In this study Swedish teachers' views of the technology subject and technology teaching are examined. Investigations made the last few years show that there are deficiencies in the technology teaching in Swedish schools - e.g. lack of time in the timetable, low status, non-certified teachers and lack of materials. The subject is young, compared to other subjects, and the teachers have different backgrounds and different technological knowledge. Educational research in general tells us that the teacher has a great impact on the pupils and their learning situation. Therefore, the aim is to examine how Swedish Technology teachers experience and view the subject and its teaching.
The study is quantitative and based on a web based inquiry. 1153 teachers participated. The participants teach, or taught, technology in Swedish compulsory schools. The data was analysed with the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software. In order to examine the teacher's experience consisting of different underlying factors, an exploratory factor analysis was performed on 18 statements from the inquiry. The result of the analysis shows that there are four underlying factors; 1 Technology education is important, 2 Good conditions for technology education, 3 Syllabus is in focus for technology education and 4 Confidence, interest and technology education of the teacher. "Technology education is important" has the highest mean, which indicates that most of the teachers do find Technology important. The lowest mean is found in "Good conditions for technology education", it shows that the respondents were not satisfied with the circumstances in their school. The factors are a help for a wider understanding of the teachers experience. Further investigations of the factors and the statistical material will follow, with ambitions to find out if there are some preconditions that explain why teachers have different views of the factors found in this first part.
Marseille: Presses Universitaires de Provence , 2015.


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How can we find a cutting edge?
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We are five games into our first season back in the elite tier of English football and have four points to show for our hard work thus far. This places us one point above the drop zone but realistically we have been unfortunate; refereeing howlers have certainly hurt us and over 90 minutes, we should have come away with three points against both Bournemouth and West Ham based on the balance of play. Additionally, given the influx of new signings, we should only improve as our players continue to gel and get to grips with the style of football Deano demands.
Our centre back partnership 'Mingles', infront of 'safe hands' Tom Heaton has looked incredibly assured and impresses more in every game that passes. In my mind, this trio of talent is worthy of a top 8 side; either centre back would walk into Man City's side until Laporte is back and that says an awful lot. When you combine this with our central midfield; Grealish, McGinn Nakamba, Luiz and even Hourihane, it becomes clear that we have an abundance of talent that should see us beat the drop.
Guardiola badly wanted Douglas Luiz in his side, Ferguson wanted United to sign McGinn and Pochettino was desperate for super Jack.
Our central areas are littered with talent; this has resulted in us being competitive in every game that we have played so far. All you have to do is look at how opposition players in these central positions have fared against us and you begin to realise how effective our central midfield has been. Billing should have seen red for Bournemouth, Andre Gomes dropped a disasterclass for Everton, Milivojević could have had 5 yellow cards for Palace and Noble should have seen red last night.
So, all in all, there is no reason to panic.
That said, we do have one major issue that does need addressing – our cutting edge. We simply have not created enough clear cut chances yet and, when we struggle to score we do not have a plan B. One of our writers, Jamie, has written a piece about possible plan B formations which is well worth digesting – Link
This article will look to analyse the reasons for this and suggest an array of possible solutions.
Issue 1 – Weakness out wide
This, for me is the primary issue that needs addressing and was very visible against West Ham. We play with just one striker and therefore our wingers need to be a constant threat to the opposition and to create much of our chances – apart from Jota's great pass against Everton this simply has not happened yet.
On the right side we have a very impressive, dynamic and attacking full back in Guilbert, yet we have not found someone as effective to play in front of him. Against the Hammers, Jota looked like he was not up to the physical requirements of the Premier League and was, to be blunt, not a threat.
Coversely, on the left side I actually thought El Ghazi had a decent game. Out of all the wingers on the pitch, he arguably had the most joy and was very direct in his play. However, unfortunately, his backup was Neil Taylor. Taylor has done well defensively this year and credit to him for that but he will never offer enough defensively to justify his forward contributions (or lack of).
This leaves us looking relatively average on both flanks. We show signs of inflicting damage but fail to drive home a meaningful advantage. One thing that really frustrated me against West Ham was the numerous occasions on which we would look to play the ball out wide but have to pause before doing so; as if our wide men were not capable of making a run without being told to move. These delays gave West Ham's defence time to prepare, mark Wesley and nullify our threat from any crosses. If you look back on our best chances, Grealish actually had to pick up the ball and then make the move out wide and supply the cross himself. Jack, by the way, was actually one of our best players yesterday.
We need to find combinations out wide that really put our opposition to the sword and utilise our possession more effectively.
Issue 2 – Wesley is isolated
There is no doubt that Wesley has been isolated so far. He did well to net against Everton after making a very intelligent run but has not really had another clear cut chance since. This is worrying.
His hold up play has been good and he has also run the channels well; my criticism is not aimed at Wesley, it is anything but that.
It is hard to identify the exact cause of his isolation – maybe it is the wingers sitting too deep or the team being pushed back in general.
Maybe it isn't.
My real problem with his isolation is that it compounds itself with a further issue. McGinn and Grealish both try to push up the field to provide support to Wesley and create chances. However, as soon as this happens we resort to hoofball and struggle to pass the ball up the pitch. Grealish and McGinn drive the team forward and we rely on them to turn possession into attacks. I am sure that if we could get the ball to them when they start in the attacking phase that they would turn attacks into goals, but we fail to do this.
Once again, perhaps the blame lies out wide. Luiz or Nakamba both knock tidy passes out to the four wide players in our system – maybe it is up to them to then combine with each other and bring the ball up the pitch. I don't intend to put all the blame on our wingers though because this may be a far more complicated problem that needs a far more complex solution.
For now though, three things remain clear:
Wesley is isolated
We need Grealish and McGinn high in support of Wesley
When Grealish and McGinn are high we can't bring the ball out.
Solution 1 – Play to our strengths
One possible solution, which would kill two birds in one stone, is that we play to our strengths. As aforementioned, we have an abundance of talent in the centre of the park and a lack of it out wide. With this in mind, there are a few different ways in which we could adapt.
One option is that we switch to a 4-2-3-1 and have Luiz and Nakamba in the deeper roles. This would allow McGinn, Grealish and El Ghazi to float about in what would be a scintilating trio and in doing so, provide support to Wesley as they would be much higher up the pitch. It also eradicates the issue of picking a second winger, even if they are one of our weaker players, as the three would provide plenty of width between them. All three are very good dribblers and McGinn could use his energy to provide a very good press on any of the oppositions deep lying ball players in this role. We have lacked an effective press so far and this formation could also be the remedy to that. If Targett replaced Taylor then I could see this formation creating a lot more chances than the current one.
A more radical option would be transitioning to a 3 at the back. To be honest I had not really considered this as an option until after last as I thought it could disrupt Mings and Engels who have been playing brilliantly. That said if they could make the transition and it did not impact their performances then Konsa would be a fine addition alongside them. There are a few variations we could try with 3 defenders but given the solution of 'playing to our strengths' I actually think that @JackCudworth has come up with the best variant that I have seen. Radical yet rational, his proposed 3-6-1 would see attacking wing backs and quintessentially, 4 men in central midfield . Playing two holding midfielers and two number 8's to support Wesley could really see us get the best out of our wealth of midfield talent and it would give McGinn and Grealish the freedom they need.
I have seen some fans sugest an alternative option where Grealish resorts back to a left midfield role and then either Luiz or Hourihane comes in alongside McGinn. For me, Grealish needs more license to roam about the pitch than that if we are to be at our most effective. He is the player that finds space between the lines and will take the ball on the half turn then drive at a defender. Furthermore he frequently roams out to either wing anyway so simply trapping him on one will do more harm than good.
Solution 2 – Patience
The step up the Premier League is a big one and our players are still adapting to this. They will gain confidence as they play and will become used to each other and thus display more chemistry on the pitch. An increased understanding should lead to more chances being created.
I do not think our 4-3-3 is awful by any stretch of the imagination – as previously mentioned, we have gone toe to toe with every side we have played against. Things may click and we might find the attacking moves that allow us to really punish teams.
Additionally, we might be able to sign more talent in January and this could make the difference – Benrahma and a striker could be enough to transform our goal threat.
One thing is for sure, we need patience in management and the club. This time last year it took a last minute Hourihane free kick to get a point against Blackburn. I'm an optimist of the highest and most ridiculous order when it comes to pre-season and Villa; admittedly this is partially to wind-up family and friends yet I do hold out some hope that I will prove to be Nostradamus and Villa will finish in the top 6… Inevitably this does not happen, but I don't judge the players by my ludicrous hopes. If we stay up this season, then the season has been at least a partial success – it really is that simple. Our current performances, in my view, would see us in a relegation battle but one that we would survive.
Some fans do not seem to understand this and offered more moaning than support last night. From accusing Grealish of being S*** to claiming Smith was not the man for the job when Jota got subbed off for Elmo (he was literally the only sub in this position and Jota was offering nothing) I really was shocked by what I heard. Yes, as fans we have a right to moan and be frustrated but we can't get onto the players back so easily. They need support to foster the confidence to step up to this level and Villa Park screaming at every wrong decision a player makes will not help. I am not trying to be a 'superfan' or judge others – I also groaned at the wrong passes and, as you can see by this article, have my doubts and suggestions for how we can improve. At the end of the day, we drew to a West Ham team who have top 8 credentials, a £45 million striker and would have gone third with a win last night.
The game was frustrating because we played well, it was frustrating because we deserved to beat West Ham and it was frustrating because we did not score the goal we needed. This article was written with the intention of exploring the various ways that we can overcome that frustration by finding the cutting edge needed to turn our good performances and domination into points.
The fact we have that frustration is, in itself, a good thing. An article like this would not have been possible in our last season in the Premier League as you cannot be frustrated by a lack of clinicality when you lose 6-0 to Liverpool at home or when you finish a season on 17 points. It is precisely because we are competing so well in central defence and central midfield that I am focusing on us sharpening the knife to really penetrate teams.
I'm content with the start we have made to the season, I am delighted by how competitive we are and I have full faith that Dean Smith will find a way to sharpen the knife.
I'd love to know your thoughts on how we can find the goals we need and which if any of my solutions you agree with – let me know by tweeting @HeartOfTheHolte or @C-G-Richardson .
For now let's keep Villa Park bouncing, stay positive and hope that the goals begin to fly in.
Thank you for reading and UTV!
By Callum Richardson
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Whether you're currently unemployed and searching for a job, or employed and keeping your eye out for opportunities on the job market, summer is the perfect time to add new skills to your resume. Many MOOCs (massive open online courses) are free and can be taken in your own time and at your own pace. Some of them are offered by top-tier Ivy League universities like Harvard, and some even offer certification for a small fee. All of the courses we've listed here are free!
We're not suggesting you give up your pool time or late evening sunsets; most of these courses can be completed over a few weeks—and some in just an hour. Grab your laptop, find a lounge chair in the shade, and check out these courses that just might be a stepping stone for your next great career move. We've made a note of how much time you'll need to invest, cost for certification (if applicable), and course start date (if not self-paced).
Introduction to Marketing (ALISON) will teach you about the different approaches that affect marketing campaigns used in different types of businesses. Good for marketing and business professionals who want to refresh the basics of marketing and those who want to have a greater knowledge and understanding of the role marketing plays in the modern business world. Your time: 3 hours.
E-Commerce - Introduction to Internet Marketing Strategies for Businesses (ALISON) covers successful internet marketing techniques and strategies that are being used today by companies around the world. Learn how to break down your target audience, how to build a coordinated marketing strategy using the integrated internet marketing matrix to reach your customers and stakeholders, and how to measure the effectiveness of promotion strategies. Good for anyone who wants to know more about online marketing. Your time: 2 hours.
Getting Started with Google Analytics (Udemy). Learn how to interpret data and get insights from Google Analytics with step-by-step instructions on how to get started, details on how to interpret data, and the most important reports and why they matter. Your time: 3 hours.
Successful Negotiation: Essential Strategies and Skills (Coursera). Negotiation is also the key to business success. No business can survive without profitable contracts. Within a company, negotiation skills can lead to your career advancement. In this course, you'll learn about and practice the four steps to a successful negotiation. Your time: 8.5 hours.
Understanding Your Customers to Drive Sales (ALISON). This course is for business professionals who want to learn what practices a business should implement so that it can better understand its customers to drive sales of products or services. It is also a useful course for any entrepreneur seeking to develop an online business. Your time: 2 hours.
HTML & CSS (Codecademy). Learn how to create websites by structuring and styling your pages with HTML and CSS. In just one course, you can learn how to create your own website (or give your company's website an overhaul). Your time: 7 hours.
Fundamentals of Network Security (ALISON) covers topics such as active and passive attacks on networks, encryption, symmetric and asymmetric key systems, authentication using certification authorities, and access control using passwords and firewalls. Excellent for anyone interested in a career as an IT or network administrator. Your time: 2 hours.
Introduction to PHP and MySQL Programming (ALISON) gives an overview of how PHP programming works. You will learn what certain commands and lines of code infer within a .php file and see the results on client-side machines. MySQL is an open-source relational database management system which uses structured query language requests for working with data. You will learn how PHP can be combined with MySQL to create a very powerful online database engine. Your time: 2 hours.
How To Make A Great First Impression (Udemy). Get the skills and confidence to make a great first impression every time. As you gain confidence, you can learn to read other people's body language to enable you to communicate more effectively with almost anybody, anywhere, anytime. Your time: 30 minutes.
Introduction to Public Speaking (Coursera). A report from the National Association of Colleges and Employers shows that employers want job candidates with strong communication skills. In this class, you will study the principles of public speaking, and critically examine your own and others' speeches through interactive practice. Your time: 18 hours. NOTE: This class begins on May 30.
Developing Effective Business Presentation Skills (ALISON) will help you prepare more effectively for a presentation, be more confident speaking in front of people, and develop the skills to engage and persuade an audience. Learn how to plan and develop an effective presentation, assess the expectations of your audience, and how to be more confident when speaking in public. Your time: 3 hours.
Summer school isn't just for kids, and this might be the perfect opportunity to add a few new (or upgraded) skills to your resume. Have you taken online courses to advance your career or snag a new job? Let us know in the comments!


Discovery Packs, Park Packs, Adventure Packs...Whatever you call them, Exploration Packs are a growing trend in nature centers, parks, and communities across the nation as a way to get children, families, and individuals out exploring nature on their own. Discovery Packs are filled with tools, activities, and tips on what to do or look for, but allow for users to be guided and directed by their own curiosity.
The Winneshiek County Conservation Board surveyed a number of organizations with Discovery Packs, asking them to provide their best advice for hosting a set of packs. Here, we've compiled their responses, including pack content lists, supplier suggestions, activity guides, and general tips. We hope you find it helpful as you develop your own Discovery Packs.
The Winneshiek County Conservatino Board wishes to thank all other organizations and individuals who assisted with this project and the Iowa DNR's Resource Enhancement and Protection - Conservation Education Program (REAP-CEP) for its support.
All Discovery Pack materials are also available on a CD. Contact us if you'd like us to send you one.


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This How-to describes how to add and work with QINSy data in Qimera.
For additional information, see our Getting Started article.
The data used for this How-to is single head EM2040C data from Brest, France, that was acquired using QINSy and was provided by Université de Brest; these files are available for download .
The supported Raw Sonar format for QINSy data DB; these files are logged by the QINSy acquisition software online. If QINSy QPD files are available, they will be used by Qimera; otherwise, Qimera will generate new QPD files when the DB files are added. QINSy QPD files can also be added as Processed Point files, and QINSy GRD grid files can be added using the Import Grid option in the Layer menu.
You can view a full-size version of any image in this How-to by clicking on the image. Numbers in images are referred to in the text preceding the image or in the image caption itself. Blue text indicates a link to the manual, another document, or data.
1) If a DB is present, it will be used to establish CRS. This is true when opening a project for either Point Cleaning OR Full Sonar Processing. This is also the case when a DB is brought into a new Qimera project.
2) If a QINSy project is opened and there is no logged DB present, the template DB (if present) will be used to set the CRS.
3) If there are no logged or template DBs present, the QPDs will set the CRS.
In all cases, the first valid source of a CRS definition will be used. If you have several CRSs defined across multiple DBs, tempates, or QPDs, care must be taken that the correct CRS is set. Once it is set, it cannot be changed for a project.
Existing Project or New Project?
In Qimera, you can choose to open an existing QINSy project, which will load the existing DB and QPD files (if the QPD files exist), or to create a New Project and add the DB files as source files. Both options are reviewed below.
QPDs can also be used to create a Qimera project if desired.
After you open Qimera, the Welcome Screen will launch. Select Open Other, then navigate to and select your QINSy project directory.
Qimera Welcome Screen, Open Other option.
Navigate to and select your QINSy project.
Selecting the QINSy project directory.
Alternatively, you can open a project by clicking the Open Project Button or by going to the Project menu and choosing Open Project.
Information being extracted from the QINSy project during load.
If you select 'Point Cleaning', Qimera will only load the QPD files from the DtmData folder in the QINSy project directory. The QPDs will be listed in the Project Sources under Processed Point Files. The project can be 'upgraded' to full sonar processing by right clicking on a QPD and selecting 'Load Associated DB File'.
Once the project data extraction is complete, you will see the extracted vessel and QPD information (if QPD files were generated in QINSy) in the File Table (1) and can review any encountered errors in the Job Activity Window (2). All of the DB files from the project will be in the Project Sources Window under Raw Sonar Files and extracted ancillary files will be listed under the appropriate Parents (3), and all of the tracklines will be visible in the 4D Scene (4). For this example dataset, the Job Activity window displays a warning that vessel system offsets are all zero and there is also a prompt at the top of the 4D Scene (5) with similar information; this is discussed in the Info box below. There is also a warning that Metadata Extraction failed for the file named ConfigBase_EM2040C_POSMV_TrueHeave.db, and that file is red in the Project Sources tree view (see highlighted text in the image). In this dataset, that file is the QINSy template database and does not contain any data, so this is not a cause for concern.
In this sample dataset, you see a warning that "Vessel system location offsets are all zero" as well as a prompt noting that "Your vessel offsets are all zero. Would you like to edit your vessel settings now?" Clicking Yes at the prompt to open the Vessel Editor (or select Tools > Edit Vessel from the Main Menu). A review of the settings in the Vessel Editor will show that the Starboard, Forward, and Up Transducer Offsets are all set to zero. This vessel was equipped with a POS MV, and all referencing was done to the POS rather then in QINSY. This is a typical warning for this set-up and is not a cause for concern, and no action is necessary.
Vessel Offsets set to zero in the Vessel Editor.
As information is extracted from the QINSy files, the additional folders that Qimera created in the project get populated with the information.
Extracted information for line 0002_Wreck_*** in the Metadata folder.
If there are any Dynamic Surfaces that were built by QINSy while Online or in Processing Manager, these will be detected by Qimera and loaded automatically.
When a project doesn't contain QPD files, the DB files in the Project Sources tree view will be followed by the symbol, indicating that they still require processing. Clicking the Auto Process or building a Static or Dynamic Surface will trigger the files to be processed and QPD files to be generated.
DB files with indication that reprocessing is required.
, Qimera will automatically regenerate the files in the upgraded QPD2 format and write the new files to the QINSy project. The process will be noted in the Job Activity.
Message about QPD upgrade in Job Activity Window.
After you open Qimera, the Welcome Screen will launch. Select New Project and Create (or simply double-click on New Project).
Qimera Welcome Screen, New Project.
Add project name information (1).
By default, the folder for your project will be in the '/Users/username/FMData/Projects' directory, though you can choose another location (2).
The Description box can be used to add additional notes about the project (3).
Set the Project Coordinate System (4).
When working with QINSy data, the default setting of "Automatic" will choose the same coordinate system that is set in the QINSy files. It is good to note that this is not how this option works with other data types – for other formats, Automatic will choose the UTM zone that matches the coordinates of the first file Qimera scans.
You can select Manual and choose a different projection if you would like your Qimera products (QPDs, surfaces, etc.) to be in a projection that differs from your source DB files. The projection of the DB files will be read correctly, and any existing QPD files QImera finds will be ignored; products you create will be in the project projection.
Click OK to create the project. Once created, the project folder will contain sub-folders for storing bathymetry files in QPD format, internal metadata, extracted external source data, and products.
Alternatively, you can create a project by clicking the Create Project Button or by going to the Project menu and choosing New Project.
You will be prompted to add source files to you new project. Choose Add Raw Sonar Files.
Use Add Files to navigate to and select the DB files from the Database folder of your QINSy project. Click OK to load the files.
Coordinate System information can be read directly from the DB files, so setting this information in the import wizard is not an option.
As the data loads, QPD files will be generated and written to the Qimera project. Once the data load, ancillary data extraction, and QPD write is complete, you will see the extracted vessel as well as the QPD information in the File Table (1) and can review any encountered errors in the Job Activity Window (2). All of the DB files from the project will be in the Project Sources Window under Raw Sonar Files and extracted ancillary files will be listed under the appropriate Parents (3), and all of the tracklines will be visible in the 4D Scene (4). For this example dataset, the Job Activity window displays a warning (5) that vessel system offsets are all zero (there is also a prompt that appears at the top of the 4D Scene, not shown in this image); this is discussed in the Info box above.
File Table populated with information and errors/issues encountered in Job Activity Window.
8. As information is extracted from the QINSy files, the folders in the Qimera project get populated with the information.
Newly generated QPDs in the Qimera Project DtmData folder.
Checking a file on or off in the Tree View controls the visibility of the trackline; it does not effect which files are used in surface creation and processing routines.


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Speech To The Australian Council For Private Education And Training (ACPET), Pullman Hotel, Melbourne, Friday, 28 August 2015
Thank you for the invitation to join you again this year – it hardly seems like a full twelve months have passed since I last spoke with you!
Your Chair, Martin Cass reflected in the Conference website that:
"Arguably the education sector has never before been in the midst of such concurrent change, scrutiny, threat and opportunity."
That is certainly true so I suspect it has felt like a hectic twelve months to each of you as well.
Rather than doing a chronological recap and commentary on those twelve months this year, I would like to discuss these threats and opportunities in the context of your theme for this year's meeting: "Inspiring Ideas – building a better private sector through innovation, diversity and quality."
Only this week we have seen public media reports of the significant impact that emerging and ever-evolving technology will have on how we work and, therefore, how we train the workers of the future. It is abundantly clear that innovation will be key to how we teach, how students access education and training and how businesses utilise the innovative capacities of their workforce to grow and succeed.
Most of you would be aware that the Foundation for Young Australians at the beginning of this week released their report, The New Work Order: Ensuring young Australians have skills and experience for jobs of the future, not the past".
This report shows that approximately 71 per cent of young Australians currently in VET courses are preparing for occupations where at least two-thirds of the jobs will be automated over coming decades.
CEO, Jan Owen, said:
"We need to provide our young people with a different set of skills – to allow them to navigate their way through a diverse employment journey that will include around five career changes and an average of 17 different jobs. We must start thinking differently about how we back young people for the jobs and careers of the future, so they don't get stuck in the past."
I couldn't agree more. Before too many young people in training start wondering if they should drop out because their course won't be worthwhile, I should say that I believe the challenge is to build into our course content and our teaching methods an increased focus on critical thinking and problem-solving and digital literacy and utilisation.
What we actually need for innovation is learners who, to use a very old phrase now, are "self-empowered" learners. What we should be ensuring is that they graduate from your courses able to assess their need for further knowledge and skills and know-how to gain these. The automation that will disrupt so many current jobs will be accompanied by globalisation and an increased focus on collaboration that can open new doors to these very workers, new jobs, new careers, even new small businesses, if they are equipped to take them up.
I note that Rachel Botsman yesterday delivered an address to you regarding the future of education and training in a collaborative economy, so clearly you are already looking at these very issues.
Labor federally is also very aware and focussed on developing policies to ensure the nation is prepared for these changes.
In his Budget Reply speech, Bill Shorten outlined significant policies to support the extension of science, technology, engineering and maths skills across the education sector.
In an address to the Australian Workplace Practitioners Network in March this year I discussed with them the importance of emerging literacies, alongside the importance of language, literacy and numeracy as we traditionally defined them. I said at that time:
"The world of work, and indeed, the ability to participate in civic and community life is increasingly requiring a population with new literacies – including in financial and digital knowledge and skills.
Our personal and work life is increasingly complex and people will require better understanding of the financial sector to be a more informed consumer. It is critically important to developing this literacy that people have a solid grounding in both literacy and numeracy from which to build their expertise in financial literacy.
This more complex world also encompasses a more digital life – for work and play, for solitary reading and family skype catch-ups, for shopping and submitting health claims. Each of you could easily add to this list to reflect your own daily life I am sure.
Like financial literacy, being digitally literate is increasingly a requirement for full and meaningful engagement in economic, social and civic activities."
These developments demand of us all that we ensure all of our education and training enables the next generation to have the underlying knowledge and skills they will need in all employment sectors to, not only manage change, but to grasp it and utilise its benefits.
In a Matter of Public Importance debate in the Parliament in June on "The Government's Failure to Plan for the Jobs of the New Economy", I referred the House to the critically important environmental scans that are done each year by Industry Skills Councils (who have sadly been defunded by the Federal Government) and I particularly quoted from the most recent scan released by Innovation and Business Skills Australia which said:
"The impact of technology broadens each year as it is felt in all aspects of business operations, all sizes of business and all industries. Customer service is being enhanced through data analytics which are providing complex analyses of consumer behaviours, paper based printing is being subsumed by mobile electronic options, finance and business services are operating anywhere and anytime using cloud based applications on a wide variety of devices. Nationally and internationally, convergence and collaboration are occurring in the workplace and between and within industries, suppliers and clients."
This is no small challenge for each of you and it points us also to the importance of dedicated and well-trained professionals driving the VET sector, capable, themselves, of adapting and deploying innovation to meet these challenges.
The interesting thing about your second point of consideration at this year's conference is that there is no shortage of diversity in the VET sector – of courses, students and providers!
The Productivity Commission Report on Government Services 2015 gives an accurate description of this diversity:
"Diversity of the VET system
Vocational education and training (VET) programs range from a single module or unit of competency (which can involve fewer than 10 contact hours) to associate degrees (which can involve up to four years of study). … The types of training range from formal classroom learning to workplace-based learning, and can include flexible, self-paced learning and/or online training, often in combination. Also included are apprenticeships/traineeships (referred to as Australian Apprenticeships), which combine employment and competency-based training, including both formalised training and on-the-job training. The availability of distance education has increased, with off-campus options such as correspondence, Internet study and interactive teleconferencing.
The types of training organisation include: institutions specialising in VET delivery, such as government owned technical and further education (TAFE) institutes, agricultural colleges and private training businesses; adult community education (ACE) providers; secondary schools and colleges; universities; industry and community bodies with a registered training organisation (RTO) arm; and businesses, organisations and government agencies that have RTO status to train their own staff. Group Training Organisations may be RTOs and some RTOs may also be Australian Apprenticeship Centres (formerly New Apprenticeship Centres). Schools and universities provide dual award courses that may combine traditional studies with VET, with an award from both the VET provider and the secondary school or university.
In addition to formal VET delivered by an RTO, many people undertake on-the-job training in the workplace or attend training courses that do not lead to a recognised VET qualification."
The very nature of this diversity poses its own challenges for our consideration.
Often the most vulnerable groups in our communities are the ones most directly affected by unemployment, and importantly, long-term unemployment.
It doesn't take any great detailed examination of unemployment data to tell us that young people, people with a language other than English as their first language, our indigenous Australians, workers retrenched after decades in the same job without qualification upgrades, recently arrived migrants and refugees – are those most detached from work and most in need of skills qualifications.
There is more than sufficient evidence now available to us to make it clear that unqualified entry-level jobs are fast disappearing, so getting a start in work more than ever requires some form of formal training, preferably with a strong work relevant component to it.
As these unemployed people put so much hope and trust into the training they receive it is our duty to ensure it is maximised in its content and reputation so they are well placed to graduate to work.
I am sure all of you have seen the extensive media reporting on very predatory behaviours by some RTOs and brokers on the VET market. The manipulation of very vulnerable people for a simple profit motive with no care or responsibility for the outcomes for that student cannot be allowed to persist.
I want to recognise the important improvements that the Federal Government and the national regulator have taken to address marketing and recruitment practices such as these.
I also want to pay tribute to the work of your own organisation on these matters. I know that you share these concerns as shonky practices and providers damage your share of the market and that you feel the flow on from reputational damage to private providers.
The development and implementation of your Code of Ethics is an exemplary achievement and I particularly acknowledge that this code deals directly with this responsibility to students in its Student Services section:
"Members will ensure that all students/trainees/clients are given appropriate orientation, and are given reliable and up-to-date advice on accommodation, counselling, in course placements, remedial education and welfare facilities having regard to the cultural and special needs of disabled students/trainees/clients and those from different backgrounds.
Members will monitor the progress of students/trainees/clients and ensure individualised support and counselling for those having difficulties with a course."
With a sector that is so diverse we must be vigilant to ensure that exploitation does not become a feature of the experience of these vulnerable groups.
It is also very important to understand the critical role that foundation skills play in this effort – they are a significant aspect of an individuals' 'human capital' – their educational attainment and achievement, their ability to enter and engage in the labour market, further develop their skills and value to an employer, increase their level of wages and their standard of living.
A 2014 study by the Productivity Commission – Literacy and Numeracy Skills and Labour Market Outcomes in Australia - into the relevance of literacy and numeracy on employment prospects demonstrated that 'there is a positive association between education and employment' and that increases in literacy and numeracy increased the employment prospects for both men and women.
Increasing literacy and numeracy levels is important, not only to individuals, but is imperative for our society and for our economy. Foundation skills contribute to the development of other aspects of human capital, including non-cognitive skills desired in the work place such as perseverance and leadership.
Across the nation we have industries in transition such as manufacturing, we have industries with emerging growth pressures such as aged care, we have new skill demands across all workplaces with the continual introduction of new technologies.
The task of skilling and upskilling our population through higher levels of literacy and numeracy and by growing the investment in vocational education and training is more important than ever. OECD studies show that in advanced economies, jobs growth in the 21st century will be predominantly in the occupational areas requiring certificate or diploma level qualifications, those most often acquired through vocational education.
For these reasons it was very disappointing to see the current government abandon the Workplace English Language and Literacy program and make cuts to the Skills for Education and Employment program.
Your Code of Ethics also extensively addresses the third pillar of your conference discussion this year – quality.
I note that yesterday Mark Raven facilitated a session in relation to the English Language teaching sector titled "Why bother with quality assurance – surely accreditation is enough?"
Whilst I wasn't able to attend the session I think the question applies with equal significance to the entire VET sector.
Governments and regulators can take all actions available to them but I believe that, at the end of the day, the issue of quality relies on what happens in the learning spaces directly with the student – whether that is a classroom, a workplace or online delivery forum.
To achieve this quality direct delivery the entire organisation must reflect a commitment to best professional practice with student outcomes as the priority.
The twelve commitments encapsulated in the Quality section of your Code of Ethics deals directly with this and, I believe, provides a very solid foundation for ensuring quality practices.
But more significantly it is followed by Point 11:
"Members recognise that in pursuing excellence in tertiary education and training, self‐assessing quality is more than a determination of compliance against standards. Self-assessment needs to be a continuous improvement process that involves managers, staff, learners, employers, subcontractors and other partners."
This clearly answers the question posed by Mark Raven and it is greatly encouraging to see you as members of ACPET commit through this Code to taking responsibility for high quality above and beyond only meeting the requirements of funders and regulators.
As we are meeting in Victoria I would also like to acknowledge the important commitment made by Victorian Minister, Steve Herbert, in addressing your conference yesterday to the support of professional development – this goes directly to the heart of the quality effort I am describing.
I would like to explain to you some more recent policy announcements I have made with Labor leader, Bill Shorten and discuss how I believe it impacts on you.
Labor Leader Bill Shorten and I announced in June Labor's plan to deliver a strong public sector TAFE into the future by developing a comprehensive National Priority Plan that defines the unique role of TAFE as our public provider and delivers on this by working with the states and territories to provide ongoing guaranteed TAFE funding.
It is our view that TAFE must remain an essential part of Australia's skills and training sector as it has a broader social responsibility as a public provider to deliver government policies focused on servicing our regions, industries in transition and disadvantaged groups.
As the Australian economy changes, the jobs of the future will change. Our trades will involve more technology-based skills and workers will need training in these skills to be more effective in the workplace and to remain competitive in the employment market. New trades and professions will emerge and require quality training programs and upskilling courses. Whilst I acknowledge many in the private sector take great pride in doing this type of work too, I don't believe it is viable to rely on the private sector to carry the costs or change their model to deliver government priorities.
Whilst private and not-for-profit provides will often be responsive it is only TAFE that can be directed by Government and this needs to be part of the available resources to government.
There are challenges in the way the vocational educational sector is funded which has led to the decline of the TAFE sector nationally. Over the last year it has become clear that there has been a failure in the market and we have seen the proliferation of opportunistic and sub-standard training providers costing the taxpayers and students millions of dollars.
Vocational students need to have access to good quality training but it is Labor's view that we need a better system in place to ensure TAFE's viability and strength into the future. The fundamentals of an effective market are clearly missing and no amount of regulation, as important as it is, will change this. Labor believes the market must find stability through a predominant public provider, complemented by a quality private sector.
Under Labor's plan for TAFE, a Shorten Labor Government will work with Premiers and Chief Ministers on a comprehensive National Priority Plan that defines the unique role of TAFE. We will work with the states and territories to rebalance the contestable and non-contestable funding model to ensure it delivers the outcomes that are intended. Labor believes there is a place for contestable funding but we must get the balance right.
Finally, I would like to address some of the issues around funding of the sector, the federation and potential changes indicated by the COAG process, acknowledging that you have just heard from Peter Noonan on this topic and the focus of some of your other speeches and workshops on the VET Fee-Help area.
The Mitchell Institute has this year released two complementary papers, "Financing tertiary education in Australia – the reform imperative and rethinking student entitlements", by Prof Peter Noonan and Sarah Pilcher and the subsequent paper, "Feasibility and design of a tertiary education entitlement in Australia", written by Dr Timothy Higgins and Prof Bruce Chapman.
The Noonan/Pilcher paper, released in February this year, proposed one foundational aspect of the matrix should be "a fairer and simpler financing framework, across the different levels of government and tertiary education, that supports a tertiary education student entitlement for young Australians." The proposal would see an entitlement for Australians aged between 18-24 and would be composed of a combination of public subsidies (by State/Territory and/or Commonwealth governments) and a student contribution through an income contingent loan.
The report considers three funding models and indicates a preference for the third option which separates responsibility between the levels of government based on the level of qualification with the Commonwealth assuming responsibility for all sub-degree and degree level qualifications regardless of which sector they are delivered in. The States and Territories would assume responsibility for everything else up to Certificate IV level qualification. However, it also proposes that the Commonwealth make income contingent loans available for all qualification above (and including) Certificate III level.
The Higgins/Chapman report explores the potential cost of the extension of income contingent loans to Certificate III and IV level courses based on the measurement of the subsidy ratios that would be created given the lower graduating incomes (indeed often lifetime earnings of graduates, particularly women).
The report specifically outlines a range of risks in this model which include the "potential for intentional income manipulation in order to avoid repayments, generous loan conditions that might influence student choices and/or course providers charging excessive fees and providing poor education services".
While both of these reports are valuable and important to the national discussion of the VET sector I do not believe that it is wise to further such considerations without a full consideration of the current state of use of VET FEE-HELP. Given its massive growth over recent years, much of it in the private sector, it should not be extended further without consideration of all these issues.
Both reports envisage a model where government subsidy comprises part of the funding model and it is true on evidence to date that such an arrangement, with a tie to course cost controls, can act as a break on unsustainable growth in the use of income contingent loans. However, it appears that a significant number of providers have bypassed this by moving into the full fee paying space where it is clear that course costs have skyrocketed and the evidence would appear to prove that the students in this market are not price sensitive as they are not well-informed on the value of the course, the reality of the debt they are undertaking or the alternatives available from the "competition".
It is also most important that a better consideration of the impacts of funding mechanisms on the quality of VET provision occurs before decisions are made on complete restructuring of the arrangements in this sector, including as part of the recently announced COAG consideration of the VET sector balance of responsibilities between the two levels of government.
As I said earlier, Federal government changes over recent months to standards and regulation are welcome but a more sophisticated analysis of the market is necessary and must consider the movement between government and non-government subsidised training that can result from the decision to move more funding responsibility to the student.
Whilst taxpayer funding of subsidies of all types in the sector is critical for ensuring the outcomes of training match both the individual's aspirations and the national skill needs, I would argue there is an equal responsibility on government to ensure students undertaking full fee-paying options using both upfront payments and income contingent loans are also able to meet their aspirations. This part of the market also has a direct impact on the national skills task.
And so we reach the point where I started, the VET market is large, complex and critically important but sadly the public coverage of its opportunities and challenges is most often simplistic and fails to identify the pivotal role that the sector plays in participation, productivity and innovation in our economy.
Your conference is directly addressing many of these challenges and I look forward to the outcomes - I thank you for your efforts in this task and for the opportunity to discuss these current issues with you today.


The recipe I found on bhg called for arugula but we have too much spinach so decided to use it instead of arugula.
1. In Dutch oven cook gnocchi according to package directions and add corn to cook with. Drain gnocchi and corn kernels reserving 1/2 cup of the pasta water. Do not rinse.
2. Meanwhile, for cream sauce, in medium saucepan combine half-and-half, cream cheese, salt, garlic powder, dried herb, and pepper. Cook over medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Stir in reserved pasta water.
3. Return cooked pasta and corn to Dutch oven. Pour cream sauce over pasta; heat through, if necessary. Stir in spinach.
4. Serve and sprinkle with additional salt, pepper, dried herb, and crushed red pepper.
My 3 year old told me it smelled like baby's diaper while my 1 1/2 year old loved it!
My husband gives it 7 stars and says he likes the zing of the red pepper!


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Q: Social Network data sets that contains a community structure I am working on a set of spectral clustering methods that can essentially be used to detect a community structure in a social network. I tried this on a very small data set (Zachary's Karate club) that was available to me. I am looking out for some large networks where I can check the performance of the algorithm.
I tried looking the SNAP(snap.stanford.edu) but not getting a data set that contains a well defined community structure.
Is there any data set which I can use for my purpose?

A: The 'Social Network Analysis Interactive Dataset Library' at http://www.growmeme.com/sna/visual has over 150 datasets, and an ability to filter by size and whether community information is present (among other things).

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Tibet: Death by consumerism
As part of its "civilising mission" - and to deter independence - China is taking control of the Tib
By Lindsey Hilsum
Smoke from incense burners scented the air as crowds of pilgrims laboured uphill in the dark. At dawn, four monks in maroon and saffron robes climbed on to the roof of the Dre pung monastery overlooking Lhasa. They blew deep, reverberating horns, heralding the moment when some 50 monks and pilgrims would emerge bearing a rolled-up, 35-metre-square thangka – a painting of the Buddha on cloth – and start their slow trek to the hillside where it would be unfurled.
Buddhists say the annual Yoghurt Festival dates back to the 11th century. After the thangka is spread, the faithful give monks and nuns yoghurt as thanks for weeks spent in meditative retreat. A few hours later, in one of the Tibetan capital's less lovely suburbs, the Yoghurt Festival Real Estate Show conjured a rather different atmosphere. It opened with speeches, ticker tape and the unveiling of key messages in Chinese, Tibetan and English: "The value of the modern villas are very large in Tibet," read one. Young Han Chinese couples browsed leaflets and rickety scale models of proposed high-rise apartment blocks. "Rise abruptly, new area Dragon Spring," read one advertisement.
Traditional Tibetans may be as devoutly Buddhist as ever, but modern China worships Mammon. More than half a century after the Chinese invasion of Tibet, and 48 years after the Dalai Lama fled into exile in India, China's Communist rulers are hoping that an economic boom will help them consolidate control over the recalcitrant region. Last year, 2.5 million tourists and business people – some westerners, but most Han Chinese – visited Lhasa. Now the new railway from Beijing has reached the Tibetan capital, the number is expected to increase by 80 per cent this year alone. "It works on the principle of the market economy," says He Ben Yun, a smooth-talking, statistic-spouting official who serves as deputy director of the Tibetan Development and Reform Commission. Born in Hunan Province – "like Chairman Mao" – he has embraced China's post-Mao economic philosophy with enthusiasm. "More people mean more consumption. I think it's good. Nowhere can develop in isolation," he says.
According to government figures, Tibet's economy has grown by more than 12 per cent per year for the past five years. In its attempt to deter "splittists" – those who believe Tibet should be independent – the government is trying to knit the Tibetan economy into the fabric of China. Chinese companies are encouraged to "go west" to start mines, tourism companies and other businesses, while Chinese provinces sponsor development aid and town twinning projects. The Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights and Democracy says more than 50 ethnic Tibetan officials have recently been sidelined, while a further 850 reliable Communist cadres from across China have been offered incentives to join others spending three years in Tibet.
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At midday in the main square, in front of the Dalai Lama's traditional seat, the red and white Potala Palace, a skinny Chinese girl in evening dress was miming Chinese pop songs for an audience of imported officials and military officers. To show that this was part of the Yoghurt Festival, a huge cardboard cut-out of what looked like a cup of shaving cream had been propped up on one side of the stage. The officials in the audience sported baseball caps from Amway, an American "multilevel marketing" company. They took pictures with their mobile phones, while police kept the public well back.
It's a common complaint that only the Han and other migrants, such as the Muslim Hui, are benefiting from the boom. "They take up a big part of the employment market. They settle and start their families here. Tibetans are slowly marginalised," says Woeser, a Tibetan dissident writer who was expelled from her government work unit in Lhasa for praising the Dalai Lama. (Like many Tibetans she uses just one name.) "They not only build houses and open restaurants in Tibet, but they're also taking over the traditional Tibetan industries. Tibetan food, Tibetan furniture, Tibetan costumes are all made by Han people now," she said. Such views are taboo in Tibet. Woeser's blogs have been blocked and her book, Tibetan Journal, banned. She now lives in Beijing, but still travels around provinces with Tibetan communities to gather information. When she visits her family in Lhasa, she is closely watched.
Tibet is more solidly under Chinese control than ever before, yet the government remains nervous of dissenting views. While Beijing-based foreign journalists travel without supervision in most of China, the government imposes a "minder" on all correspondents visiting Tibet officially. When asked why, Mr He says it is because of the high altitude. "Our main concern is that journalists should adapt physically," he says. Journalists who try to work after entering as tourists are frequently harassed or arrested.
Tibetans are cautious about talking politics to foreigners, but – although there are still political prisoners – these days the Chinese attitude tends to be more patronising than brutal. It is official policy to tolerate ethnic minorities and their religions, provided they are loyal to the party and the state. "The government pays full respect to ethnic customs," says Mr He. "Tibetan culture is an exotic flower among Chinese cultures. It has existed for more than 2,000 years. But we will help them remove bad or backward habits, and lead them to a more civilised life." As part of its civilising mission, and to integrate Tibetans into the modern economy, the government has resettled 25,000 nomadic and farming families into "new socialist villages". The plan is to settle 80 per cent of rural Tibetans in the next five years.
The countryside is being transformed, with small enclaves of white houses, many flying the red flag, along the roads. An hour's drive north of Lhasa, 260 families have been resettled in the village of Sangbasa. The railway runs past the new houses, each guarded by a ferocious, chained dog. There is no doubt that these houses are an improvement on the huts and tents in which nomadic herders used to stay, nor that settlements make it easier for older people to get medical help and children to go to school. Huang Qian Min, a half-Han half- Tibetan official, explained that it should be possible for Tibetans to continue their traditions while living in improved conditions. "They can live in the settlements in winter and herd animals in summer. Then they can go on herding and enjoy the modern life at the same time," she said. Asked whether the programme was designed so the party can control Tibetans better, she said such an idea was ridiculous. "When they were scattered they knew very little about the world. Through TV and radio, they become more knowledgeable and make more progress. By living together, they can exchange ideas and improve themselves," she said. TV and radio are controlled by the Chinese government; only those with access to the internet or shortwave can hear alternative views.
Suo Nang Zhuo Ma's grandchildren were herding yaks in front of her new house, which boasted glass windows and a comfortable sofa, as well as a television. At 58, she looked 20 years older, and appeared to have little nostalgia for the harsh life she had led, tending livestock and bringing up six children. "With help from the Communist Party of China, we have started a happier life, without many worries," she said. But those who have had to give up the nomadic life altogether are struggling. The train runs over the Tanggula Pass to Qinghai Province, which has a substantial Tibetan minority. Concerned that overgrazing is damaging the fragile grasslands, the government has instructed several thousand Tibet an nomads to sell their herds and move to newly built suburbs on the outskirts of Golmud, a bleak mining town.
The result is ghettos – more than a hundred years on, the process of deprivation and deracination experienced by Aborigines in Australia and Native Americans in the US is being repeated high on the Tibetan plateau. Young men play pool at tables laid out along the street, or kick a ball around the dusty wasteland. Each family is given a house and the equivalent of £70 a month in welfare. "In the beginning, the Tibetan nomads are excited that the government is giving them free money to live in the cities, so they sign up to move, looking forward to living like the people they see on TV," says Woeser. "At first, they have money from selling their animals plus money given by the government, but over time, their money is used up. They learn to spend money like city people but they don't have the skills to make money like city people."
Power of religion
Most of the former herders are enthusiastic about education, but frequently Tibetan children – who may have never been to school before – are in classes of younger children, learning in Mandarin, which is not their native language. They face discrimination, often being seen as backward or stupid. Outside school, they have little interaction with non-Tibetan children, and are rapidly becoming an underclass.
While the men start to drink, the women increasingly turn to religion. One afternoon in mid-August, dozens of Tibetans, mostly women dressed in traditional clothes, packed into a small room in a Qinghai town to hear a visiting lama. For more than four hours, they spun their prayer-wheels and chanted, as children scurried in and out. On a table at the front, carefully concealed behind Coke bottles, biscuits and a vase of plastic flowers, was a portrait of the Dalai Lama. Showing such images is banned, because the Chinese government demands that its citizens be loyal only to the party. Yet some children sported medallions bearing the Dalai Lama's image and a 25-year-old former herder had created a shrine in his house, including a photo of one of his relatives posing with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, where the Tibetan government-in-exile has its headquarters. "The Dalai Lama is not only a religious, but also a national leader," says Woeser. "His international influence makes Tibetans proud. They like to prove that they're not like the Communist propaganda, which says they're backward and dirty."
Jealous of the power of religion, the Chinese government announced in August that lamas must have official permission to reincarnate – a directive which may prove a little hard to implement. The real target is the Dalai Lama, who is now 72. The Chinese hope that when he dies, all thoughts of independence will die with him, but they fear a repetition of the furore over the reincarnation of the second most holy figure in Tibetan Buddhism, the Panchen Lama. When the 10th Panchen Lama died in 1989, the Chinese government not only dictated who should succeed him, but "disappeared" the boy identified by the Dalai Lama as the true reincarnation. He is still missing.
In early August, Runggye Adak, an ethnic Tibetan, leapt on stage at an annual horse festival in Sichuan and shouted that the Dalai Lama should return, the imprisoned Panchen Lama should be released and Tibet should have independence. He is now in Chinese custody. At this summer's horse fairs, thousands of Tibetans eschewed their traditional ceremonial fur garments after the Dalai Lama said killing animals for fur was bad. The government allegedly threatened to penalise civil servants who did not wear fur to the festivals, seeing it as an indication that they were following the Dalai Lama.
As the sun rose above Lhasa, shafts of light fell across the grassy hill where a grid had been placed so the giant Yoghurt Festival thangka could be spread. As Sakyamuni, the Buddha, was slowly revealed, a great sigh of joy rose from the crowd. Monks and pilgrims threw white silk scarves known as hadas on to the image in a gesture of reverence.
The momentum towards modernity in Tibet is unstoppable. Physically, the Chinese Communist Party can dictate where people live and how they are governed. It can bring in millions of tourists and business people. But, after half a century, it still cannot control what Tibetans believe.
Lindsey Hilsum is China correspondent for Channel 4 News
Tibet timeline
1904 British troops occupy Lhasa. China declares sovereignty over Tibet
1907 Britain and Russia recognise China's right to Tibet
1910 Chinese troops enter Lhasa. The 13th Dalai Lama flees to India
1912 Tibetan militias force Chinese to withdraw. Dalai Lama returns
1920s, 1930s, 1940s China distracted by civil war and Second Sino-Japanese War
1950 Communist troops invade eastern Tibet. Next year, China annexes Tibet
1959 Lhasa rebels; 87,000 Tibetans killed. The 14th Dalai Lama flees to India
Mid-1960s 6,000 Tibetan monasteries destroyed during Chinese "cultural revolution"
1976 China campaigns to settle ethnic Chinese in Tibet
1979 Tibet opens to foreign tourists
1989 Dalai Lama is awarded Nobel Peace Prize
1990s to present China consolidates hold on Tibet
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Indonesia's Islamic party joins Jokowi-led alliance
Although the deal with NasDem clears the way for Jokowi's nomination, if he becomes president he will need a broader coalition to get legislation through parliament
World Bulletin/News Desk
Indonesia's most popular Islamic party on Saturday announced its support for presidential frontrunner Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in his bid for the top job in July, the third party in his growing coalition.
The National Awakening Party (PKB), which is aligned with Indonesia's largest Muslim organisation, is the latest party to join an alliance led by Jokowi's Indonesian Democratic-Party of Struggle (PDI-P).
The coalition also includes the National Democrat (NasDem) party and should help give Jokowi a broad base of support to help him pass major reforms if elected.
"PKB will join the coalition led by PDI-P...because we believe their vision to continue the political and economic development of Indonesia is similar to ours," Helmy Faishal, senior PKB official, told Reuters.
PDI-P's Deputy Secretary General Hasto Kristiyanto confirmed the coalition with PKB, saying the two parties had "similar historical traces and ideology".
PKB was founded by former president Abdurrahman Wahid, known as Gus Dur, long-time head of the Muslim organisation Nahdatul Ulama (NU) and whose administration in the early 2000s took official steps to embrace and protect various religions.
Overt displays of religion, including Islam, were repressed for years under the rule of former authoritarian leader Suharto.
The party, which calls itself a nationalist party, repeated Gus Dur's strategy this year by recruiting non-Muslim members to drum up support beyond its traditional rural voter base.
Final results from Indonesia's legislative election confirmed on Friday that PDI-P had won the most votes, but failed to get enough to nominate Jokowi for the presidency without a coalition.
With the support of NasDem, however, PDI-P had enough to meet that threshold, and with the additional backing from PKB it will be even more difficult for Jokowi's main rivals to build the coalitions necessary to run for president.
Former general Prabowo Subianto, who heads the Gerindra party and is running a distant second in opinion polls, has yet to form a coalition with another political party.
Gerindra party officials have been in talks with Golkar, once the parliamentary vehicle of the long-serving Suharto, as well as others.
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								var p2 = new Promise(function(resolve2, reject2) {
											//console.log(instance.obj);
											var stored = parent.storage.getItemSync(obj_or_address+"_"+address_account+"_soll");
											if((typeof stored == "undefined")||(stored==null)) {
												instance.obj.balanceSoll(address_account).then(function(o) {
														parent.storage.setItemSync(obj_or_address+"_"+address_account+"_soll",o[0].toString()*1);
														resolve2(o[0].toString()*1);
												});
											} else {
												resolve2(stored);

											}
								});
								return p2;
						};
						instance.balancesCachedHaben=function(address_account) {
								var p2 = new Promise(function(resolve2, reject2) {
											//console.log(instance.obj);
											var stored = parent.storage.getItemSync(obj_or_address+"_"+address_account+"_haben");
											if((typeof stored == "undefined")||(stored==null)) {
												instance.obj.balanceHaben(address_account).then(function(o) {
														parent.storage.setItemSync(obj_or_address+"_"+address_account+"_haben",o[0].toString()*1);
														resolve2(o[0].toString()*1);
												});
											} else {
												resolve2(stored);

											}

								});
								return p2;
						};
						instance.sumBase=function() {
								var p2 = new Promise(function(resolve2, reject2) {
											//console.log(instance.obj);
											instance.obj.sumBase().then(function(o) {
													resolve2(o[0].toString()*1);
											});
								});
								return p2;
						};
						instance.sumTx=function() {
								var p2 = new Promise(function(resolve2, reject2) {
											//console.log(instance.obj);
											instance.obj.sumTx().then(function(o) {
													resolve2(o[0].toString()*1);
											});
								});
								return p2;
						};
						instance.owner=function() {
								var p2 = new Promise(function(resolve2, reject2) {
											//console.log(instance.obj);
											instance.obj.owner().then(function(o) {
													resolve2(o);
											});
								});
								return p2;
						};
						instance.history=function(address_meterpoint,length) {
							var p2 = new Promise(function(resolve2, reject2) {
								parent.rpcprovider.getBlockNumber().then(function(latest_block) {
									parent.wallet.provider.getLogs({address:obj_or_address,fromBlock:latest_block-length,toBlock:latest_block}).then(
									function(logs) {
											entries=[];
											for(var i=0;i<logs.length;i++) {
													var data = logs[i].data;
													if(data.length>256) {
														data=data.substr(2);
														_from ="0x"+ split64(data).substr(26);
														data=data.substr(64);
														_to ="0x"+split64(data).substr(26);
														data=data.substr(64);

														_value =(split64(data));
														data=data.substr(64);
														_base =(split64(data));
														data=data.substr(64);
														_fromSoll =(split64(data));
														data=data.substr(64);
														_fromHaben =(split64(data));
														data=data.substr(64);
														_toSoll =(split64(data));
														data=data.substr(64);
														_toHaben =(split64(data));
														data=data.substr(64);
														if((_from.toLowerCase()==address_meterpoint.toLowerCase())||(_to.toLowerCase()==address_meterpoint.toLowerCase())) {
															var entry={};
															entry.from=_from;
															entry.to=_to;
															entry.base=_base;
															entry.value=_value;
															entry.toSoll=_toSoll;
															entry.toHaben=_toHaben;
															entry.fromSoll=_fromSoll;
															entry.fromHaben=_fromHaben;
															entry.blockNumber=logs[i].blockNumber;
															entries.push(entry);
														}
													}
											}
											resolve2(entries);
									});
								});
							});
							return p2;
						};
						instance.historyPeer=function(address_meterpoint,address_account,length) {
							var p2 = new Promise(function(resolve2, reject2) {

								parent.rpcprovider.getBlockNumber().then(function(latest_block) {
									if(length==0) length=latest_block;

									parent.wallet.provider.getLogs({address:obj_or_address,fromBlock:latest_block-length,toBlock:latest_block}).then(
									function(logs) {
											entries=[];
											for(var i=0;i<logs.length;i++) {
													var data = logs[i].data;
													if(data.length>256) {
														data=data.substr(2);
														_from ="0x"+ split64(data).substr(26);
														data=data.substr(64);
														_to ="0x"+split64(data).substr(26);
														data=data.substr(64);

														_value =(split64(data));
														data=data.substr(64);
														_base =(split64(data));
														data=data.substr(64);
														_fromSoll =(split64(data));
														data=data.substr(64);
														_fromHaben =(split64(data));
														data=data.substr(64);
														_toSoll =(split64(data));
														data=data.substr(64);
														_toHaben =(split64(data));
														data=data.substr(64);
														if(((_from.toLowerCase()==address_meterpoint.toLowerCase())||(_to.toLowerCase()==address_meterpoint.toLowerCase()))&&(((_from.toLowerCase()==address_account.toLowerCase())||(_to.toLowerCase()==address_account.toLowerCase())))) {
															var entry={};
															entry.from=_from;
															entry.to=_to;
															entry.base=_base;
															entry.value=_value;
															entry.toSoll=_toSoll;
															entry.toHaben=_toHaben;
															entry.fromSoll=_fromSoll;
															entry.fromHaben=_fromHaben;
															entry.blockNumber=logs[i].blockNumber;
															entries.push(entry);
														}
													}
											}
											resolve2(entries);
									});
								});
							});
							return p2;
						};
						resolve(instance);
			});
			return p1;
};

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To evaluate the role of cyclosporine eye drops in reducing the recurrence after excision of pterygiurn Patients and Methods : 20 eyes of 20 patients having primary pterygium underwent excision with bare sclera technique. Cyclosporine 1% eye drops were given 4 times daily for 6 weeks . Follow up was done for 8 months.


"Alright class, settle down." Shouta had showed up finally.
She felt bad after since it was just out of reaction. The girls headed out after they were happy about it but the guys were soaked.
Kirishima was hiding behind Bakugo while the other boys ran around trying to find his gym clothes.
Bakugo nodded but didnt say anything still embarrassed.
"Yeah well you were the whole reason I lost them you total pervo"
Eventually the shorts were washed out of the locker room and he was able to pull them on he was totally red in the face and Bakugo was still completely stunned.
"ITs alright" Kirishima said now "Really"
She still felt bad but he did get that image of her in his head it would be hard to forget that.
Bakugo cleared his throat eventually "sorry for blowing up the wall.
It was weird that he was apologizing for everybody else who knew him. "I realized it was a mistake a little to late" she said softly.
They were rushed aside for their tests. She did pretty good she could blast off like him with her water. When her limbs became water she turned blue. It was her quirk form.
The longer he watched her the more embarrassed he got thinking about seeing her.
He caught her and his arms wrapped around her holding her up "h.. Hey you alright?"
She blushed more at that surprised by that she wondered if he was just like this with girls.


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Q: Changing Title of Google Calendar event using Google Calendar API v3 and Data Repeater I am able to successfully pull events from my google calendar using an API key.

The events are shown on my webpage as follows:
5/31/2016 9:00:00 AM - 5/31/2016 12:00:00 PM
Event Title: Staff Meeting
Description: Weekly staff meeting

I would like to set the color for "Event Title" to red through the code behind file. I have tried to change it in line in my dt.Rows.Add but have been unsuccessful. Is there a way for me to change it in the code behind so that just the "Event Title:" is effected?
aspx code

    <asp:Repeater runat="server" ID="rptCalEvents">
        <ItemTemplate>
            <asp:Label runat="server" ID="lblItemTemplate" Visible="true"> <%# Eval("Summary") %> </asp:Label>
        </ItemTemplate>
    </asp:Repeater>

    <asp:Label runat="server" ID="lblTesting" ForeColor="#660000" Font-Bold="true" Font-Size="15px" Visible="false"></asp:Label>

aspx.cs code
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    GetCalEvents();
}
private void GetCalEvents()
{
   var service = new CalendarService(new BaseClientService.Initializer()
   {
      ApiKey = "MY API KEY",
      ApplicationName = "Events Calendar",
   });

   DataTable dt = new DataTable();
   dt.Columns.Add("Summary");

   EventsResource.ListRequest request = service.Events.List("Google Calendar");
   request.TimeMin = DateTime.Now;
   request.TimeMax = DateTime.Today.AddDays(1);
   request.SingleEvents = true;
   request.OrderBy = EventsResource.ListRequest.OrderByEnum.StartTime;

   Events events = request.Execute();
   if (events.Items != null && events.Items.Count > 0)
   {
      foreach (var eventItem in events.Items)
      {
         string when = eventItem.Start.DateTime.ToString();

         if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(when))
         {
            when = eventItem.Start.Date;
         }

         dt.Rows.Add(string.Format(when + " - " + eventItem.End.DateTime + "
" + "Event Title:" + " " + eventItem.Summary + "" + "
Event:
" + eventItem.Description + "
"));
      }

      rptCalEvents.DataSource = dt;
      rptCalEvents.DataBind();
   }
   else
   {
      lblTesting.Visible = true;
      lblTesting.Text = "" + "No Upcoming Events for Today!!!" + "";
   }
}

A: You can simply wrap in a  tag:
dt.Rows.Add(string.Format(when + " - " + eventItem.End.DateTime + "
" + "Event Title:" + " " + eventItem.Summary + "" + "
Event:
" + eventItem.Description + "
"));


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Turkey's national currency found itself at an 'all-time low' after the parliamentary elections that took place on Sunday, June 7 – Bloomberg Business writes.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ruling party Justice and Development AK lost majority in the Turkish Parliament, a precedent that has not taken place in the country since 2002.
As a result, the Turkish lira fell by 5,2%, while the country's benchmark stock index fell to its two-year minimum, Bloomberg Business reports.
The ruling Justice and Development Party generated 40,9% of the votes, which amounts to 258 seats in the Parliament. Erdogan's party needed to get 18 more seats in the Parliament to be able to establish the President's desirable one-party rule in the country.
The pro-Kurdistan leftist People's and Democracy party passed the 10% threshold required to enter the country's Parliament. Erdogan's party's loss of majority gives basis for future conflicts in Turkey's Parliament, since none of the opposing parties agree to form a coalition.
"The current hung parliament will probably be viewed by the market as the worst outcome of the June 7 elections, and probably hit lira assets for some time to come," Sertan Kargin, leading economist at Istanbul-based investment company Eczacibasi Securities told Bloomberg.


When you think of survival skills, what comes to mind? Some basic survival skills include things like building shelter, gathering food and water, and adjusting to changing climates. But did any of you think about attitude?
Yes – that's right, attitude. It may come as a surprise but your attitude determines how successful you are in a survival situation. And today, we will learn about one specific attitude – negativity.
Negativity bias states that, for survival's sake, it's better to assume the worst.
It's better to mistake a stick for a snake than vice versa. If you see a poisonous snake and mistake it for a stick and step on it, you're bound to suffer the consequences. But, if you see a stick in the woods and think "snake!" you may be a little embarrassed but you're fine. If it had actually been a snake, your negative assumption would have offered you plenty of time to react appropriately and escape danger.
The stick and the snake example show how negativity bias causes us to see bad things when, in reality, there isn't anything bad at all. This example is also one of the instances where it's simply safer to assume the worst.
This response to stress evolved eons ago to help save us from real-life dangers like bears and tigers. The problem with this response is that it's being activated in our everyday lives where it isn't necessary (i.e. when someone cuts you of in traffic or says an offensive comment).
The mismatch between the Fight or Flight response – how it was intended to be used and how it's actually being used today – is wracking havoc on our health. We over react to little stressors in life and we do this because we are programmed to assume the worst and because we are habitually activating this highly intense fight or flight response.
There are indeed situations where these innate human responses may help us escape danger. The key is understanding when these responses will help us and when these responses will hurt us. Use these 6 strategies below to counteract negativity and stress.
Have a gratefulness journal.Writing about the things you are grateful for offsets the tendency to see things in a negative way.
Celebrate!Whether that's fist-bumping your fellow co-workers or going out for a dinner, don't forget to acknowledge the big and little victories.
Focus on the big picture.The moment something makes you feel stressed out, think about how important will this be tomorrow, next week or next year? If the answer is not very, or not at all, try to let it go right away.
Get moving.Walking, running, working out, or just raising your heart rate a bit, for a minimum of 10 minutes at a time can clear out the little things that bother you.
Forgive.Holding a grudge is like taking poison every day while hoping someone else is going to die. That's why you are the one who benefits every time you genuinely forgive someone who has hurt you.


If you need a different length, change the 32 to another value, obviously. If you want to select from different characters, change the character string.
Note: The performance of this code is not great. If you need something fast, you might want to look at other options.


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"Cost pressures and labor shortages are testing the ability of operations to balance profitability with productivity," says Brad Long, Brand Manager, Yale Materials Handling Corporation. "Equipment can be part of the solution, but the one-size-fits-all forklift approach of yesteryear won't cut it. The Series N gives warehouses and retail operations the freedom to dial the trucks to their own standards to meet the needs of their operators, application and business challenges."
The configurability of the GP40-70N models does not come at the expense of comprehensive standard features:
Operator-centric design – A large, strategically located step, generous grab handle and contoured hood make it easy for the operator to get on and off the truck. A spacious compartment with easily adjustable controls helps operators stay comfortable and productive all shift.
Enhanced visibility – The low dash and wide mast help enhance visibility of the fork tips and load when picking, placing or traveling forward, helping support operator awareness, confidence and efficiency.
Safety and productivity – Standard on all Series N trucks, the innovative Dynamic Stability System (DSS) provides automated alerts and assistance to operators by implementing truck performance limitations in real-time to help minimize forward and sideways tip-overs*.
Low total cost of operation – Start with custom configuring the right truck at the right price, then durable components and extended service intervals to help minimize downtime and reduce maintenance costs over the life of the equipment.
The GP40-70N can be ordered with optional operator assistance systems designed to further support operator and pedestrian awareness, and help prevent facility and product damage in specific applications. These technologies include a rear-facing camera and rear-view display, spotlights and pedestrian awareness lights, and pre-set lift height selector.
*While lift truck systems support safe operation and help minimize the potential for tip overs, proper operation of the lift truck and 100% full-time utilization of the truck's seat belt are the primary and best means of keeping the truck and operator upright and safe. Refer to the operator and service manuals for proper operation and maintenance.
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melissa.cashwell@hyster-yale.com


SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Free agent guard Yogi Ferrell has signed with the Sacramento Kings.
The team announced the deal Monday. The third-year guard spent last season with the Mavericks after splitting the previous year between the Nets and Dallas.
He has averaged 10.2 points per game for his career with 2.9 assists and 2.8 rebounds after going undrafted out of Indiana and also spending time on G-League assignments.
Ferrell scored 20 or more points five times last season for the Mavericks, posting a season-best 24 points on 9-for-11 shooting with six 3-pointers in 38 minutes against Denver on March 6.


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It seemed slightly odd to me that one of my absolute favorite places, The New England Aquarium, was included in the museum section, but I'll let that slide. There is also a bonus - and very helpful for anyone trying to understand our complex color coded maps - section on Boston Public Transportation. Study this section well, remember it's called the "T" and make sure you've got your CharlieCard loaded at all times (trust me, this saves time and aggrevasion galore, especially during busy times).
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If I can remember her name, I'll email her that link.
Do they list the Knight museum, which I think is called the Higgens Armory (but it's been 20 years since I've been, so I kinda forget)? It is a great place. If you haven't been there, you and Matt should go. It brings out the kid in you!