told my students. Their excitement and joy has been so contagious, and they've really helped me see the scope of this achievement," Luong said.
"I was told by members of the selection panel that this opportunity will completely change my life - and it has already begun to do so.
"Attending Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar will allow me to realise a dream that I have had, and my family has shared with me, for a long time. The challenges that it will bring will help me to develop the skills and characteristics I will need to create the long-term change that I envisage."
At Oxford, Luong plans to read the MSc in Comparative and International Education with an ambition to become a school principal and ultimately a leader in education policy.
"My plan is to return to Australia and continue to be a teacher. I absolutely love teaching and I believe that it is my vehicle for creating social change," she added.
"I will use what I learn at Oxford University to inform my practice and the change that I will create as a school leader later in my career."
2019 Rhodes Scholar Gia-Yen Luong completed a Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Science degree at UNSW in 2016.
George Williams, Dean of Law at UNSW, said: "We at UNSW Law are immensely proud of Gia-Yen. This achievement recognises her stellar academic results as well as her being a future leader and important contributor to the community.
"This scholarship provides her with an extraordinary opportunity, which I have no doubt she will make the most of.
"We are delighted that our students are being recognised in this way and are using this scholarship to make a positive contribution to the world."
Luong, whose family is from Vietnam, grew up in the Adelaide suburb of Rostrevor and attended Norwood Morialta High School before studying at UNSW as a Scientia Scholar. She was the first member of her family to attend university.
She was president of Creston College House Committee and the Service Society of UNSW and also led senior high school students from refugee backgrounds as Head Academic Coach for outreach initiative DREAM Australia.
The aim of the Rhodes Scholarship is to seek young women and men of outstanding intellect, character, leadership and commitment to service and support them to emerge as 'leaders for the world's future'.
Prominent previous Australian recipients of the Rhodes Scholarship include former prime ministers Tony Abbott, Bob Hawke and Malcolm Turnbull.
A Rhodes Scholarship covers all university and college fees, a personal stipend and economy class airfare to Oxford and back to the student's home country.
UNSW Law has provided six Rhodes Scholars since 2013, with Luong joining James Norton, Harj Narulla, Sean Lau, Emily Burke and Kunal Sharma in the list of recent recipients.
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Use The Airbnb Stock Implosion to Your Advantage
Digital lodging platform Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB) shares took a plunge on its Q3 2022 earnings release as the forward guidance was tepid. The Company was "born" in 2007, as a digital booking and home rental platform connecting hosts with guests to rent out their property for days to weeks at a time. It's an asset-light business model very much like Uber (NYSE: UBER), Door Dash (NYSE: DASH), and Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) where Airbnb plays the role of the middleman connecting both sides and taking a commission on the transaction. Unlike Uber and LYFT, Airbnb is actually profitable on a GAAP basis. It joins the ranks of other travel hosting services including Booking.com (NASDAQ: BKNG), Expedia (NYSE: EXPE), and TripAdvisor (NASDAQ: TRIP). Airbnb has made a stunning recovery into the black and in GAAP form since 2021. The Company felt the sting of a strong U.S. dollar, but still remained firmly profitable. However, the U.S. dollar impacts are expected to continue to be a headwind in the near-term future with impacts to its ADR starting in Q4. So far, the effects of higher inflation and waning consumer discretionary spending haven't had an impact on earnings.
Recessions Bolster New Host Growth
Airbnb was born during the 2007 housing bubble. The Company noted how its New Hosts on Airbnb was growing rapidly just as in the 2008 recession as homeowners become more eager for additional income. It's important to note that its hosting supply rises during weaker economic times mean more inventory at virtually no cost to the Company. Airbnb is rolling out an "all-new, super easy way for millions of people to Airbnb their homes" in a 2022 Winter Release.
A Look at the Numbers
On Nov. 1, 2022, Airbnb released its fiscal third-quarter 2022 results for the quarter ending Sept 2022. The Company reported a GAAP earnings-per-share (EPS) profit of $1.79 excluding non-recurring items versus consensus analyst estimates for a profit of $1.50, beating estimates by $0.29. Net income of $1.2 billion was improved by 31% YoY with a 42% margin, up from 37%. Revenues rose 28.9% year-over-year (YOY) to $2.88 billion beating analyst estimates for $2.85 billion. Nights and Experiences booked rose 25% YoY to 100 million. Gross booking value (GBV) rose to $15.6 billion, up 31% YoY. Adjusted EBITDA grew 32% YoY $1.5 billion.
A Sign of Normalization to Come?
Airbnb noted that one month into its current Q4 2022, the Company has seen cancellations stabilize, renewed interest in urban stays, and a strong backlog of future bookings. They provided Q4 2022 revenue guidance to come in between $1.80 to $1.88 billion versus $1.86 billion consensus analyst estimates. Nights and Experiences booked growth to "moderate slightly" relative to Q3. This is the part that spooked investors and caused shares to collapse post-market.
Are Investors Paranoid?
Although this was a record quarter, investors fear the good times may already be turning. The slight slowdown in bookings using the phrase "moderate slightly from Q3" spooked investors that took it as a sign that the next quarter might be the tipping point for normalization to trigger. However, Airbnb claims it's just up against tough year-over-year comparisons for Q4, and that they haven't noticed a material change in consumer spending as demand remains strong. They also stated that new tailwinds such as long-term stays and non-urban travel are "here to stay" stemming from the flexibility of remote work and the elastic office. Most importantly, they saw the recovery of both urban and cross-border travel, which comprised the majority of its business pre-pandemic. Guests are continuing to stay longer (28 days and more), which makes up 20% of total gross nights booked. Are investors overreacting to the possibility of normalization? As long as shares stay above the $100 level, the market believes so.
Here's What the Chart Says About ABNB Stock
The weekly downtrend on ABNB triggered on the neckline breakdown of the head-and-shoulders (HS) pattern through $141.50 in May 2022. This caused the weekly 20-period exponential moving average (EMA) to fall creating a widening channel away from the weekly 50-period MA, which are now at $113.45 and $133.46, respectively. Both MAs are upside resistances that are still falling. ABNB shares collapsed on earnings to hit a low of $91.27 on very heavy selling volume indicating potential capitulation. Shares managed to rally the following week propelled by the weekly market structure low (MSL) buy trigger on the breakout through $97.69. The upside-falling channel resistance sits just above the weekly 20-period MA around $116.35. Key pullback supports levels to watch sit at the $97.69 weekly MSL trigger, $91.27 post-earnings low, $86.75 swing low, $80.57, $75.43, and $67.64 wish list price level.


They are all contributing to the wedding cost and we would like to have their names on there. I already thought about the option of 'together with their families', but my mother is planning on inviting relatives from her family who are elderly and if they did not see her name, they would not recognize who I was.
Would that look okay if we kept out my FI's step-parents name?
Also when you word the parents name how does it work???..
Bride's mother is divorced and not remarried.
Thank you for your help. This is very confusing when it comes to wording.
Your mother's name is listed first, not your father's. You can use her first name, but not her maiden name if she doesn't use it. If she still uses the title Mrs., list that. If she doesn't, use Ms. or just her first name.
The groom's mother and husband are listed before his father and his wife. Mothers are listed first. And, you would never have a woman's name after Mr. unless it is his name. Mr. is always used first. If it were the other way around, the last name would have had to have been hers not his.
There is an old rule many still follow about not separating a man from his last name. This is why when we are not using titles and using first names with couples, we list the woman's name first.


Do you remember how the world looked and tasted and smelled to you when you were a child? Do you remember the discovery of touch and sensation? For many of us that intense sensual sense of life is put aside as our energy gets channeled into our work, our responsibilities, our projects until... one when day we wake up and realize so much of the juice has been squeezed out of life.
So many of us as women have tracked career and success, followed the path of motherhood, or developed a myriad of skills, but we often feel we've left behind an essential part of our sensual feminine being. Many of us have lost touch with the wonderfully enlivening energy of Aphrodite, the goddess who embodies expression of the deep feminine and of sensual delight.
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Winner of the play-in game will face the highest seeded team not of the same PIAA District.
The higher seeded team will host their game in their PIAA District at a neutral location.
TRI-DISTRICT TOURNAMENT TROPHY if the winning District so desires.
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NWS: Statewide tornado drill scheduled for Thursday postponed until Friday, April 12
Posted 3:07 pm, April 10, 2019, by Katie DeLong, Updated at 06:31PM, April 10, 2019
MILWAUKEE — A statewide tornado drill originally scheduled for Thursday, April 11 was postponed until Friday, April 12, National Weather Service officials announced Wednesday.
This is due to the threat of inclement weather on Thursday. According to Wisconsin Emergency Management officials, after consulting with the National Weather Service and Wisconsin Broadcasters Association, a decision was made to postpone the drill to prevent any confusion that may occur if the NWS needed to issue any real warnings for severe weather threats.
Friday's schedule for the drill will remain the same, with a mock tornado watch issued at 1 p.m., followed by a statewide mock tornado warning at 1:45 p.m. and a second mock tornado warning at 6:45 p.m.
The decision only effects the test alerts that will be sent out over NOAA Weather Radios and through participating TV and radio stations around the state. Schools and businesses who had planned to participate in the drill on Thursday are welcome to keep those plans in place.
While the severe weather threat is expected to pass after Thursday, Wisconsin Emergency Management officials said they and their partners would continue to monitor conditions and evaluate Friday's plans. If the threat of tornadoes or severe thunderstorms persists into Friday, the drill could be cancelled. In that event, a makeup date would not be scheduled.
The drill is part of Wisconsin's Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week.
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Gizmocrazed – Future Technology News
The Failure of NASA's Spacewalk Snafu? How Predictable It Was
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When Saralyn Mark heard the news earlier this month that NASA was planning the first all-women spacewalk at the International Space Station on March 29, she started to worry.
Mark, an endocrinologist by training, was a senior medical advisor to NASA for 18 years. In that role, she studied the way men and women's bodies differ, on space and on earth. Within the agency, she advocated for spacesuit and technological design that took these differences to account.
She led two separate decadal reviews into how NASA handled sex and gender difference, the last of which published in 2014. Those audits taught her that women astronauts often struggled to get spacesuits to fit right. "I was very concerned," says Mark, of what should have been exciting news. "I was concerned because of my knowledge about how spacesuits do not properly fit women, female astronauts. And with the spotlight shining on the space program and an all-female spacewalk, I wanted to be sure that the spacesuits fit properly so they could do their jobs well and safely."
Mark no longer works at NASA. She was asked to leave the Office of the Chief Health and Medical Officer, which oversees NASA medical policy, two years ago, at the beginning of the Trump administration. So Mark waited, not knowing what was going on inside the program but hoping for the best. Her answer came Monday, just four days before the historic spacewalk with Christina Koch and Anne McClain was to take place. NASA announced that McClain would no longer participate in Friday's walk because the second available suit on the ISS did not fit her; instead, Koch would be joined by a male astronaut, Nick Hague. (NASA said McClain is tentatively scheduled to do another walk on April 8.)
The change in plans provoked widespread outrage online. Mark said she couldn't sleep all Monday night because she was getting pings nonstop from people across government and science who were just as dismayed as the Twitter masses. As we spoke, a government worker from a different agency texted her, "OMG I can't believe this."
"I was not surprised," Mark said. But she was upset. "The good news is that no one died. No accident occurred, so it's the right moment to highlight that the science behind it is unacceptable."
By the science, Mark really means the lack of science, or the failure to translate science into real-world solutions. In her commentary accompanying the 2014 decadal review, Mark highlighted problems like a failure to fully enforce gender inclusion policies, lack of astronaut data segregated by sex, and a misguided belief that because the data that exists on women in space comes from such small sample sizes, it can't be trusted. Years of not looking into or addressing the specific needs of women astronauts led up to this moment.
This problem is not unique to NASA. Women face challenges getting the right equipment in every extreme field, according to Mark. She has turned a program she developed while at NASA and in the White House Office of Science and Technology into a nonprofit iGIANT that advocates for gender-inclusive design. Since its inception in 2016, she's hosted more than 62 roundtables with women in the military, in rescue operations like wildland firefighter crews, deep sea divers, surgeons, and astronauts, and she has heard the same refrain: the equipment doesn't work right for me. The gear in these fields was not designed for women.
One fighter jet pilot told Mark about how her flight suit was built for men to urinate easily, but not women. On long sorties, she's had to dehydrate herself. Female surgeons have told Mark how they've had to redesign medical tools to fit their hands. "It sends a very profound message," Mark says. "Great, show up, but you're not really that welcome. We're tolerating your presence. And you're so happy to be at the table that you're tolerating the fact that you're not actually given a seat, you're just at the table, and you're trying to find a way to make it work."
This is a consequence of "the gender data gap," writes author Caroline Criado Perez in her book Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men. Perez describes how a failure to take women's bodies into account can have deadly consequences, from cancer drugs calibrated for men that then won't work for women, to body armor that doesn't fit female police officers' torsos. For women in these extreme environments, she writes, "the consequences of living in a world built around male data can be deadly."
It's hard to imagine a situation more deadly than an astronaut walking in the vacuum of space wearing a suit that doesn't fit. The two suits on the International Space Station that are currently calibrated for spacewalks are a size medium—the smallest size—and a size large. McClain had trained in both sizes on earth, and had indicated to NASA that she could safely use the large, according to NASA's account. This would allow her to walk with fellow astronaut Koch, who needed the medium size. But after doing a walk last week wearing the medium size, McClain realized the large didn't actually fit her safely in space and she needed to be in the medium.
"This decision was based on my recommendation. Leaders must make tough calls, and I am fortunate to work with a team who trusts my judgement. We must never accept a risk that can instead be mitigated. Safety of the crew and execution of the mission come first," she tweeted from space.
There is another medium torso on the ISS, but it's a spare, and would take time to get it ready. "For logistical efficiency, the ISS has a pantry of suit parts that can be mixed and matched as needed to accommodate a variety of crew combinations, but we do not maintain a fleet of six completely assembled suits. To change upper torsos, the complete life support and controls system must be removed in addition to the pressure garment components," explained NASA engineer Lindsay Aitchison, who works on the spacesuit designs, in an email to WIRED. It was faster to switch astronauts for the upcoming spacewalk than spacesuits.
Even with the right size torsos, women astronauts have trouble getting the suits to fit. "The suits are big and difficult and often don't fit women well. This can impact one's focus while wearing the suits. Women have had to compensate. Some women use a water ski vest to help the suits fit better. Some use padding," former astronaut Cady Coleman told a NASA roundtable on gender difference and design in 2016 organized by Mark and then NASA chief health and medical officer Richard Williams, according to minutes provided by Mark. Mark remembers Coleman saying she felt like she was floating in her suit. The minutes go on to dryly state that Coleman "emphasized that women shouldn't need to do this." Mark says NASA has been aware of the problem with suits not fitting women correctly for decades.
Aitchison, the current NASA engineer, told WIRED that padding is a standard part of getting spacesuits to fit regardless of gender. "The padding preference for each astronaut is kept on file and tweaked just like any other aspect of their suit as they become more experienced with spacewalking and how they prefer their suit to fit," she wrote to WIRED. People commonly add a "0.5-inch thick pad on their back to push them forward in the torso to increase visibility of controls," she says, as well as pads to make the gloves fit better, or the boots.
Partially this is all necessary because the suits are not custom fit anymore, as they were during the Apollo missions. "Back then a mold of your body was used," says Mark. But those missions were limited in size; after they ended in the '70s, NASA's programming changed and hundreds of astronauts joined, and the cost of custom molds at the scale was prohibitive. "Now it's more off-the-shelf," Mark says, "to fit the average individual, generally male." Even so, a single suit can reportedly cost around $250 million.
NASA knows this is a problem for women and people with different body types. The agency's Office of Inspector General pointed it out in a 2017 report on spacesuit management and development. "The Hard Upper Torso was designed in the Shuttle era to accommodate a specific range of individuals and fabricated in three sizes: medium, large, and extra-large," the report states. "However, over the years the astronaut corps has become more diverse and includes individuals that do not conform to the historical norm. As a result, astronauts who do not fit comfortably into available suit sizes can have increased accessibility issues."
Mostly, the individuals who do not conform to that norm are women, who have smaller upper bodies, which makes getting their arms into the suit very difficult, says University of Florida space historian Amy Foster, whose book Integrating Women Into the Astronaut Corps tells the story of NASA's first six female astronauts. Like Mark, Foster sees the extra effort women have to take to retrofit their gear as emblematic of the larger issues of women breaking into any field designed for men—from academia, where she works, to microgravity.
Even knowing NASA's history of accommodating women's bodies, Foster was elated when she heard the announcement that there would be an all-female spacewalk. It was about time. "I assumed that if they were announcing it, they had checked that they had the right equipment for Anne and Christina," she said.
On the one hand, it shows that NASA is proud of the fact that there were two women in space at the same time who are both capable of doing spacewalks. Of the 217 astronauts who have ever done spacewalks, only 13 have been women. On Friday, Koch will be the 14th. But on the other hand, the failure to have the right equipment for McClain highlights that good intentions are not enough. And neither are numbers.
"You know, we get proud that the astronaut class selected 40 percent women, 50 percent women. We see it as a sign of equity," Mark says, but it's also not enough. "To me a sign of equity is to be given the tools and resources and opportunities to do your job well and safely. Everyone deserves that."
Preparing for a spacewalk is hard work. It takes years of specialized training on Earth, and then more exercises in the days leading up to the walk in space. You can watch McClain preparing for her spacewalk last week in a video she tweeted. "They're doing their part to do their jobs," says Mark. "They're putting in the effort, they're putting in the physical exhaustion, they're putting in the mental fortitude. Then give them the equipment so they can do their jobs."
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Red Bank High School student Matthew Rosen is an NJCTS Children's Scholarship Award winner
The New Jersey Center for Tourette Syndrome & Associated Disorders (NJCTS) is proud to announce Matthew Rosen of Little Silver as an honorable-mention recipient of the 2014 NJCTS Children's Scholarship Award.
Taggart, who is graduating from Red Bank High School, was selected for his academic achievement, community service and accomplishments as an individual with Tourette Syndrome – an inherited, misunderstood, misdiagnosed neurological disorder that affects 1 in 100 children.
Rosen's award essay was titled "Music and Me." His list of extracurricular activities reflects significant talent in the clarinet and bass clarinet. Rosen is a member of many prominent bands and studied through the Manhattan School of Music (Pre-College).
NJCTS congratulates Rosen– who will attend the Eastman School of Music- on his achievements and wishes him continued success in his academic and career endeavors.
Since 2001, the NJCTS Children's Scholarship Award has been awarded to more than 200 outstanding high school seniors in the state of New Jersey who have excelled in their schools, communities and lives – representing themselves as excellent advocates for Tourette. To learn more about the scholarship or discover other NJCTS programs, please visit www.njcts.org or visit the Teens4TS blog.
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Even if the calcium carbonate from southeast Asian crustacean shells was processed into only the cheapest coarse particles, it could have an annual market value of up to $45 million. Calcium carbonate are changing to the lime by losing the CO2 with the heat & they are going to use it in the building business, in the iron extraction industries, producing steels & for producing the calcium carbide. Stalactites and stalagmites in caves are made of calcium carbonate. And according to this sentence, steel is very important for the relating industries. Balnave D(1), el-Khatib NU, Zhang D. Author information: (1)Department of Animal Science, University of Sydney, Camden, New South Wales, Australia. Many ocean plants and animals build shells and skeletons out of two chemicals that exist in seawater, calcium calcium Ca 2+ and carbonate carbonate CO 32- . If the pH gets too low, shells and skeletons can even begin to dissolve. In polystyrene, suppliers are making disposable dishes, sheets, different kinds of tanks & other products with these calcium carbonates. Because when the soil doesn't need the crushed seashell, the soil is going to be lime. From these article, we can understand how it is hard to prepare calcium carbonate. Some of the liquid forms should be shaken before using them. For More Information And Consulting Click Below Button. It is also precipitated from ocean water. In this section, we are talking about the benefits of using calcium carbonate in our agriculture section. The usages of the calcium carbonate is increasing in the branches of industry, edible & building. Essentials. Shells are made of calcium carbonate, in the mineral form of calcite or aragonite. Mollusks — including oysters, quahogs, softshell clams, bay scallops and conchs — fared by far the worst under the elevated carbon dioxide scenarios. These two forms are called aragonite and calcite. 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The Justices Will Weigh 'Forgiving' Student Loans
The Supreme Court will decide what is clearly a significant separation-of-powers case.
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a significant case regarding the separation-of-powers doctrine inherent in the Constitution. At issue is whether Joe Biden has the authority to bypass Congress and unilaterally cancel billions of dollars in student loan debt.
The justices agreed to hear the case after both the Fifth Circuit and Eighth Circuit Courts of Appeal ordered a pause on the implementation of Biden's debt cancellation plan until lawsuits are adjudicated. It is telling that SCOTUS elected to jump in and hear the case rather than let the lower courts rule on the cases. This indicates that the justices see this as a significant case that needs to be dealt with sooner rather than later.
Considering the comments of North Texas District Judge Mark Pittman, who called Biden's cancellation plan an "unconstitutional exercise of Congress's legislative power," it's little wonder that the Court would want to weigh in before the order has a chance to go into effect. Judge Pittman further contended, "No one can plausibly deny that it is either one of the largest delegations of legislative power to the executive branch, or one of the largest exercises of legislative power without congressional authority in the history of the United States."
Biden's gambit is reminiscent of Barack Obama's action on Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), as Biden, like Obama, first asserted that he did not have the authority to unilaterally cancel upwards of $20,000 per borrower in federal student loan debt a few months before he went ahead and ordered it anyway. Obama's unilateral implementation of DACA was just as unconstitutional as Biden's student loan cancellation plan, but since DACA went into effect it has proven nearly impossible to end, and that is the same problem presented by Biden's plan. Once the cancellations start happening, good luck trying to reverse course.
It would appear that the Biden administration knows that it stands on weak legal ground — Biden stretched the 2003 Heroes Act, which gives him authority over military student loans, to include the entire American population. Therefore, the administration is arguing that the six Republican lead states that brought one of the lawsuits don't have legal standing, irrespective of the merits of their argument.
Thankfully, it does not appear that the Court agrees with that argument, as the justices simply could have let the issue play out in the lower courts before stepping in. "The Court's decision to hear the case on an expedited basis suggests at least four Justices are concerned about the weighty constitutional questions," observes the Wall Street Journal editorial board. "If the Justices agreed with the Administration's argument that the states lacked standing to sue because they aren't really harmed by the loan cancellation, the Court could have simply vacated the Eighth Circuit's injunction. The cancellations would have proceeded, and the issue would be moot."
The Court will hear arguments in February with an expected ruling coming in June. In the meantime, Biden has extended for nine more months the pause on student loan repayments justified by the COVID pandemic he said months ago was "over." The political consequences of the Court's ruling promise to be far beyond a question of canceling billions in student loan debt and putting American taxpayers on the hook for it. Reeling back the executive branch's power overreach is the bigger issue.
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ISLAMABAD : The office-bearers of Academic Staff Association of Allama Iqbal Open University took oath of their offices at a ceremony held here for a period of two years.
Vice Chancellor Dr Zia-Ul-Qayyum administered the oath. Addressing the ceremony, he announced that the Open University of UK and University of London would soon launch joint degree programs, enabling their students to enrich themselves with new academic standards and contemporary needs.
We are in process of negotiation with UK universities for the joint degree programs, he said, assuring that this would be in accordance with the markets needs and new academic requirements.
It is for the first time that the AIOU will be introducing joint degree programmes in collaboration with the foreign institutions, he said.
The VC announced that the University's academic discipline would be improved to achieve the target of quality education. He added that providing an enabling working environment and better facilities to the academic staff and employees would be their top priority.
He announced that a faculty development program would also be initiated for upgrading working status of the academic staff.
The VC hoped that academic staff and the employees would be their helping hand in bringing about qualitative improvement in the varsity's overall working and providing best possible facilities to their students.
The ASAs office-bearers including President Dr Fazalur Rehman and General Secretary Dr Zia-ur-Rehman Baloch in their speeches thanked the VC for recently taken steps for their welfare, and assured that they would fully stand by him in carrying out University's development.
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Nevada AG criticizes Trump's 'nonsense' claim that governor will 'cheat' with ballots
By Sam Dorman | Fox News
Nevada attorney general: Biden will not take 'any vote for granted'
Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford discusses Biden's lead in the polls and Trump's comment that the governor will cheat on ballots.
It's "nonsense" for President Trump to claim Democratic Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak will "cheat" in the upcoming election, the state's attorney general told "The Daily Briefing" on Wednesday.
His comments came after a "Fox & Friends" interview in which the president suggested that Sisolak might tamper with ballots. "Now he'll [Sisolak] cheat on the ballots. I have no doubt about it," he said.
"First off, I'll just say it's nonsense," Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford told Fox News host Dana Perino.
"The governor does not control the ballots here. We don't have millions of votes, we don't even have millions of voters, first off, so let's correct that fact. It's the secretary of state here who happens to be a Republican, who oversees the election here, as well as our local administrators, our local registrars, and our 17 counties ... that are going to be overseeing the election in this thing."
TRUMP SLAMS NEVADA GOVERNOR, CLAIMS 'HE'LL CHEAT ON THE BALLOTS'
"There won't be any cheating on behalf of the governor or anybody here. And just so you know, don't vote twice because I prosecute people who vote twice. That's the only way you're going to cheat here and I'm going to prosecute you for it."
Ford said on Wednesday that he was confident in his officials' ability to effectively facilitate the electoral process. "I have no concern about the integrity of our elections," he said. "Again, they are run by our registrars and secretary of state, and I have utmost confidence in all of them."
The Trump administration has raised concerns about potential fraud resulting from mail-in balloting during the coronavirus pandemic.
"This is playing with fire," Attorney General William Barr said earlier this month. "We're a very closely divided country here, and people have to have confidence in the legitimacy of the government, and people trying to change the rules to this methodology, which as a matter of logic is very open to fraud and coercion, is reckless and dangerous, and people are playing with fire."
Sam Dorman is a reporter with Fox News. You can send tips on Twitter @DormanInDC or Facebook at SamDormanFoxNews.


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